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Seems Massachusetts has little people living in forests, too, but of course ours are scraggly and mean

By adamg on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 11:31am

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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Norwell


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Comments

By Username Unknown on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 11:46am.

Best Leprechaun story ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ljOcl39PQ

By Lanny Budd on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 11:50am.

So... Wahlbergs.

By MisterMagooForYou on 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.

By Miss M on 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.

By Ward8Mahatma on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 5:05pm.

https://youtu.be/Tcc_Yrx2Eqk

By anon on 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

By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 8:05pm.

Pukwudgies vs. Jersey Devils. Odds on DraftKings?

By Doug Meyer on 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...)

By anon on 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?

By Whit on Sun, 04/23/2023 - 10:46am.

It’s at the MFA now!

By lbb on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 9:20am.

Statue of WHAT?

By jmeltzer on Sun, 04/23/2023 - 11:41am.

Live out in the forest ... never seen by humans.