New England Folklore discusses Massachusetts pukwudgies, which are sort of like leprechauns or fairies, only ours are covered in dank, matted fur and like to lure people to fall off cliffs.
Specifically: A woman in Norwell reports two encounters with a pukwudgie, one while walking a dog near one of the swamps where they apparently live on March 1 and again on March 13.
They're the type of fairy you'd expect to see in the woods around here, which are rough, rocky, and filled with poison ivy.
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I want the gold, give me the gold
By Username Unknown
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 11:46am
Best Leprechaun story ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ljOcl39PQ
covered in dank, matted fur and like to lure people
By Lanny Budd
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 11:50am
So... Wahlbergs.
Magoo sez
By MisterMagooForYoo
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 1:40pm
Magoo knowz a thing or two about this. Puckwudgies are not to be trifled with. Be ware the Hobomock Swamp. Be. Ware. Magoo.
Pukwudgies appear widely in
By Miss M
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 2:53pm
Pukwudgies appear widely in Native American folklore. Some tribes considered them just mischievous, but the Wampanoag tribe considered them to be murderous little jerks--in one story they killed all the sons of Wampanoag giant Moshup.
Must be related to these guys(No squeezy!)…..
By Ward8Mahatma
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 5:05pm
https://youtu.be/Tcc_Yrx2Eqk
My Irish great grandmom from Cork
By anon
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 5:16pm
Would say: " I want me gold". She Also would say "tree" for three. Very similar to Barbados or Trinidad accents
Over/under?
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 8:05pm
Pukwudgies vs. Jersey Devils. Odds on DraftKings?
Did anyone ever try the beer?
By Doug Meyer
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 9:18pm
... Alas, Pukwudgie Pale Ale's brewer went out of existence before I could sample a tall frosty one:
https://www.brewbound.com/breweries/down-the-road-brewery/pukwudgie-pale-ale
Also, just for the record, on the spectrum of cryptids known to be lurking in the Bridgewater Triangle area, pukwudgies rate roughly a Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off on the excitement meter. You cannot compete with thunderbirds.
(The Bridgewater Triangle documentary is sheer unintentional comedy gold, by the way...)
Anyone out there who grew up
By anon
Sat, 04/22/2023 - 8:45pm
Anyone out there who grew up in JP in 70s hanging out at dark as a high schooler who was gripped with fear in Allendale Woods of the creepy statue in the middle of nowhere?
It’s at the MFA now!
By Whit
Sun, 04/23/2023 - 10:46am
It’s at the MFA now!
Yikes
By lbb
Mon, 04/24/2023 - 9:20am
Statue of WHAT?
Must be the MBTA managers
By jmeltzer
Sun, 04/23/2023 - 11:41am
Live out in the forest ... never seen by humans.
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