70 Creatures and Monsters of North American Folklore

Discover the world of North American folklore, with 70 captivating tales of mysterious beings. From lakes to forests, these stories of mythical creatures, enigmatic monsters, and hidden cryptids await your curiosity.
The creatures found in this video:
Menehune - Hawaiian Islands
Agropelter - North American lumberjack lore
Alkali Lake Monster - Nevada
Chupacabra - Puerto Rico and Latin American countries
Altamaha-ha - Georgia's Altamaha River
Urayuli - Alaska
La Llorona - Mexican folklore
Two-toed Tom - Florida and Alabama swamps
Bigfoot (Sasquatch) - Pacific Northwest's dense forests
Rougarou - Louisiana's bayous
Dover Demon - Massachusetts
Wood Devils - New Hampshire's forests
Mishipeshu - Great Lakes region
Sidehill Gouger - North American lumberjack folklore
Sharlie - Payette Lake in Idaho
Specter Moose - Maine's wilderness
Joint Snake - Southern United States
Stick Indians - Pacific Northwest's forests
Tahoe Tessie - Lake Tahoe, California
Tizheruk - Alaska
The Michigan Dogman - Michigan
Nalusa Falaya - Choctaw folklore
Atahsaia - Zuni people's tales
Shunka Warakin - Northern Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
Jersey Devil - New Jersey's Pine Barrens
Tupilaq - Greenlandic Inuit lore
Goatman - Maryland
Beast of Busco - Churubusco, Indiana
Nunnehi - Cherokee traditions
Oklahoma Octopus - Oklahoma's freshwater lakes
Canotila - Lakota mythology
Piasa Bird - Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois
Bear Lake Monster - Utah's Bear Lake
Flatwoods Monster - West Virginia
Mothman - Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Colossal Claude - Off the coast of Oregon
Pukwudgie - Wampanoag people's lore
Champ - Lake Champlain, Vermont
Hoopsnake - American Midwest and Canada
The Squonk - Pennsylvania's Hemlock forests
N-Dam-Keno-Wet - Lenni Lenape people of Delaware
Splintercat - Pacific Northwest, Oregon
Melon Heads - Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut
The Enfield Horror - Enfield, Illinois
Ogopogo - Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Sink Hole Sam - Kansas
Tennessee Wildman - Tennessee's woods
Jackalope - American Western folklore
Slide-Rock Bolter - Colorado's mountains
Water Babies - English folklore
Wendigo - Algonquian Native American cultures
Tommyknockers - Western U.S. mines
Caddy - Pacific Northwest's coastal waters
Cactus Cat - American Southwest's deserts
White Thang - Appalachian region
The Beast of Bladenboro - Bladenboro, North Carolina
Skinwalkers - Navajo and Native American cultures
Lizard Man - South Carolina's swamps
Thunderbird - Across Native American cultures
Billdad - Texas
Snallygaster - Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Tripodero - California
Hidebehind - American lumberjack stories
Loveland Frog - Ohio
Ozark Howler - Ozark Mountains in Arkansas
Nalusa Falaya - Choctaw folklore
Atahsaia - Zuni people's tales
Shunka Warakin - Northern Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
Goatman - Maryland
Thunderbird - Across Native American cultures
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[@MythosTheHistorian]

Do you have a favorite creature in the North American Folklore? Or maybe a creature not listed in this video?

[@lorddraco1359]

Lizards :D Make to European Folklore and Middle East Folklore :D

[@user-rk8fs5ko4i]

How about Mo-Mo? The Missouri Monster.

[@josieswanson7764]

You forgot Chessy, the Chesapeake bay sea serpent.

[@josieswanson7764]

I also got to give a shout out to the Bunny man of Ox road Bridge. His tale goes back to the 1950s. They were still telling his tale when i was a kid. Weilding an age, threatening people, or hacking up house porches.

[@casotkowy1558]

This is hardly “North American” legends when Canada, the largest country in North America, is barely mentioned. Also, you pronounced “ Okanagan” wrong” . British Columbia is not part of the Pacific Northwest. It’s Canada’s west coast.

[@CuteDwarf11]

The Thunderbird has always been my favorite creature of Native American mythology; it was also the first creature I learned of.

[@bradleymiles671]

I've seen the beast of bray road. I'm a truck driver and was on my way to a pickup in Elkhorn Wisconsin. It was a chilly night the moon was close to being full. I arrived to my pickup and was told it would be a few hours before my load was done. So I went back to my truck with the intention of taking a nap for a bit. I had to relive myself and this the middle of the night so I went behind my trailer I had my headlamp on so as not to trip. I was almost done taking a leak when I got an unshakable feeling of being watched. I turned around and was about to walk back around my truck when the light from my headlamp fell across something about 40 yards away from me in the field behind my trailer. At first I noticed the eyes which thanks to my light were illuminated however the eyes were too far to be a coyote or a wolf. I stood there perhaps longer than I logically should haveeven though my instincts are telling me to go back to my truck. I stood there in utter disbelief of what I was seeing. It was in a crouched over position at first and then it stood straight up in 6'2 and standing straight this thing was considerable taller than me we stood there staring at each other for a long minute I wasn't completely unprotected as I had my buck knife on me at the time. I finally listened to what my instincts were telling me and started walking backwards towards the front of my truck not for a second taking my eyes off this monster. Aa I continued to walk backwards it initially mimicked me and took three steps forward. I walked back a little farther and reached behind me and was relieved to find my door handle. I have never gotten into my truck quicker than I did that night. Once inside the truck I looked in my mirror and could see the creature sniffing the back of my trailer and a little bit in front of the very back wheels of the trailer. Thankfully the shipper called me with a door number not too much longer after that. I know about the beast of Bray road I have watched countless documentaries and red numerous stories about it. And I know there are those who will not believe my story but I know damn good and well what I saw that night

[@sarahhurst701]

Incredible video! Thanks for sharing all of these creatures with us!😊❤

[@sharonmedeiros9819]

Living right outside of the Bridgewater Triangle, I was pleasantly surprised that Puckwudgies were included in this compilation. About 20 years ago, as I was walking alone along a pretty creek in the woods in Westport, Mass, I noticed on the opposite bank, a little brown man with a face that looked like a wrinkled dried out apple. He was wearing an odd looking cap and a vest with no shirt. His arms were very muscular and I wondered if he was cold because it was a chilly autumn day. He was crouched down looking at me over his shoulder, and when he saw I had noticed him as I continued walking he slowly turned into a tree stump. I was astonished and thought it was an optical illusion and if I backtracked, the tree stump would again resemble the little man. But as I slowly walked back, never looking away, it remained a tree stump. Then I got a strong feeling that I was not welcome there and I suddenly felt frightened and quickly walked away. I never went back there again. Puckwudgies are not to be trifled with. They have been seen here by the Wampanoag indians since before there were white settlers.

[@nshockley123]

Grew up Bridgewater, live in Mansfield. I was too!

[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

Very. Cool! Thanks for sharing! I'm planning on some investigatory camping trips in the Bridgewater Triangle next year! Great to hear a first hand experience with a pukwudgie!

[@m1herrmann160]

Whatsup locals!!! :)

[@ryu9687]

They’re in jk rowlings Harry Potter lore. It’s one of the houses in the American school of wizardry ilvermony

[@bunnyluver2176]

Wow that's crazy. I heard a similar story once but the details are fuzzy. But basically a humanoid creature that turned into a scrub I believe.

[@LeonScheppink]

Despite beings somewhat of a cryptid connoisseur, so to speak, quite a few of these were new to me. Well done.

[@alanloewen4148]

Brilliantly done, I appreciate the obvious research and hard work you put into this presentation. Thank you for a fascinating video well worth the investment of time.

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Thank you! Glad you like it!

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Cool.

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for showcasing these creatures of legend 👍🏻

[@kalekain3521]

These are some fantastic beasts and now I know where to find them. Also, what’s sad is, if these were real, they’d have more to fear from us then vice versa.

[@jesusknight1]

Thank you!

[@julius9943]

im curious, who did the art we see in the video? its really well done and has some very fresh takes on cryptids i've never really thought about before.

[@donnuttall269]

Ogopogo is my fav. I live rigt by Okanogan Lake. And great video

[@lovely1762]

This is awesome....😊😊😊😊

[@corvinreigar]

FYI Windegos don't have antlers, they remain emaciated parodies of humans and increase in size commensurate with how much they consume, this represents the insatiable hollowness of gluttony

[@douglastarvestad186]

I bet you, you could combine several of these creatures and get a great horror movie. At least two movies, maybe three if done right. And use these images as reference. Very well done.

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Indeed! :) thank you!

[@ganjahtron]

menehune! that’s awesome you put them in here. that was my elementary school’s mascot.

[@itallia666]

Thank you for this compilation of quick reference creatures of myth & legend! Just yesterday i was listening to a story of the Welsh & Cornish Knockers. These creatures are ancient & are too, cryptids from mines The Cornish Knockers go back over 1,000yrs from the Tin Miners of the area. I think many legends were brought over from Europe by Settlers & blended in with local Legends from Native American lore. Also i believe many of these cryptids were once actual creatures from prehistoric Earth Once living creatures & recorded in memory & rock art. Maybe there are still pockets of unexplored regions where these Beasts still continue to exist, probably in modified form or smaller than they once were. Id even say we still have some surprises, regarding cryptids & mythical beings, existing still in some deep jungle, primeval forests & unexplored lakes. Thanks once more! Thought i recognised your voice Mr Mythos! 😁 Peace 🇬🇧👧

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Glad you loved it!

[@912spvrky9]

I live 10 minutes from the altamaha river and fish there regularly I’ve heard numerous stories of sightings of alti

[@MichelleMarie80]

I am originally from Louisiana I remember as a child hearing about the Rougarou we had a German Shepherd as a child my father was a police officer and he trained German Shepherds the house we lived in was surrounded by woods one night the dog was outside we started hearing weird noises then the dog barked then was whimping really hard by the time my father went outside with his gun in hand to check on the dog my father saw some dragging the dog into the woods my father gave chase whatever it was was standing on two legs and very tall and stocky build my father shot off a few rounds and nothing a few days later while walking in the woods a few hunters stumbled across a dog remains not long after we moved.....

[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

😮 poor doggie! Could have been a bigfoot, too... They don't always love dogs, especially big smart protective dogs like shepherds.

[@Phil-Des]

Im from Quebec, and I wonder if Rougarou comes from ‘loup garou’, which is the French canadian word for werewolf.

[@Janchito]

OMG! Your voice and storytelling are the best! Mythologies are my newest hyperfocus and I really appreciate there is a chanel that is this captivating. Thank you!

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Thank you for the kind words! Glad you love the channel. Hope to not dissapoint :)

[@drew-shourd]

These are great, awesome job compiling them, I'd say over half I had never heard of, being a writer of short stories about cryptids and the paranormal, these are very interesting indeed. @11:42 it is wearing the latest swim fashion from Paris, but how?? Ok, @22:50 now THAT is scary!!!....but you did leave one out, a very scary one, from the Philippines, but came to Southern California by boat, the LindaLuLu....my ex-mother-in-law!!...hahahahahah

[@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975]

8:34 the Whirling Whimpus reminds me of the Bumble from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 😂

[@lilesmw]

5:29 I AM GROOT!! 😂

[@Acertainfrog]

That altamahama ha got me rolling cause my friend had just randomly shouted kame hame ha and fell

[@brentbonham4398]

There are Native tales of a race of large, hairy, cave - dwelling canibals living on and around Mount McKinley (Denali). Many of your examples can also be likened unto the Sasquatch and Yeti stories. These creatures have been the focus of a centuries long game of whisper down the lane - different descriptions are inevitable.

[@johnandrews1025]

I'm from Iowa and you forgot about the Vanmeter monster.

[@bossfan49]

I've heard of exactly 7 of these. Unbelievable.

[@oxylepy2]

YES! A REAL PERSON. Sub'd

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Welcome on board :)

[@egbru7655]

Loveland frog is my favorite

[@kintero27]

We also have the Sasquatch here in North Carolina. It’s also a mascot for the Baxter plant up in Marion.

[@peanutbuttersunfish2927]

I used to work there, I had no idea lol

[@DaZanchi]

this is the second video of yours I have watched and I just love that you explain the allegory/lesson that these stories are meant to teach

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Glad you like them!

[@kierraogden6771]

Champ! New Englanders love our Champ.

[@Slicer1475]

I'd love to see an Alaskan Bullworm or a Man Bear Pig from Colorado.

[@alexoblivion9295]

What you want is a 1979 movie called 'Prophecy'.

[@monaevans8966]

I love the thunderbird ! & jack a lope

[@derekmason1881]

Dogmen are my favorites and Jersey Devil are my favorites

[@Mustafa70116]

Watching this while in North America

[@kylekusmerz3462]

Really awesome art work!!

[@becausereasons5235]

First time I’ve heard of anyone talking about stick indians outside of the local native community

[@TheLooterArmy]

The ash scale. Massive rattlesnake of ridiculous size and variable camouflage that changes between that of either oak or pine bark and granite. From the Yosemite and outlying foothills where such trees and exposed stone make up most of the landscape. Reclusive in nature but not above making a meal of the occasional lone hiker.

[@RedArrow808]

Believe me if there were a dog man in the backwoods of Michigan it would be mounted in sitting in someone’s garage.

[@kevinwilt3918]

You should have also mentioned the Billywhack monster of Santa Paula California

[@lordofpain3476]

Don't ever underestimate the fieresome Jack-a-lope , they are fast , intelligent and carnivorous . If you encounter one and try to run away , you will only die tired ........ Then you will be devoured.

[@DoorToWindow]

Agropelter sounds like tribal memories of ancient Sloths who were 7 feet tall 30,000 yrs ago & would have been very tree noticeable.

[@MrChristianDT]

It's not Native American, though. It derives from lumberjack & Appalachian lore. Occasionally, they would pick up some stuff from the Native Americans, but it was rare & very slight & they would then just fill in the rest with random bull. Examples are the Agoa- comes from the Lenape word for snake & was probably a polite way of referring to the Underwater Spirit that inspired many of eastern North America's lake monster stories, but the actual story told by whites said it was a giant, two headed, man-eating snapping turtle. The Wampus Cat- probably also based on the Underwater Panther. When not described as a sea serpent, other tribes described it as a giant lynx with a human face & a long tail & many stories with this second version talk about I having once been a man who was transformed after an attempted revenge spree against the woman who denied him. Wampus Cat shares the backstory, but the animal is a six legged mountain lion &, to this day, we have not been able to work out which language they got the word Wampus from. Piasa- based on a real piece of rock art on the Mississippi River that no longer exists & a real word for the Thunderbird, but the rock art was depicting an Underwater Panther & all the details of the Piasa are made up & do not relate to Thunderbirds in any way. Mugwamp- giant sturgeon in a lake in Canada. MIGHT have been based on a real Native legend associated with that lake, but we have a written admission that the name was made up by a white person from Native language & he did not get this name from the Natives.

[@bradleymiles671]

The squonk looks like jabba the hutt 😅😅

[@lennierivera8455]

A wendigo, i love wendigo stories. The flesh eater. And cannibalistic monster.

[@YoungTeeza1990]

You forgot the bunny man from baltimore 😂

[@michaelthomas1843]

You left out "Chessie", a serpentine creature living in the Chesapeake bay.

[@stealthy1498]

Poor Mr. Squonk. Bro needs a hug 😭

[@monaevans8966]

Ive heard of a lot of these.i wonder how they came to be???

[@arlenedavis5770]

The dude who made up the Ozark Howler in 1986 fessed up.

[@nancyM1313]

💓🐺💓

[@sparky92258]

How did you miss the Taily Po?

[@aaronsaunders6974]

urayuli looks like the creature from critters

[@tylerbabitz5875]

That specter moose me and a handful of my naibors saw that moose pass by our naiborhood and disappearing into the fog .

[@Ringgo733]

The Hoop snake 🐍 is real I saw one in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.

[@petropetro6076]

Can i do a series going in depth on all of these

[@H0r53f7y]

How the heck did Tailypo not get mentioned??

[@DerpyD123]

The squonk is me frfr

[@danielsfunhouse15]

Oh😊

[@UP_ALL_KNIGHT247]

many similar themes

[@Rogue-element101]

Usa has a lot of freaky things. I think i speak for many people when we would enjoy more in depth of these cryptids. Maybe sorting it by region?

[@vonStahlmach]

The Jackalope is just the US version of the german - or better said bavarian - Wolpertinger.

[@corvinreigar]

The Saabe, derived from older words used to describe giant humanoids that represent wisdom and knowledge, walking between the physical and spiritual world, often the basis for or blended into tales of Sasquatch type sightings. Hmm, Saabe versus Windego...

[@atsfwolf2583]

Hey where is da nightcrawlers.

[@ThatGuyRomero]

Also ..i call it the Madrastra , my evil stepmother

[@zealkurusuthegatorman5439]

What about the Aniwye?

[@lindseycolvin7434]

Does anyone in idea of what might be in Arkansas that turns into an incomplete deer? We are to far away for it to be a skin-Walker or a Wendigo.

[@seantaylor424]

I had no idea the part of North America the US covers had so many legends besides Paul Bunion and John Henry. Also surprised that a good number of them are from the US and not just all Native American.

[@ajaverill08]

Im like 3 hours from Sharlie and never heard of it lol

[@praxisprime]

1.5 X speed is ideal!!!

[@RNAxRibose]

what the background music?

[@MythosTheHistorian]

Martian Cowboy by Kevin MacLeod

[@andrwng]

Momo and the fouke monster (more big foot family members) to add to the list; black eyed children too

[@VelkynUss]

The Hoop Snake is, as far as I know actually real. It's the Dwarf Reed Snake

[@johnathandoane5006]

I really want to see these creatures and some I want them like who wouldn't want a dragon and a water panther and werewolves and the serpents and explore there habitats and most of these cryptids are apparently a bad omen if seen or something catastrophic is about to happen

[@johancampos1657]

fun fact the ozark howler was made up by the local moonshiners to scare the people away lol forest galante discovered this in one of his shows

[@snafubar447]

It took me too long to figure out that whenever he says, "Muhsheegun," he actually means, "Michigan."

[@lewisosborne5346]

1:54 this is more or less how I imagined Lord Voldemort to look.

[@binkyvonbinky6483]

You didn't do Old Green Eye! The Bigfoot in a cape that was seen during the Civil War. And funny enough my cousin's now ex-wife's dad was the one who accidentally started The Lizard man with his buddy. When I first moved to SC they were telling me about it. He's since died, but it was a funny story about them messing with someone and it got out of hand really quickly.

[@lewisgoldsberry2201]

What about Skunk Ape

[@sunitafisher4758]

🌸 that’s Bigfoot, he covered it earlier in vid 3:30 Later did red ape etc

[@lewisgoldsberry2201]

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[@rusnikfromtranscarpathia]

Arizona: Mogollon Man; Gulf States: Skunk Ape; Florida: Okie Serpent; Southwest USA: Apache Wasachie

[@rusnikfromtranscarpathia]

As well as Missouri: Blue Man!

[@user-kn1mt9th8k]

Fucklore❌️ Forklore✅️

[@Volf1916]

Black dog. Malevolant K9 appears on roads as a bad omen or tiding harm or death to come.

[@hjkjccdggjhvb]

america got alot of crazy creatures

[@ThatGuyRomero]

Yea ..the ManBearPig.. IThhs real..thuper serial

[@Kawaragi_Senju96]

I am the sharlie

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Yo forgot Hilary Clinton.

[@corvinreigar]

Or the Legend of Sleeping Giant

[@ForzaSongs1991]

Bruh, why can’t we have elves or fairies? Nah. we got wendigo and skinwalkers bro

[@devinfaucette]

Did you say Nevada? The Alkali Lake Monster is in Nebraska? 🤷🏽‍♂

[@HellHazAtTheZoo]

Personally, I heard him say Nebraska

[@user-ls3xr5be1h]

For the wendigo it's I sounds like e not ee

[@mitchellbutler7068]

Bigfoot is a classic California legend, anyone else watch harry and the Hendersons? I think a darker version would do well . Say a bigfoot banged a predator and that grew up and made a movie

[@christosvoskresye]

No Skunk Ape or Ohio Grassman?

[@monaevans8966]

& we have scientist that combine animals..& scp.s.

[@charlessmith3758]

All of these 70 creatures are real, just like Jesus and his Dad. Which is the same being somehow?

[@phantomking3054]

you said from north america then the first thing was hawaii Yow WTF

[@Rogue-element101]

Although your right hawaii is in the southern America area, it's still confused by a lot of people, even americans, that North america is everything in the usa except New mexico. Theres a few other issues I've noticed, Big foot is in the Appalachia area leading toward canada (I haven't seen this one yet, but only 1/4 through the video). mothman is located in the southern ohio borders (Someone else mentioned this in the comments) such as the windigo having antlers. it's only the common depiction. Apparently, whenever you rarly get to hear a native talk about them, the antlers isnt actually part of it

[@phantomking3054]

@@Rogue-element101 bruh no Hawaii is not in south america its in the middle of the pacific. its an off shore state. I would advise though, no offense, but you gotta learn more about geography. also new mexico is part of north america Mexico the country is more so part of central america though arguably still part of north america

[@HellHazAtTheZoo]

@@phantomking3054I’ve always heard of North America as Canada-US-Mexico, their territories, and the islands in the Atlantic, such as Haiti, the Bahamas, etc. Am I right or wrong? I’m tired and confused now, lol

[@phantomking3054]

@@HellHazAtTheZoo Honestly, there's nuance, if talking geographically I would be right. if the video meant nationally meaning the countries then that would be right but the title says North America meaning the continent so geographically

[@HellHazAtTheZoo]

@@phantomking3054 Fair. Though, I figured the title was referring to the nations/cultures of what’s considered to be North America, not just the geographical continent. So that if any the islands were talked about, the video could bring those creatures in without problem.

[@adrenalist9309]

Wendigo is actually a Native American term for cannibalism since it was a very common thing during winters

[@frankorfranky3094]

If i ever run into any percentage of the creatures mentioned on this list, i am going to lose 😮. I would have no chance against any of these creatures even if i carry a gun with platinum bullets 😮. I can only hope this list is made up to scare children. If any of these creatures are real how would we defend ourselves against them 😮?

[@threethousandbees7260]

Actually, we DID end up figuring out what the pigman is. Turns out it was just Trump.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I live in Maryland & the Snallygaster was murdered in Baltimore a few years ago …..should kept his ass in the country 🤷🏼‍♂️🤨😉

[@allisonterry1945]

I live in Maryland too!