Horror movies are full of scary monster attacks. Freddy Krueger crushes teenagers, Godzilla burns cities, Dracula sucks blood, and Gill-man carries away beautiful ladies. But it's all funny because it's just fiction, isn't it? Maybe. Throughout history, thousands of people claim, with wide-eyed horror, that they have been attacked by monsters, demons, and creatures with very sharp teeth. Maybe they're cheating, confused, or just drunk. Or maybe they were telling the truth.
The Nameless Creature of Berkeley Square
50 Berkeley Square is the most haunted house in London. It's an infamous house, supposedly full of spirits, but what if something much worse is stalking its halls? Since the 1840s, stories have emerged of an unnamed horror lurking in the upper floors. While some claim the “thing” is an evil ghost, others believe the Berkeley Square house is home to a real-life monster.
Monster Attack In the 1840s, skeptical Sir Robert Worboys decided to spend the night on the second floor of a scary house. At the insistence of the nervous owner of the house, Worboys armed himself with a candle and a pistol and was supposed to ring a bell if anything strange happened. At 12:45 the owner was awakened by the ringing of a bell and a gunshot. He ran up the stairs, burst into Worboys' room and found the young man huddled in a corner with a smoking pistol in his hand and no sign of life. There were no traces of strangers, but from the expression of Worboys' pale face, the owner realized that he had seen something terrible.
The second encounter with the monster occurred in 1943, when two sailors, Martin and Blunden, decided to rest in an abandoned house after a night of revelry. They found a relatively dry and rat-free room upstairs, lit a fire and slept on the floor. But after midnight, Blunden woke up to the creaking of door hinges, sat up and saw the bedroom door slowly open. Frightened, he woke up Martin, and that’s when they heard something wet and slippery slowly crawling across the floor right towards them. Martin saw a creature that he could only describe as a "hideous monster" (perhaps because it was too terrible for the human mind to comprehend) blocking the door.
The monster suddenly jumped towards Blunden, wrapped itself around his neck and began to choke him. Martin ran outside screaming and found a police officer patrolling the area. The police officer was skeptical of Martin's story, but after searching the house, he discovered Blunden's body in the basement. The sailor's neck was broken and his eyes bulged out of their sockets. Obviously, a more plausible scenario would be that Martin killed his friend, but then why would he come up with such ridiculous stories? What about the many other sightings where witnesses have seen a large gooey thing with tentacles? There are things that a person is not supposed to know, and perhaps one of these creatures lives at 50 Berkeley Square.
Lhakpa Dolma and the Yeti
Despite the Monsters, Inc. cartoon, the yeti is far from adorable if the Lhakpa Dolma girl is telling the truth. In 1974, fourteen-year-old Lhakpa was looking after yaks in the cold Nepalese mountains when someone came down the mountainside. The Yeti grabbed the girl and threw her into the river. Frightened, but unharmed, Lhakpa saw that the creature turned all its attention to the cattle.
According to Lhakpa, the monster was dark brown with a wrinkled face and long nails, and it walked on both hind legs and all fours. She also said he was about 5 feet tall, so no taller than Danny DeVito. But what the yeti lacked in height, he made up for in muscles. He hit the yaks and, like a deranged cowboy, grabbed them by the horns and twisted them until their necks broke. After killing the three, the rampaging Bigfoot ate their brains.
Lhakpa suffered psychological trauma and was found in tears by her family. They notified the police, who discovered strange yak bite marks and strange footprints in the snow. So could the yeti really attack the girl? Whoever the culprit is, he is certainly disgusting.
Texas Werewolf
Believe it or not, the Lone Star State of Texas is full of werewolves. In 1958, Mrs. Gregg of Greggton woke up to find a wolf man looking through her window. According to one old legend, settler and tombstone carver Patterson carved the terrifying face of a local werewolf into the limestone cliffs near his home. And in San Antonio, the Scarlet Blood Wolf Gang is a group of self-proclaimed teenage werewolves who wear fake fangs, contact lenses with vertical pupils, and animal tails.
But the scariest Texas story is about another werewolf. She talks about how an old rancher armed his son with a rifle and sent him into the woods to shoot deer and prove that he was a man. When the boy did not return after several days, the father assembled a search party and went to look for him.
As the farmer made his way through the undergrowth, he heard a strange noise in the distance. Hoping it was his lost son, he made his way through the trees to find his boy being eaten by a giant wolf. In horror, the farmer shot the beast, which abandoned its victim and ran away. But it was too late - the boy's body was torn to shreds. After meeting with a werewolf, the farmer lost the meaning of life. He locked himself in the house, refused food and died alone.
Lake Chelan Dragon
Nestled in the northern Cascade Mountains, beautiful Lake Chelan is undeniably attractive. But something dangerous lurks here. According to one legend, Native Americans discovered a devil living in its depths and tried to kill the beast by damming the lake. But like any monster in a good horror movie, he survived.
The creature appeared again in 1892. According to a local newspaper, the unidentified young man was swimming in the lake when sharp jaws closed on his legs. The man screamed for help and two of his friends tried to pull him out. But the hungry monster had other plans. After a terrible struggle for life, the men pulled their friend ashore - with the creature still holding his legs.
It had the legs and body of an alligator, the head and eyes of a snake, the scaly tail and wings of a bat. And although its skin was “soft as velvet,” the beast was impossible to kill. People attacked the monster with knives, stones, sticks, but to no avail. The creature did not let go of the victim. Finally, they built a fire and dragged the dragon over the flames. This caused a reaction - a bad one. The dragon flapped its wings and flew into the air, with the man in its mouth. Suddenly he dived into the lake and disappeared along with his prey.
Hellhound of Suffolk
If a demon is chasing you. Your first instinct is to run to church because dark forces cannot set foot on holy ground, right? However, this rule does not apply to hellhounds. Their black fangs have been spotted all over the world, and while some think they are the dogs of Satan, others say they are the devil incarnate. And, despite their hellish nature, churches do not save from them.
The most notorious attack by such a dog occurred on Sunday, August 4, 1577 in Suffolk, England. While the citizens of Bungay were praying at St. Mary's Church, a thunderstorm rocked the area. The church was covered in hail, lightning struck outside its walls and suddenly a giant dog appeared. She jumped into the crowd of people and started tearing throats. The heat emanating from the beast alone killed anyone who was too close. Some even say that the dog used its front paws to strangle worshipers. By the time it was over, the monster had killed three worshipers, but the night was not over yet. The black dog ran towards Blythburgh Church where it continued its slaughter, claiming more souls before disappearing into the night.
Did the hellhound really attack these cities? Documents show that on the fourth of August 1577 there was a thunderstorm and that the spire of St. Mary's Church was struck by lightning. Additionally, the warden's records indicate that two people died in the bell tower that night. So was all this natural phenomena? Maybe. But an old poem states: “All in flames, a hellish monster broke into the church and killed many people.” And if you visit Blythburgh, you will see the church door supposedly burned by a hellish beast.
Henry Van Heerdan and Santu Sakai
The Malaysian Santu Sakai are half-human, half-animal creatures with a nasty habit of attacking villages and carrying off people as snacks. Their name translates to "people with mouths", probably because they have fangs like a butcher's knife and a penchant for eating humans.
Of course, most people don't believe in Santa Sakai. It all just seems like a bad dream you had after a spicy dinner while watching Beowulf. But Henry Van Heerdan would not agree with the majority. In 1967, he was hunting in the forest near Kuala Lumpur when he heard growls and screams from behind the trees. As a hunter, Van Heerdan was accustomed to such sounds, but these frightened him and he ran.
As he ran, Van Heerdan looked back and saw two terrible giants rushing straight towards him. They were large, strong and with very sharp teeth. Van Heerdan decided to shoot them, but before he could point his shotgun at them, the Santu Sakai were already upon him, knocking the weapon out of his hands. In desperation, the hunter threw a large stone at the monsters and ran to his car. While he was fumbling with the keys, one monster tried to climb into the car, breaking the rear window, and another perched on the hood. Finally, Van Heerdan started the engine and hit one with the car, but the other continued to hit the windshield. Van Heerdan slammed on the brakes, knocking him down too. Then he rushed towards the people, leaving the monsters to swallow the dust from under the wheels.
The Story of Edward Brian McCleery
In the May 1965 issue of Fate Magazine, you can read a frightening story called "How I Escaped the Sea Monster" by Edward Brian McCleery. He was just nineteen years old when he and four teenage friends said they were attacked by a prehistoric beast.
On March 24, 1962, five friends decided to explore the USS Massachusetts. The Navy had sunk a decommissioned ship off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, and the boys thought it would be an ideal place for scuba diving. Adventure, teenagers, a mysterious place, a creepy monster - it’s clear where this leads.
When the boys set sail towards the ship on a rubber boat, they were caught in a fierce storm. The wind tossed them from side to side, and they became lost in the fog. They didn't stumble upon ghost pirates, they found something worse. As the sun set, the boys heard a splash nearby. They smelled a foul smell of rot and something hissed.
McCleary claims he saw what looked like a pole, about three meters long, or a very long neck, moving straight towards them. In a panic, the teenagers abandoned the boat and swam towards the ship, but as they swam, McCleery saw how the monster pulled one of them under water. Then he heard another boy scream. After a few seconds, the third screamed in pain, and the fourth disappeared into the fog.
McCleary swam to shore, where he was discovered by rescuers. Three years later, he sold his story to a magazine and drew a picture of the monster that supposedly killed his friends. The drawing bears a striking resemblance to a plesiosaur. But is there any truth to McCleery's story? According to the website Cryptomundo, one of his friends actually washed ashore dead, but the fate of the others remains unknown.
Witch Guadalupe
Leonardo Samaniego is far from your typical monster attack victim. Besides being a police officer, he hasn't encountered any ordinary ape man or sea serpent. Instead, he claims, he was attacked by a "Bruja" (Spanish for "witch").
Samaniego was patrolling the streets of Guadalupe, Mexico, on January 16, 2004, when he noticed someone jump from a nearby tree. Curious, he turned on the headlights to get a better look and saw a woman dressed in a black cloak and a pointed hat. She had black eyes (the moon was not reflected in them), no eyelids and, most importantly, her feet did not touch the ground. Without any warning, the witch flew up to the car, sat down on the hood and stared at Samaniego with hatred with her terrible eyes. The frightened officer backed up, the witch hit the windshield, trying to break it and grab Samaniego. He radioed for reinforcements, but suddenly crashed into a wall, losing consciousness.
He regained consciousness in the ambulance and was tested for drugs and alcohol, both of which came back negative. He passed all the psychological tests. He had never hallucinated before. When reporters arrived, the horrified officer stuck to his story. When it became public, hundreds of people reported seeing a woman flying through the sky. Could the cop's story trigger mass hysteria? Or did someone actually attack him? If you ever visit Guadalupe, you might want to take a bucket of water for protection.
The case of Bauman
The extremely creepy story of the hunter Bauman was recorded by none other than Teddy Roosevelt himself. This story is from his 1892 book The Hunter of the Heath.
Bauman and his partner were beaver hunters. They camped and built a cabin near the Wisdom River in Montana. Leaving the bags, they went to set traps, returning at nightfall. But when they returned, they discovered that someone had broken into their home and emptied all their supplies. Bauman assumed it was a bear, but his partner was uneasy. Using a torch, he carefully examined the tracks and came to the conclusion that the bear walked on two legs.
At night, while they were sleeping in the newly rebuilt hut, Bauman woke up and saw a giant standing in the doorway. He panicked and fired, but he ran into the forest. For the rest of the night, the two men sat by the fire with their guns, watching the trees.
The creature returned the next day, again destroying the camp while they hunted. And that evening the men heard the howl of a beast in the forest. As the sun rose, Bauman and his friend decided it was time to pack up and leave. But first they had to assemble their traps, and they made the classic mistake of all time. They separated. Bauman went to the river, and his partner remained to pack his things.
When Bauman returned to camp, he noticed that their fire had gone out. All their things were packed, but where was his comrade? Bauman called him, but there was no answer. And then he saw the body. His partner was sprawled on the ground with a broken neck, his throat covered in puncture wounds, and giant footprints everywhere. Frightened, Bauman ran through the forest, leaving everything behind except his gun.
So what was this creature? Bauman believes it was a goblin. Modern cryptozoologists think it was Bigfoot. But Roosevelt was left in limbo. Perhaps it was just an animal. But perhaps not. As he put it: “Nobody can say for sure.”
The Fred Beck Story
There is a narrow gorge near Mount St. Helens called Ape Canyon, and if Fred Beck is telling the truth, its inhabitants don't care much about visitors. In 1924, Beck and four friends were mining for gold near the canyon when strange things began to happen. For a week they heard strange noises, whistling and loud knocking, as if someone was beating their chest. One day, when Beck and a friend went to get water, they saw a hairy humanoid creature come out of the forest. Perhaps he just wanted to say hello, but Beck's friend panicked and shot the creature as it ran into the canyon.
Naturally, the miners were scared and wanted to leave the next morning. But a local resident had other plans. The gold miners were sleeping when something hit their hut. Beck jumped out of bed and heard that someone very large was running outside. There were no windows in the hut, one of the prospectors looked out through the crack and saw at least three monsters preparing to attack. They started throwing stones at the hut, pushed the door and climbed onto the roof, looking for an entrance. People began to shoot back through the roof and the cracks between the logs.
The attack continued throughout the night. One of the men was so afraid that he sang in hopes of appeasing the “demons of the mountain.” But when the sun rose, the animals disappeared into the forest. The gold miners quickly got ready and then ran out the door to their car. Once they were safe, they told their wild story to several newspapers. When journalists explored the place, they discovered mysterious footprints, but there were no monsters there, not even dead ones. Obviously, most people consider the story to be fiction. In 1982, a man named Runt Mullens claimed that he had not only been imitating Bigfoot tracks since the 1930s, but also had thrown rocks at Fred Beck's cabin that night in 1924. So the whole thing was probably just a prank.
It is often said that war is hell. But what would hell be without at least one random demon? Perhaps this is why the most unlikely monsters are usually seen at a time when the world is immersed in the horrors of war, be it the First World War or the Vietnam War. Eyewitness accounts indicate that there are still monsters in the world, whether it really happened or whether it was just a vision—it’s up to you to decide.
Crocodile and U-28
During World War I, the British ship Iberian was off the coast of Ireland when it was attacked by the German submarine U-28. The Iberian tried to escape, but the submarine pursued it, constantly attacking it. As a result, after two direct hits, the ship sank. This incident would have been long forgotten today if it were not for the article by U-28 captain Baron Von Forstner, which he wrote in 1933. In it, he said that literally half a minute after the ship completely went under water, there was an explosion that threw the remains of the ship and some huge creature resembling a crocodile out of the water.
Morbach monster
There is a legend in the German town of Wittlich that may not be a legend at all, according to the American soldiers stationed there. According to legend, a deserter from Napoleon's army found this town, where he attacked and killed a farmer and his wife before escaping to the farm. But before the wife died, she placed a curse on the soldier, turning him into a monster that terrorized the area until the peasants gathered together and killed him in the vicinity of the village of Morbach, which is how he got his name.
The Dog of Mons
In 1919, many newspapers in Oklahoma printed the story of a Canadian World War I veteran. In the trenches of Mons, the soldiers found themselves under threat from a terrifying beast. It all started in 1914, when a captain of the London Fusiliers sent four soldiers to patrol no man's land. When they did not return, many thought they had been intercepted by the Germans. However, a few days later their bodies were found in a terrible state, with their throats chewed out. After that, everything only got worse - a terrible howl was constantly heard, and people were afraid to take an extra step. It turned out that this was an experiment to create a universal weapon - the brain of a crazy person was transplanted into a huge dog, and this dog was released into neutral territory.
Little Bigfoot
British zoologist John MacKinnon achieved fame when he was able to find three new species of mammals in the forests of Vietnam. However, he said that a much more unusual creature could also be hiding there. McKinnon discovered a huge footprint that resembled a human one, but much larger. Local residents said the tracks belonged to the Batatut forest people, but the zoologist chose not to continue his investigation. Later during the war, soldiers noticed low (one and a half meters) creatures that left huge footprints behind them, for which they were nicknamed little Bigfoots.
Brosno monster
About 400 kilometers south of Moscow is Lake Brosno, a not very large but extremely deep lake with an impressive reputation. According to legend, the Mongol-Tatar troops were on their way to capture Novgorod when they stopped at a beautiful lake to rest and enjoy the view. Suddenly, a reptilian creature emerged from the water and began to attack both people and horses. The Tatar-Mongols took the “dragon’s” attack as a bad sign and decided to leave Novgorod alone.
Congo snake
Colonel Remy van Leerd is a Belgian pilot who is known throughout the world for his heroic exploits during World War II. However, he is also famous because, returning from his mission in the Congo, he flew over the jungle, where he noticed a huge snake, green with a light belly, and it was, according to the colonel, at least fifteen meters long.
Kraken
The Kraken is a squid-like Scandinavian sea monster that is one of the most famous mythological creatures around the world. Many books have been written about him, and a huge number of films have been shot. And, naturally, many people say that they themselves saw the Kraken. One of the most famous encounters took place during World War II. A British trawler was moored in the Maldives and crew member Starkey spotted a huge squid-like creature over fifty meters long.
Fog
Robert L. Pollock, a crew member on a C-130 cargo plane, was aboard the plane during the Vietnam War when he noticed a strange movement in the rear of the plane's cargo hold. There, a gray foggy mass began to form, which swirled clockwise and soon filled the entire tail section of the aircraft.
Big Foot
Russia not only has its own Loch Ness monster, but also its own Bigfoot. These creatures are believed to inhabit the Pamir Mountains, and one of the most famous encounters with them occurred in 1925, when General Mikhail Topilsky and his subordinates collected spoils from defeated anti-Soviet opponents. During interrogation, he learned that the rebels were attacked by strange creatures in the cave, and when he went there, he discovered unusual dead bodies that resembled people, but were not them.
Maskelyne's effigy
As you can see, during a war a lot of strange and incomprehensible things happen. And it is not surprising that many people are trying to come up with something of their own in order to also get into history. For example, during World War II, the British hired the famous magician and wizard Jesper Maskelyne to help them deceive the Germans using camouflage and various tricks. Maskelyne coped with his task, but felt the need to seriously embellish his achievements in his memoirs - so a stuffed Maskelyne appeared, twelve feet in height, which could independently move forward, spewing sparks and flames.
Muchohwa - "One who tears an egg with his claw."
In early August 2002, riots broke out in several districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Local residents demanded that the police protect them from monsters that attack at night and injure their victims.
Muchnohwa showed himself monotonously at first - suddenly, for no apparent reason, multiple cuts were discovered on the victim’s body, as if made with a scalpel.
After August 12, flourhwa began to occasionally appear to residents of the poor Shanwa district in the form of a red and blue glowing ball the size of a soccer ball. According to scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, who investigated these cases, “a strange and brightly lit object flies up to the victims, and when it flies away, claw marks are found on their bodies.” Police officers were also among the eyewitnesses.
However, these attacks fit into the system called "scratching monsters" only to a limited extent. After all, the mealworm not only scratched the victims - it also burned them and made them lose consciousness. In addition, the visible "one who tears the face with his claws" had a round shape, and not a humanoid, as in the other cases. Therefore, we have no choice but to move on and study new facts...
The apes are attacking!
They came to Delhi in the early spring of 2002 and attacked every night - between midnight and four o'clock in the morning. Unknown creatures attacked people, biting and scratching them, but, having received at least the slightest rebuff, they immediately ran away. Doctors recorded monkey bites from people who went to hospitals. But it was not a monkey: in not a single case did the victims develop rabies, a natural consequence of a monkey bite. The police were overwhelmed, responding to incoming calls about monster attacks, and, in the end, there simply weren’t enough patrol cars.
By May 15, nearly 100 incidents had been reported, and at least 16 people had reported scratches to police, saying they had been injured by the monster's claws.
On May 18, the first victims appeared, directly killed by the monster. A railway worker and a homeless tramp were killed within six hours in Ghaziabad. Both were found with punctures in the skull 5-8 centimeters deep and abrasions on other parts of the body. Witnesses in both cases reported seeing a monkey-like “shadow” attacking each of the victims.
After this, the attacks stopped. At all. We are left to wonder what the Indians saw in the spring of 2002. Maybe the same as the Londoners in the fall of 1837?
Jumping Jack.
If the tortoiseshell is clearly something robotic, and also has a number of technotronic advantages (glow, flight, invisibility, both visual and radio-electronic, loss of consciousness, burns and just scratches), then monkey-like monsters are already more like living beings, being, perhaps, more cyborgs (living beings interspersed with technotronic parts). Jack the Jumper, as the Londoners called him, was an “improved version” - he was very similar to a person, but at the same time, he had a number of the above properties - he could cause deep and extensive scratches, and also jumped high.
Jack's first attack took place one autumn evening in 1837. At 9 o'clock in the evening, right in the middle of the roadway, a poorly dressed girl was attacked by someone dressed in a long gray cloak that hid her entire figure. When Mr. William Scott, who lived nearby, accompanied by several servants, ran out into the street, the creature had already disappeared. All that was left on the road was a corpse with a face twisted in horror.
Since then, the monster began to attack late passers-by almost every day, sometimes without hesitation from witnesses. And it’s unlikely that any of the civilians, frozen in horror and surprise, could do anything with Jack. And even if he could, then the Jumper had his own answer to this - he could quickly move in giant leaps, thus quickly escaping from pursuit.
An interesting detail - sometimes witnesses noticed flames escaping from the monster’s mouth.
The fact that the monster was very similar to a person is evidenced by the following fact. On February 20, 1838, someone knocked on the door of the house where the Alsop family lived. 18-year-old Jane Alsop opened the door and saw in front of her a thin policeman in a gray raincoat, in which he was chilly wrapped.
The stranger asked Jane to bring a rope to tie up the newly caught Jumping Jack, who was being held by two more policemen on a nearby street (as we see, the monster could not only speak at the level of a native Londoner, but also had a peculiar sense of humor). The girl, glad that London's nightmare had finally been caught, quickly returned with the rope. But when she handed it to the policeman, he suddenly threw off his cloak, breathed out tongues of blue flame and grabbed Jane with his claws. The whole family came running to her screams, and Jumping Jack released his victim.
On average, the monster attacked Londoners once every two weeks, but sometimes it calmed down for a month or even more. But soon after the lull, like a werewolf thirsty for blood, he appeared again, becoming more and more bloodthirsty. However, gradually the monster's crimes faded away, and he was never caught. He was last seen in Liverpool in 1904, when he attacked a homeless man sleeping on the street...
Who are they?
Who are they, these elusive creatures that kill and maim people for no apparent reason? Why do they do this, where did they come from and where did they go? There are many questions, but, alas, much fewer answers. I hope someday we will be able to answer them. If we don't get caught by another monster on a dark street...
After the release of a series of reports about a monster in the Lviv region that kills domestic animals and sucks their blood, worried residents of the village of Bolshaya Alexandrovka (Boryspil district, Kiev region) called the editorial office of the newspaper monitoring the situation.
“The same thing is happening here! Some animal kills rabbits, chickens and even pigs. Come quickly!” - asked Ivan Andreevich. Our correspondent went to the scene and became convinced that the animals were indeed being attacked by something terrible.
As described earlier, attacks by a mysterious monster on villages in the Lviv region began at the end of April. The beast made its way into farmsteads, broke into cages and killed rabbits. At the same time, the monster did not vomit or eat animals, but only drank their blood. Hunters were on duty at night to catch the beast. But he never got caught. Several people saw a monster: about 1.5 meters high, moves like a kangaroo, but with huge claws and an evil grin!
In Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, the farm of Zinaida Ivanets was one of the first to suffer:
– Around 3 am, something incomprehensible was happening in the yard: a terrible squeak, scream, commotion. And in the morning I look - all the rabbits are lying near the cages - not a drop of blood, but dead,” says Zinaida.
The mysterious creature, who encroached on her household, easily broke the new wooden cages and “figured out” how to open the locks.
- That’s what happened! The next night, around midnight, a dog started barking. I went to look. I approach the barns, and then the creature jumps over the fence! I had not yet come to my senses when a second one just like it jumped out from under my feet! Such a shock! I was shaking all over.
Zinaida admits that she did not have time to see what exactly she was faced with. However, he still gives some details: the animals were dark, about half a meter high, and when they jumped they stretched out to a full one and a half meters!
“But it wasn’t a marten or a dog.” Firstly, they don’t look alike, and secondly, they would tear apart and eat the rabbits, and not drink their blood. “Who knows what kind of monsters these are,” the woman wonders.
Veteran Sergei Arkhipovich Volokhonsky, whose beast recently killed almost all his chickens, is also at a loss:
“I lived for many years, but this is the first time,” says the veteran. - And there are no traces left!
The beast left unnoticed from the farmstead of Lyudmila Kulak, to whom he caused the greatest harm in the village: he killed all the rabbits, chickens and even a pig!
“Here I had two pigs, about 80 kilograms each,” Lyudmila shows an open-air pen surrounded by a high fence. – In the morning I come to feed them – it’s terrible! One is lying, bleeding, the tail and everything around it are simply gone! Apparently it grabbed and tore out! And there is no half-leg either! All bitten, pieces of skin hanging all over the body. Soon she died. And the second pig was badly scratched - it was clear that something was torn with its claws. Now she has to farrow, but she has become so shy, she’s even afraid of the wind!
The attack on the pigs was the last straw (before that, the Kulaks lost rabbits and broiler chickens), and the head of the family, Nikolai, and his godfather decided to catch the beast.
“Kum is a hunter, we took guns and were on duty for two nights.” But it never appeared - and there was no need to come, it killed everyone,” Nikolai says upset.
Bolshaya Alexandrovka is full of rumors. Someone in the forest belt saw a strange creature, and it also seemed to flash in the light of someone’s headlights at a railway crossing near the village. Many people are skeptical about this - they say, it’s all someone’s dog’s fault, and fear has big eyes. However, those affected by the monster(s) take it much more seriously.
- Breaks cells, jumps so high, drinks blood - what kind of power is this!? – Zinaida Ivanets is perplexed.
Meanwhile in the Lviv region
According to Volodymyr Vishko from the village of Pidgaichyky, which was at the epicenter of attacks by the “Carpathian monster” in June, the mysterious beast no longer bothers them. “Gone north! – Vladimir declares authoritatively. – The latest information about him just the other day came from Zhovkva (a village north of Lvov, 35 kilometers from the border with Poland. – Author’s note). Nadezhda Rudaya, the chairman of the Zastavnensky village council, where the monster was also rampaging, says the same thing: “It again confirms what we suspected: it almost never appears in the same place, but always moves on!”
The human imagination, especially in nightmares, can generate images of terrible monsters. They come from the darkness and inspire inexplicable fear. Over the entire multi-thousand-year history of existence, humanity believed in a fairly large number of such monsters, whose names they tried not to even pronounce, since they personified universal evil.
Yowie is often compared to the more famous Bigfoot, but he is credited with Australian origin. According to legend, Yowie lived exclusively in Blue Mountain, a mountainous region located west of Sydney. The image of this monster appeared in Aboriginal folklore to scare away European immigrants and settlers, although there is evidence that the myth has a longer history. There have been people who have spoken of encountering this creature, which is considered an "evil spirit", although there is no official confirmation of Yowie attacking people. It is said that when meeting a person, Yowie stops and stares, and then disappears into the dense forest.
During the era of colonial wars, many myths appeared or found new life in different parts of the world. For example, in regions of South America they began to talk about the existence of giant anacondas. These snakes reach a length of up to 5 m, and their body, in comparison with ordinary anacondas, is much more massive. Fortunately, no one has ever encountered such a snake, either alive or dead.
If you delve into the mythology of the Slavs, you can believe in the existence of such a creature as a brownie. This is a small, bearded man who can live in a pet or even inhabit a person. They say that in every house there lives a brownie, who is responsible for the atmosphere in it: if there is order and harmony in the house, then the brownie is good, if there is often swearing in the house, then the brownie is evil. An evil brownie is capable of causing constant accidents that make life unbearable.
With the head of a crocodile and the face of a dog, with a ponytail and fins, and large fangs, the Bunyip is a fairly large monster that is said to live in the swamps and other parts of Australia. His name comes from the word "devil", but many other qualities are also attributed to him. This monster was most often talked about in the 19th century, and today it is believed that the creature still exists and lives on parity with the locals. The Aborigines believe this most of all.
Everyone knows the Bigfoot creature. This is a large creature that lives in different parts of the United States. He is very tall, his body is covered with black or brown fur. They say that when meeting him, a person becomes numb in the literal sense of the word, being under the influence of hypnosis. There were people who testified to cases when Bigfoot took people with him into the forest and kept them in his den for a long time. Whether this is true or not, the image of Bigfoot inspires fear in many.
Jikininki is a special creature born from Japanese folklore. In the past, this was a man who, after death, transformed into a terrible monster. Many believe that this is a ghost that feeds on human flesh, so people who believe in this deliberately avoid visiting cemeteries. In Japan, they believe that if a person is very greedy during life, after death he turns into a jikininki as punishment and experiences an eternal hunger for carrion. Outwardly, the jikininki is similar to a person, but with a disproportionate body and large glowing eyes.
This creature has Tibetan roots. Researchers believe that the Yeti crossed into Nepal following the footsteps of the Sherpa migrants, emigrants from Tibet. They say that he wanders around the surrounding area, sometimes throwing huge stones and whistling terribly. The Yeti walks on two legs, its body is covered with light fur, and its mouth has dog fangs. Both ordinary people and researchers claim that they have encountered this creature in reality. They say that it penetrates into our world from the other world.
The Chupacabra is a fairly small creature, but capable of causing a lot of problems. This monster was first talked about in Puerto Rico, and later in other parts of South and North America. "Chupacabra" means "goat blood sucker." The creature received this name as a result of a large number of unexplained deaths of livestock of the local population. The animals died from blood loss through bites on the neck. The Chupacabra has also been spotted in Chile. Basically, all evidence of the existence of the monster is oral; there is no body or photograph of it. No one managed to catch the monster alive either, but it is very popular all over the world.
Between 1764 and 1767, France lived in great fear because of a werewolf, either a wolf or a dog. They say that during the period of its existence the monster made 210 attacks on people, of which it killed 113. No one wanted to meet him. The monster was even officially hunted by King Louis XV. Many professional hunters tracked the animal with the aim of killing it, but their attempts were in vain. As a result, a local hunter killed him with a charmed bullet. Human remains were found in the belly of the beast.
In American Indian mythology, there was a bloodthirsty creature called the Wendigo, the product of curses. The fact is that in the myths of the Algonquian tribes it was stated that if during life a person was a cannibal and ate human flesh, then after death he turns into a Wendigo. They also said that he could inhabit any person, taking possession of his soul. The Wendigo is three times taller than a human, its skin is decaying and its bones are protruding. This creature is constantly hungry and craves human flesh.
The Sumerians, representatives of an ancient but quite developed civilization, created their own epic, in which they talked about gods, goddesses and their everyday life. One of the most popular epics was the Epic of Gilgamesh and the stories of the creature Gugalanna. This creature, in search of the king, killed a large number of people and destroyed cities. Gugalanna is a bull-shaped monster that the gods used as an instrument of revenge on people.
Like vampires, this creature has a constant thirst for blood. It also devours human hearts and has the ability to detach the upper part of its body and enter people's houses, especially houses where pregnant women live, to drink their blood and steal the child using its long tongue. But this creature is mortal and can be killed by sprinkling salt on it.
Black Annis, as the embodiment of evil, is known to everyone in Britain, especially in rural areas. She is the main character of local folklore of the 19th century. Annis has blue skin and a scary smile. Children had to avoid meeting her, as she fed on children and sheep, which she took from houses and yards by deception or force. Annis made belts from the skins of children and sheep, which she then wore on herself in dozens.
The most terrible of the worst, the Dybbuk, is the main character of Jewish mythology. This evil spirit is considered the most cruel. He is capable of destroying the life of anyone and destroying the soul, while the person will not be aware of what is happening to him and will gradually die.
“The Tale of Koshchei the Immortal” belongs to the mythology and folklore of the Slavs and tells about a creature that cannot be killed, but which ruins everyone’s life. But he has a weak point - his soul, which is at the end of a needle, which is hidden in an egg that is inside a duck, which is sitting inside a hare. The hare sits in a strong chest on the top of the tallest oak tree growing on a fabulous island. In a word, it’s difficult to call a trip to this island pleasant.
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