Chuchunaa

Chuchunaa (“Wildmen”) is a western Siberian name for a specific type of unknown hairy hominid which may now be extinct. Anthropologist Myra Shackley, who calls…

Cassie

Just as an assortment of lake monsters have taken on the names Tessie, Bessie, and such to echo Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster), so, too,…

Caddy

An 1897 drawing of Caddy sketched by witnesses Osmond Fergusson and D. Mattison. (FPL) The waters off the Pacific Northwest coast of North America are…

Buru

BURU The Buru is a large, unknown monitor lizard thought by some to have lived in remote valleys of the Himalayas of Assam, a province…

Big Bird

The “Big Bird” that overflew the Rio Grande Valley in January 1976 got its name from the Sesame Street character. Witnesses described it as, however,…

Bergman’s Bear

Bergman’s Bear : Distinct variety or subspecies of brown Bear of East Asia. Physical description: Black. Short fur. Exceedingly large. Weight, 1,100–2,500 pounds. Large skull.…

Baubo

Baubo personifies female fecundity. She is the goddess of the belly laugh, matron of women’s humour. Baubo is a trickster, sacred clown, and a goddess…

Bau

Bau ORIGIN: Sumer (Mesopotamia) Bau, Goddess of Healing and Life, was once among the most significant deities of the Sumerian pantheon. She is intensely associated…

Yemaya

Yemaya : Holy Queen Sea Yemaya, Queen of the Sea, epitomizes motherhood and rules all issues pertaining to women. She is among the most powerful…

Yewá

Yewá ALSO KNOWN AS: Yeggua; Yeguá; Ewá CLASSIFICATION: Orisha Yewá is a shadowy, mysterious, reclusive orisha. Yewá resides in the graveyard where she works in…