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One thing kicked my curiosity after this video and the one for Australia. It's about Big Foot and their cousins. Do all continents have at least one of these creatures? You see where my mind is going?
@@kekosunny6202 Glad you said certain areas, I've never had problems there. Living in Ecorse my neighbor was robbed at gunpoint. Never Detroit. I think most places that have undergone deindustrialization have crime issues.
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!
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
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 the end all will be revealed if you don't think these things are real then when that day comes you will be caught unawares, ALSO I SAW CHAMPY AKA THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN MONSTER ITS A DRAGON LIKE A CHINESE TATTOO
I'm really enjoying the narration of this kind of content, very expressive and thematically engaging. It's inspiring me to create more series illustrations based on this stuff, incredibly descriptive language and I can really imagine the creatures, now I'm off to draft a bunch of these characters!
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.
There is so much documentation and thousands of years of history over skinwalkers that they are the only criptids I think could possibly exist at this point
There's been Mammoth sightings in Russia and Alaska. Some have found only tracks. One group of campers saw a whole family of Mammoths drinking from the river.
I’m confused by the fact that the population of Detroit has collectively decided to base their yearly tradition on the Nain Rogue around the exact thing the legends warned of. Wouldn’t it be better to hold a celebration to appease the Rogue?
I mean, the Cajuns were originally French settlers who mixed and mingled with the local Native Americans and slowly developed they're own culture, it's not surprising there'd be some mythological carryovers from their French ancestors
can i just say how much i absolutely love your voice? like dear lords it’s so deep and satisfying and soothing to listen to like thank you for gracing my ears lmao
Some say that sometimes, when the weather is foggy and all is quiet, Champ will emerge from the lake onto the shore and find a human. When he finds them, he'll explain basic concepts to them in a condescending manner. It's called Chamsplaining.
what about the weindgo from native american folklore it's american to i liked the video and subscribed really cool music and sound effects really brings the video to life
Went to Highschool in Frederick MD. I definitely heard the story of it drowning in a tub of illegal hooch. Goatman was a much more popular legend of the area though.
I'm from the Eastern Panhandle of WV, I never heard the story, or even a description outside of generic " it's a monster" but when I was a kid, my dad would tell me get home before dark or a "Snallygaster" might get me, I never knew that it was a legit widespread folktale.
I can't help but think the scary creatures of the Americas is scarier since that means they're on the same continent as me. Heck I know I was a little freaked out when I read about the ghost story of woman hollering creek until I learned the real origin. I pasted by the creek on my way to work for years.
I am about halfway through so I don’t know if you talk about it, but the wolf man of LBL is a one. The story goes that a family went camping but never returned, some went to investigate and found the camper completely destroyed the father and son dead, the mother dragged out of the camper dead, but they never found the daughter until they went into the woods and found bits of her in a tree. This is technically a real family that died, but I think their deaths were exaggerated a little bit, but my friends swear that they heard growing too loud to be a normal wolf but who knows.
I know my state (Maryland) is well represented in this video but please know that we have our own water monster too. Chessie inhabits the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and has been sighted a number of times.
Don't forget the Alkali Lake Monster. Famous enough to be featured on The Secret Saturdays. There are two different versions of that, one vaguely like the monster in the cartoon and the other has enormous ears. The latter has been renamed Wally the Walgren Lake Monster.
There's also the Illini myth of the Piasa Bird, which was recorded by Marquette and Joliet in the 17th century. There's a mural of it on the cliffs near Alton, Illinois.
I live in a little town called auburn in California, the only cryptids I heard around the area was 3 human sized bat creatures in a tree chatting to each other.
Nice video. I just noticed that for some reason a lot of these cryptids are considered "omens of disaster/bad luck". PS. Can't help but add the comment on Bigfoot being known for a lot of names - add SCP-1000
I Never saw the creature but 1994-6 I worked as a security guard about 5 miles north of London, Kentucky. I never saw or heard the creature but at the end of my shift I saw incredible 16-18 inch footprints. This thing walked on two legs but took 6 feet at a stride. The curious thing there were no toes almost as if the creature had lost its toes from frostbite
Just a thought and suggestion but how about something with the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow? I know it's a fictional story but believe it or not, I have heard of people mentioning it.
You may want to correct the chapter divisions. You've got the sea monster section and Beast of Bray Road labelled as Nain Rouge, and you've got the Snallygaster and Goatman both labelled as Rougarou.
Driving home one night just ahead of me beyond the headlights something that looked to be a dog or coyote walks out of a field into the road and sits down. Suddenly a large set of what looks like bat wings open and it flies off. I can't find any cryptid that matches. Any ideas.
Once I was out in the woods drinking moonshine and smoking pot when I was accosted by a terrifying cryptid. It had a flat topped head with eyes like mirrors and had a five pointed star on it's chest. It chained my hands behind my back and took me on a trip in its spaceship to an unknown location where I passed out. When I woke up the next day I told the jailor what had happened and he said that stuff like that happens all the time in Appalachia.
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Fairly detailed, yet straight to the point. Well done!!!
if you can, do one on Celtic Mythology!
Skunk ape and the big foot are different creatures
One thing kicked my curiosity after this video and the one for Australia. It's about Big Foot and their cousins. Do all continents have at least one of these creatures? You see where my mind is going?
Champ was caught in the mid-20th Century. There were pictures in the local papers. He looked like a very long eel- 20-30 feet long.
That red thing is by no means the scariest thing in Detroit.
Can't have shit in detroit
😂
The Lions' record
you gotta lock everything up..be aware of your surroundings in certain areas in Detroit ..I'm from Detroit and there is certain areas I won't go to
@@kekosunny6202 Glad you said certain areas, I've never had problems there. Living in Ecorse my neighbor was robbed at gunpoint. Never Detroit. I think most places that have undergone deindustrialization have crime issues.
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!
Please do not forget the Rake or Slenderman
@@progoof9148 please do not include a rake or skinnyman
@@necrosim Why not?
@@progoof9148 creepypasta should have its own video
@@progoof9148 They are too modern.
"Ma'am, have you been drinking?"
"This is New Jersey. Of course I've been drinking!"
"Ma'am have you been watching Jersey shore again?"
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"No, that's Florida. You clearly need some _serious_ help. I'll send a uniformed office, a social worker, and a fire truck, right away!"
Jersey is hell on earth to begin with
@@billybutcher7236 🙂
That's probably why the "Devil" lives there.
10:35 knowing where that scream came from
Turning into a werewolf must feel a lot gooder than what the movies make out
;)
that scream made my ptsd tick
I went straight to the comments as soon as I heard that 😂😂😂
@@kflowdroppin4s Same Lmao
Ive never heard where that scream is actually from
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
Yes I’ve heard those who heed its warnings avoid the impending disaster
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
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.
Chiggers are really a nightmare
Can lead to MRSA so best to wear oven mitts
Wtf is a chigger ???? ?????????
Hammerhead bat why 😅😅
The Jersey devil is a dragon like creature for everything but name
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
Mothman is a husbando
@@ben2184 agreed
Please rise for the Fellowship of Mothman
Apparently Mothman was spotted just before a bridge collapsed in Minnesota, can't remember if it's the I95 or I35 bridge
I always thought Mothman was real it's actually a gargoyle
"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...."
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.
Hell, even the gorilla was a cryptid at one time before it got confirmed. A lot of people like to either ignore or downplay that fact.
@@filthycasual8187 and the giraffe
In the end all will be revealed if you don't think these things are real then when that day comes you will be caught unawares, ALSO I SAW CHAMPY AKA THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN MONSTER ITS A DRAGON LIKE A CHINESE TATTOO
Many sources that I have found claim that Unicorns were a twisted description of rhinos
@@chadfalardeau5396 I think that they were conceived from the remains of Elasmotherium which is crazy and cool in on its own!
I'm really enjoying the narration of this kind of content, very expressive and thematically engaging. It's inspiring me to create more series illustrations based on this stuff, incredibly descriptive language and I can really imagine the creatures, now I'm off to draft a bunch of these characters!
Would like to see the Jersey Devil, the Snallygaster, and the Mothman as Titans in the MonsterVerse.
Thanks a lot for using my Dogman of Michigan piece (used in the Rougarou segment - the dogma apparently travels more than I do!)
Credited!
@@MythologyUnleashed Many thanks!!
@@bamartin make a video recording yourself draw
@@tfordham13 I’m sorry I missed this, I do have a channel here on RUclips (only a couple process vids though)
In Fallout 76 we call a lot of these monsters trophies.
And it’s awesome
People still play that dogshit game?
@@Bruh-ok1rq that is coming from someone with an anoying orange pfp
76 is trash.
This is why game companies will continue to not care about the product they put out.
I love your videos! Make one about the Brazilian mythological Creatures
That would be AWESOME!!! Love learning about other cultures & this would be of great benefit.
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.
that drawing with the car and the moth man is a work of art ❤
I’d love to see an analysis on wendigos and skinwalkers as well as other Indigenous folkloric creatures
There is so much documentation and thousands of years of history over skinwalkers that they are the only criptids I think could possibly exist at this point
The Noid is a Main Rouge. That character makes sense now.
Is that why I can never get my pizza at a decent time?
Good connection since Domino's Pizza creator was from Detroit
Horribly terrified me as a kid
Crazy how you just started last year and you already have 20k congrats man keep up the good work 👍
I want to find the Jersey Devil & make him my noble stead.
I'm coming too
That would be lit
Good luck mates!
You’ll need something big,
M60 big
The next God of War 😂
Goatman is the only American cryptid that I’m really scared of, although I can’t really explain why.
It legit sounds like a serial killer. Like why a mythological creatures that kills random people use an axe. Like a normal regular Axe
@@jackbelmont4389 yeah now that I think about it I’m pretty sure it’s the axe
@@Nightwalker-zk6ce also in the creepypastas if you strip the goat part he is a hobo with an axe
@@jackbelmont4389 there many story's about him like being a black sheep raiser who was killed on the goat man bridge or a demon summoned there
Well it's a demon
The Beast of Bray Road clearly needs treats and headpats.
He’s not evil.. just a bit misunderstood
It needs to go back to school... can't count past 12? Dumb dog
Honestly if no one has used the Jersey Devil origin story as a birth control ad, that's just a wasted opportunity.
“Use condoms to be protected by Mayhem like this”
Pans camera to the Jersey Devil leaving a wake of absolute destruction and blood and fire
There's been Mammoth sightings in Russia and Alaska. Some have found only tracks. One group of campers saw a whole family of Mammoths drinking from the river.
I’m confused by the fact that the population of Detroit has collectively decided to base their yearly tradition on the Nain Rogue around the exact thing the legends warned of. Wouldn’t it be better to hold a celebration to appease the Rogue?
It’s probably why Detroit has a 31.8% poverty rate
Remember son. Can't have shit in Detroit. Not even peace with cryptids.
Dang now the Goatman vs. El chupacabra! Now that would be an epic fight!
For the rougarou, it vagely ressemble the pronunciation for loup-garou, werewolf in French.
They are the same thing. Rougarou is just the common pronunciation for those in Louisiana
Yes, it's likely a corrupted pronunciation. Loup-garou > Lougarou > Rougarou.
I mean, the Cajuns were originally French settlers who mixed and mingled with the local Native Americans and slowly developed they're own culture, it's not surprising there'd be some mythological carryovers from their French ancestors
I adore your channel. A huuuge fan of cryptids an monsters, this makes me happy.
Love you channel! Great video…instant classic!
Amazing video .................LOVE IT!!!
can i just say how much i absolutely love your voice? like dear lords it’s so deep and satisfying and soothing to listen to like thank you for gracing my ears lmao
Why thank you! That's very kind!
@@MythologyUnleashed no no, thank you ☺️❤️🔥🥰
Some say that sometimes, when the weather is foggy and all is quiet, Champ will emerge from the lake onto the shore and find a human. When he finds them, he'll explain basic concepts to them in a condescending manner.
It's called Chamsplaining.
That’s hilarious 😂😂
HA 🤣
The fake police call doesn't work. The Narrator actually has a good, professional tone and it detracts from the rest of the video.
I totally agree. It came off incredibly fake.
I was born in the Pine Barrens and I'd always heard that she'd cursed the child.
what about the weindgo from native american folklore it's american to i liked the video and subscribed really cool music and sound effects really brings the video to life
You sound a bit like "the redoubtable commander Riker" 🥰 love it! Also, super fascinating! 👌thank you!
4:31 dude flips off the camera. Made me laugh really hard
I had to play it back to make sure😂
even though i've heard everything about the jersey devil, i love him
10:33 LMAO
Went to Highschool in Frederick MD. I definitely heard the story of it drowning in a tub of illegal hooch. Goatman was a much more popular legend of the area though.
We have a different version of goatman in MS where he was a farmer who made a deal with the devil
I think the citizens of Detriot need to rethink their event...It seems to have the opposite effect.
No it’s for appeasement and to
Show respect for him.
@@LadyLuLuLolita I understand that is the purpose. I am just saying with the troubles Detroit has, it seems to have the opposite effect.
@@LadyLuLuLolita I'm curious what you thought they said and how you misinterpreted them.
If my friends don't know what a Jersey Devil is I just describe one as "Pegasus on Meth."
This is a great one; just love the Wendigo video, too. Thank you!
I'm from the Eastern Panhandle of WV, I never heard the story, or even a description outside of generic " it's a monster" but when I was a kid, my dad would tell me get home before dark or a "Snallygaster" might get me, I never knew that it was a legit widespread folktale.
that opening is pretty OP!
Faxx
I can't help but think the scary creatures of the Americas is scarier since that means they're on the same continent as me.
Heck I know I was a little freaked out when I read about the ghost story of woman hollering creek until I learned the real origin. I pasted by the creek on my way to work for years.
Great video! Love a good cryptid
I just stumbled upon your channel i love Cryptids.Greetings from Germany
Love this stuff!!!
This is a very well done video. Really enjoyed it. Been into crypto zoology forever and this was still entertaining and educational. ✌️
I am about halfway through so I don’t know if you talk about it, but the wolf man of LBL is a one. The story goes that a family went camping but never returned, some went to investigate and found the camper completely destroyed the father and son dead, the mother dragged out of the camper dead, but they never found the daughter until they went into the woods and found bits of her in a tree.
This is technically a real family that died, but I think their deaths were exaggerated a little bit, but my friends swear that they heard growing too loud to be a normal wolf but who knows.
I'm a simple man. I see the Jersey Devil, I click.
It's very interesting 👍thank you for a great report💕
Have you ever heard of Peter North? He is a legend and sorta a monster
Any chance of a Grim Reaper video?
Lmao some guy flipping off the camera at 4:34
I would like to see a part 2 on this video because their is more creatures out there
I just like mythology
Thank you 🙏 📚 😊😊🙏
I know my state (Maryland) is well represented in this video but please know that we have our own water monster too. Chessie inhabits the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and has been sighted a number of times.
These are great topics to listen/watch and learn about. Makes me wonder what made these creatures come from to start? Still great stories to enjoy.
I hope you could feature mythical creatures in the Philippines...
Nice video!!! 😊👍👍
@ 4:34 the dude just flipping off the camera. That made me laugh.
I’m 50 and a Michigan native, and this is the first I’ve heard of the nain rouge!!
I'll be looking forward to watching this after work!
Love your videos! Following u for last 9 months would love if u make some videos about hindu/indian mythology
Just to make sense
Will you make a video
On the legends of the
Applications
Do you mean the Appalachians?
I love mythology it’s my fav thing ever
The Jersey Devil was especially dangerous during hockey playoffs, from about the mid 1990s to early 2000s.
This was really good . Enjoyed very much .
The Jersey Devil has been seen by hundreds of people over the years even up to today!
Don't forget the Alkali Lake Monster. Famous enough to be featured on The Secret Saturdays. There are two different versions of that, one vaguely like the monster in the cartoon and the other has enormous ears. The latter has been renamed Wally the Walgren Lake Monster.
I LOLed at moonshiners inventing a Lovecraftian monster to keep the feds away 😂😂
There's also the Illini myth of the Piasa Bird, which was recorded by Marquette and Joliet in the 17th century. There's a mural of it on the cliffs near Alton, Illinois.
The stories of the Jersey Devil are numerous and there's even an NHL hockey team named after it.
You just make me happy
I live in a little town called auburn in California, the only cryptids I heard around the area was 3 human sized bat creatures in a tree chatting to each other.
Cool
I love this series. I enjoy stories like this.😊
Nice video. I just noticed that for some reason a lot of these cryptids are considered "omens of disaster/bad luck".
PS. Can't help but add the comment on Bigfoot being known for a lot of names - add SCP-1000
Its true
Even in Philippines
I saw the unexplainable
Strange beast crypted
This dude’s voice, to me, sounds like Alucard from Hellsing or Kirei Kotominei from Fate.
We'll take that as a compliment, thank you!
@@MythologyUnleashed it was meant as one too. That was a way of saying you do bad ass narration.
I grew up 45 minutes North of Detroit and never heard of Nain Rouge until today.
I Never saw the creature but 1994-6 I worked as a security guard about 5 miles north of London, Kentucky.
I never saw or heard the creature but at the end of my shift I saw incredible 16-18 inch footprints.
This thing walked on two legs but took 6 feet at a stride.
The curious thing there were no toes almost as if the creature had lost its toes from frostbite
Perhaps it was just a tall dude with snow shoes walking by?
Cool!
Just a thought and suggestion but how about something with the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow? I know it's a fictional story but believe it or not, I have heard of people mentioning it.
Coming in October actually!
@@MythologyUnleashed fantastic! I really can't wait for it. Keep up the great work!
how do you spell "tadascoc" , i want to learn more about champy.
Tataskok!
@@MythologyUnleashed thx!
You may want to correct the chapter divisions. You've got the sea monster section and Beast of Bray Road labelled as Nain Rouge, and you've got the Snallygaster and Goatman both labelled as Rougarou.
Those chapter divisions are actually autogenerated!
@@MythologyUnleashed Can you edit them?
14:29 I know that roar anywhere...
"Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"
Ah yes. Let's try to splice human genes with animals. What shall we do first, bear, lion, tiger? Nah fuck that let's use a goat 😂😂😂😂😂
Turns out I am a rougarou, and have been for some time!
The Goatman seems like it could've been real, tbh. Scientists are _always_ messing around
They made goats that squirt spider silk.
Imagine tour friends call you a failed monster just because you failed to count after 12.
Explains the Jersey Devil...
*Ted Mosby:* "Sure it's not just somebody from Jersey?"
Driving home one night just ahead of me beyond the headlights something that looked to be a dog or coyote walks out of a field into the road and sits down. Suddenly a large set of what looks like bat wings open and it flies off. I can't find any cryptid that matches. Any ideas.
Probably a dog or coyote that tried to hunt a heron or a stork of some sort and failed and it flew away
Maybe a buzzard too .. they got huge wings
Where I grew up there were tales about Goatman but he wasn't some science experiment. He was a legit demon, and he haunted bridges.
“The snallygaster’s legend was used to scare away revenue agents and to explain the sounds of moonshiners.” Very Scooby-Doo like.
Somebody draw a Goatman like Cernunnos an ancient God of Forrest and Hunt
Was the Leeds devil the inspiration of the horror movie franchise, Jeepers Creepers film series?
Once I was out in the woods drinking moonshine and smoking pot when I was accosted by a terrifying cryptid. It had a flat topped head with eyes like mirrors and had a five pointed star on it's chest. It chained my hands behind my back and took me on a trip in its spaceship to an unknown location where I passed out. When I woke up the next day I told the jailor what had happened and he said that stuff like that happens all the time in Appalachia.