Bestiaries (or bestiarum vocabulum) are large, stylized books that document strange creatures and entertain with intricate images, fanciful imaginations. This bestiary covers creatures and mysteries from West Virginia.
In the Land of Cattawampus
400+ pages of monsters, their histories, and lives.
Bigfeet: Apple Devil, Fairfeet, Grafton Monster, Stonemen, Yahoo, Yellow Gape, Woodland Crooner
Aves: Day Hoot, Departure Bird, Devil Eggs, Proboscis Bird, Thunderbird, Tlanuwa, Snaggle Tooth Roc
Extraterrestrials: Flatwoods Monster, Grinning Men, Silver Saucers and Other UFOs, Vegetable Man, Aerial Manta Rays
Fae: Blue Grims, Common Faeries, Common Brownies, Nunnehi, S'liss, Common Sprites, Spirit of the Forest, Common Nymphs, Canridauis, Common Gnomes
Plants: Dandy-Lion, Four-Leaved Clovers, Pallidae & Waxen Acorns, Red Ramps,
Halfings: Lu'Scorn, Cursed Ones, No Eyes, Metamorphae, Shadow People, Wampus Cat & Obsidian Bobcats, Wicks, Stoneclad, Beastmen
Insects: Fireco Monster, Laced Amberwing, Golden-Headed Handsome Trig, Glass Beetle, Tongue Bunnies, Messenger Bees, Whooping Spider
In the Waters: Monongy, Fangmalia, Mudbottoms, Ogua, Winifred, Msi-Pissi, Uktena
Mammalians: Appalachian Black Panther, Pokim, Catawampus, Devil Dog, Living Towers, House Bats, Nyah-Gwaheh, Pipisanguisuge, Sheepsquatch, Snarly Yow, Southern Masked Bear, Yakwawiak, Moon-Eyed People, Night Mares, Yunwi Tsunsdi'
Reptiles: Cumberland Dragon, Hesink, Rain Snakes, Storm Snappers, Snallygaster
Unclassifiable: Abbagoochie, Flying Heads, Mothman, Red Eyes, Headless Guardian, Moving Mountains, Stone Heads, Stonecoat, Corpse Walker, Slank, Thunderers
Mysterious and Wonderful Objects: Death Crowns, Evil Eye Charm, Kindling Chimes, Star Quilts, Weeping Woman Statue
Paranormal Entities: over 150 paranormal entities from Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Martinsburg, Beckley, St. Albans, Bluefield, Moundsville, Hurricane, Point Pleasant, Weston, Lewisburg, and many other cities
