Monsters of American Folklore

The continental United States is teeming with legends of cryptid monsters. Lurking in the forests, in deep lakes and coastal waters, even in towns and cities. From the Jersey Devil in Pine Barrens, to the Beast of Bray Road, to the monster of Lake Champlain, this program will delve into some of the most famous cryptids and monsters of American folklore!

MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.

VOICES:
William Perrin as the Police Officer
Erin Catherine as the Caller

MUSIC:
"Native American Drum music" unknown artist
"The Threat"
"Dark Night" by Peder B Helland
"Horror Ambience" by ESN Productions

CLIPS:
"MonsterQuest: Jersey Devil"
"La Marche du Nain Rouge" Soularabonewoman
"Champ Origins- The H-Team and Vermont Lake Monsters"
Various stock footage of Pine Barrens, Gloucester Bay, Lake Champlain, and Oregon Forest

OPENING:

ARTISTS FEATURED:
Britt Martin

REFERENCES:

If we used your artwork please let us know so we can give proper credit!

[MythologyUnleashed]

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[dylanbuchanan]

That red thing is by no means the scariest thing in Detroit.

[joerogers]

"Ma'am, have you been drinking?"

"This is New Jersey. Of course I've been drinking!"

[MythologyUnleashed]

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!

[garveyneal]

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

[ksoundkaiju]

10:35 knowing where that scream came from

Turning into a werewolf must feel a lot gooder than what the movies make out

[patrickkanas]

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

[brothaonanadventure]

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.

[brucejedilee]

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

[LPVince]

"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...."

[bamartin]

Thanks a lot for using my Dogman of Michigan piece (used in the Rougarou segment - the dogma apparently travels more than I do!)

[fguremeout]

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!

[felipeviegas]

I love your videos! Make one about the Brazilian mythological Creatures

[lexthebored]

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.

[nicholaslienandjaja]

Would like to see the Jersey Devil, the Snallygaster, and the Mothman as Titans in the MonsterVerse.

[ezrastardust]

I’d love to see an analysis on wendigos and skinwalkers as well as other Indigenous folkloric creatures

[platinumdragonslayer]

In Fallout 76 we call a lot of these monsters trophies.

[hadesdogs]

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.

[Snuffaluffachris]

I want to find the Jersey Devil & make him my noble stead.

[BluePhoenix]

that drawing with the car and the moth man is a work of art ❤