The Derry Township Fogman was a fog humanoid an area. It was the evening of September 10th, 2018, and a man was riding down a rural road in Derry Township of Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania. It was a dark and rainy night, and his car headlights caught something about 75ft ahead of him which seemed to ‘appear out of nowhere’. The anomalous air-going entity was in the middle of the road and appeared to be moving from left to right, and apparently the witness thought it was fog at first.
Unlike other cases which venture off into categories like Cryptids or Aliens, there are not too many things this being could be. There's nothing biological in nature to this creature, and instead, it would have to get into some of the more ethereal categories of entities. The first possibility is that perhaps this being is a ghost. Spectral apparitions are often described as misty or fog-like, and that on occasion, they seem to be missing portions of their body, usually feet. Now while ghosts are anecdotally reported everywhere, a quick peruse through what resources I have and those I checked online, I was unable to find any written or documented cases of ghosts in Derry Township outside of one which has no association with any road in the area. However, a quick search into the history of Derry Township in regards to vehicular deaths and deaths on the roads does show that there were several in recent years of people of various ages that could attribute to this entity appearing; however, this is entirely speculation. Now I will say there is a problem with the ghost identity for this being as the fact that this entity was 6 1/2 to 7ft tall which while not exactly out of the ballpark of normal human height it is still less likely, and when one points to how this entity seemed to be without clothes and having less defined features like the head, arms, and legs it almost seems that the ghost angle is much less likely.
Another possibility is that perhaps this entity is solely supernatural, being either a demonic figure as such entities are also described as misty figures much like ghosts or a supernatural entity like a Djinn, which also has occasionally been described as being mist-like in form. While these figures are often tied to Abrahamic religions like Christianity and Islam, it is interesting to note that they do bear strong similarities with some minor differences from each other, and while the existence of the religions themselves is an altogether different topic, I've always felt that the entities described therein could be representations of a phenomenon that is misaligned.
A final possibility as I seemingly grasp onto whatever possible paranormal outlet I can is the idea that perhaps this entity is an elemental. Elementals are spirits that represent different forces of nature; some of these are often included in the Fae, but in many ways, elementals are their entirely own categories. In folklore and myth, there is an entity known as sylphs or sylphids, which are described as invisible entities that live in the air. The sylphs brethren of elementals are the salamanders for fire, the gnomes for earth, and the Undines for water. These beings have a variety of abilities depending on their element and often have shape-changing abilities or the power to disappear. Perhaps the entity seen in Derry Township was one of these beings that might have for a very brief second was able to be seen either accidentally or because of the weather condition and that it could also explain if this being is a Sylph, especially why it suddenly disappeared as these entities tend to almost always be invisible. However, as with all of these possibilities, it's just speculation.
Appearance[]
However, he quickly realised that there was no other fog in the area, and then went on to state that it was difficult to describe what he saw. Apparently it was a ‘foggy white form’ that was between 6½-7ft tall, and had a humanoid shape. It appeared to be somewhat stooped in its movement - and the physical traits that particularly stood out to the witness were its huge muscular shoulders and its small waist. There was certainly a head, but he couldn’t make it out clearly. The arms and legs were also not clearly visible.
The witness observed the entity from its left side for several seconds before it crossed the road and entered a field where it promptly seemed to disappear. The man obviously could not see its feet, and said that it moved ‘almost like it floated’. No smells or sounds were noted during the observation.