Thread "What sort of legendary monsters reside at your place?" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 12:09PM, Sep. 12, 2009

i live at Mex/Usa Borderland (yes, right in the middle) we have many ufo sightings, monsters, not that many, lets see; the chupacabras was pretty popular here in the 90's, we also heard a lot about creel's monitos, some people said these humanoid creatures emerged from caves to scare children that used to go nearby of course that's a legend from southern chihuahua (the state, not the dogs).

since many people from southern Mexico have come here recently,we have gotten to know their legends, they talk mainly about two monsters/legends; the "chaneques" and the "Nahuales".
chaneques are mischievous goblin-like beings that play pranks on people, they often turn on and off lights, open and close doors, can work out as guides for you if you get lost, they also seem to like swinging baby's cradles.
the nahual on the other hand is almost always depicted as an evil creature, much like the chupacabras, they mutilate cattle and have been reported to attack people, an interesting fact is that they predate the chupacabras in time for more than 200 years.

Posted at 1:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

Here in Puerto Rico we "have" the Chupacabra (goat sucker), the older generation might remember "el vampiro de Moca" (the vampire of Moca) Moca being a central town in the island. That creature was a bit similar to the chupacabra but with the difference that it resemble a giant bat.

There's also the Garadiabolos amphibian alien creatures that many people believe were sent here by aliens to populate earth (lol)

Anyway here in the island there's lots of UFO related stories that are well documented and there's always UFO "investigators" from around the world in the island.

Weird.

Posted at 2:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

Eh, stop thinking about your own corners of the US as the whole of the area you can talk about! It's a massive country with an ocean liner's worth of myth and legend! :)

What about Wendingos? And Jackalopes? And the ghost of Black Beard? And all the other ghost ships, ghost buffalo in the sky, Mothman, area 51, and whatever else? I'm sure you guys are aware of a lot more ^__^

Sorry, but our country is big enough and diverse enough that a lot of us have learned the local ones and we don't even remember that the national ones aren't international too.

But nationally, we have legends like Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in the Northwoods ( basically around the great lakes and the areas of the northern continental states. ) and Hiawatha who was a Native American legend said to be born to the Western Winds if I recall properly. He was known for his odd behavior and tricks and was almost a god having married into the family of the Sun and Moon, catching the king of fishes and once killing a serpent prince. Throughout his life he would constantly take different forms and be reborn. Some of the old Native legends also held that the earth existed on the back of a turtle, and that the world was also destroyed by a massive flood at one point.

As for ancient creatures, the great lakes are said to be inhabited by various sorts of ancient monsters, most of them resembling dinosaurs. There's also the Great Bears, another native legend of a mother bear who was swimming across lake Michigan ( I'll have to make sure of the lake, it's been years since I heard this legend so I might not even have the legend totally straight. ) with her two cubs. Depending on the story, the cubs either drowned or got tired out in the lake becoming a couple of small islands visible from the dunes on the lake shore. What became of their mother? She's the dunes you would be standing on to look at her cubs. She lay down to either rest or mourn and never moved, just turning into the lake dunes.

They're not really a legendary creature per se, but there's rumored to be a group of counter-insurgent commando's in the city of Detroit, planning and carrying out strikes against the gangs, particularly the Black Panthers. Kind of something like the counter-terror commandos known as The Black Shadow in Texas and Mexico that is supposedly targeting MS-13, but even less is known about these guys if they even exist.

Posted at 3:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

We have Bigfoot here :p. And a friend of mine from childhood swears on his life that he's seen it xD.

Posted at 10:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

Sorry, but our country is big enough and diverse enough that a lot of us have learned the local ones and we don't even remember that the national ones aren't international too.

Everywhere is big and diverse. I think the real reason is that most Americans are rather parochial. ;)

I do like the bigger more majestic myths you mentioned though, makes a nice change from the smaller scale miscellaneous stuff for the US. :)
The small stuff is interesting and have a place but it's not really on the same level as the stuff that Lonne started the thread with.

Posted at 10:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

Min-mins
Glowing balls of light that appear intelligent. There's no real debate as to whether they exist or not, just what causes it.

Posted at 10:09PM, Sep. 15, 2009

Never heard of Min-mins.

Usually stories about glowing light are twisted tales about strange stuff like cold plasma floating around after a lightning strike, glowing bugs, mirages, or reflections.

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OK, wiki'd em. Interesting. Heh, my alt explanations for the things were prolly right too it turns out :)

Posted at 3:09AM, Sep. 16, 2009

I have pookas in my house. They borrow things and torment the cat! Locally there's not much in the way of monster stories - although there is a local legend involving a witch, and huntsman and a wild boar. The nearby hills have legends of giants, and Harry Canab - the devil's hunstmans. And allregedly, there was a whale burried under the crossroads near where I live!

Posted at 9:09AM, Sep. 16, 2009

Sorry, but our country is big enough and diverse enough that a lot of us have learned the local ones and we don't even remember that the national ones aren't international too.
Everywhere is big and diverse. I think the real reason is that most Americans are rather parochial. ;)

Pretty much. Americans are a very regional people. It's probably got something to do with how we tend to travel more in the country that out of it compared to other nations or something like that.

I'll go back and look for my books on the Native American legends. There's some interesting stuff in them like the Manitowac tales and the stuff on northern Michigan's Bear Walk.

Min-mins
Glowing balls of light that appear intelligent. There's no real debate as to whether they exist or not, just what causes it.

Sounds like Foo Fighters that the bomber crews used to see over Germany in world war 2.

Posted at 7:09PM, Sep. 27, 2009

I recently moved to Hawaii, so far I donâ€™t know about any "monsters" here, for the most part it's the spirits you're supposed to watch out for.

One such are the Night Marchers that protect the trails. Supposedly, if you are there and hear the chanting, you should get of the trail and lie on your face. If you look at them you die.

Of course you have to look out for the goddess Pele. She goes around in the form of an old lady, testing people's good will.