31 Days of Monsters - Day 21: The Miniwashitu

The Miniwashitu of North Dakota is a bizarre minotaur-like aquatic monster with one eye and one horn. It has human hands, but cloven feet and barbs running down its spine. The Miniwashitu is said to be the cause of the Missouri River’s spring ice break. According to legend, it delights in smashing the ice with it’s horn. Seeing the Miniwashitu is bad luck, and those who have lose all will to live and are consumed with madness. Most who see the Miniwashitu die soon after.

31 Days of Monsters: The Minotaur

The Minotaur was the monstrous, half-human, half-bull offspring of King Minos of Crete's wife and a sacrificial bull. Being a supernatural creature, it grew to crave the blood and flesh of men and was sealed in a gigantic labyrinth designed and built be Daedalus and his son Icarus. Youths were dropped into the labyrinth at regular intervals to feed the beast.