Rumor or Reality: 35 Mysterious Cryptids That May (or Might Now) Exist

11Mare

Mare

The ‘mare’ in nightmare actually refers to an evil spirit in European folklore, which people believed sat on their chests while they slept, causing unpleasant dreams.


12Domovoi

Domovoi

In Slavic folklore, a peeping-Tom spirit named Domovoi will torment you in your house if you don't do your chores.


13Unicorn

Unicorn

In Japanese mythology, the Unicorn is a fierce creature who is able to root out criminals and instantly punish them by piercing them through the heart with its horn.


14Kallikantzaros

Kallikantzaros

According to a European folklore, children born between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6) have a chance each Christmas season to become a kallikantzaros, a kind of impish black vampire. One remedy was for parents to singe (burn) their infants' toenails.


15Hombre Caiman

Hombre Caiman

In Colombian folklore, the legendary Alligatorman (Hombre Caiman) is said to be a fisherman converted by the spirit of the Magdalena River into an alligator, that returns every year on St. Sebastian's Day to hunt human victims.


16Boroboroton

Boroboroton

In Japanese folklore, there is a 'futon (sleeping mat) spirit' named Boroboroton. If it feels neglected, the futon will rise up and roam the house at night, looking for people to strangle.


17Leprechauns

Leprechauns

As leprechauns are descended from evil sprints, they originally wore red. It is uncertain how they came to wear green.


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18Manananggal

Manananggal

In Filipino mythology, the Manananggal is a Vampire-like creature whose torso severs from its lower body, flies around with a pair of bat wings, and then uses a proboscis-like tongue to enter sleeping pregnant women and eat the hearts of fetuses.


19Shirime

Shirime

There is a Japanese mythological creature named Shirime that has an eyeball in place of its butthole. It gets a kick out of scaring strangers with its shiny eyeball butt.


20Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga is a witch from Slavic folklore and lives in a house elevated by chicken legs. She flies around in a mortar and uses a pestle as an oar.

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