Uh. There are a lot of Dutch legends and beasts, but the one that instantly jumps to mind is about Witte Wieven, which is sort of dialect for White Women or White Ladies, which refers to the white swirls of morning fog that could be seen in the forests and over the bogs when those were still plentiful. They were believed to be witches or ghosts in common folklore, I believe.
I live in Manitoba, part of Canada. We have something called Manipogo that's supposed to live in one of our huge lakes that are like inland seas. It's like Nessie, but the legends surrounding it date back to the time of the natives. Could be a pleisiosaur.
Oh and for all of you nature-deprived britons, I just came back from camping where we had to lock up our garbage at night or else the black bears will come for a visit. Seriously. The other night we left out a small bag of garbage and when we woke up the bag was ripped to pieces and garbage was everywhere, but in this case we think it was just a muskrat (huge aquatic rat the size of a housecat, my native grandparents used to trap them for fur and eat the meat, which is delicious like rabbit).
In Sweden, trolls are all the rage! Though it's not trolls as you would find in D&D or LOTR. They are a nice kind of troll who enjoy family picknicks with cheese sandwiches!
I wish we had drop-bears, wild haggis or any folk-tale creatures here in Denmark.. But no :/
We killed of all wolves, mooses, orca and such a few hundred years back, and since its not a very big country and mostly consisting of islands, there are no dangerous animals out there to be scared of and to fuel for the tales mytichal creatures.
Even the danish Adder isent poisonous enough, so that you have to see a doctor... Unless bitten on the head... Then you will be put into observation.
The most dangerous creature in Denmark today is the tick-_-
So please remember, when camping in Denmark, please try not to get run over by a car
Want to find a cliff to jump out from? Too bad! Denmark underground consists of clay and lime, no cliffs!
That also means no earthquakes!
And we dont have hurricanes either, only a somewhat bad storm once in a few years.
I had no clue really so I did some crypto-research.
Michigan:
*Dogman/Werewolf/Bray Road Beast
*Michigan Merman or Maymaygwashi as the Ojibwe call them.
*Water Monster of Stearns Bayou, Grand Haven, Michigan
*Big Dogs
*More Bigfoot
*Cougars. And the big cats too.
source: http://www.michigansotherside.com/Articles/Cryptozoology_In_Michigan.htm
Snow snake in the U.P. (upper peninsula)
source: http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/michigan-snow-snake/
Thunderbird! Norsemen eat your heart out.
source: http://www.exploringthenorth.com/oneil/thunder.html
Lake Michigan Monster a.k.a. "Mishy"
Yea we aren't very original. I'm surprised I didn't dig up a kraken for us or a killer fog. Actually a fog monster or killer fog would be awesome.
On a semi-related note: I'm a troll! Grar! Me smash you!
Lower Peninsula dwellers = Trolls
Live under the Mackinaw Bridge! Yea I know, you forgot how to laugh.
Upper Peninsula dwellers = Yoopers ("UP"ers)
Edit:
Windigo - Evil man-eating spirit. Apparently if you commit a sin you get turned into one.
Bagwajiwinini - Basically Native American Hobbits/Gnomes. The translation is "little people."
Memegwesi - Benign water spirits. But they may conduct mischief when disrespected.
Mishibizhiw - "Underwater Panther." Cross between a cougar and dragon. Dangerous monster that drowns people.
Also a couple other spirits of things and of course "The Great Spirit." Though I don't presume to call those legend so much as religious figures.
source: http://www.native-languages.org/chippewa-legends.htm
ok im not telling this so you can do it by your self always have someone with you when you do stupid shit like what im about to tell you. leave out a pound of ground beef in open ground before sunset have balck lights lighting up the meat and sit back and watch them come and eat. now i recomend haveing a gun with you too btw.
Uh, why? I mean don't you blokes from down under get enough of hostile creatures as it is since the continent itself is... you know, hostile to all human life?
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