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Children of Judas
The Children of Judas are from Serbian, Bulgarian, and Romanian myth. They are a type of vampire who always have red hair and can drain victims of every drop of blood through a single bite. Their bite marks often resemble the way the Latin number thirty is written, XXX, symbolizing the amount of silver Judas took to betray Jesus. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.
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Childers Shapeless Alien
The Childers Shapeless Aliens were creatures sighted near Childers, Australia. They were sighted on January 14th, 1969 at 4:30 am. A man named George Vas and his wife and daughters woke up to a dog barking something sounding like a swarm of wasps. They traced the sound to a sombrero-shaped object glowing purple that was 25-30 yards in diameter. Three beings exited the UFO to gather sugar cane and other plants. These aliens glowed yellow and purple and were three times the size of a human with blocky arms and legs and a formless body. They descended in a slightly smaller craft of similar shape, and when they got close…
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Cheuksin/Cheuksingaksi/Cheuksinbuin
heuyCheuksin is the Korean goddess of the outhouse. She is known to be powerful but also incredibly hostile. She has long hair and uses this hair to choke people who surprise her, and being strangled by Cheuksin causes an incurable illness. It is advised to cough before entering to the bathroom to avoid startling her. Incidents occurring in outhouses were seen as curses and often related back to Cheuksin. To avoid these curses, a sacrifice of rice cakes was required if someone fell into the toilet. While not worshiped on a regular basis, small offerings are made after memorial services, torn off and offered to her without holding vessels. Additionally…
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Cherufe
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The Cheeroonear are mythical creatures from Australian myth. They’re described as humanoid creatures with dog faces, heads, and ears. They have long arms with hands that trail along the ground as they walk. They have a dewlap extending from the bottom of the neck all the way to the wrinkles on the belly. They hunted humans in the Nullabor Plain. There was a drought and the Cheeroonear kept mankind from the water sources. One chugged so much water his stomach distended and he vomited up water and the skulls of several missing people. This Cheeroonear declared he would kill them and then left. The people returned to their village and…
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Chedipe
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Champ
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Cetus
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