Rare Monsters

  The hellidid is one of the fearsome critters of American folklore. Unlike most other fearsome critters, it’s found in the deserts of the south west. It is a chimeric monster with the head of an ant eater, the body of a zebra and four ostrich like legs, and a fluffy tail. The hellidid primarily ate fibrous plants, such as yuccas. It would use its long, serrated tongue to lick at the plants, scraping off the soft bits and leaving the fibre within the leaves behind. The hellidid was also extremely shy and would run off, allowing only quick glimpses of the creature. However, at night it would approach travellers sleeping out in the open and use its rough tongue to lick all the hair off their heads, leaving them shaved in the morning. Obviously the legend of the hellidid was part of a prank cowboys would play on greenhorns and people who overslept, shaving their heads, and blaming it on the hellidid. Sources https://www.deviantart.com/monstrumamericanum/art/Hellidi...

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...