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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.
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Calopus
The Calopus is a hybrid creature from Medieval heraldry. They have wolf-like bodies, feet, and tails, with cat-like heads and serrated horns. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Callopode
allThe Callopode is a strange creature from Lumberjack Folklore. It has the “scientific name” Musicacorpus tryoni. They make music at the start of spring. They breathe in through a hollow knot on top of their heads and breathe out through their trumpet-like noses. They have been known to cover some of the holes from the five rows on its chest to change the sound. Citations: Yarns of the Big Woods, Written and Illustrated by Art Childs
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Callitrice/Callitrix
The Callitrice is a mythical creature from Medieval myth. They resemble Satyrs with long beard, and long thick tails. They’re thought to live in desolate parts of Ethiopia, and tend to hide from humans. Though they are very hard to find, they’re thought to be easy to capture. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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La Calchona/Chiludo
La Calchona is a mythical creature from South America whose name means “ghost” or “bogeyman.” It sometimes looks like a large, bearded man covered in sheep-like wool, but in Chile its thought to look like a large dog with tangled wooly fur. It’s nocturnal and lives in fields and hills. They mostly just scare horses and travelers and sometimes steal food. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Caladrius
The Caladrius is a creature that resembles a white bird and is capable of predicting the fate of a sick person, either death or recovery. If the bird is placed next to a sick person and looks away, the person will die; if it looks at the person then it will absorb the illness from the person. It takes the absorbed illness and burns it off, allowing it to flow away into the wind. Looking at the bird was thought to cure jaundice and its droppings were capable of healing the blind. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers,…
