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Horror movies are full of scary monster attacks. Freddy Krueger crushes teenagers, Godzilla burns cities, Dracula sucks blood, and Gill-man carries away beautiful ladies. But it's all funny because it's just fiction, isn't it? Maybe. Throughout history, thousands of people claim, with wide-eyed horror, that they have been attacked by monsters, demons, and creatures with very sharp teeth. Maybe they're cheating, confused, or just drunk. Or maybe they were telling the truth.

The Nameless Creature of Berkeley Square

50 Berkeley Square is the most haunted house in London. It's an infamous house, supposedly full of spirits, but what if something much worse is stalking its halls? Since the 1840s, stories have emerged of an unnamed horror lurking in the upper floors. While some claim the “thing” is an evil ghost, others believe the Berkeley Square house is home to a real-life monster.

In the 1840s, a skeptical Sir Robert Worboys decided to spend the night on the second floor of a scary house. At the insistence of the nervous owner of the house, Worboys armed himself with a candle and a pistol and was supposed to ring a bell if anything strange happened. At 12:45 the owner was awakened by the ringing of a bell and a gunshot. He ran up the stairs, burst into Worboys' room and found the young man huddled in a corner with a smoking pistol in his hand and no sign of life. There were no traces of strangers, but from the expression of Worboys' pale face, the owner realized that he had seen something terrible.

The second encounter with the monster occurred in 1943, when two sailors, Martin and Blunden, decided to rest in an abandoned house after a night of revelry. They found a relatively dry and rat-free room upstairs, lit a fire and slept on the floor. But after midnight, Blunden woke up to the creaking of door hinges, sat up and saw the bedroom door slowly open. Frightened, he woke up Martin, and that’s when they heard something wet and slippery slowly crawling across the floor right towards them. Martin saw a creature that he could only describe as a "hideous monster" (perhaps because it was too terrible for the human mind to comprehend) blocking the door.

The monster suddenly jumped towards Blunden, wrapped itself around his neck and began to choke him. Martin ran outside screaming and found a police officer patrolling the area. The police officer was skeptical of Martin's story, but after searching the house, he discovered Blunden's body in the basement. The sailor's neck was broken and his eyes bulged out of their sockets. Obviously, a more plausible scenario would be that Martin killed his friend, but then why would he come up with such ridiculous stories? What about the many other sightings where witnesses have seen a large gooey thing with tentacles? There are things that a person is not supposed to know, and perhaps one of these creatures lives at 50 Berkeley Square.

Lhakpa Dolma and the Yeti

Despite the Monsters, Inc. cartoon, the yeti is far from adorable if the Lhakpa Dolma girl is telling the truth. In 1974, fourteen-year-old Lhakpa was looking after yaks in the cold Nepalese mountains when someone came down the mountainside. Yeti grabbed the girl and threw her into the river. Frightened, but unharmed, Lhakpa saw that the creature turned all its attention to the cattle.

According to Lhakpa, the monster was dark brown with a wrinkled face and long nails, and it walked on both hind legs and all fours. She also said he was about 5 feet tall, so no taller than Danny DeVito. But what the yeti lacked in height, he made up for in muscles. He hit the yaks and, like a deranged cowboy, grabbed them by the horns and twisted them until their necks broke. Killing three, rampaging Bigfoot ate their brains.

Lhakpa suffered psychological trauma and was found in tears by her family. They notified the police, who discovered strange yak bite marks and strange footprints in the snow. So could the yeti really attack the girl? Whoever the culprit is, he is certainly disgusting.

Texas Werewolf

Believe it or not, the Lone Star State of Texas is full of werewolves. In 1958, Mrs. Gregg of Greggton woke up to find a wolf man looking through her window. According to one old legend, settler and tombstone carver Patterson carved the terrifying face of a local werewolf into the limestone cliffs near his home. And in San Antonio, the Scarlet Blood Wolf Gang is a group of self-proclaimed teenage werewolves who wear fake fangs, contact lenses with vertical pupils, and animal tails.

But the scariest Texas story is about another werewolf. She talks about how an old rancher armed his son with a rifle and sent him into the woods to shoot deer and prove that he was a man. When the boy did not return after several days, the father assembled a search party and went to look for him.

As the farmer made his way through the undergrowth, he heard a strange noise in the distance. Hoping it was his lost son, he made his way through the trees to find his boy being eaten by a giant wolf. In horror, the farmer shot the beast, which abandoned its victim and ran away. But it was too late - the boy's body was torn to shreds. After meeting with a werewolf, the farmer lost the meaning of life. He locked himself in the house, refused food and died alone.

After the release of a series of reports about a monster in the Lviv region that kills domestic animals and sucks their blood, worried residents of the village of Bolshaya Alexandrovka (Boryspil district, Kiev region) called the editorial office of the newspaper monitoring the situation.

“The same thing is happening here! Some animal kills rabbits, chickens and even pigs. Come quickly!” - Ivan Andreevich asked. Our correspondent went to the scene and became convinced that the animals were indeed being attacked by something terrible.

As described earlier, attacks by a mysterious monster on villages in the Lviv region began at the end of April. The beast made its way into farmsteads, broke into cages and killed rabbits. At the same time, the monster did not vomit or eat animals, but only drank their blood. Hunters were on duty at night to catch the beast. But he never got caught. Several people saw a monster: about 1.5 meters high, moves like a kangaroo, but with huge claws and an evil grin!

In Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, the farm of Zinaida Ivanets was one of the first to suffer:

– Around 3 am, something incomprehensible was happening in the yard: a terrible squeak, scream, commotion. And in the morning I look - all the rabbits are lying near the cages - not a drop of blood, but dead,” says Zinaida.

The mysterious creature, who encroached on her household, easily broke the new wooden cages and “figured out” how to open the locks.

- That’s what happened! The next night, around midnight, a dog started barking. I went to look. I approach the barns, and then the creature jumps over the fence! I had not yet come to my senses when a second one just like it jumped out from under my feet! Such a shock! I was shaking all over.

Zinaida admits that she did not have time to see what exactly she was faced with. However, he still gives some details: the animals were dark, about half a meter high, and when they jumped they stretched out to a full one and a half meters!

“But it wasn’t a marten or a dog.” Firstly, they don’t look alike, and secondly, they would tear apart and eat the rabbits, and not drink their blood. “Who knows what kind of monsters these are,” the woman wonders.

Veteran Sergei Arkhipovich Volokhonsky, whose beast recently killed almost all his chickens, is also at a loss:

“I lived for many years, but this is the first time,” says the veteran. - And there are no traces left!

The beast left unnoticed from the farmstead of Lyudmila Kulak, to whom he caused the greatest harm in the village: he killed all the rabbits, chickens and even a pig!

“Here I had two pigs, about 80 kilograms each,” Lyudmila shows an open-air pen surrounded by a high fence. – In the morning I come to feed them – it’s terrible! One is lying, bleeding, the tail and everything around it are simply gone! Apparently it grabbed and tore out! And there is no half-leg either! All bitten, pieces of skin hanging all over the body. Soon she died. And the second pig was badly scratched - it was clear that something was torn with its claws. Now she has to farrow, but she has become so shy, she’s even afraid of the wind!

The attack on the pigs was the last straw (before that, the Kulaks lost rabbits and broiler chickens), and the head of the family, Nikolai, and his godfather decided to catch the beast.

“Kum is a hunter, we took guns and were on duty for two nights.” But it never appeared - and there was no need to come, after all, it killed everyone,” Nikolai says upset.

Bolshaya Alexandrovka is full of rumors. Someone in the forest belt saw a strange creature, and it also seemed to flash in the light of someone’s headlights at a railway crossing near the village. Many people are skeptical about this - they say, it’s all someone’s dog’s fault, and fear has big eyes. However, those affected by the monster(s) take it much more seriously.

- Breaks cells, jumps so high, drinks blood - what kind of power is this!? – Zinaida Ivanets is perplexed.

Meanwhile in the Lviv region

According to Volodymyr Vishko from the village of Pidgaichyky, which was at the epicenter of attacks by the “Carpathian monster” in June, the mysterious beast no longer bothers them. “Gone north! – Vladimir declares authoritatively. – The latest information about him just the other day came from Zhovkva (a village north of Lvov, 35 kilometers from the border with Poland. – Author’s note). Nadezhda Rudaya, the chairman of the Zastavnensky village council, where the monster was also rampaging, says the same thing: “It again confirms what we suspected: it almost never appears in the same place, but always moves on!”

Fishermen have always loved to tell stories about sea monsters. Giant monsters attacking ships from the dark depths, dragging sailors to the bottom, sharks the size of houses - where is truth and where is fiction? In fact, there is quite a lot of truth in sailor stories. At least the terrible kraken is definitely real.

Giant squids remain one of the most mysterious creatures on our planet. From time to time, truly monstrous creatures wash up on the shore: in 1639, a squid 37 meters long washed up on the sand of Dover, England.

It was only in 2004 that the giant squid was photographed in its natural habitat. The species Architeuthis dux, the Atlantic giant squid, could very well be the same terrible Kraken that has ruined so many lives.

Since the discovery of this species, people have wondered about its maximum size. Our latest research has shown truly frightening results: real monsters live underwater. - Dr Chris Paxton, University of St Andrews

The analysis of Architeuthis dux, carried out by a team of scientists from Scotland, included not only scientific work, but also various medieval stories of squid attacks on ships. In addition, remains found in the stomachs of sperm whales, the natural enemies of this species, were examined.

The largest squid seen so far was encountered by a military trawler off the Maldives. This monster reached a length of as much as 53 meters. Fortunately, the ship was not at all interested in the Kraken, who proceeded about his business.

According to the work of Dr. Paxton, the average size of a giant squid is about twenty meters. It's long enough to scare anyone.

It is not clear how sperm whales manage to attack such a huge enemy. But the remains found in their stomachs eloquently indicate a constant interspecies war.

Fortunately, giant squids have not attacked ships in the last few hundred years. One can only imagine what horror medieval sailors felt when they encountered such a monster on the open ocean.

In early August 2002, riots broke out in several districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Local residents demanded that the police protect them from monsters that attack at night and injure their victims.

Muchnohwa showed himself monotonously at first - suddenly, for no apparent reason, multiple cuts were discovered on the victim’s body, as if made with a scalpel.

After August 12, flourhwa began to occasionally appear to residents of the poor Shanwa district in the form of a red and blue glowing ball the size of a soccer ball. According to scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, who investigated these cases, “a strange and brightly lit object flies up to the victims, and when it flies away, claw marks are found on their bodies.” Police officers were also among the eyewitnesses.

However, these attacks fit into the system called "scratching monsters" only to a limited extent. After all, the mealworm not only scratched the victims - it also burned them and made them lose consciousness. In addition, the visible "one who tears the face with his claws" had a round shape, and not a humanoid, as in the other cases. Therefore, we have no choice but to move on and study new facts...

The apes are attacking!

They came to Delhi in the early spring of 2002 and attacked every night - between midnight and four o'clock in the morning. Unknown creatures attacked people, biting and scratching them, but, having received at least the slightest rebuff, they immediately ran away. Doctors recorded monkey bites from people who went to hospitals. But it was not a monkey: in not a single case did the victims develop rabies, a natural consequence of a monkey bite. The police were overwhelmed, responding to incoming calls about monster attacks, and, in the end, there simply weren’t enough patrol cars.

By May 15, nearly 100 incidents had been reported, and at least 16 people had reported scratches to police, saying they had been injured by the monster's claws.

On May 18, the first victims appeared, directly killed by the monster. A railway worker and a homeless tramp were killed within six hours in Ghaziabad. Both were found with punctures in the skull 5-8 centimeters deep and abrasions on other parts of the body. Witnesses in both cases reported seeing a monkey-like “shadow” attacking each of the victims.

After this, the attacks stopped. At all. We are left to wonder what the Indians saw in the spring of 2002. Maybe the same as the Londoners in the fall of 1837?

Jumping Jack.

If the tortoiseshell is clearly something robotic, and also has a number of technotronic advantages (glow, flight, invisibility, both visual and radio-electronic, loss of consciousness, burns and just scratches), then monkey-like monsters are already more like living beings, being, perhaps, more cyborgs (living beings interspersed with technotronic parts). Jack the Jumper, as the Londoners called him, was an “improved version” - he was very similar to a person, but at the same time, he had a number of the above properties - he could cause deep and extensive scratches, and also jumped high.

Jack's first attack took place one autumn evening in 1837. At 9 o'clock in the evening, right in the middle of the roadway, a poorly dressed girl was attacked by someone dressed in a long gray cloak that hid her entire figure. When Mr. William Scott, who lived nearby, accompanied by several servants, ran out into the street, the creature had already disappeared. All that was left on the road was a corpse with a face twisted in horror.

Since then, the monster began to attack late passers-by almost every day, sometimes without hesitation from witnesses. And it’s unlikely that any of the civilians, frozen in horror and surprise, could do anything with Jack. And even if he could, then the Jumper had his own answer to this - he could quickly move in giant leaps, thus quickly escaping from pursuit.

An interesting detail - sometimes witnesses noticed flames escaping from the monster’s mouth.

The fact that the monster was very similar to a person is evidenced by the following fact. On February 20, 1838, someone knocked on the door of the house where the Alsop family lived. 18-year-old Jane Alsop opened the door and saw in front of her a thin policeman in a gray raincoat, in which he was chilly wrapped.

The stranger asked Jane to bring a rope to tie up the newly caught Jumping Jack, who was being held by two more policemen on a nearby street (as we see, the monster could not only speak at the level of a native Londoner, but also had a peculiar sense of humor). The girl, glad that London's nightmare had finally been caught, quickly returned with the rope. But when she handed it to the policeman, he suddenly threw off his cloak, breathed out tongues of blue flame and grabbed Jane with his claws. The whole family came running to her screams, and Jumping Jack released his victim.

On average, the monster attacked Londoners once every two weeks, but sometimes it calmed down for a month or even more. But soon after the lull, like a werewolf thirsty for blood, he appeared again, becoming more and more bloodthirsty. However, gradually the monster's crimes faded away, and he was never caught. He was last seen in Liverpool in 1904, when he attacked a homeless man sleeping on the street...

Who are they?

Who are they, these elusive creatures that kill and maim people for no apparent reason? Why do they do this, where did they come from and where did they go? There are many questions, but, alas, much fewer answers. I hope someday we will be able to answer them. If we don't get caught by another monster on a dark street...

The Nameless Creature of Berkeley Square

Monster Attack In the 1840s, skeptical Sir Robert Worboys decided to spend the night on the second floor of a scary house. At the insistence of the nervous owner of the house, Worboys armed himself with a candle and a pistol and was supposed to ring a bell if anything strange happened. At 12:45 the owner was awakened by the ringing of a bell and a gunshot. He ran up the stairs, burst into Worboys' room and found the young man huddled in a corner with a smoking pistol in his hand and no sign of life. There were no traces of strangers, but from the expression of Worboys' pale face, the owner realized that he had seen something terrible.

Lhakpa Dolma and the Yeti

Despite the Monsters, Inc. cartoon, the yeti is far from adorable if the Lhakpa Dolma girl is telling the truth. In 1974, fourteen-year-old Lhakpa was looking after yaks in the cold Nepalese mountains when someone came down the mountainside. The Yeti grabbed the girl and threw her into the river. Frightened, but unharmed, Lhakpa saw that the creature turned all its attention to the cattle.

Texas Werewolf

Lake Chelan Dragon

Nestled in the northern Cascade Mountains, beautiful Lake Chelan is undeniably attractive. But something dangerous lurks here. According to one legend, Native Americans discovered a devil living in its depths and tried to kill the beast by damming the lake. But like any monster in a good horror movie, he survived.

The creature appeared again in 1892. According to a local newspaper, the unidentified young man was swimming in the lake when sharp jaws closed on his legs. The man screamed for help and two of his friends tried to pull him out. But the hungry monster had other plans. After a terrible struggle for life, the men pulled their friend ashore - with the creature still holding his legs.

It had the legs and body of an alligator, the head and eyes of a snake, the scaly tail and wings of a bat. And although its skin was “soft as velvet,” the beast was impossible to kill. People attacked the monster with knives, stones, sticks, but to no avail. The creature did not let go of the victim. Eventually they built a fire and dragged the dragon over the flames. This caused a reaction - a bad one. The dragon flapped its wings and flew into the air, with the man in its mouth. Suddenly he dived into the lake and disappeared along with his prey.

Hellhound of Suffolk

If a demon is chasing you. Your first instinct is to run to church because dark forces cannot set foot on holy ground, right? However, this rule does not apply to hellhounds. Their black fangs have been spotted all over the world, and while some think they are the dogs of Satan, others say they are the devil incarnate. And, despite their hellish nature, churches do not save from them.

The most notorious attack by such a dog occurred on Sunday, August 4, 1577 in Suffolk, England. While the citizens of Bungay were praying at St. Mary's Church, a thunderstorm rocked the area. The church was covered in hail, lightning struck outside its walls and suddenly a giant dog appeared. She jumped into the crowd of people and started tearing throats. The heat emanating from the beast alone killed anyone who was too close. Some even say that the dog used its front paws to strangle worshipers. By the time it was over, the monster had killed three worshipers, but the night was not over yet. The black dog ran towards Blythburgh Church where it continued its slaughter, claiming more souls before disappearing into the night.

Did the hellhound really attack these cities? Documents show that on the fourth of August 1577 there was a thunderstorm and that the spire of St. Mary's Church was struck by lightning. Additionally, the warden's records indicate that two people died in the bell tower that night. So was all this natural phenomena? Maybe. But an old poem states: “All in flames, a hellish monster broke into the church and killed many people.” And if you visit Blythburgh, you will see the church door supposedly burned by a hellish beast.

Henry Van Heerdan and Santu Sakai

The Malaysian Santu Sakai are half-human, half-animal creatures with a nasty habit of attacking villages and carrying off people as snacks. Their name translates to "people with mouths", probably because they have fangs like a butcher's knife and a penchant for eating humans.

Of course, most people don't believe in Santa Sakai. It all just seems like a bad dream you had after a spicy dinner while watching Beowulf. But Henry Van Heerdan would not agree with the majority. In 1967, he was hunting in the forest near Kuala Lumpur when he heard growls and screams from behind the trees. As a hunter, Van Heerdan was accustomed to such sounds, but these frightened him and he ran.

As he ran, Van Heerdan looked back and saw two terrible giants rushing straight towards him. They were large, strong and with very sharp teeth. Van Heerdan decided to shoot them, but before he could point his shotgun at them, the Santu Sakai were already upon him, knocking the weapon out of his hands. In desperation, the hunter threw a large stone at the monsters and ran to his car. While he was fumbling with the keys, one monster tried to climb into the car, breaking the rear window, and another perched on the hood. Finally, Van Heerdan started the engine and hit one with the car, but the other continued to hit the windshield. Van Heerdan slammed on the brakes, knocking him down too. Then he rushed towards the people, leaving the monsters to swallow the dust from under the wheels.

The Story of Edward Brian McCleary

In the May 1965 issue of Fate Magazine, you can read a frightening story called "How I Escaped the Sea Monster" by Edward Brian McCleary. He was just nineteen years old when he and four teenage friends said they were attacked by a prehistoric beast.

On March 24, 1962, five friends decided to explore the USS Massachusetts. The Navy had sunk a decommissioned ship off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, and the boys thought it would be an ideal place for scuba diving. Adventure, teenagers, a mysterious place, a creepy monster - it’s clear where this leads.

When the boys set sail towards the ship on a rubber boat, they were caught in a fierce storm. The wind tossed them from side to side, and they became lost in the fog. They didn't stumble upon ghost pirates, they found something worse. As the sun set, the boys heard a splash nearby. They smelled a foul smell of rot and something hissed.

McCleary claims he saw what looked like a pole, about three meters long, or a very long neck, moving straight towards them. In a panic, the teenagers abandoned the boat and swam towards the ship, but as they swam, McCleary saw how the monster pulled one of them under water. Then he heard another boy scream. After a few seconds, the third screamed in pain, and the fourth disappeared into the fog.

McCleary swam to shore, where he was discovered by rescuers. Three years later, he sold his story to a magazine and drew a picture of the monster that supposedly killed his friends. The drawing bears a striking resemblance to a plesiosaur. But is there any truth to McCleery's story? According to the website Cryptomundo, one of his friends actually washed ashore dead, but the fate of the others remains unknown.

Witch Guadalupe

Leonardo Samaniego is far from your typical monster attack victim. Besides being a police officer, he hasn't encountered any ordinary ape man or sea serpent. Instead, he claims, he was attacked by a "Bruja" (Spanish for "witch").

Samaniego was patrolling the streets of Guadalupe, Mexico, on January 16, 2004, when he noticed someone jump from a nearby tree. Curious, he turned on the headlights to get a better look and saw a woman dressed in a black cloak and a pointed hat. She had black eyes (the moon was not reflected in them), no eyelids and, most importantly, her feet did not touch the ground. Without any warning, the witch flew up to the car, sat down on the hood and stared at Samaniego with hatred with her terrible eyes. The frightened officer backed up, the witch hit the windshield, trying to break it and grab Samaniego. He radioed for reinforcements, but suddenly crashed into a wall, losing consciousness.

He regained consciousness in the ambulance and was tested for drugs and alcohol, both of which came back negative. He passed all the psychological tests. He had never hallucinated before. When reporters arrived, the horrified officer stuck to his story. When it became public, hundreds of people reported seeing a woman flying through the sky. Could the cop's story trigger mass hysteria? Or did someone actually attack him? If you ever visit Guadalupe, you might want to take a bucket of water for protection.

The case of Bauman

The extremely creepy story of the hunter Bauman was recorded by none other than Teddy Roosevelt himself. This story is from his 1892 book The Hunter of the Heath.

Bauman and his partner were beaver hunters. They camped and built a cabin near the Wisdom River in Montana. Leaving the bags, they went to set traps, returning at nightfall. But when they returned, they discovered that someone had broken into their home and emptied all their supplies. Bauman assumed it was a bear, but his partner was uneasy. Using a torch, he carefully examined the tracks and came to the conclusion that the bear walked on two legs.

At night, while they were sleeping in the newly rebuilt hut, Bauman woke up and saw a giant standing in the doorway. He panicked and fired, but he ran into the forest. For the rest of the night, the two men sat by the fire with their guns, watching the trees.

The creature returned the next day, again destroying the camp while they hunted. And that evening the men heard the howl of a beast in the forest. As the sun rose, Bauman and his friend decided it was time to pack up and leave. But first they had to assemble their traps, and they made the classic mistake of all time. They separated. Bauman went to the river, and his partner remained to pack his things.

When Bauman returned to camp, he noticed that their fire had gone out. All their things were packed, but where was his comrade? Bauman called him, but there was no answer. And then he saw the body. His partner was sprawled on the ground with a broken neck, his throat covered in puncture wounds, and giant footprints everywhere. Frightened, Bauman ran through the forest, leaving everything behind except his gun.

So what was this creature? Bauman believes it was a goblin. Modern cryptozoologists think it was Bigfoot. But Roosevelt was left in limbo. Perhaps it was just an animal. But perhaps not. As he put it: “Nobody can say for sure.”

The Fred Beck Story

There is a narrow gorge near Mount St. Helens called Ape Canyon, and if Fred Beck is telling the truth, its inhabitants don't care much about visitors. In 1924, Beck and four friends were mining for gold near the canyon when strange things began to happen. For a week they heard strange noises, whistling and loud knocking, as if someone was beating their chest. One day, when Beck and a friend went to get water, they saw a hairy humanoid creature come out of the forest. Perhaps he just wanted to say hello, but Beck's friend panicked and shot the creature as it ran into the canyon.

Naturally, the miners were scared and wanted to leave the next morning. But a local resident had other plans. The gold miners were sleeping when something hit their hut. Beck jumped out of bed and heard that someone very large was running outside. There were no windows in the hut, one of the prospectors looked out through the crack and saw at least three monsters preparing to attack. They started throwing stones at the hut, pushed the door and climbed onto the roof, looking for an entrance. People began to shoot back through the roof and the cracks between the logs.

The attack continued throughout the night. One of the men was so afraid that he sang in hopes of appeasing the “demons of the mountain.” But when the sun rose, the animals disappeared into the forest. The gold miners quickly got ready and then ran out the door to their car. Once they were safe, they told their wild story to several newspapers. When journalists explored the place, they discovered mysterious footprints, but there were no monsters there, not even dead ones. Obviously, most people consider the story to be fiction. In 1982, a man named Runt Mullens claimed that he had not only been imitating Bigfoot tracks since the 1930s, but also had thrown rocks at Fred Beck's cabin that night in 1924. So the whole thing was probably just a prank.