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As they say, there is some truth in every fairy tale, and as it turns out, sometimes this share comes from the role of dragons, hobbits and underwater giants the size of a 10-story building.

For those who dreamed of being in a fairy tale, website made a selection of 7 legendary creatures that actually existed.

Hobbits

The word “hobbit” was invented by Tolkien, but there is evidence that little people actually existed.

During excavations in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia, archaeologists discovered a human skeleton about 1 meter tall and with a head 3 times smaller than that of an ordinary person. A little later, scientists found the remains of 9 more such people, and the age of the youngest of them was 12,000 years.

Scientists have concluded that this separate species. And they gave him the name “Floresian man” (lat. Homo floresiensis), but most of them call them hobbits.

In addition, in Indonesia there are quite suitable volcanoes for, say, throwing a ring into them if necessary.

Dragons

Dragons are without a doubt the most famous of mythical creatures. Huge lizards breathing fire that only a brave knight could defeat.

But there were also real animals, and it was quite possible to call them dragons. For example, Megalania is the largest of the lizards, known to science. They grew up to 9 meters in length, weighed 2,200 kg and spit poisonous saliva. Sounds familiar, right? Megalania existed in the Pleistocene era and could have met humans, and their remains gave rise to the myth of dragons.

By the way, dragons still exist today. They are called Komodo dragons, they live in Indonesia and can reach 3 meters in length, which is also quite a lot.

Kraken

Giant squids, which is essentially what the kraken is, may still exist today. Moreover, this has been repeatedly confirmed by sailors and scientists.

In 2015, a 3.7-meter-long squid was discovered and filmed near Japan. As scientists later said, it was only a cub that can grow up to 25 meters in length. Agree, a 25-meter big guy can easily grab with his tentacles and drag even a large ship to the bottom.

Imoogi, or Korean dragon

Korean legends tell about imuji - huge pythons that were considered young dragons. According to legend, they were found in water or caves and were supposed to live on earth for a thousand years before turning into dragons and flying to the sky.

The most big shark in the world - megalodon - roamed the depths of the oceans about 28 million years ago. Megalodon was a real king underwater world, reached 16 meters in length and weighed approximately 47 tons.

According to some versions of scientists, which are based on the remains found, these superpredators could survive until the advent of humans. And some believe that megalodons still live in unexplored waters.

Direwolves

The famous novel Moby Dick was based on stories about a real-life giant white sperm whale. He attacked whaling ships and smashed them into pieces, sending them to the bottom. In 1819, the crew of a whaling ship hunted whales for a year and a half until a huge white sperm whale put an end to it.

In 1839, an article was published in one of the magazines of that time, which stated that a giant whale was defeated off the coast of Chile near the island of Mocha, since then it was nicknamed Mocha Dick.
And in 1974, Canadian sailors spotted an albino whale in the Atlantic. They chased the animal for many hours until they managed to envelop it in nets in the bay. It turned out that it was a young female. This means that exactly the same giant whale could exist.

In addition, experts in Peru found a well-preserved sperm whale skull, the length of which reached 12–17 meters. This species of animal was named Leviathan melvillei.

Throughout the history of human existence in the world, there have been countless stories and legends in which the main characters are terrible monsters - mythological creatures. The human imagination can give birth to such monsters that can only be seen in science fiction horror films. Terrible mythical creatures appear from the darkness, instilling horror and inexplicable fear. Man gave each such monster a name, many of which cannot even be uttered out loud, so as not to awaken universal evil and not incur curses on oneself.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the list of the most terrible mythical creatures that have arisen throughout the history of mankind.

Yowie

A monster named Yowie comes from Australia, or rather from a mountainous region located not far from the city of Sydney. It was invented by local aborigines to scare away European conquerors and settlers. There is no official confirmation that Yowie attacked people. But according to legend, he was so terrible that with just his appearance and glance he instilled mortal horror and fear in people.

Brownie

A creature invented a long time ago by the Slavs. The brownie lives in houses, among people. This is a small, bearded man who appears at night and does his “business”. Moreover, if order and harmony reign in the family, the brownie is kind, and his small pranks are almost unnoticeable. But if there is often quarreling in the house and there is discord and misunderstanding, then the brownies are evil and will do everything to make life in such a house unbearable.

Anaconda

Giant Anaconda, whose length exceeds five meters, comes from the myths of South America. Her terrible and piercing gaze, flexible, massive body, long poisonous teeth - Anaconda was endowed with all these qualities. But no one has ever seen her, either alive or dead.

Bunyip

This huge creature with the head of a crocodile, the muzzle of a dog, large fangs, fins and a horse's tail, lives in the wetlands of Australia. Often mentioned in mythical stories of the 19th century. His name comes from the word "devil" and local residents They still believe in its existence.

Bigfoot

The hairy, huge monster Bigfoot lives in the USA. According to the mythical stories of local residents, this monster stole people and kept them in their homes in the depths of the forest. There is no reliable evidence or witnesses to this, but there are many stories.

Jikininki

A creature born of Japanese folklore, which describes it as a terrible monster that feeds on human flesh. In the past, Jikininki was greedy and bad person, who, as punishment for his incorrect lifestyle throughout his life, received this punishment. Forced in a terrible form, with eyes glowing in the dark, to wander the earth and feed on carrion.

Yeti

A creepy giant, covered all over with fur, with a ferocious grin consisting of long fangs, walks on two legs and scares people. This monster came from Tibetan mythology. Many saw not only his traces in the forests, but also himself. They say that he comes to us from other worlds.

Chupacabra

Many peoples are familiar with the Chupacabra. People first started talking about him in Puerto Rico, South and North America, Chile. This small creature, about the size of a dog, with long claws and sharp teeth, feeds on the blood of its still living victims, like a vampire. Neither alive, nor dead, and there is not even a photo of him. But he is well known all over the world.

Gevaudan the Werewolf

The bloodthirsty werewolf, either a wolf or a dog, ate people and kept France in great fear during the reign of Louis XV. A hunt was announced for him. Thousands of local residents tried to kill him, but their attempts were in vain. During this time, the werewolf killed more than 110 people and wounded the same number. And only after some time, with a charmed bullet, one hunter killed the monster. During the autopsy, the remains of human bones were found in his womb.

Wendigo

Wendigo mythical monster invented American Indians, who they say was a cannibal in the past. Wendigo can inhabit any person, completely taking over his soul and body.

This is a giant bull-shaped monster invented by the Sumerians, an ancient but advanced civilization. Mentioned in the epic "The Epic of Gilgamesh". This creature was sent by the gods to Earth as a punishment for people.

Mananangal

This creature is a vampire, bloodthirsty, but mortal. It feeds on the blood of people and pregnant women. Infiltrates homes to steal babies. You can kill it by sprinkling salt on it.

Black Annis

Evil and bloodthirsty mythical creature, is very famous in rural Britain. It was they who frightened naughty children, since Black Annis ate children and sheep. Annis made belts from the children's skin, which she wore as trophies on her body.

Dibbuk

The most terrible monster that came to us from Jewish mythologies. This evil spirit capable of inhabiting a person, destroying his soul and subsequently taking his life. At the same time, a person does not realize until his very end that this demon of evil has possessed him and ruled his will and destiny.

Koschey

A mythological creature belonging to the folklore of the Slavs, and familiar to everyone since childhood, from the fairy tale “The Tale of Koshchei the Immortal.” This creature is more like a human skeleton, which cannot be killed, but it also has one weakness. He has a soul, which is on the sharper point of a needle, which is hidden in an egg, and the egg is in a duck, and the duck is in a hare, and the hare is sitting in a chest. That chest hangs on chains on a large oak tree that grows on a fairy-tale island, and not every hero can get to this island.

Modern people are skeptics by nature. Maybe it happened because they grew up reading, listening and watching fantastic stories, and then discovered that real life is much more prosaic? Monsters aren't real. Magic does not exist, just like Father Frost, Snow Maiden, Baba Yaga and Brownie. But just because Santa Claus is not some all-powerful magical overlord does not mean that real life There was no person who would not selflessly do something good for humanity and would not leave behind a lot of good things.

Let's put our skepticism aside for a second and take a look at ten things below (plus a bonus) that are considered mythical but either actually existed or had a real-world equivalent.

10. Dragons

Theories about what inspired the stories of dragons rely on lost bones of crocodiles and dinosaurs. However, we cannot name these creatures real dragons because humans have never encountered dinosaurs and crocodiles are too small in size. And that's where Megalania, an ancient relative of the Komodo dragon that terrorized the Australian aborigines, comes into play. It grew up to 8 meters in length and weighed up to 1.9 tons. Her poisonous saliva, containing an anti-clotting agent, caused her victims to bleed to death.

9. Hobbits

During excavations carried out in a limestone cave on the island of Flores in Indonesia, a skeleton approximately 1 meter high was discovered, the skull of which was only one-third the size of an ordinary human hobbit. Researchers have discovered the remains of nine such individuals, with the youngest skeleton dating back approximately 12,000 years. They also discovered tools and other signs of civilization. There are skeptics who believe that hobbits are simply people who suffered from some kind of growth-suppressing disease, such as microcephaly. However, the widespread belief among scientists is that hobbits are actually a separate species, just like the species of Neanderthals, who shared a common ancestor with humans. In addition, there are active volcanoes in Indonesia, where, if necessary, you can throw the ring...

8. Kraken

There is an opinion that the image of the Kraken was inspired by an encounter with a huge squid. It can't help but be frustrating, can it? With eyes the size of beach volleyballs, giant squid truly enormous, but lacking in monstrosity. He doesn't look like the kind of creature we might imagine tearing apart a boat.

However, recently it was discovered in the Southern Ocean Colossal squid. It is believed that its body length reaches fourteen meters, and its beak and eyes are much larger than those of the giant squid. What sets it apart from other squids is that in addition to the suckers, its limbs are covered with sharp hooks, some of which are curved inwards and some of which end in three claws. This is truly something that can cause significant damage.

7. Amazons

You've undoubtedly heard of the Amazons, an all-female tribe who were fierce warriors. They are also known from legends about the exploits of Hercules. The Greek historian Herodotus described the fate of the Amazons as follows: he said that they were captured and transported to another territory, then they overthrew their captors, were shipwrecked and ended up on the Eurasian steppe, where they fought with the Scythians. Believing that the Amazons could be strong wives, the Scythian men decided to fight them only in the field of love. Having survived all these ups and downs, the Amazons agreed to marry Scythian men, but only on the condition that they would allow their daughters to continue the proud tradition of their mothers and become warriors.

Herodotus is known for his love of embellishing history, so he should not be believed unless his words are backed up by archaeological evidence. However, they are backed up. Excavations of ancient graves on the Eurasian steppe have shown that a significant proportion of Scythian women had the bone damage associated with battle, and that they were buried with swords, bows, daggers and other weapons of warriors.

6. Dire Wolf

The dire wolf has appeared in many role playing games, and maybe you even just recently read or saw him in Game of Thrones. In real life, dire wolves coexisted with early humans in the megafauna during the Pleistocene era. They were larger and stronger than a normal wolf, and their teeth were sharper.

However, when the megafauna began to die out, dire wolves lost their main source of food. They were too slow to hunt the kind of prey that modern gray wolves hunt, forcing them to become scavengers - although they were not adapted for this. They eventually became extinct.

5. Scylla and Charybdis

One day on his journey, Odysseus was forced to direct his ships through a narrow cave, on both sides of which terrible monsters awaited him and his crew. On one shore, Scylla, a multi-headed monster, was waiting for his ship, who dragged part of Odysseus’s crew off the deck. Charybdis was waiting for him on the other side, sea animal, which sucked ships to the bottom using a funnel. Odysseus decided to sail near Scylla, believing that it would be better to lose a few people, but allow everyone else to survive, than to lose the entire ship and all his people.

The Straits of Messina runs between Sicily and mainland Italy. It was here, according to legend, that Skilla and Charybdis lived. Charybdis is actually a funnel, only there is no monster in it and its flow is much calmer than described in the legends. On the other side of the strait there are rocky shallows, which inspired people to create the legend of the heads of Scylla. In fact, Odysseus would have been better off choosing Charybdis.

4. Berserkers

Berserkers are not just heroes taken from screenshots of the game Skyrim - the first mention of them can be found in old Norwegian poems. They were quite fearsome warriors in their time. But how did they get supernatural strength and invulnerability? Surely their legendary madness in battle was nothing more than an embellishment of history? But no, this actually happened. They took drugs before the fight, most likely hallucinogens, which made them fearless, strong and immune to pain and danger. Researchers have found that the drug bufotenine can replicate the effects of their violent anger.

3. Tower of Babel

Unlike the Hanging Gardens, the construction of the Tower of Babel is evidenced by archaeological finds that were found at the excavation site of Babylon and prove that Nebuchadnezzar II received the right to erect it.

However, it was not a place where people talked nonsense that God destroyed. It was a ziggurat called Etemenanki, a temple to the god Marduk, which was later destroyed by Alexander the Great. He wanted to rebuild it as he saw fit, but died before he could do so. After this, many people tried to rebuild the temple according to their own ideas, each time demolishing what had been built before in order to start all over again. But no one managed to finish anything. It turns out that this place, after all, may be a symbol of human inability to work together.

2. Moby Dick and Captain Ahab

Moby Dick was based on stories about a real-life giant white sperm whale. Moreover, the real sperm whale was much cooler than in the book. In fact, his name was Mocha Dick, probably because he lived near Mocha Island. He won battles with hundreds of whaling ships, smashing some of them to pieces and sending them to the bottom. One day he fought three whaling ships at once and won.

The character of Captain Ahab was also based on real person, who lived around the same time as Mocha Dick. Captain Pollard did not seek revenge after the whale destroyed his ship. He and his crew had to resort to cannibalism to survive. But, he went to sea again, as a captain on a new ship...which also sank, this time due to a storm. He spent his remaining years working as a night watchman.

1. Imoogi or Korean Dragon

Korean legends tell about Imuji - huge pythons that were considered young dragons. According to legend, the Imuji lived in water or caves, and had to live on earth for a thousand years before they could ascend to the heavens and become true, fully formed dragons.

Although he lived in South America, and not in Korea, such python gigantic size really existed. He was so huge that we could have mistaken him for a young dragon. Titanoboa was approximately 14 meters long and weighed more than 1 ton. He strangled his victim with a force of 400psi, which is equivalent to if the Brooklyn Bridge fell on you, only 1.5 times heavier. Such a python could swallow a person even without its body expanding anywhere as the person's body moved along it. digestive system. They became extinct many years ago, but I would like to think that they ascended and became dragons.

Bonus:
Dwarka - Kingdom of Krishna (Krishna’s City of Dwarka)

According to legend, Krishna (the Hindu equivalent of Jesus) ruled the city of Dwarka until the city was swallowed up by the sea. Finding the lost city of Dwarka would be tantamount to our discovery of the Holy Grail or Noah's Ark.

Archaeologists have indeed discovered a sunken city off the coast of India. The stone reliefs found in this city have not only confirmed that this is actually Dwarka, oldest city in history, but also that it was under the control of Krishna.

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We watch movies to experience all sorts of different emotions. And fear too. Vile creatures are great for this. And they are also interesting to look at. You half-close your eyes with your fingers so that it’s not so scary, and you peek. This selection contains the very best. It was scary to even insert pictures.

The Witches - "The Witches" Still: Warner Bros.

Perhaps in no other film were witches so terrible. For many children of the 90s, it was these “beauties” that became the cause of nightmares.

Werewolves - " Another world"

Frame: Sony/Columbia

The story of the rivalry between vampires and werewolves is far from new and has become the basis for many books, films, TV series and even comics. However, regardless of whether these creatures are fighting each other or twisting romance novels, they still remain monsters. And in the film “Another World” werewolves look especially creepy. These are huge, muscular creatures with the head of a mad dog. This is probably the last thing you would want to see in real life.

Predator - " Predators"

Frame: 20th Century Fox

Now, someone, but a predator can fully be called a terrible creature. Absolutely everything about him is creepy, from his name to his appearance. Just look at the jaws, like those of insects. In addition, Predators are not just some kind of monsters, they are a race of highly intelligent creatures, whose development is significantly ahead of ours, and this makes them even more dangerous.

Pumpkinhead - "Pumpkinhead"

Frame: MGM/UA

When you hear the name Pumpkinhead, you might think of a funny cartoon character, but that's not the case at all. Pumpkinhead is an evil demon of revenge, summoned from the underworld by the father of a murdered boy, thirsting for retribution. You only have to see this creature once to understand that he is truly one of the most terrifying monsters in film history.

Clover - " Monstro"

Frame: Paramount Goblins - "Goblins 2"

Frame: Empire Pictures

Unlike most of the other monsters on this list, which are mostly much larger and stronger than man Goblins are tiny creatures that take the concept of "ugliness" to a whole new level. Despite their size, these are evil and bloodthirsty creatures that attack people.

Something - " Something"

Frame: Universal

An alien life form that can take on almost any form. But the image of the creepy dog that we saw in the film is truly scary.

Brundle fly - " Fly"

Frame: 20th Century Fox

Seth Brundle was a promising scientist who invented a teleportation device. But a fatal incident ended his career overnight. During one of the experiments, a fly got into the teleport device, its cells were mixed with Brundle's cells. As a result, Seth began to turn into a creepy humanoid creature.

Mimic - " Edge of Tomorrow"

Frame: 20th Century Fox

Aliens are often depicted in films in the most various forms and guises. But in the film "Edge of Tomorrow" they are especially frightening. And it's not just their appearance. After all, they are very good at military tactics and strategy, and also know how to manage time, which makes them very dangerous opponents.

Acromantula - " Harry Potter And The Chamber of secrets"

Frame: Warner Bros.

The Acromantula is a huge eight-eyed spider, its entire body is covered with thick black hair, and its paw span reaches several meters. It secretes a deadly poison, and when it is angry or scared, it clicks loudly. Among other things, he is a predator, and is not averse to snacking on humans.

Pale man - " Pan's Labyrinth"

Frame: Picturehouse

A humanoid creature with eye sockets in its palms, into which it independently inserts its eyes, and then, spreading its fingers wide, looks around, isn’t that creepy? Such a fabulous monster rightfully deserves a place on this list.

Viy - " Viy"

Frame: UPI

The same old Viy from the 1967 film, of course, is also creepy, and instilled fear in more than one generation of our viewers. But the new Viy from 2014 with many eyes and long eyelids, looking more like a giant insect, is also very scary.

Bear - "Morozko"

Frame: Gorky Studio

A clear demonstration of what happens when you don’t bow down to talking humanoid mushrooms. But seriously, this creepy bear face still looks scary, but even then, in the 1960s, it was simply terrifying.

Stranger - " Stranger"

Frame: 20th Century Fox

This six-foot, acid-spitting alien monster is without a doubt one of the creepiest creatures to ever grace the silver screen. Aliens are somewhat similar to giant ants, they also have a queen - the main and largest individual in the colony, and also have soldiers and drones. It’s scary to even imagine the horror of that world where strangers can be just as harmless ants.

Monster - "The Spell of the Valley of Serpents"

Frame: Tallinnfilm

The terrible monster that Breacher turned into, although he did not live on the screen for very long, managed to scare many of his viewers.

Now it is difficult to imagine that people believed in the existence of such animals as the platypus, gorilla, giant squid and many others relatively recently. Travelers talking about them, showing sketches and photographs, were accused of lies and hoaxes. New species of animals are being discovered in our time, mostly small or leading a secretive lifestyle. We count the creatures in the pictures below as this moment science fiction at the time, but who knows how our descendants will feel about them?

1) website Mutant fish caught in Japan and appeared after the Fukushima accident:

2) In Brazil, local residents on the banks of a river photographed something strange. As they claim, it was:

3) And this is what they look like sea creatures after death. This creature was photographed after it was discovered by fishermen on the ocean shore. It was subsequently confiscated by the FBI:

Another similar full-length creature:

4) This fish with a human face was caught off the coast of Japan:

5) Photo from an airplane over Loch Ness. The circle shows the outline of a body that would be quite suitable for a dinosaur:

6) Another mutant fish, this time from Australia, without even fins.

7) Another miracle from the Green Continent - a poisonous pink jellyfish of an unknown species website:

8) This gnome-like creature was photographed under streetlights at night in South America:

9) We are at a loss as we look at the strange flyer in the cloudy sky of Nuremberg:

10) This is a figure depicting a Japanese water kappa in one of the local museums. The limbs in the box are a kappa arm and leg, officially on display as exhibits. Some Japanese still keep such artifacts at home, because, in their opinion, the kappa is still alive, but now it is not so easy to find it. Kappa is also depicted in many Japanese watercolors, ancient and not so ancient:

11) Are orbs living entities or just a trick of light? Here we see orbs in the cemetery:

12) The most famous photograph of Bigfoot. As its authors later admitted, this is a common hoax, made by them for entertainment and to earn money from selling website photos to newspapers. Below it is a much less famous one, in which a bear is visible, but who is visible at the top right?

13) What is a Chupacabra - the result of genetic experiments or a guest from a parallel world? In each case of the discovery of a Chupacabra corpse, it is seized by FBI specialists, who claim that the body belongs to a sick coyote. The photo shows a baby chupacabra. Please note: there are five toes on the paws. Below is the head of a Chupacabra, which was killed by local residents in South America:

14) If such a creature, as the author of the photo suggested, really existed, its existence would be recorded:

15) Could this roe deer stalking caught on camera at night be the mysterious Jersey devil?

16) Mothman, the progenitor of Batman comics:

17) Looks a lot like a harpy, doesn't it?

18) A mummified fairy handed over to official authorities. Below is a cheerful flock of living fairies:

19) Strange, ridiculous creature filmed in Florida:

20) A creature similar to him, filmed many years ago in London, but with a head resembling a human:

21) Many people have probably seen it on our website. The photographs below with this character are also very interesting:

22) There is quite a lot of evidence that one of the alien races, the so-called “grays,” is not only actively involved in the life of earthlings, but also in politics:

23) The monster shown in the photo waves his hand at the camera. To assure us that there are mermen?

24) Giant shark monsters may not be a fantasy from the movie Jaws. Zoologists who studied this photo taken off the coast South Africa, confirm: this is not a whale, but a shark:

25) Japanese cameras have captured an animal resembling the megalodon shark, thought to have gone extinct millions of years ago:

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26) The discovery of mummified remains of an animal unknown to science in South Africa:

27) Who is this creature caught in the frame of a night camera - or an alien?

28) At archaeological excavations The remains of a huge human skeleton were found. Perhaps the Titans are not a Greek myth after all.

29) Mysterious creature, sneaking along the hedge, completed in Photoshop?

30) The corpse of a toothy creature similar to the extinct sea creatures, was found on the beach and baffled experts:

31) We continue the theme of dead animals unknown to science found on the beach, such as this strange one that seemed to rise from depths of the sea, snake: