Collection: Fearsome Critters & North American Tall Tales.

A Bestiary of forgotten folklore, critters and monsters from North America (& Canada.) - Fearsome critters - by definition are Folklore, tall tales, yarns & other oral traditions from the United states and Canada. - They are the legends of Woodsmen, usually told ‘round the campfire by guides of the North, lumberjacks, hunters & fishermen around the turn of the century. Typically told to haze newcomers & city folk, as such, Many consider them as "hoaxes” - but: if you only consider them to be bold faced lies, well you'd better start believing! - Many of them have real world locations, figures of speech named after them, or their sightings & stories where published in newspapers. – So: one could very well consider them to be 'The Cryptids of Yesteryear.' - (I also list some modern examples.)