LOCATION FILE
Selbyville Swamp Monster
FOLLOWSelbyville, DE
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
A cryptid legend centered on the Great Cypress Swamp near Selbyville in southern Sussex County, with reports of a tall, hairy, glowing-eyed figure dating back to the 1920s among hunters and trappers working the swamp's edge.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
A local newspaper columnist admitted decades later to inventing part of the story as a prank in the 1960s, but residents continued reporting sightings for years afterward, and the swamp monster remains a recurring piece of southern Delaware folklore.
VISITING
The Great Cypress Swamp includes public preserve land accessible to hikers; sightings are associated with the surrounding wetlands rather than a single site.
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