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« on: March 23, 2023, 08:00:34 AM »

I don't know if Omaha/eastern Nebraska has anything like this, but I grew up where the Piasa Bird was everywhere.

the "caves" are actually part of an old limestone mine.  When I grew up, it was assumed to be some type of Thunderbird, but now they are saying it was some kind of Underwater panther.

What kind of mythological creature "exists" in your location?
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2023, 12:16:07 PM »

I Googled this out of curiosity because the only mythical creature I heard about growing up other than Bigfoot and such was the Jersey Devil, but I only read about that creature in little coffee table books at the vacation houses we'd rent in the summer. Interesting stuff, and I've always been captivated by these sorts of paranormal legends.

Anyway, apparently there's a creature called a Squonk that supposedly lives in the woods in Northern PA:



This bit from Wikipedia shattered my heart:

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Unlike many mythological creatures, the supposed physical characteristics of the squonk remain unchanged from the original written account, which states:

The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally traveling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy...Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears.

— William T. Cox, "The Squonk", Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods (1910)[1]

This guy and I are kindred spirits. New favorite cryptid.
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2023, 06:20:03 PM »

Obviously we have the Jersey Devil.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2023, 06:30:20 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2023, 06:52:57 PM »


I would have said the infamous Florida Man.
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2023, 08:57:13 PM »
« Edited: March 24, 2023, 07:30:47 PM by Miscellaneous Top Secret Crumpets »

Seattle: Sasquatch
DC: The Snallygaster and Goatman

Edit: The Salish Sea also has the Cadborosaurus, but that's more of a BC side of the border thing.
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2023, 09:02:51 PM »

In Australia its generally either a Bunyip or a Yowie.
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2023, 01:26:19 PM »

I know Lizardman was once a thing in SC and the USC campus is known for the third eye-man in the catacombs
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2023, 05:54:44 PM »

There’s the Hodag in Rhinelander but that was a proven hoax long ago. For something more mystical, the beast of Bray Road.
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2023, 09:04:44 AM »

I was told only yesterday of the Naine Rouge, who may have been responsible for Antoine du Cadillac's run of bad luck in the latter portion of his career.
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« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2023, 01:13:30 PM »

Louisiana's most famous mythological beast is indisputably the rougarou, but that tradition is historically localized to Acadiana.

Specific to New Orleans, there's the much less known Grunch Road monster which lives somewhere out in the East. 
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« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2023, 02:32:58 PM »

Supposedly there’s “Tahoe Tessie” up in Lake Tahoe, like the Loch Ness Monster. It hasn’t really captured the public’s imagination from what I can tell though.
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2023, 06:56:23 PM »

In Queensland when I was a child, it was the Bunyip.

In Tasmania, it would be the Tasmanian Tiger which some believe are still alive

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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2023, 07:07:07 PM »

In Queensland when I was a child, it was the Bunyip.

In Tasmania, it would be the Tasmanian Tiger which some believe are still alive


not the drop bear?
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« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2023, 02:30:15 AM »

In Queensland when I was a child, it was the Bunyip.

In Tasmania, it would be the Tasmanian Tiger which some believe are still alive


not the drop bear?

No, that is just a joke played on tourists.

When I was a child, the Bunyip was well known.
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