A strangely efficient barnacle-eating critter. Despite being described in the original article, the use of the cartilaginous wheel dangling from its back is unknown, though it is depicted running along the cable behind the croppie as it works.

River monsters capable of dragging animals as heavy as elephants down into the depths of the Ganges. Boasting both a firm grasp and a hefty bite, the ceruleum lurks beneath the river surface.

Rochdale's Baum Rabbit was a horrific phantom that haunted around the graves around the Church of St. Mary in the Baum. It was said to be intimidating to many a nighttime pedestrian, particularly the drunken ones coming from the nearby pub.

A tsukumogami formed from old overused old clothes after they've finally been discarded in some musty corner for a long time. Despite their often fierce appearances and intents, these creatures are still around the same size they were before the transformation.

A bizarre sighting in Greece, assumed to be extraterrestrial in nature if only, perhaps, due to the later event involving the strange sphere.

Sometimes described as small, round bipeds with limbs as thin and long as needles. Take care not to accidentally bring harm to one.

Beasts with appearances somewhere between human and lizard, the mud mermaids of the Ohio River were mysterious, murky things that vanished about as quick as they popped up in the public conscious.

Hantu apu appear to be fairly passive spirits, as it seems all they want to do is attend events quietly and unseen. Despite being shapeshifters, this is most famously done in the form of a mat.

Large beasts that are cowed by the presence of innocent children, fearing it will be beaten. Otherwise, it is a formidable creature that aggressively attacks many a man or animal.

A nightly weeper, the yonaki baba may be drawn to or forewarn household calamity. Regardless of if she sobs or cackles, the misery she is around is unmistakable.

These riverside spirits, like the goddess Mari, subsist on the concept of eza, negation in the terms of calculated and declared amounts of material goods. Particularly they will take the difference in amount between how much someone claims they have and how much they actually had.

A bird with a baleful sting, the qinyuan carries an apian countenance albeit with a far more potent venom.

Vernal trumpeters described in Yarns of the Big Woods. The respiration of callopodes adds to the chorus of creatures that make noise throughout spring.

Many-eyed Argus, a faithful servant who could see in all directions. Despite this, Hermes would come to slay him. Though in the well known version Hermes puts his eyes to sleep, in some versions the god hurls stones at Argus until the giant fell dead. Regardless, Hermes decapitates him in the end.

An eel-shaped fish with a long red beak. Its body and fins are a mix of colours with reddish stripes. Apparently quite delectable for those who could afford to get one on the table.

A blinding red light like the Sun gleams from the surface of his head. The Akagashira of Tosa may not be malicious, but it remains dangerous to encounter.

Powerful black-furred bulls of the lochs. Depending on the region, the calves they sire are either considered calamitous and marked for death, or they will become the herd's strongest.

A being of the earth found down in the gold mines of the region of Surigao. This is a marked difference from most duwende that live in rocks, earth, anthills, or trees. He is consistent, offering one trade in exchange for a share of gold; he will always request a child's blood for the gold.

Lock-bypassing critters, a keyhole crab munches of keyholes.

The horrific hairy leg, a single disembodied leg that would beat victims senseless in Recife.

Vicious, flesh-consuming pests that supposedly dwell on an island near British Columbia.

One of Fujiwara no Chikata's Shikishū, a set of powerful oni that wielded specific supernatural powers to easily weigh the tide of battle heavily in their favour. Sui-ki was elementally affiliated with water.

A physical manifestation of nature utilized to warn children against getting sunstroke or heatstroke during the summer months.

A form of get-rich-quick dark magic, pesugihan babi. This bestial transformation has the capabilities of robbing entire villages blind during the dark of the night.

A simple, albeit strange singular sighting of a creature that despite only vaguely resembling either would be labelled some sort of "vampire caterpillar."

A pearl-bearing creature of Chinese legend, while fairly strange in description, it seems they are nothing but beneficial.

A blazing demon, Ukobach performs upkeep on the boilers of Hell. It seems he had time on the side to apparently invent the culinary art of frying food as well a fireworks.

An unidentified mysterious animal said to have passed through an unidentifiable river, the Chigapulan River Monster would be on the larger end of real ichthyosaurs.

A strange beast of Narrabeen, known for little more than walking out of, or atop, the lagoon's waters.

A reptilian beast of Himmapan, a carnivore capable of traveling across land and through water.