Monsters of American Folklore

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That red thing is by no means the scariest thing in Detroit.

"Ma'am, have you been drinking?" "This is New Jersey. Of course I've been drinking!"

There are also beliefs that mothman is not aggressive but actually serves as a harbinger of doom and his presence is a warning that a disaster is imminent

10:35 knowing where that scream came from Turning into a werewolf must feel a lot gooder than what the movies make out

Hey everyone just to clarify, this video is focusing on monsters and creatures from Colonial America and into the modern age! Creatures and monsters from Native American legends such as Wendigo or Thunderbird will have their own videos in the future! Stay tuned!

1:11 Jersey Devil 3:06 Nain Rouge 5:05 Champ 7:05 Gloucester Sea Serpent 825 Beast of Bray Road 9:46 Rougarou 11:41 Snallygaster 13:56 Goatman 15:16 Mothman 18:05 Bigfoot

"Oh no a deadly monster is approaching! Good thing it has the same weakness as the count." "1 coin ah-ah-ah. 2 coins ah-ah-ah. 3 coins ah-ah-ah...."

Having grown up in Jersey there were many trips into the Pine Barrens looking for the Jersey Devil. Only thing we ever found were some extremely freaky people, a few witches, and stones. That and the chiggers which were far more terrifying.

Mothman has been sighted in other parts of the US and even in other countries as far away as Japan. The creature is given different names or no name at all but is described largely the same way and always appear before a tragedy

You know, the craziest thing about cryptids and legends are the fact that they’re based on real things. Unicorns were more than likely made up because ancient people found the bones of extinct rhinos and dragons the fossils of dinosaurs. The platypus was a cryptid and so were other very rare creatures.

In Fallout 76 we call a lot of these monsters trophies.

Would like to see the Jersey Devil, the Snallygaster, and the Mothman as Titans in the MonsterVerse.

that drawing with the car and the moth man is a work of art ❤

Honestly if no one has used the Jersey Devil origin story as a birth control ad, that's just a wasted opportunity.

The Noid is a Main Rouge. That character makes sense now.

I’d love to see an analysis on wendigos and skinwalkers as well as other Indigenous folkloric creatures

What you tend to notice is how these monsters are related to certain aspects of human life such as the English kelpe which is a warning about going to near water in the fear of drowning and whilst the fear of death isn’t too bad such as telling kids not to cross the road or you’ll get run over, but the fear of a gruesome and grizzly death whilst being popularized and practiced by everyone around you has a much deeper impact as stated with the kelpe where transforms into a beautiful stallion near bodies of water, where it will entice you to go near it in order to pet it or ride on its back if you’re a weary traveler, where it will drag you under water and devour you alive. As in the case of the chimera it warns children the dangers of going outside late at night in fear that this monster would snatch you up and devour you, this can also be used in reference towards warning children to be wary of strangers especially after dark who might want to kidnap them and take them away.

The Beast of Bray Road clearly needs treats and headpats.

Dang now the Goatman vs. El chupacabra! Now that would be an epic fight!