mythologies of the united states


Snapshot of American cryptozoology that brings together the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra, Shunka Warakin, Caddy, the Honey Island Swamp Monster and many more cryptids on one hand-drawn, hand-screened map.


Monsters in America

Creature of Every State in the United States

Scariest Mythical Creatures From Each of America’s 50 States


Matching 50 mythical creatures with each of the 50 states

Most Famous Mythical Creature in Each State

A bestiary is a catalog of animals, birds, and other natural — or imaginary — phenomena. Intended not as a textbook but as an inspirational — and often scientifically dubious — compendium. The purpose of the bestiary — according to one author from the twelfth century — is “to improve the minds of ordinary people, in such a way that the soul will at least perceive physically things which it has difficulty grasping mentally: that what they have difficulty comprehending with their ears, they will perceive with their eyes.” It was about time to highlight America’s most celebrated mythical beasts with a modern-day illustrated bestiary of the fifty absolutely made-up, imaginary monsters that definitely aren’t creeping around your home state waiting to strike.


From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the blue waters of the Great Lakes, these vast and mysterious areas are home to more than just wildlife. They harbor mythical creatures that terrorize people, protect trees from loggers, and warn miners from embedding doom. From local versions of the Loch Ness Monsters to indigenous tales told to children to keep them from wandering off, here are the Creepiest Mythical Creatures from Each State in America.

Alabama – White Thang

Alaska — Tizheruk

Arizona — Mogollon Monster

Arkansas — Fouke Monster

California — Dark Watchers

Colorado — Slide-Rock Bolter

Connecticut — Melon Heads

Delaware — Selbyville Swamp Monster

Florida — Skunk Ape

Georgia — Altamaha-ha

Hawaii — Menehune

Idaho — Sharlie

Illinois — The Enfield Horror

Indiana — Beast of Busco

Iowa — Van Meter Monster

Kansas — Sink Hole Sam

Kentucky — The Kelly Little Green Men / Hopkinsville Goblins

Louisiana — Rougarou / Loup-Garou

Maine — Specter Moose

Maryland — Chessie

Massachusetts — Dover Demon

Michigan — The Michigan Dogman

Minnesota — Wendigo

Mississippi — Pascagoula River Aliens

Missouri — Momo (Missouri Monster)

Montana — Shunka Warak’in

Nebraska — Alkali Lake Monster

Nevada — Tahoe Tessie

New Hampshire — Wood Devils / Wood Devils of Coos County

New Jersey — Jersey Devil

New Mexico — Teratorns

New York — Champy

North Carolina — The Beast of Bladenboro

North Dakota — Thunderbird

Ohio — Loveland Frogmen

Oklahoma — Oklahoma Octopus

Oregon — Colossal Claude

Pennsylvania — The Squonk

Rhode Island — Vampire Mercy Brown

South Carolina — Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

South Dakota — Taku-He

Tennessee — Tennessee Wildman

Texas — Chupacabra

Utah — Bear Lake Monster

Vermont — Northfield Pigman

Virginia — Snallygaster

Washington — Bigfoot

West Virginia — Mothman

Wisconsin — The Beast of Bray Road

Wyoming — Jackalope

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