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Traveling back to Europe, let's learn about the Fachan. He's a one- legged, one- eyed giant from Scottish Gaelic mythology. He also has one hand protruding from chest & one tuft of hair that is nearly impossible to bend.

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Happy Father’s Day! #opeaghost #podcast #paranormal #fathersday

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Dzunuḵ̓wa/ Basket Ogress/ Kalkaliilh/ Tsonokwa/ Tsonoqua is a female monster that carries off children in a basket to take back to a cave & eat them in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Heiltsuk & Sqelix w (Salish) folklore.

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I honestly had no idea that hellhorses were an option, and now I have a mighty need!

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Good morning wonderful people! ☀️ It’s finally Saturday!

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Dzoavits is an ancient demon from Newe (Shoshone) mythology. He stole Dove's eggs. Other animals helped her retrieve her eggs. Then they sealed Dzoavits in a volcano & he's been there ever since.

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Good morning wonderful people! ☀️ Happy Friday the 13th!!!

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Human Eaters in Australia?! www.youtube.com/shorts/ShKRm...

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In Canada, descendents of Kashubian migrants from Poland have lore about child stealing dwarves/ krusnunti. In addition to child theft, they also milk cows at night, stealing the farmer's milk yield. They live in behind barns, farmhouses & stables.

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Dry Fingers/ Oniate/ O’nya:ten is a Haudenosaunee bogeyman. They appear as disembodied mummified arms that spread illness.

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In the Chatiks si chatiks (Pawnee) creation story, before there were humans, there were giants but they were arrogant and did not believe in their creator god, Ti-ra-wa, so he softened the earth into mud & it swallowed the giants.

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Fixing to celebrate 200 videos! The next video, coming out later this month will be a 200th video special with double the cryptid content!

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Dread watchers are mysterious figures who guard the path to the Village of Souls in Algonquian myth. They throw the wicked off of the path into the abyss. Fae are often associated with liminal spaces between life & death.

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Duhindu are little people of the forest who cause disease according to the lore of the Miskito, an Afro-Indigenous ethnic group in Central America. They sometimes kidnap human children, however, they return unharmed the ones who are well-behaved & the ones don't behave return sick & weak.

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Here's a baby otter to start your week.

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Duendu is a tiny old bearded man who wears a wide brimmed hat. Sometimes he has backwards pointing feet. He harasses hunters & guards treasure in the forest, according to Garifuna mythology in Belize.

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You Won’t Believe What Lurks in Africa’s Wild Places www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXsZ...

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Los duendes, the goblins, come originally from Spanish folklore but now appear in the mythologies of new world countries colonized by Spain. They are mischevious or even malevolent trickster spirits who look like little old men. They can be appeased with food offerings.

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The connection between elves and incubi goes back hundreds of years in England and Scotland where the terms where often used interchangeably: "Ane elphe, ane elvasche incubus" - R. Sempill, 1583 "An elf, an elvish incubus"

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Real life Dream Time Monster?! www.youtube.com/shorts/oJXGg...

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The Dover Demon is a cryptid from Massachusetts, first seen in the 1970s. It has glowing eyes, a large head on a small, stick-like body. It can be bipedal, but it also travels on all fours. It looks a lot like a Gray, but has tan skin.

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The Dog Man is a North American bipedal dog or wolf- like cryptid. Dog Man was first reported in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan but has been seen around other parts of the US. The Beast of Bray Road was seen in Wisconsin in the 1990s. Could this be a modern continuation of canine myths?

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Djodi'kwado is a horned aquatic serpent that can take the form of a young, handsome warrior in Haudenosaunee mythology.

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Bigfoot Filmed Near Colorado River? www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watc... #Cryptid #cryptids #cryptozoology #bigfoot #sasquatch #paranormal

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Diyin Dine'é are a mythic race that taught the Diné people their culture, including religious rites & house building. Their name might mean holy people or people with supernatural powers.

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Dindjie Nah- Taedhet are black scaled snake people with enormous mouths from Gwichʼin mythology in Canada & Alaska.

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