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Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото Legends tell about them so far.

When we have creepy monsters, we understand that this is just imagination: monsters emerge from the darkest depths of the subconscious and embody our fears (special thanks to the movie “Aliens”!).

However, there were many cases when people really believed that a creature actually exists.

About Bigfoot heard it all, but there are others – is so evil and scary that some people even mention them I’m afraid.

15. Yovi

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Yovi – the Australian equivalent of Bigfoot. It was noticed in different areas of Australia, most often in the Blue mountains West of Sydney. Reports of encounters with strange beings appeared soon after the settlers from Europe decided to settle in the area, and do not cease to this day. Australian aborigines are also many legends about encounters with Yovi. At first it was called “Yahoo” (yahoo), which means “evil spirit.” And although no documented cases of direct attack Yovi per person, this in itself is the creature frightens. Say, he stands and stares at you, not looking up, and then disappears in the forest.

14. Yacumama

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Rumors of a giant Anaconda living in the jungles of South America, has always existed. We are not talking about the usual giant Anaconda, and unknown reptiles of truly monstrous proportions. Witnesses claimed that this snake is more than all, they ever seen, and its length reaches 40-50 meters. The natives gave her the name “mother of water”. They say the head of this snake is nearly two metres wide. It can fell trees in their path, to say nothing about large animals or person when meeting with the monster they are doomed.

13. Brownie

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Domovoy is a creature from Slavic mythology, an evil spirit. It looks like a little man with a big beard. It is believed that in each house there is your house, and that house like cleanliness and help to support it. These creatures do not seem evil, but on the contrary, useful in the household, but if brownie is something not like it, he can start building evil machinations and spoil your life. It just better not mess with. If he loves you, it will help you, and if you suddenly took a dislike to – to pluck the night up to the bruises, to fall in a dream from above and push so that I can’t breathe. In General, the house is an ambiguous figure.

12. Bunyip

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Bunyip, which is also called “kenpachi”, Australian Maritime devil, or evil spirit. This creature large size and rather peculiar appearance: he has the head of a crocodile, the snout of a dog, teeth and fins like a walrus, and on top of the horse’s tail. The bunyip lives in swamps, streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. Reports of encounters with him come from the mid-19th century, but the natives still believe in his existence. Bunyip bloodthirsty at night they go hunting, devouring animals and people, and especially love to eat women.

11. Bigfoot

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Almost everyone has heard about Bigfoot. But if you don’t know – a creature of large size, which was seen in many parts of North America. It is known that Bigfoot is very high, it has a thick brown or black fur, and he smells. There are reports that he kidnapped people and held them long in the woods in their shelters. True or not, is unknown. They say he likes to watch people looking in the Windows of houses at night.

10. Jikininki

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Jikininki is a very special mythical creature. This Japanese evil spirit, a Goblin that eats human corpses. It is known that once they were human, but for the sins after his death was turned into a horrible perfume. If you are a bad and greedy person, you will be damned after death you will have forever to roam the Earth in the guise of jikininki, endowed with an unquenchable hunger. They say they look like a decomposing body with very bright eyes, which they can immobilize you. So it is better not to get in their way.

9. Yeti

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Yeti – the Himalayan Yeti. They say that he hails from Tibet, from where it spread to nearby mountainous areas. Witnesses claim to have seen Yeti, carrying a big stone and whistling a spooky tune. Bigfoot walks on two legs, covered with white wool, and he had huge fangs. Should not treat lightly the Yeti, because in Tibet, there were numerous cases, when people are faced with it.

8. Chupacabra

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Chupacabra, the legendary goat sucker. This creature is of a modest size, but very evil. The first mention of the Chupacabra came from Puerto Rico, and then there have been reports about the meeting with that monster in South America and in the North. Chupacabra translates as “sucking goat”. It kills livestock and drinks their blood. No serious evidence of the existence of Chupacabra, but the people still believe in it.

7. The beast of gevaudan

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

In the period from 1764 to 1767 the French province Gevaudan (now the Department of Lozère) terrorized by a creature that looks like a huge wolf. It is known that for three years the ruthless wolf-eater, who was believed to werewolf, made 250 attacks, 119 of which resulted in death. The killings continued for several years, and even king Louis XV sent hundreds of professional hunters to organize a RAID on the beast, but their efforts were not crowned with success. Say what killed him in the end, local hunter – consecrated silver bullet. And in the stomach of the beast found human remains.

6. Wendigo

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Wendigo – the native American bloodthirsty spirit-eater. They say that if a person is cursed, he can turn into a wendigo, especially if this man practiced black magic and cannibalism. And even if he was cursed by a witch doctor or bitten by another wendigo. The danger is that the wendigo is always hungry and loves human flesh. This creature is three times higher than a man, he’s translucent, but very hard leather that takes no weapon. You can only kill him with fire.

5. Goalanda

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

The Sumerians were an interesting people. They built a highly developed civilization that has risen above the rest. Their epic, epic and other ancient peoples, tells about the various exotic creatures, gods and goddesses, including very bloodthirsty. One of the most famous mythical monsters of the Sumerians is Goalanda, the celestial bull from the “Epic of Gilgamesh”. It killed thousands of people in search of the city, where lives the great king, and was looking for it too, to kill. To deal with this bull succeeded, but not without losses. Goalanda was a terrible heavenly punishment, which is one of the gods sent to humans.

4. Mananangal

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

These creatures, legends about which extended in the Philippines, similar to vampires. They also love blood, but they have features which set them apart from other vampirelike creatures: these monsters love to eat the hearts of babies and are able to divide his body in half. They say at night they do leave the lower half of the body stand on the ground and the top of the arms produces membranous wings and flies away to look for the victim. Mananangal fly into the house, grab pregnant women, drink their blood and steal their heart child with his long language proboscis. The good news is that they can be killed. For this you need to fill in the lower half of the body of the monster, salt, crushed garlic or ash.

3. Black Annis

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

Black Annis known to every Briton. It’s the wicked witch with a bluish skin, long sharp teeth and claws and a frightening smile, who wanders around the country and stealing small children. It should take care of not only children but also animals, because it eats little kids and little lambs, Stripping them of the skin. From this it then makes skin belts and wears them. She lives in a cave called Black Annis Housing and scratched witches claws in the roots of an old oak tree – the only tree remaining from the ancient forest in Leicestershire.

2. Koschey

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

The tale of Koschei the deathless prevalent among the Slavic peoples. It’s a mighty powerful wizard, who is constantly plotting and is considered one of the most terrifying precisely because of his immortality. Looks like a tall, thin old man or a skeleton. Loves to steal other men’s brides. He has a weakness in his soul, but the soul is bewitched and turned into a needle “koshcheeva death”, the needle is very well hidden. We know this by heart: a needle in egg, egg in a duck, a duck in a hare, hare in an iron chest, the chest buried under an oak tree, the oak tree on the magical island. Not the best way to spend your vacation.

1. Dibbuk

Мифические создания, которыми пугают детей в разных странах. Фото

The Dybbuk for the Jews is the same as for Christians a demon or spirit that is infused in man, and which Catholics are expelled in the process of exorcism, and Orthodox – otchetnoi prayers. The Dybbuk is the soul of the deceased poor person. She can not rest and looks for a way in. They say that the Dybbuk can latch on to a good man and make him possessed. The Dybbuk seems to be desperately looking for help and support in this way, but in the end brings only evil is completely dominated by man. To drive dibuka, one righteous and the other ten members of the community dressed in funeral shirt.

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