More Beastly Legends! Philly may not be heavily populated by bizarre creatures, let alone by tales of such beasts, but those counties that surround the area have harbored some truly weird monsters, or at least the folklore surrounding them. In 1919 at Schuylkill County's Broad Top Mountain, legend persisted that a snake measuring more than forty feet had taken up residence. The creature was mentioned in Janet & Colin Bord's 1989 book Modern Mysteries Of......

Snakes On The Loose! In March 2008 it was reported that two unusual creatures had been seen in Bristol, PA, causing alarm among locals who live in the neighborhood. The Delaware River town was seemingly overrun with large, out of place snakes, thought to be pythons. Police attempted to track down the beasts, commenting that one measured nine feet in length, and was an albino python, while the other was a twelve foot long animal,......