6. Demon Bunyip
For those born and raised in Australia, the Bunyip demon will be extremely familiar. Bunyip is a creature that appears a lot in Australian Aboriginal myths. They often hide in swamps, riverbeds and water holes.
Demon Bunyip is like a giant starfish walking on the earth. In the 19th century, there were many articles describing its face as a dog with black fur, and a pony tail. Its legs are like propellers, its fangs are like that of a hippopotamus, and it has horns or a bill like a duck's beak.
An article published in 1845 described the Australian demon Bunyip as follows:
“The Bunyip Devil is a unified combination of the characteristics of a bird and a crocodile. It has an ostrich-like head with a long beak, a transverse muscle protruding at the end of the beak, and a serrated mouth like the bones of a stingray. Its body and legs are a bit like a crocodile. The hind legs are thick and strong, the front legs are longer but still have great strength. They have very long claws, so the Negroes believe that if they want to kill them, the prey must hold it until it dies. When in the water, it swims like a frog and when walking on the shore, it uses its hind legs, its head is always held high, then, they are about 3.6m tall.
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