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Fearsome Critters

Explore accounts and traditions classified as fearsome critters.

2 documented storiesAlphabetical

Hodag

Rhinelander's Impossible Monster

Northwoods of Wisconsin

The Hodag began as a Wisconsin lumberman's elaborate hoax, complete with a fake captive beast. Rhinelander liked the monster so much it decided to keep it.

Fearsome Critters

Jackalope

The Horned Rabbit of the American West

American West

Part jackrabbit, part antelope and entirely improbable, the Jackalope began as a taxidermy joke and escaped into American folklore.