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Other legendary stories including the Camazotz involve the creature serving in a role similar to that as Kharon, the boatman of Greek mythology, wherein Camazotz resides upon a bridge between the heavens and the underworld and acts as a powerful sentry or guardian. The Midwestern tribes feared a head that rolled around by itself. As with the Flathead Lake Monster, numerous sightings of the Ogopoga have been claimed in recent decades, including at Okanagan Mission beach in 1946 and on film in 1968 although subsequent video analysis proved the creature to have been a mere waterfowl or beaver. While she is strong, she is also dim-witted and easy to trick. Appearing throughout numerous Zuni legends of similar composition, in tahsaiais, the Cannibal Demon the monster deceives two young maidens and lures them back to his lair. The Kutenai Indians of Montana, who lived on the edges of Flathead Lake, blame the Flathead Lake Monster for flooding the surrounding land and killing as much as half the Kutenai tribe. Maushop was called upon to scoop up the Puckwudgies and scatter them across the land. One night Ouatoga, a brave chief of this tribe, had a dream. The first documented sighting of the Big Muddy Monster was on June 25, 1973, in Murphysboro, Illinois. Capable of assuming human form, as well as that of otters among other shapes, Kushtaka enjoy tricking sailors to their watery demises. Whether designed to frighten or entertain children, to impart an important cautionary moral lesson through metaphor and allegory, or manufactured from genuine fear, Native Americans are no exception to this universal cultural phenomenon. Like the Sasquatch, the Bakwas (Bukws, Bookwuu and other variations exist) was a hairy wild man that lived in the forest. Legends, Traditions and Laws, of the Iroquois, Or Six Nations, and History of the Toscarora Indians, Wechuge and Windigo: A Comparison of Cannnibal Belief Among Boreal Forest Athapaskans and Algonkians. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images. Equally the Alabama people told stories of a Crawfish Snake, or tcinto sktco, of a similar design and purpose. It is believed among tribes people that Kushtaka can be warded away through copper, dogs, fire, or in some instances urine. For many Americans, the Crying Indian became the quintessential symbol of environmental idealism. While traveling, he came across a pack of wolves. In this dream the Great Spirit gave him a plan by which he could kill the man-eating creature which the Indians called the Piasa. According to Navajo legend, Skinwalkers are shapeshifting witches that disguise themselves as deformed animals like wolves and bears.

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