Comprehensive List of
Wisconsin's Mythical Creatures

The List

• Wisconsin's Most Well-Known

  • The Hodag​ and Sub-Types

    • The Green Hodag​

    • The Black Hodag

    • The Spotted Hodag

    • The Pine-Eating Hodag

    • The Dwarf Hodag​​

    • The Sidehill Gouger

    • The Pink Cave Hodag

    • The Shovel Nosed Hodag

  • The Beast of Bray Road

    • AKA The Werewolf​

    • AKA The Bear-Wolf

  • Bigfoot and Regional Variants

    • The Blue Hills Beast

    • The Cumberland Beast

    • The Deltox Marsh Monster

    • Eddy

    • The Lima Marsh Monaster​

  • The Wisconsin Manbat

    • AKA The Medford Lizardman​

    • AKA The Lake Michigan Gargoyle

    • AKA The Lake Michigan Mothman

  • The Kettle-Moraine Goatman

    • AKA The Satyr of Southern Wisconsin​

• Modern Lake and River Monsters​

  • Freshwater "Sea" Serpents​

    • Bozho of Lake Mendota

    • Delavan Lake Serpent

    • Elkhart Lake Monster

    • Jenny of Lake Geneva

    • Lake Kegonsa Dragon

    • Lake Koshkonong Monster

    • Lake Michigan Serpent

    • Lake Waubesa Monster

    • Mississippi River Serpent​

    • Pewaukee Lake Monster

    • Rock River Serpent

    • Rocky, the Terror of Rock Lake

  • Plesiosaurs

    • Devil's Lake Hokuwa

    • Lake Monona Monster

    • Lake Ripley Monster

    • Pepie of Lake Peppin

    • Pressie of Lake Superior

    • Red Cedar Lake Monster​

  • Tentacled Monsters

    • Devil's Lake Kraken

    • Lake Superior Kraken

    • Whitewater Lake Monster

  • Swan-Dragon Monsters​

    • Long Lake Long Neck​

  • Salamander Monsters​

    • Long Lake Giant Salamander​

  • Turtle Monsters

    • Lake Wingra Water Monster

• Gnomes

  • Indigenous Gnomes

    • Heroka​

    • Memegwesi

    • Canoti

    • Iktomi

  • Ojibwe Manitoussiwuk​

    • Bagwajiwinini​

    • Mizauwabeekum

    • Pau-eehnse

  • Immigrant Gnomes

    • Pa'is​

    • Lutins

    • Tommyknockers

    • Elves (German)

    • Elves (New Glarus)

    • Kobolders

    • Tomte Nisse

    • Leprechauns

    • Mining Gnomes

    • Tehotikal:luhe'

    • Makia’wisag

    • Wemategunis

    • Ohdoh

    • Nagumwasug

    • Washington Island Huldrefolk

    • House Trolls

    • Armouchiquois

  • Fearsome Critter Gnomes​

    • Leprocauns​

    • Will-o'-the-Wisps

    • Humpdumples

  • Other Gnomes

    • St. Croix River Little People​

    • Rock-Throwing Gnomes of Fifield

    • Drone Huntinhg Duende

    • Devil's Punchbowl Gnomes

    • Barron County Trolls

    • Wauwatosa Night Visitors

    • Dwendi

  • Gnome-Adjacent Creatures

    • Haunchies

    • La Crosse Goblins

    • Pancake Aliens

    • Mapolians

• Giants

  • Blue Collar Giants

    • Paul Bunyan​

    • Ole Olson

    • Mehitabelle Roer

    • Carrie McIntie

    • Whiskey Jack

    • Badger Bill

    • Haystack Hilda

  • Wagerucge​​​​​​​​

  • Manabai'wok

  • Windigos

    • AKA Wendigo​s

    • AKA Witikos

  • Stonecoats

  • Mhuwe

  • Coon Valley Trolls

    • Blacksmith Troll​s

    • Farmer Trolls

    • Fisher Trolls

    • Hunter Trolls

    • Logger Trolls

  • Mound Giants

• Indigenous Wisconsinite Legends​

  • Animal Spirits

  • The Baykok

  • The Cannibal Heads

  • Celestial Spirits

  • The Chiha Tanka

  • The Death Song

  • The Double Face

  • The Forked Man

  • The Horned Serpent​

  • The Iron Spirits

  • The Mashe-Nomak

    • AKA The Lake Winnebago Water Monster​

  • The Merman

    • AKA The Nibiinaabe​

  • The Night Spirits

  • The Rock Spirits

  • The Thunderbird
  • The Tree Spirits
  • The Underwater Panther
  • The Wakacuna
    • AKA The Woodspirits​

  • The Wakcexi

    • ​AKA The Waterspirits​

  • The Were-Grizzly​

  • Redhorn's Host

    • AKA The Rocky Arbor Battle Ghosts​

• Fearsome Critters

  • Paul Bunyan Related

    • Blue Oxen​

    • Bumbelitos

    • Camp Chipmunks

      • AKA Vilas County Tiger​s

    • Cougar Fish​

    • Dogs

      • Giant Dogs​

      • Moosehounds*

      • Reversible Dogs

      • Slopedogs*

    • Giant Mosquitos

    • Gillgaloos

    • Goofus Birds

    • Gumberoos

    • Hoopsnakes

    • Pinnacle Grouse

    • Purple Cows

    • Ringtailed Bavalorous

    • Sliver Cats

  • Domesticated Critters​

    • Axehandle Hounds​

    • Fish-Foxes

    • Fish Hounds

    • Griddlegreasers

  • Fearsome Fish and Other Aquatics​

    • Bait Robbers​

    • Blue Racers

    • Boat Hounds

    • Cowaskies

    • Dismal Saugers

    • Dungavenhooters

    • Fog-Hogs

    • Fur Herrings

    • Giant Catfish

    • Giddy Fish

    • Log Gar

    • Owl-Eyed Ripple Skippers

    • Shovel-Face Oscars

    • Spoon-Bills**

    • Swamp Augurs (Fish Version)

    • Upland Trout

    • Whiffenpoofs

    • Whirligig Fish

  • Fearsome Birds​

    • Anserbaks​

    • Dingbats

    • Gazunks

    • Phillyloo Birds

    • Roperites

    • Sizzerbills

    • Swamp Augurs (Bird Version)

    • Tripoderos

  • Tree-Dwelling Critters​

    • Agropelters​

    • Flittericks

    • Swingdingles

    • Treehoppers

    • Tree-Squeaks

  • Deadly Critters​

    • Banshee Cats​

    • Hidebehinds

    • Luferlangs

    • Rumptifusels

    • Skeeteroos

    • Snow Snakes

      • Siberian Snow Snakes​

      • Snowshoe Snakes

      • Greater Snow Snake

      • Shovel-Tailed Snow Snakes

  • Other Critters​

    • Accordianteaters​

    • Callopodes

    • Duck-Footed Dum Dums

    • Gloflikops

    • Hangdowns

    • Hugags

    • Mug-Lumps

    • Oomphs

    • Rhinelapuses

    • Speedemons

    • Splintercats

    • Spurdoodles

    • Squasholigers

    • Stone-Eating Gyascutuses

    • Teakettlers

    • Toteroad Shagamaws

    • Trapspringers

    • Wamps

• Immigrant Legends

  • The Akaree

  • The Aniwye

    • AKA The Great Skunk​

    • AKA The Mishizhigaag

  • The Bearwalker

  • The Big Rump Bear

    • AKA the Ahamagachktiat Mecehqua​

  • The Black Shuck

    • AKA The Hellhound​

    • AKA The Devil's Pack

  • The Blauman

    • AKA The Blueman​

  • The Death Guide

  • The Deer Woman

  • The Elbedritzel

  • The Fossegrimer

    • AKA The Grim​

  • The Giant Leech

  • The Giant Mosquito (Oneida Version)

  • The Gloomnadoom

  • Hasgaardsreia

    • AKA Asgardsrei​

    • AKA Wild Hunt

  • The Hulder Creature

  • Jenny Greenteeth

  • The Kasegeist

    • AKA The Cheese Spirit​

    • AKA Wisconsin Agricultural Zeitgeist

  • The Loup-Garou

    • AKA The French Werewolf​

  • The Magic Horse

  • The Magic Ox

  • The Man-Faced Pig

  • The Manitou of Sinsinawa Mound

  • ​The Mesingw​

  • The Night Owl

    • AKA The Nacht Eule​

  • The Nederman

  • The Nokker​

    • AKA The Nixie​

  • The Nymph

  • The Oberman

  • The Polutnitsha

  • The Rugaru​

    • AKA The Rougarou​

  • The Water Man​

    • AKA The Hastrman​

    • AKA The Vodnik

• Things that Go Bump in the Night

  • ​Spectral Creatures​

    • "Normal Ghosts"​

      • Poltergeists​

      • Revenirs

      • Phantom Hitchhikers

    • Ghost Lights

    • Ghost Orbs

    • Shapeshifting Trickster Ghosts

      • The Ridgeway Ghost​

      • Winny Beaujeau

        • AKA Wilhelm Baugau​

        • AKA Willy Bolle

    • Ghost Ships​​

      • Le Griffon

      • The Christmas Tree Ship​

    • Ghost Vehicles​​

      • Ghost Carriages​

      • Ghost Cars

      • Ghost Motorcycles

    • Headless Snowmobiler

    • Phantom Chickens​​

    • Phantom Elephants

    • Phantom Cows

      • AKA Lime Ridge Cows​

    • The Night Rider

      • AKA The Wind Rider​

      • AKA The Power

      • AKA "Wendigo" (Misnomer)

    • The Voice of the Wisconsin Heights​

    • Fire Specters​

  • Related to the Peshtigo Fire​​

    • Peshtigo Orb**

    • Peshtigo Fire Demon

    • Peshtigo Shadow People

    • Peshtigo Beast

    • Our Lady of Champion

  • Other Shadow Creatures​​

    • Shadow People​

      • Blackie​

      • The Hat Man

    • The Putty Man

    • The Shadow Demon of Nekoosa

  • Internet-Born Legends (That Can Be Confirmed are in Wisconsin)​

    • Neowendigos

    • Not-Deer​

    • Fleshgait

    • Pale Crawlers

  • Other Undead

    • T​he Boobooshaw

    • The Butte Des Morts Skeleton Army

    • Concrete Creepers

    • Eau Claire Humanoid

    • Ghouls

    • Graveyard Trees

    • Hitching Post Devil

    • The Lanky Night Walker

    • The Mineral Point Vampire

    • Modern Cannibal Heads

    • The Plainfield Chopper

    • Sleepers

• Other Cryptids​

  • The American Tyger

  • The Buffabob

  • The Central American Whatsit

  • The Dwarf Mastodon

  • The Eau Claire Beast​

    • AKA The Black Cougar​

    • AKA The Panther

  • The Giant Brown Swiss

  • The Giant Garter Snake

  • The Hillsboro Hairless Thing​

    • AKA The Hillsboro Mutant​

    • AKA The Wisconsin Chupacabra

  • The Janesville Lizard

  • The Jefferson County Demon Bird

  • The Kidrick Swamp Whatsit​

  • The Mauston Birdman​

  • The Milwaukee Lion

  • The Milwaukee Lizard Being

  • The Northern Bristlenose Mudshark

  • The Passenger Pigeon

  • The Phantom Kangaroo

    • The Wild Wisconsin Wallaby​

  • The Pterosaur

  • The Steinthal Monster

  • The Wisconsin Alligator

• True Obscurity

  • The Blue Thing​

  • The Cabbit*

  • The Chameleon Fish

  • The Cowpacabra

  • The Dog-Pig-Bear-Cat

  • Dragons

    • The Elk Mound Dragon​

    • The Green Bay Dragons

    • The Seven-Headed Dragon of Devil's Lake

  • The Eau Claire Swordfish

  • The Green Men

  • The Lake Michigan Lizard-Fish*

  • The Madison Morpher

  • The NEw Munster Creature

  • The Okauchee Lake Buffalo Fish

  • The Pig-Faced Men

  • The Sturgeon Bay Creature

  • The Superior Humanoid

  • "Tall Tale Postcard" Giant Animals

    • Giant Bucks

      • AKA Giant Rabbits​

    • Giant Dogs

    • Giant Fish

    • Giant Frogs​

      • AKA Kickers​

  • The Wellwater Lurker*