Grindylow

The Grindylow is a creature from Yorkshire, England. They live in marshes, swamps, and stagnant ponds. They wait for travelers or children to come too close to the water’s edge and leap up and drag victims into the water. They then either hold victims underwater until they drown, or they strangle them with their fingers, which are long and bony and bulbous at the ends. They consume the flesh of those they kill.

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.