MONSTERS OF THE BRONX: VOLUME 2:
DARK INKTOBER LIST 2023
1. SKOOKUM: Chinook: Sasquatch known for great strength.
2. QIQIRN: Inuit: shy large, bald dog spirit with hair on its feet, mouth, tip of ears and tail, and, if seen, will send folks into convulsions.
3. APOTAMPKIN: Woman turned into giant fanged sea monster with long red hair who pulls children into the water.
4. CHEPII: A wise and knowledgeable spirit of the dead who helps medicine people.
5. PANTI: A fabulous fairy beast with a beautiful smile that exchanges its teeth for baby teeth.
6. YEHASURI: 2 feet tall creatures that live in tree stumps and love to trick people.
7. HAIETIK: Lightning serpent spirits employed by the thunderbirds in hunting whales.
8. GROOTSLANG: Super intelligent elephant-snake hybrid that loves to steal.
9. POPOBAWA: Shape-shifting one-eyed stinky batwing creature.
10. AMMIT: Egypt: An evil, female, meat-eating Lion-Hippo-Crocodile hybrid.
11. IMPUNDULU: Vampirish feathered creature with thunder-making wings that is passed on from witch to daughter.
12. JENGU: Lovely and benevolent mermaid-like creature with fleecy hair and a toothless grin.
13. MAMI WATA: Powerful water spirit that loves to pass as human in bars, clubs and busy markets.
14. ADZE: Hungry vampire that takes the form of a Firefly and passes disease.
15. YUCAHU: Taino Masculine spirit of masculinity.
16. MARICOXI: South American Bigfoot ape that uses a bow and arrow.
17. BACCOO: Servant monsters made of half-wood, half-flesh and large heads.
18. DOUEN: Ill-spirited, deceitful creatures with faceless heads, a tiny mouth and backward-feet who love to lead children astray.
19. THE BLACKHEART MAN: A mysterious man who appears before children go missing. He robs children and gives them to the devil in exchange for a longer life.
20. KANAIMA: An evil spirit that posses people and turns them into deadly, bloodthirsty animals.
21. THE ROLLING COW: Jamaica The ghost of a cruel butcher that appears as a giant chain-dragging cow that shoots fire from its nostrils.
22. LA DIABLESSE: Haiti: Big-hatted female devil and avenger of betrayed women marked by amazing beauty, cloven hooves, and the ability to shape-shift into a hideous monster.
23. KAPRE: Smelly tree giants with muscular bodies, a penchant for smoking and dark skin who play with people’s memories.
24. DIWATA: Beautiful fairy creatures of the Philippine jungles who invite people to their realms and never let them go.
25. MANANANGGAL: Hunter demon-woman with human legs and winged monster upper body.
26. RATKING: Urban legend about a giant hungry fused-together mass of rats that terrorize the subways.
27. JJ LOCO: Bronx urban legend of a white-haired man with orange freckles and rat feet that lives in abandoned spaces and eats children.
28. EL KUKO: Latinx version of the Boogieman that gets you when you disobey your parents.
29. EL VAMPIRO DE MOCA: Large bat-winged fanged vampire creature that feeds on the village’s animals and lost children.
30. OPIEL GUABIRON: Half dog/half human gatekeeper to the netherworld who would only allow those who have done good deeds to pass to the other side.
31. MAKETAORI GUAYABA: The ruler of the underworld and God of the Dead who would feed at night with his fellow bat-winged creatures on guavas.
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