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La Cocollona
The Cocollona is a mythical creature from Girona, Spain. The legend originated in the 1980s. There was a girl, the child of a widower, who was taken to a monastery in Santa Clara. Her father had to leave and left her with the nuns. She grew up poor but didn’t care about this and instead just missed her dad. She had a secret door out of the Convent she used to sneak out on moonlit nights. Since the nuns were corrupt with the seven deadly sins, they became jealous of the girls’ happy retreat. They tried to follow her, but found the door had no lock or key. They became…
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Cacodemon/Cacodaemon/Kakadaimon/Kakodaimon/Kakos Daimon
The Cacodemon is a creature viewed as an inferior form of demon. They’re considered the opposite of the Agathodemon or Eudemon. Their name comes from Greek words meaning “bad demon” or “bad spirit,” and it is thought to be related to the Enochian language. They’re thought to be Fallen Angels banished from heaven. Unable to find homes of their own, they live in the space between the earth and the stars. They’re depicted as large and powerfully built humanoids with dark skin, but have been described as swirling black masses. Generally, they are hostile in nature and enjoy exacting revenge and causing harm. They latch onto an individual at birth…
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Casa Blanca Entities
The Casa Blanca Entities were sighted in Riverside, California on August 29, 1955. The incident was investigated by a reporter for the Riverside newspaper named Bob Boden, as well as Mrs. Jean Rowlands and Mrs. Mary Starbuck, for the Borderland Sciences Research Association. It occurred in Sonora Place, California at 2:00 and continued, on and off, throughout the afternoon until nearly 5:00. The witnesses were eight or nine children between the ages of four and fifteen, and no adults. The first incident occurred while Kermit Douglas and another boy were wrestling and noticed a hemispherical object in the sky. They watched as it became round with radiating rays that trailed…
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Chordewa
The Chordewa is a form of vampiric witch from Bengal. They lie down and use astral projection to enter a cat’s body. They act kind to people in nearby villages to gain their trust. They can lick people in the form of a cat to drain victims of life force and absorb it. The Chordewa becomes stronger as their victims wither and die. Chordewa can be identified in cat form if their meow sounds like a child crying out in distress, which they use to lure in potential victims. Any injuries they receive in cat form will reflect on the true body. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World…
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Chemosit/ Kalenjin/ Chemoiset/ Chimisit/ Chemisit/ Gononet/ Chemosisiek(pl)
The Chemosit is a mythical creature and cryptid from East Africa and Western Kenya and the myths of the Nandi people. It’s often believed to be similar to, or the same as, the Nandi Bear. They have tawny or reddish fur with stripes and an ape’s face. They’re nocturnal creatures known to make a moaning cry or a horrific roar. They sometimes stand on their hind legs and leave round bear-like pawprints. They have been reported breaking into native huts, killing the occupants, and eating the brains of their victims. In the 1960s a man named Angus McDonald was chased around his hut by a seven-foot-tall creature with an ape-like…
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Cerro Llamocca/Llamuqa
Cerro Llamocca is a 4400-meter-tall mountain from the Andes. It’s a well-known mountain that many locals equate to a form of deity called an Apu. Citations: Sossna, Volker. Climate and Settlement in Southern Peru: The Northern Rio Grande de Nasca Drainage Between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE. Germany, Reichert Verlag, 2015.
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Cisco Grove Gassy Robot
The Cisco Grove Gassy Robot is an alien creature sighted near Cisco Grove California on September 4, 1964. A hunter named Donald Shrum was hunting deer when he climbed a tree and saw a light moving through the sky. The light ejected a domed object with a blinking light on top, and then two figures approached him. These beings stood 5 feet tall wearing whitish silver hoods, gauntlets, and coveralls. They had dark goggles and one had glowing orange eyes. They appeared to be metallic and resembled robots. One approached the tree and emitted a white gas from its mouth which caused the witness to lose consciousness. The witness lit…
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Cuegle
The Cuegle is a creature from the myths of the Cantabrian area in Northern Spain. It stands upright, has a horn on its forehead, three arms without hands, and five rows of sharp teeth. It has three eyes, one red, one blue, and one green. It’s omnivorous and will eat anything it catches, usually searching for vulnerable prey rather than actually hunting. It’s known to target nesting chickens, unattended children, and small animals. It can be repelled by holly or oak leaves being placed around the house but is unkillable. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Lawrence,…
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Craigsmere Beast
The Craigsmere Beast is a cryptid from Florida. It was sighted in 1920 by a man aboard the ship Craigsmere. It was described as a long creature with several dorsal fins and a head slightly further in front of the body. It was suggested by Bernard Heuvelmans to be a “Many Finned Sea Serpent” seen on its side. Citations: Newton, Michael. Florida’s Unexpected Wildlife: Exotic Species, Living Fossils, and Mythical Beasts in the Sunshine State. United States, University Press of Florida, 2007.
