31 Days of Monsters - Day 19: The Beast of Busco

Local legend around Churubusco Indiana says there is a monstrous snapping turtle named Oscar living in a small lake on the property of Fulk Lake. Many attempts have been made to catch the beast, but the creature remains elusive.

31 Days of Monsters - Day 17: Am Fear Liath Mòr

Big Grey Man is an enormous giant that haunts the summit of Ben MacDhui in Scotland. Hikers visiting the site are often gripped by an irrational fear, and hear the Grey Man's ponderous footsteps over the stony earth.

31 Days of Monsters - Day 15: Ymir

Ymir was the first creature of the Norse creation stories and foremost of the titanic jötnar. A hermaphroditic giant, Ymir spawned numerous other jötnar, and they in turn gave birth to the gods, including Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve. Odin, Vili and Ve turned on their progenitor and killed Ymir, carving up its body to create the cosmos.

31 Days of Monsters - Day 13: Thunderdell

Mr. E. Thunderdell was a two-headed giant in Cornwall who had amassed great wealth over a long lifetime of hard labor and careful investment. On the morning of May 7, 1720, authorities were alerted to a possible break-in at the Thunderdell residence. Upon arrival, constables discovered Thunderdell's body in the downstairs hallway. They also discovered that all of Thunderdell's possessions had been stolen. Authorities believe Thunderdell surprise a burglar and was attacked and killed. The suspect was believed to be a local transient named Jack with a history of crimes against the giant community.

31 Days of Monsters: Woodewose

The woodwose were medieval wildmen who lived in the thick, primordial forests of Europe. Gigantic and hairy, woodwose were generally hostile to all humans, and were blamed with disappearances. Woodwose were viewed as animistic spirits of the forest by some, canibalistic monstrostities by others, but they were always to be avoided if possible.

31 Days of Monsters 2014: Fachen

A fachen is a Scottish creature that has only one of each body part, where humans usually have two. Its misshapen features have given it a nasty temperament, which it exercises on wanderers who pass its home. A fachen's stare can send a person into seizures and eventually a coma or death. Fachens, sometimes called Pegleg Jacks can travel very far and fast despite their singular leg, and using crude iron tools, can destroy large crops, or fell an entire forest in one night. When fachens encounter extremely strong humans who are immune to their frightful gaze, the fachen will usually challenge the human to a contest: If the human can cut through the fachen's hair, the human can go free, if not, the fachen will eat the human. This is never a wise wager. No fachen has ever lost an inch of hair to a human blade, but many humans have ended up the main course of a fachen family dinner.