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129 Mythical Creatures of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Lore is filled with all manner of cryptid, haunting, and fearsome critter. Hereafter is the list of Wisconsin's 129 Mythical Creatures, listed alphabetically. The list contains all creatures that could be found within Wisconsin's extensive folklore, including both creatures originating within the State, and creatures which could be shown to have been "imported" into the state by immigrants, and which could be found in Wisconsinite stories. A few entries (such as the gloomnadoom) were allegedly from outside of the state, but seem to have originated from immigrant groups within the state, instead of their supposed country of origin.

Entries marked with a "*" are creatures that have never been given any sort of official name, and so the Ancient Order of the Reveeting Society has taken the liberty of naming them.

This list is almost perpetually out of date. As soon as it gets updated, I will discover some other creature in Wisconsin lore. If you want to see the most up-to date list of Wisconsin Mythical Creatures available (but without descriptions or images), see this page.

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#5

Agropelter / Argopelter

Origin: Lumberjack

The agropelter (on rare occasion spelled “argopelter”) is a primate with strong, long, extremely-flexible, whiplike arms. Its fur is black in color, except for a skull-shaped pattern of grayish fur on their faces. They live in the hollows of pine trees and subsist on a diet of woodpeckers, hoot owls, and rotten wood. They are extremely territorial, hurling branches and logs with extreme accuracy from the treetops down upon the heads of unsuspecting intruders with force comparable to that of a cannon. Agropelter pups are born in odd-numbered litters, and are always born exactly on the 29th of February.

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#6

Bagwajiwinini / Pukwudgie

Origin: Ojibwe

The bagwajiwinini, or pukwudgies, are a group of forest-dwelling wee folk. They seen as wild men and mischevious tricksters. They curse those who disrespect their lands, and are capable of becoming invisible to all except children and medicine men. They are allies of the thunderbirds, and enemies of the windigo. They are capable of throwing stones that become lightning bolts.

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#7

Barron County Troll

Origin: Wisconsinite

The Barron County “trolls”, not to be confused with the giant-sized trolls of Coon Valley, are a group of hairless wee folk. Their skin is pale and albino, and they wear patchwork leather overalls, and nothing else. They have been seen marching along the road of Barron County, singing military songs as they march.

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#8

Baykok

Origin: Ojibwe

The baykok is an undead creature, created from the corpse of a greedy hunter. It is emaciated, with translucent skin and glowing red eyes. The cry of a baykok is shrill and harsh, and it can fly through the air. It hunts only strong warriors, shooting invisible arrows from its bow, or bludgeoning its prey with its club. After paralyzing or killing its prey, it then slices its victim open to consume the liver.

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#9

Beast of Bray Road / Werewolf

Origin: Modern

The beast of Bray Road is a wolflike humanoid believed to dwell in Southern Wisconsin, especially around areas where effigy mounds are present and Bray Road in Elkhorn. They often are spotted feeding on roadkill, and rarely engage in hostile acts against humans. Like the stereotypical werewolf, the beast of Bray Road has a weakness to silver, but unlike the werewolf, the beast of Bray Road is not a shapeshifter, possessing no full-human or full-wolf forms, always being stuck between wolf and human. They are believed to be interdimensional creatures, living part of the time in our reality, part of the time in some unknown dimension.

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#10

Bearwalker / Were-Grizzly

Origin: Menominee/Ho-Chunk

The bearwalker, sometimes called simply a “bearwalk” or a “were-grizzly”, is a shapeshifter that can take a human form or the form of any animal (most commonly a bear). It can also take the form of a levitating flame or light. According to Menominee stories, bearwalkers are almost universally evil medicine men, whereas in Ho-Chunk stories, they are said to be fierce and mighty warriors, and can be either good or evil.

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#11

Bigfoot / Cumberland Beast / Sasquatch

Origin: Modern

The sasquatch, or bigfoot, is a bipedal ape that dwells in the thick woodlands of North America. Reports of sasquatches in Wisconsin are less common than some other regions, but still are present within the State, with notable hotspots in Marinette, Price, Vilas, and Oneida Counties.

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#12

Big Rump Bear / Ahamagachktiat Mecehqua / Yakwawiak

Origin: Stockbridge-Munsee

TODO

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#13

Birdman

Origin: Modern

The birdman of Mauston, Wisconsin, is a large, wingless, birdlike humanoid, covered in large, round, yellow feathers. It possesses a long beak, and talon-like hands and feet. It has spotted lurking around the Mauston area, leering into the windows of homes and occasionally playing with children, but otherwise seems to avoid contact with people.

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#14

Black Cougar / Eau Claire Beast / Panther

Origin: Modern

The Eau Claire beast, sometimes simply called a black cougar or panther, is a melanistic cougar that dwells in the northern areas of the State. Similar to how a melanin condition can cause jaguars and leopards to be born with pure-black fur, the Eau Claire beast is thought to be a cougar with a similar condition. Some stories suggest instead that the Eau Claire beast belongs to some other species, with some accounts stating that it is smaller than a cougar, and others claiming it is  much larger.

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#15

Black Shuck / Hellhound

Origin: English / Modern

The hellhounds of Wisconsin are a type of large black dog with glowing eyes either red or yellow in coloration. They have been spotted in areas along the Chippewa River, in the Driftless Area, and in Jefferson County (though it is often difficult to discern where Jefferson County hellhounds end and the beast of Bray Road begins). These hellhounds, especially those sighted in the Driftless Area, are often identified with the black shuck of English folklore.

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#16

Blue Ox

Origin: Lumberjack

Babe the blue ox was an ox raised by Paul Bunyan, his coloration and size the result of being exposed to blue snow as a calf, during the Winter of Blue Snow, a year so cold that the snow turned blue. Compared to all other creatures in Wisconsin folklore, in terms of raw strength the blue ox is unmatched, capable of plowing canyons and rivers into existence, or pulling winding roads straight.

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#17

Blue Racer

Origin: Lumberjack

The blue racer is a gigantic, river-dwelling serpent that terrorized the rivermen who rafted logs down Wisconsin's rivers. They are extremely fast on both land and the water, and extremely persistent, willing to chase potential prey for miles and miles without giving up. Its bite is extremely venomous and deadly.

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#18

Boobooshaw

Origin: Modern

The boobooshaw is a tall, lanky, black skeleton believed to haunt the area around Port Washington, lurking around backyards and backroads. The boobooshaw is nocturnal, only appearing during the night, and preys exclusively upon children.

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#19

Buffabob

Origin: Wisconsinite

The buffabob is a hybridization of an American bison and a goat. The resulting creature appears largely identical to that of a bison, except with long, curling, spiral horns, similar to that of an antelope.

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#20

Cabbit*

Origin: Wisconsinite

The cabbit is a rather simple chimera reportedly captured in Maine, Wisconsin, back in 1910. The creature in question possesses the body of the jackrabbit, and the head of the common housecat.

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#21

Camp Chipmunk

Origin: Lumberjack

The camp chipmunk is the result of a normal-sized chipmunk eating a copious amount of prune pits, which they scavenge from logging camps. This diet enables the chipmunks to grow to be the size of bears. The giant-sized chipmunks will then drive all the bears. cougars, and other natural predators out of the area, as a camp chipmunk is easily able to take down any predator and does not tolerate predators in their territory.

#22

Canoti

Origin: Dakota

The canoti are a type of tree-dwelling wee folk, with a greenish coloration, and wild, black hair. The canoti served the role as messengers from the spirit world, and could appear in people's dreams to impart these messages. They also have a mischievous streak, seldom willing to leave humans alone, instead acting to disrupt a chosen victim's daily routine.

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#23

Chameleon Fish

Origin: Wisconsinite

The chameleon fish is a fish reported in both La Crosse and Eau Claire in the early 1900's, reportedly dwelling in Black River and the Mississippi. The fish was described as having a head like that of a bass, and a body like that of a pike. Most notably, the color of the fish's scales changed based on the weather and the season, capable of shifting from a light, sandy color like that of a pike, to a dark coloration like that of a channel catfish.  

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#24

Chiye-Tanka

Origin: Dakota Sioux

Todo

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#25

Cougar Fish

Origin: Lumberjack

The cougar fish is a large, river-dwelling species of fish with long fangs and claws. They like to sharpen their claws on floating logs, which makes them a nuisance to the rivermen who raft timber down the rivers. They are intelligent to understand when a bounty has been placed on them, and will flee the area if such a thing has occurred, and thus they can be easily managed.

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#26

Deer Woman

Origin: Ojibwe/Potawatomi

Deer women are spirits that take the form of women with the feet of deer. Towards women, children, and men who are respectful towards women and children, the deer women are benevolent, and protective. Towards men who have harmed women or children, deer women are vengeful, and will use their powers to lure such men to their deaths.

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#27

Devil's Punchbowl Gnome

Origin: Modern

The gnomes of the Devil's Punchbowl are a type of wee folk seen in the eponymous Devil's Punchbowl Menomonie, Wisconsin. They as small humanoids with the stereotypical, conical hat of gnomes. However, unlike their Fifield brethren, the Punchbowl gnomes seem more isolationist in nature, possessing none of the mischievousness or rock-throwing behaviors of their cousins.

#28

Double Face / Two-Face / Hestovatohkeo'o

Origin: Dakota Sioux

Todo

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#29

Dragon

Origin: Modern

TODO !!! Green Bay Dragons !!! The Elk Mound dragon is a large, slumbering, subterranean dragon that dwells buried underground, beneath the hill under the Elk Mound Hill "Castle", a tower built as a memorial to rural mail carriers, and which overlooks the village of Elk Mound as a whole. The dragon simply slumbers deep beneath the earth.

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#30

Dungavenhooter

Origin: Lumberjack

A dungavenhooter is a crocodilian with a strong, thick tail, no mouth, and large nostrils. Because it has no mouth, it smashes its prey with its muscular tail, and then inhales its victim through its oversized nostrils. Dungavenhooters have an affinity for alcohol, and will actively seek out drunkards as their preferred prey.

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#31

Dwarf Mastodon

Origin: Wisconsinite

Dwarf mastodons are an offshoot of mastodons that survived the end of the Ice Age and evolved into a much smaller size, with males being about the size of a dog, and females being a little smaller. The dwarf mastodons survived in the area around Richland Center. During the Great Depression, they were hunted for food and became an endangered species, and after the Depression's end, they wound up being domesticated as pets. 

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#32

Elbedritzel

Origin: German

The elbedritzel is a species of gigantic, stork-like bird discovered by German immigrants to the State. They are completely invisible to men, visible only to women and children, though this only made them a more enticing and elusive hunting trophy to German immigrant men, who organized regular elbedritzel hunts.

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#33

Elf

Origin: German

TODO

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#34

Fish Hound

Origin: Lumberjack

The fish hound isn't a true canine, but is instead the result of crossbreeding a mink with a helldiver grouse, the resulting half-bird/half-mustelid critter merely resembles a fox hound through shear happenstance. Half of the fish hound is actually covered in the feathers of a helldiver, while the other half bears the soft fur of a mink. The fish hound is an expert fisher, capable of diving and hauling up any number of fish for its master.

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#35

Flitterick

Origin: Lumberjack

The flitterick is a type of flying squirrel, notable for being able to glide at extreme speeds. A flitterick can fly at such high speeds, in fact, that it can even generate enough force to kill an ox with a blow to the head. Flittericks are extremely territorial, and prone to swarming and divebombing things they perceive as intruders.

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#36

Flying / Great Head / Wakpanigra

Origin: Oneida / Ho-Chunk

The flying head, also called the great head, is a demonic entity, taking the form of a gigantic, severed head that levitates through the air. They are sometimes referred to as "cannibal heads", as they hunt, slay, and devour humans with unthinking hunger. The Ho-Chunk version of the creature, the Wakpanigra, has some notable differences, with the heads being miniature rather than giant, and travelling by rolling rather than levitation.

#37

Forked Man

Origin: Ho-Chunk

Todo

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#38

Ghost

Origin: Modern / Universal

The ghost, the lingering spirit of a deceased person, is an entity found in folklore in basically every single human culture. Wisconsin has many, many of its own individual ghosts, with hauntings far too numerous to list here (apart from those entities who are unique enough to distinguish themselves from the "common ghost").

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#39

Ghost Ship

Origin: Modern / Universal

Todo

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#40

Giant

Origin: Lumberjack/Ho-Chunk/Modern

Giant humans are found throughout the lore of Wisconsin, with the earliest mentions of giants found in the folklore of the Ho-Chunk natives of Wisconsin, who have record of red-haired, cannibalistic, man-eating giants. During the logging era, tales of giant lumberjacks became common, most notably Paul Bunyan (though Paul is not Wisconsin's only giant lumberjack). The timber industry wasn't the only group to tell tales of giant laborers, however. The riverman had Whiskey Jack, the lead miner had Badger Bill, and the farmhand had Haystack Hilda, all famed for their feats of strength in their respective fields of industry. In the folklore of the modern era, many believe that there are giants buried below the burial and effigy mounds of the Ho-Chunk.

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#41

Giant Mosquito

Origin: Lumberjack/Oneida

Giant mosquitos are found both in lumberjack stories and Oneida traditions. According to the tales of lumberjacks, the giant mosquito can grow to sizes great enough straddle rivers or carry off oxen. According to Oneida tradition, when a giant mosquito is slain, a massive swarm of regular-sized mosquitos emerges from the remains.

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#42

Giant Sturgeon / Lake Winnebago Water Monster / Mashe-Nomak

Origin: Ho-Chunk/Menominee

The mashe-nomak, also called the Lake Winnebago water monster, or more simply the giant sturgeon, is a gigantic fish that dwells in Lake Winnebago. It eats moose, deer, fishermen, and anything else that happens to wander too close to the water.

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#43

Giddyfish

Origin: Lumberjack

The giddyfish is a species of fantastic fish prized by ice fishers. Their bodies are rubber-like and bouncy. During the winter, when the lakes are frozen over, the giddyfish can be easily lured to fishing holes. Giddyfish enjoy leaping into the air, and so an ice fisher simply needs to drill a hole and wait for the giddyfish to leap out. Since the rest of the lake remains frozen, the escaping giddyfish will be unable to land back into the water, and will ricochet and bounce across the ice.

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#44

Gillygaloo

Origin: Lumberjack

The gillygaloo is a bird that nests on the side of the infamous Pyramid Forty, a steep forty-acre  stretch of pyramidic woodlands. The gillygaloo has adapted to this steep environment by laying square-shaped eggs, to prevent them from rolling down the steep incline. The eggs are polka-dotted, and so, when hard-boiled, they can be used as dice.

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#45

Gloomnadoom

Origin: Irish

The gloomnadoom is a specter that takes the form of a child-sized apparition cloaked in black robes, with only the tips of its pointy shoes visible. It allegedly arrived in Wisconsin following Irish immigrants, though no record of such a creature can be found in Ireland. It climbs upon the backs of its victims, where it then grows heavier and heavier, inducing depression in its victim, until they can no longer move. Alcohol can drive away a gloomnadoom temporarily, but it will come return even more powerful. The only way to drive one away for good is with love and companionship.

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#46

Goatman

Origin: Modern

The Kettle Moraine goatman is a surly, bearded hermit with the horns and legs of a goat. He can be found throughout the Kettle Moraine, but especially along Hogsback Road near Hubertus. He is said to "swear like a sailor" and be murderously protective of what he considers "his land." It is said he murders people either with an axe or by scaring them while they drive along the treacherous Hogsback Road, causing them to swerve off the esker and crash. Presumably, he must compete with the Hook Man, another serial killer (albeit a human one) who supposedly operates on Hogsback Road.

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#47

Goblin

Origin: Wisconsinite

The goblins of La Crosse are an obscure group of small goblins who primarily enjoy blocking the roads and causing annoying, inconvenient obstructions. They can be scared away by launching fireworks at them, which lead to the arrest of the man who witnessed the goblins in action.

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#48

Goofus Bird

Origin: Lumberjack

The goofus bird is a species of exceptionally unintelligent bird, which builds its nests upside-down and flies backwards, as it doesn't care where it's going, only where it's been. The goofus bird has a silver-scaled, turkey-like head with a long, green neck. It's right wing is black-feathered, with its left wing pink-feathered.

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#49

Gumberoo

Origin: Lumberjack

The gumberoo is a ravenous, ursine predator. Its body is bearlike, but bloated. It is nearly hairless, with only bristly eyebrows and chin-hairs. Its body is covered with shiny, rubbery black skin, which is nearly impervious to all damage, as even bullets bounce harmlessly off its hide. The gumberoo's main weakness is that it is incredibly flammable, and its body filled with a flammable, tarlike substance. As a result, exposure to even the smallest flame results in an explosive death for the gumberoo. For this reason, gumberoos dwell in burned-out forests, since an already burnt forest cannot catch fire a second time.

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#50

Gyascutus

Origin: Lumberjack

Outside of the State of Wisconsin, some lumberjacks used the term "gyascutus" to refer to the sidehill gouger, however to Wisconsinite lumbermen, the gyascutus was an entirely different critter. The Wisconsinite gyascutus is a deerlike or antelopelike creature with telescopic legs that it can use to raise itself up, or lower itself down to hide in brush. It exclusively eats lichen-covered rocks as its diet.

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#51

Hangdown

Origin: Lumberjack

The hangdown is a nocturnal, slothlike creature that dwells in the upper boughs of Wisconsin's trees. Its fur is especially high quality, and so it is prized by hunters and trappers. It has been described as "utterly foolish" in its behavior, and is best hunted by throwing a tub over the creature and then killing it with an axe.

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#52

Haunchy

Origin: Modern

The haunchies are a group of fanatically xenophobic wee folk that dwell in Haunchyville, a settlement either found in the woods near Mystic Drive in Muskego, or in a network of tunnels beneath Mystic Drive, depending on who you ask. In many of the modern tales, haunchies are merely a troup of rebellious circus dwarves, but in some of the earlier tales they are more akin to the dwarves or goblins of folklore. The haunchies famously hate tall people (tall in comparison to themselves, that is) and will saw the legs off of any tall person caught in Haunchyville.

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#53

Headless Snowmobiler

Origin: Modern

Wisconsin's take on the headless horseman, the headless snowmobiler, is a snowmobile-riding phantom that takes the form of a man wearing greasy coveralls and an aviator's hat, except there is no head under his hat, only empty space. His snowmobile looks archaic and patchwork, but is capable of driving at amazing speeds, and makes only a strange humming sound, almost electric, when it drives. The headless snowmobiler appears to living snowmobilers out on a trail, and will often race the living for sport.

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#54

Heroka / Little Child Spirit

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The heroka are type of child-sized wee folk that dwell along the banks of the Wisconsin River. They are said to be expert archers, able to hit any target thanks to their secret breathing techniques. Their name translates to "the hornless", in reference to their Chief, the cultural hero Redhorn, who sacrificed his "horn" of hair in order to vanquish the man-eating giants. A second tribe of wee folk, the "little children spirits", also exist within Ho-Chunk folklore, possessing all of the abilities of the heroka, and lead by the son of the heroka chief.

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#55

Hidebehind

Origin: Lumberjack

The hidebehind is one of the most dangerous ambush predators. No one truly knows what it looks like, as it is so swift it can run and hide behind a tree before anyone can get a good look at it. The hidebehind ambushes and kills its prey, and will actively hunt human beings. It eats only the intestines of its kills, leaving the rest to rot. The only protection against a hidebehind is drunkenness, as the hidebehind detests alcohol and will not prey upon the drunk.

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#56

Hillsboro Mutant / Hairless Thing

Origin: Modern

The Hillsboro mutant, also called the Hillsboro hairless thing, is a small aggressive creature, spotted near Hillsboro and Yuba. It is about the size of a raccoon, hairless, and gray in color, and thought to either be a relative of the chupacabra or a type of mutated raccoon.

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#57

Hodag

Origin: Lumberjack

The hodag is a green-furred, red-eyed fearsome critter found in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, especially around Rhinelander. It bears the head of a frog, the grinning face of an elephant, the horns of an ox, and the backside of a dinosaur. The hodag is an undead creature that emerges from the body of an ox that was verbally abused throughout its life. The hodag's favorite meal is white bulldogs, but it only eats these on Sundays, at other times eating oxen, fish, water snakes, and mud turtles. The hodag detests the scent of lemons, and can be warded away by the presence of citrus. The hodag's tears are said to taste of lemonade, but, of course, a hodag never cries.

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#58

Hoopsnake

Origin: Lumberjack

The hoopsnake is a species of serpent that travels by holding its tail in its mouth and rolling around like a wheel, capable of travelling at great speeds using this method. The hoopsnake has a venomous stinger in its tail, and when it seeks to sting something, it will roll towards it to gain momentum, and then straighten at the last moment, hurling towards its target like a javelin. Its venom is incredibly lethal, and can cause wood to swell to enormous sizes. A hoopsnake can be confused if its prey leaps through the hoop formed by the snake's body, baffling the creature.

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#59

Horned Serpent / Misiginebig / Mnito / Oniare / Unktehila

Origin: Dakota/Ojibwe/Oneida/Potawatomi

The horned serpent (called the unktehila, misiginebig, oniare, and mnito depending on language), is a large, water dwelling serpent, bearing either horns or antlers. They are generally malevolent in nature. They are enemies to the thunderbirds, and allies to the mishipeshu. It is believed that an exceptionally large horned serpent carved out the Wisconsin River as it slithered.

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#60

Hugag

Origin: Lumberjack

The hugag is a large, humped, long-lipped, hornless, deer-like creature that dwells in the woods of Wisconsin. The hugag has no knee-joints, and so cannot kneel or lay down. As a result, the hugag can only sleep or rest by leaning up against trees.

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#61

Huldrefolk

Origin: Icelandic

The huldrefolk, or "hidden folk", are the invisible, wee-folk originating from Iceland, who came to Wisconsin to inhabit Washington Island, one of the oldest Icelander communities in America, with stories of huldrefolk on Washington Island recorded by its Icelander inhabitants. Female huldrefolk are said to appear as beautiful women with the tails of oxen.

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#62

Iron Spirit

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The iron spirits are a type spirit creature whose body is made of iron. Each variety of iron, such as live iron and blue iron, has its own distinct chief and tribe. Iron spirits can often be malevolent, with many warring against humans, even killing and eating humans on occasion. Iron spirits are considered close relatives of the fat rock (or marble) spirits.

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#63

Jogah / Tehotikal Luhe'

Origin: Oneida

The jogah, or tehotikal luhe', are a group of wee folk with an affinity for boulders and agriculture. They possess the ability to turn invisible, and can only be located by the sound of their drums, which is why they are sometimes called "drum dancers." They are also believed to be responsible for moving around erratic boulders, explaining the presence of boulders in odd places, leading to their other name, "stone rollers." They can bless fields with good harvests, and do battle against horned serpents and underground monsters.

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#64

Kangaroo

Origin: Modern

Kangaroos are believed to dwell within the woodlands of Wisconsin, and there have been numerous kangaroo sightings within the State, as well as a few confirmed road collisions and captures. It is theorized that, following a mass escape of kangaroos from a zoo in Northern Illinois decades ago, kangaroos have established a breeding population in Wisconsin, as kangaroo sightings only began after that escape.

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#65

Kraken / Lake Superior Monster / Whitewater Monster

Origin: Modern

Kraken-like, tentacled water monsters are described both as dwelling in Lake Superior and Whitewater Lake. The Whitewater Monster in specific is associated with witchcraft, and can be summoned up by lakeside rituals performed by Whitewater's witches. Some other lake monsters of Wisconsin are also sometimes described as tentacled, such as the Devil's Lake Monster or Rocky of Rock Lake, though those creatures are more commonly described as serpents or plesiosaurs.

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#66

Lake Michigan Gargoyle / Wisconsin Manbat

Origin: Modern

The Wisconsin manbat, known in northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin as either the Lake Michigan gargoyle or the Lake Michigan mothman, is a strange, extradimensional creature resembling a cross between a bat, a lizard, and a man. They have brownish, greenish, or grayish scales, and either yellow or red eyes. They seem to fly without moving their wings, can teleport between dimensions, and appear at the sites of disasters.

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#67

Lake Michigan Lizard-Fish*

Origin: Wisconsinite

A strange creature reportedly captured in 1902 in Lake Michigan bearing the head of a lizard, a fishlike body, and an eel-like tail. It bears four, short, lizard-like legs, and was fourteen inches long, head to tail. It had no eyes, but visible ears that grew larger when the lizard-fish grew angry. When placed into a tank with other fish, the lizard-fish's body emitted "pills", that killed and dissolved the other fish.

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#68

Lake Serpent

Origin: Modern

Wisconsin is home to many different lake monsters. Some are described as lake-dwelling sea serpents, some are described as plesiosaurs, and many are described inconsistently, sometimes as serpents and sometimes as plesiosaurs. There are a few, like the Lake Michigan Serpent, and Rocky of Rock Lake, that are always or almost always described as a serpent.

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#69

Leprechaun / Leprocaun

Origin: Irish/Lumberjack

Stories of leprechauns were brought over with Irish immigrants and followed the Irish into the timber trade, where the leprocaun (as the lumbermen spelled it) was given a reinterpretation. The leprocaun was seen as a mischievous type of wee folk, one that was especially skilled at jumping and leaping. For entertainment, the leprocaun would sprout sharp fangs and claws and leap out at lumbermen, in order to startle and terrorize its chosen victim.

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#70

Log Gar

Origin: Lumberjack

The log gar is a species of giant gar, bearing a long mouth filled with vicious sawlike teeth. The fish lives mainly on a diet of wood, and so will bite into, and saw apart, any log it can get its teeth into, along with any unfortunate riverman who happens to be rafting the log downstream.

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#71

Luferlang

Origin: Lumberjack

The luferlang is an especially strange critter, even by lumberjack standards, resembling a horse with its tail growing out of the middle of its back, and has a blue stripe from its head to its backside. It has four catlike whiskers and a bushy beard. Its leg's are triple-jointed, allowing the luferlang to run in any direction. The luferlang has sharp teeth and an extremely venomous bite, that kills its target in seconds and has no antidote. The luferlang, however, will not bite anything apart from once a year, specifically on July 12th, when the luferlang enters a frenzied state and will bite the nearest animal it can find.

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#72

Lutin

Origin: French

The lutin is a type of gnome-like wee folk, brought to Wisconsin initially by French immigrants. The lutins of Wisconsin lore, unlike their French counterparts, are cyclopean, bearing only one eye. Lutins primarily dwell in stables, where they care for the horses and tie fairy-knots in their manes. Lutins are able to turn invisible through the magic in their feathered pointy hats.

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#73

Makia'wisag

Origin: Brothertown

The makia'wisag is a type of mischevious wee folk that travels door to door asking for offerings of food and favors. Those who are generous and give to the makia'wisag are blessed in return. But those who refuse to give to a makia'wisag are cursed, the makia'wisag pointing at them, causing them to turn invisible, and paralyzing them. While the person is so paralyzed, the makia'wisag will rob their house, taking whatever they want.

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#74

Man-Faced Pig

Origin: Belgian

The man-faced pig is a creature that results from a curse. The curse only affects wicked persons, resulting in a group of pigs with human faces, which will follow around the cursed individual, staring at them and gradually sapping their sanity. The only way to break a man-faced pig curse is to turn to God, and sincerely repent one's sins.

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#75

Memegwesi

Origin: Menominee

The memegwesi are a group of wee folk that dwelled along the shores of rivers. They were an incredibly hairy, wild folk, and lacked noses. They were invisible except to children and medicine men, and were experts in wilderness lore and survival. Their favor could be gained offerings of food, maple candy, and tiny clothing.

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#76

Mermaid / Nibiinaabe

Origin: Ojibwe/Potawatomi/Ho-Chunk

The nibiinaabe, also simply called mermaids, are a group of water spirits who dwell in Lake Superior, taking the form of a human with a fish's tail in place of legs. Nibiinaabe women are siren-like, luring in men with their beauty and  sweet-sounding songs, then grabbing men and dragging them underwater to dwell with the nibiinaabe and will forcibly marry the snatched man. They can be scared away with loud noises. A single merman can be found in the stories of the Ho-Chunk, the result of intermarriage between a wakcexi woman and a thunderbird man.

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#77

Mishipeshu / Wakcexi

Origin: Ojibwe / Ho-Chunk

The mishipeshu is a water-dwelling feline monster that dwells in rivers and lakes, especially Lake Superior. It either has horns or antlers, and either has copper scales or copper fur, depending on the story. It could cause whirlpools and storms, and it guarded copper deposits. Its extremely long copper tail, if separated from the mishipeshu, could be used as a good luck charm or a talisman to render the wearer invisible. The wakexi, or water spirits, the Ho-Chunk variant of the creature, differs in that it is not always evil and can be found in a variety of colors. The wakexi are organized into a tribe and lead by a wakexi named Bluehorn.

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#78

Moosehound*

Origin: Lumberjack

The moosehound is a gigantic breed of dog created by Paul Bunyan when he crossbred a Saint Bernard with a Canada moose, and nursed the resulting dog on a diet of bear's milk. The moosehound is the largest and strongest breed of dog, however it is also the heaviest dog, and has trouble walking across frozen lakes in the winter without breaking straight through the ice.

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#79

Mosquitobee

Origin: Lumberjack

The mosquitobees were an unfortunate crossbreed that resulted from Paul Bunyan attempting to combat the giant mosquitos native to the state by importing giant Texan bumblebees, hoping the two species would wipe each other out. Instead, the bees and mosquitos crossbred (and the crossbreeds further crossbred with fireflies) resulting in a species of giant, bioluminescent insects that bore a stinger on both ends. Fortunately, the creatures had a craving for sweets and could be controlled and mitigated through baiting.

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#80

Mud Shark

Origin: Modern

The mud shark is a species of small freshwater shark that dwells primarily in the lakes and rivers of the Nicolet National Forest. It is mud brown in color, and has a bristly, walrus-like mustache that it uses to comb the muddy lake floors for crayfish, though its preferred prey is Boy Scouts. The mud shark can be warded off using a spoon-shaped talisman.

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#81

Night Rider

Origin: Modern

The night rider is a haunting force that manifests as a loud noise and an invisible wind that manifests at night. The night rider comes upon lone travelers throughout Wisconsin, who describe hearing a loud, forceful sound that paralyzes them and freezes them in place for a period of time before the night rider moves on. Reported entities of paralyzing/possessing wind are sometimes referred to "wendigos" or "windigos," though these night riders bear no true resemblance to the traditional description of the windigo.

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#82

Night Spirit

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The night spirits are a group of mostly-benevolent spirits of ice and cold. They are allies to the thunders, and are enemies to the water spirits. While they are usually benevolent, they can sometimes be wrothfull and dangerous. Night spirit women are more spiritually powerful than their men, possessing the ability to freeze something solid with a mere touch.
 

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#83

Night Visitor

Origin: Modern

The night visitor of Wauwatosa is a strange, undead entity that shows up in the middle of he night on people's doorsteps. He is described as having skin the texture and color of smoked meat, with a small mouth, and large glowing eyes. He wears what  is described as an old-fashioned straw hat, and carries a white staff. When encountered, the night visitor will simply and silently stare at the person who answers the door, before eventually clicking his staff on the ground and levitating away.

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#84

Night Wanderer

Origin: Ho-Chunk

A night spirit is a witch, either male or female, who have been granted access to darker magical powers, usually granted these powers by a wakcexi (water spirit), or more rarely by a night spirit. A night wanderer's powers are strongest at night, and thy are able to fly during periods of darkness, fluidly change forms, and grow either larger or smaller as they desire.

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#85

Pa'is

Origin: Potawatomi

The pa'is are mischievous but generally benign wee folk. They are two-feet tall and dwell in the forests and woodlands. While they are generally speaking peaceful (if prone to pranks and trickery), when provoked they can bring their formidable magic powers to bear against their enemies.

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#86

Peshtigo Fire Demon

Origin: Wisconsinite

The Peshtigo Fire demon was a demonic entity witnessed near Door County during the Great Peshtigo Fire. It took the form of a young boy with a tail, riding a massive deer, sitting perched between the deer's horns. The demon threw balls of fire, igniting people and buildings as it rode along, spreading the devastation of the Great Peshtigo Fire as it went.

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#87

Peshtigo Orb

Origin: Wisconsinite

The Peshtigo orb or UFO was a black orb cited during the Great Peshtigo Fire, seen hovering around in the sky and setting things on fire. The orb is believed by scientists to be a real phenomenon that happened, explained by weather conditions being perfect for a rare pyrocumulonimbus, or a thundercloud formed from the smoke of a wild fire, which in turn created an airborn fire tornado. The "orb" resulted from the effect of looking up through the tornado funnel and seeing the dark, smoke-stormcloud behind it.

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#88

Phantom Chicken

Origin: Modern

Phantom chickens are a type of spectral poultry that haunt the road known as "Chicken Alley" in Eau Claire. They have a habit of darting out into the road in front of moving vehicles, only to completely vanish before the car would impact it. If someone stands in the center of Chicken Alley, a ghostly voice will shout to "Get out of the road!"

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#89

Phantom Elephant

Origin: Modern

Phantom elephants are the spectral hauntings that emerged from deceased circus elephants in Wisconsin. They have been spotted in all the places of Wisconsin in which the major circuses have operated, but especially near Baraboo, the State hotspot for phantom elephant activity.

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#90

Phillyloo Bird

Origin: Lumberjack

Outside of Wisconsin, "phillyloo bird" is used as another name for a "goofus bird." To Wisconsin lumberjacks, the phillyloo was a different, albiet similar, type of bird. The phillyloo bird was a storklike bird. While the goofus bird flew backwards, the phillyloo flew upside down. 

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#91

Pinnacle Grouse

Origin: Lumberjack

The pinnacle grouse is a species of bird that dwells on the Pyramid Forty, a legendary forty-acre stretch of pyramidal land. The pinnacle grouse possesses only one wing, and so can only fly in circles around the peak of the Pyramid Forty. The feathers of the pinnacle grouse are ever-changing, different depending on the time of the year and the observer.

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#92

Plesiosaur

Origin: Modern

Wisconsin has many of its own "Loch Ness monsters". Some of the State's many lake monsters are described as lake-dwelling sea serpents, but others are described as plesiosaurs. Many are described inconsistently, sometimes as serpents and sometimes as plesiosaurs. There are a few, most notably Pressie of Lake Superior and Pepie of Lake Pepin, that are consistently described as plesiosaurs.

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#93

Pterosaur

Origin: Modern

Pterosaur sightings in Wisconsin have occurred in Edgerton and Green Bay, leading some to posit that the creature has escaped extinction and survived to the modern day. Some go further, to claim that thunderbird sightings are evidence of pterosaurs, but the description of thunders and thunderbirds typically goes beyond the simple pterosaur.

#94

Putty Man

Origin: Modern

The Putty Man is a shadowy apparition that haunts the Majestic Theatre in Madison, where he is reportedly spotted lurking in empty balconies. The Putty Man differs from the State's other shadow people through the fact that its body is elastic, capable of stretching its body and limbs to extreme lengths.

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#95

Rhinelapus

Origin: Modern

The rhinelapus is a bizarre creature, vaguely reptilian in its composition. It stands upon three, noodly tripod legs, has red eyes, and has a slender horn growing out of the side of its neck. Despite its appearance, the rhinelapus isn't an animal at all, but is instead a species of plant.

#96

Ridgeway Ghost

Origin: Modern

The Ridgeway Ghost is a specific ghost sighted on the road between Blue Mounds and Dodgeville. The Ridgeway Ghost differs from the typical ghost in that it is a shapeshifter, seen taking the form of man with a whip, a headless horseman, a young woman, an old woman, dogs, sheep, and other domesticated animals. The Ridgeway Ghost is believed to be the spirit of two murdered brothers who died in a bar brawl in the 1840s.

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#97

Rock Spirit

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The rock spirits are spirit creatures whose bodies are made of rocks, with each variety of rock, such as fat rock (marble), black rock, and flint, having its own chief and tribe. The fat rock spirits are believed to be close with the iron spirits. The three most notable rock spirits are Green Man, the chief of the black rock spirits, Wojijega, the Meteor Spirit, and Flint, a more antagonistic spirit who creates powerful magical weapons.

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#98

Rock Throwing Gnome

Origin: Modern

The gnomes of Fifield, are a group of rock-throwing wee folk that dwell near Holy Cross Road in Fifield. Anyone who throws a rock into their woods has a rock thrown back at them by the gnomes. The gnomes can also curse whoever disrespects them with misfortune. The gnomes of Fifield can be appeased with offerings of candy and shiny rocks.

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#99

Roperite

Origin: Lumberjack

The roperite is a type of predatory, flightless bird with a noose-shaped beak that it employs to snare rabbits and other small game. In addition to it distinctive beak, it bears a tail similar to that of a rattlesnake. Stories of the roperite originated in the West, where the roperites were said to be the spirits of early Spanish ranchers, before spreading northeast to Wisconsinite lumber camps.

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#100

Rumtifusel

Origin: Lumberjack

The rumtifusel is a strange, flat-shaped ambush predator that looks a bit like a fine fur coat. It lies in wait, either on the forest floor or hanging off a tree branch for an unsuspecting person to pick it up, at which point it wraps itself around its victim, crushes them to death, and then begins to slowly digest them. A rumtifusel cannot digest fabrics all that well, and so leaves behind pellets of condensed fabric scraps resembling an owl pellet.

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#101

Shadow Demon

Origin: Modern

The shadow demon of Nekoosa is a ghoulish being specific to Nekoosa's Greenwood Cemetery. The shadowy creature is six feet tall in height, and known for its howling screams. It is believed to dwell inside a storage shed within the Cemetery, and prowls the cemetery in search of recently-dug graves.

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#102

Shadow Person

Origin: Modern

Shadow people are apparitions that appear as dark silhouettes. The most notable Wisconsinite shadow people are the Peshtigo shadow people, found in the areas that were ravaged by the Great Peshtigo fire, especially around the mass grave and the Peshtigo Fire Museum. The Peshtigo variant are accompanied by the smell of ash and the sound of whispers. Outside of Peshtigo, a shadow person named "Blackie" is believed to haunt an old schoolhouse in Caryville.

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#103

Sidehill Gouger / Dodger

Origin: Lumberjack

A sidehill gouger, or sidehill dodger, is often inconsistently described, with certain storytellers saying it is badgerlike, others goatlike, some saying feline, and at least one describing the creature as bovine. Sometimes they are described as giving live births, other times they lay cube-shaped eggs like the gillygaloo. However, the one consistent element to the sidehill gouger is that its legs are mismatched, with the legs on one side of its body 1/3 the length of the legs on the other. As a result, they can only live on steep hills, and can only move by circumnavigating the hill they live on, eventually gouging a pathway into the hillside. 

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#104

Silver Cat

Origin: Lumberjack

The silver cat is a large, predatory feline with silver fur and red eyes. It has a long, flexible tail that ends in a heavy, clublike ball, that is spiked on one side. The silver cat hunts by sitting in the boughs of tall pine trees, waiting for potential prey to pass below. Once it spots a target, the silver cat will bludgeon its target to death or unconsciousness with its club-tail, and then will use the tail's spikes to pick up the prey and lift it into the tree to consume it.

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#105

Slopehound*

Origin: Lumberjack

The slopehound is a giant breed of dog bred by Paul Bunyan with the intent of creating a dog breed that would never get tired. It is half dachshund and half Russian wolfhound, with the short-legged dachshund half in the front, and the long-legged wofhound half in the back. Because of its sloping gait, it never tires as it is "always running downhill." Like all dog breeds originating with Bunyan, the dog is giant-sized, being much, much bigger than a human being.

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#106

Snow Snake

Origin: Lumberjack

The snow snake is an extremely venomous species of viper that originated in Siberia, but was able to cross the frozen Bering Strait and migrate to Wisconsin during the Year of Two Winters. It is pure white in coloration, and uses this to camouflage itself in Wisconsin's snow. It hibernates during the summer, emerging and hunting in the winter.

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#107

Splintercat

Origin: Lumberjack

The splintercat is a species of forest-dwelling feline that primarily eats honey, bees, and raccoons. To find its prey, which commonly can be found in tree hollows, the splintercat goes from tree to tree, headbutting each until it finds a dead, hollow tree it can break apart, to eat the beehive or raccoon hiding within. The splintercat is not smart enough to tell whether a tree is alive or dead at a glance, and so it headbutts any tree it comes across, hoping to find a hollow one. As a result, it nearly always suffers from a headache.

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#108

St. Croix River Little Person

Origin: Wisconsinite

The St. Croix River little people are a group of wee folk that resulted from intermarriage between the bagwajiwinini and the leprechauns when the two came to Wisconsin following the Ojibwe and Irish respectively. They dwell along the St. Croix River, and are generally benevolent, but will curse those who pollute their river, following the polluter home, and cursing them so that their bathtubs, sinks, and toilets run sewage and/or blood instead of water. 

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#109

Steinthal Monster

Origin: Modern

The Steinthal monster is a three-eyed ape creature spotted around Steinthal and Kiel. It is described as a large, bipedal creature, between six and nine feet tall, covered in shaggy dark fur. It has three glowing green eyes, with the extra eye on its forehead, and the space between its left and right eyes estimated as being two axehandles long.

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#110

Stumper-Jumper

Origin: Wisconsinite

The stumper-jumper is the inverse of the man-faced pig, being a man cursed to have the face of a pig. The stumper-jumper's ugliness makes it a pariah, and so it lives on the outskirts of society, mostly dwelling in the woods, and occasionally venturing into towns to steal food or clothing.

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#111

Superior Humanoid

Origin: Wisconsinite

TODO

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#112

Swamp Augur

Origin: Lumberjack

The swamp auger is inconsistently described as either a fish with a spiral-shaped horn, or as an aquatic bird with a spiral-shaped bill. Either way, the creature is said to dwell underwater and enjoys drilling holes into the hulls of boats, causing major problems to all boaters.

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#113

Teakettler

Origin: Lumberjack

The teakettler is a creature that appears like a small, squat dog. It has catlike ears that can revolve as if on a swivel. The creature is named after the sound it makes, its cry resembling the cry of a tea kettle, the teakettlers communicating with one another in bursts of steam.

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#114

Thunder / Thunderbird / Thunderer

Origin: Ho-Chunk/Menominee/Potawatomi/ Dakota/Ojibwe/Oneida/Brothertown/Mohican

Thunderbirds, also called thunders and thunderers, are divine spirits that bring thunder and lightning along with them. They are described sometimes as giant birds, sometimes as being humanlike, sometimes as winged humans, and sometimes as winged humans with the heads of turkeys. Sometimes they are shapeshifters between these forms. Thunderbirds are almost always portrayed as benevolent (but not always), and are the enemies of horned serpents, mishipeshu, and windigos. They are considered allies to night spirits and bagwajiwinini, and wield blackened warclubs that are lethal to whatever they strike.

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#115

Tommyknocker

Origin: Cornish

Tommyknockers were a type of ugly wee folk that dwelled in the early lead mines of the State, brought over from Cornish folklore. A tommyknocker could be either helpful if it liked a miner, making knocking sounds to lead miners to a rich vein of ore. A displeased tommyknocker, on the other hand, could steal tools or even cause cave-ins. To appease the tommyknockers, Cornish miners left out offerings of pasty crusts.

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#116

Toteroad Shagamaw

Origin: Lumberjack

The toteroad shagamaw is a humanoid creature with the legs of a moose and the arms of a bear. To confuse trackers, the shagamaw changes from walking on its legs to walking on its arms and back again every quarter mile. The shagamaw lurks on the toteroads of lumber camps, and eats unattended clothing.

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#117

Tree Spirit

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The Ho-Chunk consider all trees to be shrines, with pines being the most important of these shrines. Tree spirits are the supernatural element within each tree, but are distinct from the wakacuna, or wood spirits, who likewise dwell within trees. A tree spirit bestow blessings on a person if they considers them worthy, but can also bring harm to those who don't respect them. 

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#118

Tree-Squeak

Origin: Lumberjack

The tree-squeak is a type of small, flexible rodent. Its fur is patterned like tree bark, and it wraps its flexible body around tree limbs in order to blend in and hide. A tree-squeak can be extremely loud, and can mimic nearly any sound, from the sound of wind in the branches, to the snarl of a cougar, or the blast of a shotgun.

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#119

Tripodero

Origin: Lumberjack

The tripodero is a species of bird found near railroads. It's legs are telescopic, allowing it to raise itself or lower itself as needed as it searches for prey. It's bill is shaped like the barrel of a gun, complete with a sight to help it aim. The tripodero stores mud within its cheeks, and can fire pellets of mud and clay out of its gun-beak in order to kill small prey.

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#120

Troll

Origin: Scandinavian

Trolls are ugly, giant humanoids that live in the area of Coon Valley and Mount Horeb. Wisconsin trolls come in five varieties: farmer, blacksmith, hunter, fisher, and lumberjack, and serve as sort-of "reverse patron saints." Farmer trolls cause cows to dry up and scare off chickens. Blacksmith trolls go around loosening screws, nails, and fittings. Hunter trolls emit a stench that scares away all prey within a large radius. Fisher trolls poison the lakes and rivers they wade through. Lumberjack trolls spend all their time crafting deadfalls and booby traps to make woodlands more dangerous.

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#121

Upland Trout

Origin: Lumberjack

The upland trout is a species of winged fish, capable of flight. They build nests on the very tops of trees, laying eggs and living an exclusively arboreal lifestyle, far from the water. The upland trout is incapable of swimming, and extremely hydrophobic, and thus stays far away from bodies of water.

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#122

Vampire

Origin: Modern

The Mineral Point vampire is an undead creature that haunts the graveyards around Mineral Point. It stands about 6'5", has skin so pale it appears to be painted white, and is extremely ugly. It wears a long, black cloak, and is both incredibly fast and capable of making extreme leaps and jumps, skills it uses to evade pursuers.

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#123

Wakacuna

Origin: Ho-Chunk

The wakacuna is a wood spirit that takes the form of a black, catlike creature with fiery eyes and horns. The wakacuna is the source of supernatural bad luck. Those a wakacuna thinks of become ill, those who it gazes upon will be cursed with severe misfortune, and those who see a wakacuna are almost certain to die. A wakacuna can be appeased with offerings of tobacco and red feathers.

#124

Wellwater Lurker*

Origin: Wisconsinite

The wellwater lurker is a bizarre creature, a large number of which were reportedly fished out of a well in La Crosse in the early 1900s. The creatures dwell deep underground and underwater, reportedly four inches in size, cream in color with black markings. They resembled miniature hippopotamuses without any eyes or legs, and they had forked tongues which they used to feel their way around.

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#125

Wendigo / Windigo / Witiko

Origin: Ojibwe

The windigo, more commonly known as the wendigo, or rarely as the witiko, is a large, man-eating giant created from the possession of a cannibal. The windigo appears like a giant-sized, emaciated corpse, which grows in proportion to what it eats, so it is perpetually starving. Cold winds and snow storms accompany the creature. The windigo's body is made of ice, with the body of the person who became the windigo entombed within the frozen body. It is weak to fire and copper, and can be killed if the person within it is slain. 

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#126

Whatsit

Origin: Modern

The Kidrick Swamp whatsit is a large, scavenging creature found within Kidrick Swamp. It is similar in appearance to a large, fat, hippopotamus-sized possum, with sharp rows of crocodilian teeth, muskox-like horns, and shaggy red fur.

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#127

Whiffenpoof

Origin: Lumberjack

The wiffenpoof is a species of pufferfish that dwells in the direct center of perfectly round lakes, and is prized by fishermen. To catch it, one must row to the direct center of the lake, and bore a square hole into the water, and then place either stilton, brie, liederkranz, or limburger cheese near the hole. Drawn to the scent of pungent cheese, the whiffenpoof will exit the hole, at which point the fisherman must spit tobacco juice into the fish's eye. This will enrage the fish so much that it will puff up to such a size that it can no longer fit back in the hole.

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#128

Whirligig Fish

Origin: Lumberjack

The whirligig fish is similar to the giddyfish, being a legendary fish prized by ice fishers. The fish can be easily captured by boring a hole in the ice, and smearing the sides of the hole with bacon fat. The whirligig fish is drawn to this scent, and in its desire to consume the fat, will begin rapidly spiraling around the outside of the hole, gaining enough speed that the whirligig fish eventually is sent flying out of the hole and into the air in a corkscrew-like fashion.

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#129

Will-o'-Wisp

Origin: Modern / Universal

Will-o'-wisps are a phenomenon spotted all around the world, floating balls of ghostly light that can seemingly pass through solid objects. In Wisconsin, they are often sighted in locations where there are other hauntings or paranormal activity.

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Dieterle, Richard L., "Heroka ("Without-Horns")"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Iron Spirits"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Nightspirits (Hąhĕ́, 'Nights')"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Redhorn (Hešúcka)"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Rock Spirits"

Dieterle, Richard L., "The Wąkpanįgᵋra"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Tree Spirits"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Waterspirits (Wakcéxi)"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Witches"

Dieterle, Richard L., "Wood Spirits (Wakącųna, Wakaįcųna)"

Dunn, Carolyn, "Deer Woman and the Living Myth of Dreamtime"

"Flying Head (Big Heads)", Native Languages

Gard, Robert E. and L.G. Sorden, Wisconsin Lore

Godfrey, Linda S., The Beast of Bray Road

Godfrey, Linda S., Haunted Wisconsin 

Godfrey, Linda S., Monsters of Wisconsin 

Godfrey, Linda S. and Richard D. Hendricks, Weird Wisconsin: Your Travel Guide to Wisconsin's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

"Honoring the Memegwesi", Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

"Huldra", Mythical Creatures Guide

Ibn Hayyan, Jabir, Book of Stones

"Jogah(Jokao, Gahongas, Drum Dancers, Stone Throwers)", Native Languages

Johnston, Basil, Mermaids & Medicine Women

Johnston, Basil, The Bear-Walker: And Other Tales

Johnston, Basil, The Manitous: the Spiritual World of the Ojibway

Johnston, Basil, Ojibway Tales
Kearney, Luke "Lakeshore" Sylvester, The Hodag and Other Tales of the Logging Camps

Krulos, Tea, Wisconsin Legends & Lore

"Legend of the Giant Skunk", Our Voices

Lewis, Chad, Hidden Headlines of Wisconsin: Strange, Unusual, & Bizarre Newspaper Stories

Lewis, Chad, The Wisconsin Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures

Martinez, Susan B., The Lost History of the Little People: Their Spiritually Advanced Civilizations around the World

"Mashenomak, The Fish Monster: A Menomini Legend", First People of America and Canada - Turtle Island

McKern, W. C., "The Spotted Grizzly Man"

"Memegwesi (Mannegishi)", Native Languages

"Mishipeshu", The Canadian Encyclopedia

Mythos, Mr., "Ultraterrestrial Conspiracy Theories"

"Ojibwe Oral Tradition", Indian Country

"Paissa (Paisake)", Native Languages

"Phantom Chickens and Disembodied Voices at Chicken Alley in Seymour, Wisconsin", Unexplained Research

"Rhinelapus", Roadside Creatures

Shepard, Esther, Paul Bunyan

"Skunny-Wundy and the Stone Giant", Indigenous Peoples Literature

That which was once revealed to me in a dream.

"The Legend of the Mosquitoes", Oneida Indian Nation

"The Mineral Point Vampire", Wisconsinology

"The Night Rider", The W-Files

"The Peshtigo Fire Demon", Wisconsinology

"The Peshtigo Fire’s Strange Object in the Sky", Pine Barrens Institute

"The Steinthal Monster", Pine Barrens Institute

"The Wauwatosa Night Visitors", Pine Barrens Institute

Tryon, Henry H., Fearsome Critters

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