Its gonna be tough to find something that somebody hasn't heard of. Especially the horror crowd we got here. One that comes to mind is The Mothman. The movie [ yeah , I know, you wanted to get away from movies ] piqued my interest so I read up on it and there was some pretty strange happenings in the 60's in West Virginia. hmmm the 60's....coulda been some bad shrooms.
here's a link
http://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html