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Champ
Champ is a cryptid thought to live in Lake Champlain in New York, Vermont, and Quebec. It is often recognized by a famous photo called “the Mansi photograph.” It has a thick body with a tapered neck, resembling a plesiosaur, though some describe it as a massive serpent. Some believe it may be related to a horned lake monster from Iroquois Native Americans. Reports appeared in newspapers around 1873 and P.T. Barnum offered a $50,000 reward to any who could bring the monster in, and of course, no one claimed this reward. It isn’t thought to be aggressive and features prominently in local tourism. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The…
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Chacao Miranda Martian
The Chacao Miranda Martians are Aliens sighted in Chacao Miranda, Venezuela December 8, 1954. Several saucer-like UFOs were sighted landing in the area. A man named Toms Betancourt attempted to grapple with one of the creatures he called thought to be a Martian. He said it was gelatinous and incredibly slippery which allowed it to escape. Citations: Rosales, Albert. Humanoid Encounters 1950-1954: The Others Amongst Us. N.p., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
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Cetus
The Cetus is an enormous sea monster from Greek myth. It was thought to be owned by Posiedon and possibly created by Zeus. It was made to kill princess Andromeda. She was chained to a rock to be fed to the Cetus because her mother bragged about her beauty and insulted the goddesses and nymphs. It ended up being turned to stone by Perseus by use of the head of Medusa. It had a giant body like a bloated whale or dolphin, with a tail divided into two fan-like sections. It was colored brownish-yellow and turquoise with no limbs other than vestigial membranous flippers on its torso. It had a…
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Central American Whintosser
The Central American Whintosser is from Lumberjack Folklore. Mean and constantly causing trouble, they are often found in coastal California and Mexico. They have a long body shaped like a triangular prism with a set of four legs on each of its three sides. If there is an earthquake, they are unbothered as they won’t lose their footing even if they roll. Their heads and tails are connected to their bodies in a swiveling joint for this same reason. They have forward-facing bristling fur. They cannot be clubbed, spiked, or shot and have more lives than a cat. They can be killed by luring them into an area where all…
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Cement Worms
Cement Worms are creatures from Lumberjack Folklore similar to Ice Worms. They have the scientific name “Vermes Shatteratus.” They can be found in aging concrete sidewalks and building foundations and are thought to be the reason that cement crumbles. They can be found throughout the US, and according to mythologist Ralph Walker, rockslides in the Rocky Mountain area could indicate Cement Worms have moved to canyon walls. Citations: Wyman, Walker Demarquis. Mythical Creatures of the U.S.A. and Canada. United States, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Press, 1978.
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Ceasg
The Ceasg is a form of mermaid-like creature from Scottish myth. They’re known to live in lakes and on the coast. They have the upper body of beautiful women with the lower body of salmon, though they turn fully into human women if they fall in love with a human. Any children they have will have a strong connection to the sea. If unloved, they express their anger by leading fishermen to drown. They have been known to overturn boats, punch holes in boat hulls, and use fishing nets to pull humans into the ocean to die, and can be easily offended. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World…
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Cauchemar
The Cauchemar is a vampiric demon or witch from French myth whose name translates to “nightmare.” Sometimes they act as a succubus or incubus and enter the beds of evil people. Someone sleeping with a Cauchemar is enslaved to its will and drained of their life energy. Signs of an attack from a Cauchemar are waking up having drooled, having no energy, and having leg cramps. Attacks can be prevented by putting salt, stones, or beans under the pillow. A broom propped in the corner deters the Cauchemar as does having screens on the windows. Sleeping on one’s stomach can keep a Cauchemar away, and they cannot enter a house…
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Carolina Parakeet
The Carolina Parakeet is a cryptid classified as a Lazarus Taxon (an animal believed to be extinct but then found alive again). The Carolina Parakeet was first described in 1891 and goes by the scientific name Conuropsis carolinensis. It’s a small bird with green plumage that has sections of yellow and orange. It is the only bird in the parakeet family native to North America and could be found in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Due to their tendency to eat fruit, many were killed en mass by farmers. This along with them being sold as pets, or used as decorations for women’s hats, led to their extinction. The last…
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Camp Chipmunk/Tigermunks
The Camp Chipmunks are powerful creatures from Lumberjack Folklore. They were once normal sized chipmunks but grew massive after eating countless prune pits left behind by the camp cooks of Paul Bunyan. They have been known to lift their tails and scream into the moonlight. Despite their strength and ferocity, they are thought to be cowards at heart. They became so strong that they killed all the bears and mountain lions in the area, until they were hunted down and killed by Paul Bunyan and his men. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Lewis, Allen, and Stevens,…
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Mt. Cameron Yeti Alien
The Mt. Cameron Yeti Alien was sighted in June 1932 at Mt. Cameron, in Colorado. It was sighted by a man named William Lamb. He found tracks measuring 17 inches long and 4-6 inches wide. He saw a fireball dropping from the sky which vanished and transformed into a creature. It stood 8 feet tall and resembled the yeti. The creature started chasing him, and he eventually managed to escape by jumping off a cliff onto a pine tree. He believes this is the same creature as the yeti from the Himalayas. Citations: Rosales, Albert. Humanoid Encounters 1930-1949: The Others Amongst Us. N.p., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
