Rare Monsters

  Tao Tie is a monster from Chinese mythology It is one of the four perils, four evil beings who represent the worst qualities and greatest threats to civilization. Tao Tie specifically represents greed and overconsumption. Even as the representation of greed and gluttony Tao Tie is sometimes listed among more beneficial beings, such as the Nine Sons of the Dragon. There his ravenous hunger is shown in a more benevolent light, as something that will consume anything, even the bad luck and aspects of life that are holding you back, so that better aspects have room to be fulfilled. Although 90% of the time Tao Tie is seen as a malevolent force. Tao Tie has several different origins. According to the classic Chunqui Tao Tie started out as the son of Jinyun, an officer of the Yellow Emperor. This son of Jinyun was so overcome by greed and hunger that he had no limitations. He would steal from orphans, the elderly, and respected officials. He had no decency or morals of any kind. No one...

The Funeral Mountain Terrashot is a fearsome critter from American folklore. The legend of this creature was used to explain the name of the Funeral Range in California. The terrashot was a six to eight foot long beast. It had a coffin shaped structure on its back. It also had long wobbly legs, which caused it to sway with uncertainty with every step it took. The creatures would spend most of their lives up high in the mountain meadows, grazing on the alpine grass. There they would gradually increase in number. Some unknown compulsion would cause the terrashots to all leave their mountain homes at once and travel through Death Valley. They would all travel down from the mountains in a single line. One by one each of the terrashots would bloat and explode in the heat, leaving behind a grave shaped pit. Even after witnessing the previous member in front of them die, the next terrashot would not be convinced to turn away. It would proceed onto its death in the exact same manner. It was un...

  The Enfield monster incident, also known as the Enfield horror, happened in Enfield Illinois on April 25h, 1973. These events should not be confused with the Enfield poltergeist, which took place in England. At 10pm, Henry McDaniels was returning home after a long day at work. On exiting his car he found all the lights on and the drapes pulled shut. By this point his two teen children should have been asleep. Henry knew something had to be amiss. When he went inside he found his children cowering in fear. They said there was a monster lurking outside and that it had tried to pull the air conditioner out of the wall to get inside. Henry was skeptical of their story. He had just been outside and seen nothing. Henry was a widower and a single father. Previous to this he had refrained from working late so he could look after his children in the evenings. But had believed them to now be old enough to be left alone for a few hours, being ages 15 and 12. So Henry believed this was nothi...