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The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago. In the Creole and Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and the sugar cane fields and woodlands of the regions.
The Honey Island Swamp monster was the subject of The Secret Saturdays episode "Ghost in the Machine" with its vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker. [11] The animated monster resembled a Bigfoot-like creature with crab-like claws. The creature was featured in an episode of Lost Tapes, "Swamp Creature." [12]
David Winning's 2008 film Swamp Devil stars Bruce Dern as a retired sheriff trying to prove the existence of a swamp monster. In Animal Planet's Lost Tapes, the episode "Swamp Creature" (January 26, 2009) is about the Louisiana Swamp Monster, which is said to be an abandoned Native American child who was raised by alligators. [6]
The letiche is a creature in Cajun folklore in Louisiana, United States, which haunts the bayous (swamps). It is variously described as the soul of an illegitimate unbaptized infant, [1] [2] or a human child raised by alligators. [3] The letiche is said to lurk in the bayous and upset boats and attack travelers.
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Sometimes portrayed as evil merfolk (half man half fish), or times as a gargantuan monster. It is also inconsistent whether there are many of the creatures, or a single "The Muldjewangk". [41] Muskrat Lake Ontario Canada: North America: Mussie: Variously described as a walrus, a sturgeon, or as a three-eyed Loch Ness Monster-like creature [42]
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