Dungavenhooter
Variations: Crocodilus hauriens The Dungavenhooter is a Fearsome Critter found lurking in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, although it once ranged as far as Maine. This cunning and dangerous swamp-dweller...
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Variations: Hide-behind, Hide Behind, Ursus dissimulans (Tryon) Hidebehinds are very dangerous animals, found throughout American logging country. It gets its name from always hiding behind something,...
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Variations: Fearsome Creatures, Paul Bunyan Creatures, Lumberjack Tall Tales, and so on “Fearsome Critter” is a catchall term used for a mixed and problematic grouping of creatures. They are all said...
View ArticleRoperite
Variations: Rhynchoropus flagelliformis (Cox), Pseudoequus nasiretinaculi (Tryon) The Roperite is one of the few Fearsome Critters found outside the northern lumberwoods. Its home is in the foothills...
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Variations: Rythmopes inarticulatus (Cox), Reclinor rigidus (Tryon) The Animal That Cannot Lie Down is a near-universal tale arrived at independently by multiple cultures and commonly attached to...
View ArticleRumptifusel
Variations: Villosus sumptuosus (Tryon), Rumtifusel (Tryon) There is a common misconception that “owl pellets” are left behind by owls. This belief, spread by highfalutin scientists, is a load of...
View ArticleWapaloosie
Variations: Geometrigradus cilioretractus (Cox) Wapaloosies are found in Pacific Coast forests, and appear to be the mammalian answer to the inchworm. A wapaloosie is as big as a dachshund, with...
View ArticleAgropelter
Variations: Anthrocephalus craniofractens (Cox), Brachiipotentes craniofractans (Tryon), Argopelter (erroneously), Widow-maker Agropelters are violent and aggressive critters found in lumberwoods from...
View ArticleCactus Cat
Variations: Cactifelinus inebrius (Cox), Felis spinobiblulosus (Tryon) Cactus Cats once lived in the wide-open Southwestern deserts. They were once found in saguaro country between Prescott and Tucson...
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Dingbat
Variations: Bunkeri edithil (Wyman) The Dingbat of the Great Lakes region is a terrifying hybrid of bird and mammal. It has a short, feathered body, short antlers, and large wings. Dingbats specialize...
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Come-at-a-body
Variations: Quadrupes improvisus (Tryon) Bravado and surprise are the weapons of the terrifying Come-at-a-body, a native of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. According to a Mr. B. B. Bickford of Gorham,...
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Teakettler
This small Northwoods denizen makes a sound like the whistle of a boiling teakettle. It walks backwards by choice, and clouds of steam come out of its nostrils. Nothing else is known of its appearance...
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Slide-rock Bolter
Variations: Macrostoma saxiperrumptus (Cox) The greatest hazard of the Colorado mountains is not avalanches or bears, but rather the Slide-rock Bolter. This is a colossal creature the size of a whale....
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Billdad
Variations: Saltipiscator falcorostratus (Cox) Boundary Pond in Maine, near the Canadian border, is the only spot where Billdads live. These creatures are beaver-sized with long kangaroo-like back...
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Treesqueak
Variations: Arborexusta stridens (Tryon), Tree-squeak Treesqueaks make a whole variety of sounds, including vocalizations that evoke the wind in the trees, a cougar’s whine, a piglet’s squeal, and...
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Tripodero
Variations: Collapsofemoris geocatapeltes (Cox) The Tripodero of the Californian chaparral and foothills defies all scientific attempts at classification. Its small, strong body stands on two...
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