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Monsters

The basilisk statue outside Bazyliszek Restaurant.

The Warsaw Basilisk

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Pearl River, Louisiana

Honey Island Swamp

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Howick Falls.

Howick, South Africa

Howick Falls

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The Rhinelapus

Monico, Wisconsin

Rhinelapus

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

Ægir Brewery microbrewery.

Ægir Brewery

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Do mythic plesiosaurs leave behind DNA?

Why Genetics Researchers Are Looking for the Loch Ness Monster

"I don’t believe that there’s a monster, but if I’m wrong, well, that’s OK."

Eric Grundhauser May 30, 2018

Was the "Saurian monster" a rogue ichthyosaur with an appetite for mutton?

Remembering the 'Saurian Monster' That Terrorized 1880s New Zealand

How hysteria bred a mystery.

Natasha Frost May 23, 2018

Mengwi, Indonesia

Ogoh-Ogoh Museum

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

A mysterious "globster" spurs intrigue and horror for residents of Oriental Mindoro.

Found: A Mysterious 'Globster' Washed Ashore in the Philippines

The unidentified marine carcass has made the beach rather unpleasant.

Christina Ayele Djossa May 18, 2018

Triceratops.

Port Orange, Florida

Bongoland Ruins

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The Bures Dragon.

Bures Dragon

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

Jesse Bethea imagines an enormous, eyeless catfish, with spines like a lion fish.

Your Climate Change Monsters, Revealed

The face of climate change, as chosen by Atlas Obscura readers.

Natasha Frost February 23, 2018

The "Chamber Hodag" in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

The Hodag

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Boomer.

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Boomer

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

<em>Dendrocerus scutellaris</em> hails from Costa Rica.

The Killer Wasp That Saws Its Way Out of Its Victims

A six-legged terror the size of a sesame seed.

Natasha Frost January 31, 2018

Godzilla was inspired by fear of a world changed in the wake of nuclear disaster.

How Climate Change Inspires Monsters

"The Year Without a Summer" produced some of the most iconic fictional beasts of all time.

Natasha Frost January 23, 2018

Do climate change monsters have a dozen tentacles and a thirst for blood?

Help Us Design a Climate Change Monster

What fictional beasts will our shifting environments bring?

Natasha Frost January 22, 2018

Half beaver, half tiger.

Irkutsk, Russia

The Irkutsk Babr

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.