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Top 10 Scariest Mythical Creatures You've Never Heard Of

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You wouldn't want to tangle with these terrifying creatures! For this list, we’ll be ranking the most frightening, fearsome or otherwise fantastical creatures from various world mythologies. Our countdown includes Jorōgumo, Bulgasari, Rokurokubi, and more! Which one gives YOU the creeps? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo 2 года назад

Which one gives YOU the creeps? Let us know in the comments!

@nightlegend9226 2 года назад

Top 10 Scariest SCP’s

@skydarksparksworld1675 2 года назад

PLEASE CAN YOU DO TOP 20 MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES

@nexustheelite1683 2 года назад

Would you believe me if I found them cool not creepy

@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589 2 года назад

Jorogumo : 🇯🇵 japan forest cave spider woman body half spider web devour men

@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589 2 года назад

Basilisk : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England forest rooster head half Body snake cockatrice eye stone people not eye

@TheCommenterDragon 2 года назад

I've heard of at least half of the creatures on this list, but whether we've heard of them or not they still all serve the same purpose to exist in mythology and to terrorize humans when they are revealed.

@juancarloang 2 года назад

Wasn't mentioned in the video, but if people are wondering "what's so scary about the Manananggal?", the scary thing about it is that it could be anyone -- the prettiest girl in your class, the next door neighbor, the kind old lady down the street -- and you won't know it. The manananggal is known to be impossible to distinguish when in human form. Also, in folktales and movies, whole towns are seen capturing and burning alive dozens of innocent women accused of being a manananggal, teaching us that we humans can become just as monstrous as the monster we're trying to hunt down.

@AdorableFloof1999 2 года назад

So I play dnd and I sent the manananggal to my dm as an option for a creepy vampire subspecies

@wendigogaming6641 2 года назад

@@AdorableFloof1999 I just use warhammer models

@ocdguyhere3465 Год назад

You know what scares me the most "Maria Labo"

@gspendlove Год назад

@@AdorableFloof1999 I remember the first edition of the Fiend Folio had the penanggalan, the female vampire whose head and guts detached from its body at night and sought out a male victim. It had to soak its guts in a vat of vinegar to reattach itself. At that time, I thought that was as bizarre as D&D monsters could get, and the illustrations in that book were freaky as hell. I don't play anymore, but I've been hooked on the game's imaginarium my whole life.

@randomguypostanimeupdates6703 Год назад

Good old filipino folklore right... right man but our dwarfs are real no jokes man is so real a

@LeDameMarciana 2 года назад

Rebecca’s pronunciation of *manananggal* is actually very good :O I dont hear many accents from the western hemisphere pronounce the A’s correctly, or at least as well as she did

@vinceibarretz7583 2 года назад

True dat🇵🇭

@WhiteRaven696 2 года назад

No one's ever heard of the Chupacabra? Really, WatchMojo? It's pretty well-known.

@xBloodxFangx 2 года назад

Its so well known it was literally in an episode of Dexter's Lab

@BruhDuhMan 2 года назад

I was about to say this.

@TheSorcerersRentBoy 2 года назад

There's a Scooby Doo movie about it called Monster of Mexico

@fernandogonzales9240 2 года назад

@@xBloodxFangx and Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

@16shogunelitegreen 2 года назад

Did you notice she mistakenly said "Number Four" when it was number three?

@heymistercarter. 2 года назад

The Navajo Skinwalker is also one worth mentioning. It's a sort of witch/demon that takes the shape of animals or even people, stalks its victims in the night, and can impersonate sounds and voices nearly perfectly.

@Cherubim40 2 года назад

I lived on the Rez in high school I've got some scary stories and encounters with skinwalkers.

@winkiedinkie1452 2 года назад

I’m pretty sure almost everybody in the USA knows the skinwalker but it would’ve been cool to see it in the list

@angeldark404 2 года назад

@@winkiedinkie1452 the cultural background defines whether or not you may have heard of something, imo.

@winkiedinkie1452 2 года назад

@@angeldark404 imo I think it’s most known through all the stupid memes 💀, there has also been a lot and I mean a lot of documentaries on the skinwalker canyon in New Mexico or whatever it was called, but ur opinion makes a good amount of sense since most people only know skinwalker as creatures that can shapeshift

@AdorableFloof1999 2 года назад

America actually has some really creepy folklore, like skinwalkers, wendigo, qalupalik and the rougarou are some examples.

@dylanhighter1680 2 года назад

The Wendigo is the scariest ghost spirt I ever heard of so I wonder if he's on the list

@kittylover62 2 года назад

Thank you, Until Dawn, for introducing me to the Wendigo

@ariobimod 2 года назад

wendigo is a famous myth so I think a lot of people know about that

@residentrump3271 2 года назад

The Incredible Hulk fought a Wendigo way back when in Marvel Comics. Years later, a Latina cat-type mutant called Feral kicked a Wendigo's ass too. It's true, google it

@marcello7781 2 года назад

I didn't expect the chupacabra to be such a recent mythical creature.

@alexisc1474 2 года назад

I like how there's so many clips from Monstrom here. It's a great channel

@toysvilltvstudios2.072 2 года назад

We heard MOST of these creatures and they're awesome! :)

@iamthor1094 2 года назад

They are some mythical creatures here in the Philippines that were too scary enough (they were even shown in horror movies like the Shake, Rattle and Roll series) like The Tiyanak(a cursed demonic baby who had died and never baptised), mangkukulam/mangbabarang(similar to the witch doctor or albularyo, instead of healing or driving away evil spirits, they put curse on whoever done bad or hurt them)Bakunawa, a mythical sea serpent, it is believed that causes earthquakes, eclipses and storms.

@decepticonmaster7702 2 года назад

Totoo yan kaibigan. Dagdag mo pa kapre, tikbalang at yung maligno (isang demonyo sa shadows na sinabi ng lola ko)

@irishjoy.vlogger 2 года назад

Also in True Philippine ghost stories it's a book series that I've used to read it way in back 2006.

@sonichedge80 2 года назад

I appreciate you circling the ghoul in the thumbnail and pointing an arrow at him as well. I woulda never found him lmaooo

@LucienSabre 2 года назад

WTF!? Almost everybody (and their mother) has heard of the chupacabra, it’s one of the most famous american cryptids. La Llorona and Baba Yaga are quite well-known as well (the first even before the movie). Also, strigoi aren’t just romanian…the term is romanian, but the creature itself belongs to *slavic* folklore - going under different names depending from the country or region.

@michael2rutherford238 2 года назад

WatchMojo: "Creatures You've Never Heard Of" Also WathMojo: "#3: Chupacabra" Me: "Who the heck has never heard of the Chupacabra?"

@stevencisneros9306 4 месяца назад

Duh it’s more of a legendary cryptid than as the type of creature no one has ever heard of lol

@allisonlane3740 3 месяца назад

My mother, my dad, Mrs Felisha, and several others never knew about it.

@knightofarkronia8652 2 года назад

Huh, there were three or four creatures on this list that I hadn’t heard of before! Not bad! You did better than I expected!

@ma3mc3mu-X 2 года назад

I always picture Chupacabras being these humanoid velociraptors with a line of spikes running down their backs.

@friidrottskarlsson3878 2 года назад

Me too

@anirbanhasan8988 2 года назад

Yeah, I also put in bulging red eyes

@benduffy2782 2 года назад

This was a solid list. I would add the Berbalang a creature from the Philippines that devours corpses.

@mgsxmike 2 года назад

Thanks to the Nioh games, I'm familiar with all Yokai

@a.summers9180 2 года назад

Holy crap! Both Extra Credits and PBS Storied's Monstrum! My day has been made! Also, if you haven't checked out Extra Credits or any of PBS Storied's videos, you're missing out. I highly recommend you check them out for their amazing content on mythology, literature, and other interesting topics and awesome art styles.

@mijanhoque1740 2 года назад

After John Wick I’ve always associated Baba Yaga with him that I can’t take the original myth seriously 😭😂

@daisytails3943 2 года назад

Fun fact: Bulgasari also means Starfish in Korean! I guess because they regenerate and "can't be killed"

@jxcnad4725 2 года назад

Fun fact - Aswang, the most well known mythological creature in the PH is still believed to exist till this day especially on the provinces. I myself believe they are real cause i have experienced it that I can still recall 100% what exactly happened.

@hannobebbel1862 2 года назад

Yeah I know it from the serie Grimm

@criscris428 2 года назад

@@hannobebbel1862 aswang in ph is like a general term use to call supernatural shiz that's bad. like mananangal... I think. in grimm the aswang they showed was colocqialy called tiktik. sounds f'n cute but mother fucker is creepy. it's called that cuz of the sounds they make.

@salamandermike6715 2 года назад

Yeah this is well known to be happen in the provinces of Aklan, Antique, and Capiz

@jxcnad4725 2 года назад

@@salamandermike6715 from iloilo here. I agree. Maybe panay is like the hotspot of such encounters.

@HenriettaSkog 2 года назад

Also heard it from Grimm, weird that they didnt bring up more mythical creatures from Grimm.

@rico_1_1_six 2 года назад

As a South African I've never heard of Grootslang, i would've thought the Tokolosh would've made the list which is more well known all across South Africa with certain people even being able to tame or control the beast.

@Ruzland 2 года назад

It looks like Ma'Shalled in Raid: Shadow Legends is a Strigoi. He has the leathery face, drains blood and has a face almost identical to the ones in this video.

@noodlepikmin 2 года назад

The Jorogumo reminded me of the Spider Witch from Ghostbusters The Video Game.

@bookwormaddict3933 2 года назад

Me too

@dychrisshandonsmith1242 2 года назад

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel

@joshuamohlman 2 года назад

After watching the Helltown: USA documentary, the Wendigo is my favorite and in my opinion the scariest mythical monster

@residentrump3271 2 года назад

The Wendigo is in Dungeons and Dragons too

@Wolfe911 2 года назад

A lot of these come from a misunderstanding or embellishment. The Pulgasari is believed to be the misunderstanding of the discovery of either the Sinankylosaurus or Talarurus skeletons.

@aidanhever3369 2 года назад

Here are some more honorable mentions: - Yuki-Onna: AKA Snow Woman. - Gashadokuro: Attack of the 50 foot skeleton. - Hachishakusama: An 8 foot woman dressed in white who kidnaps and kills children. - Mothman: It's a bird ! It's a plane ! It's... AAAHH !!! - Nuclelavee: A giant skinless horseman from the deep.

@ma3mc3mu-X 2 года назад

The Nuckelavee was used in RWBY. The DVD bonuses said the screams it was making were actually it saying one word over and over, *”Die”.*

@NateGreat897 Год назад

I love studying mythical creatures and its surprising how some creature traits are found across multiple cultures so maybe just maybe some truly existed

@cherryblossoms85 2 года назад

I've heard of a couple of these and some of them were pretty freaky!

@jeannemariepalermo6326 2 года назад

never expected MANANANGAL to be on the top spot..😊🤔🙂 by the way i’m a fan from PHILIPPINES! ❤️

@jamesmosier6624 2 года назад

Supernatural has taught me all about these!

@shawziiz5031 2 года назад

Supernatural series and video games for me

@darknessunknown4384 2 года назад

A good one, from the area I live in, would be the Piasa Bird; a creature from Native American folklore.

@andrewhaase1826 2 года назад

10, 9, 5, and 1. I only know of these from their appearances in video games. Namely, Nioh and Shin Megami Tensei 5.

@aqdrobert 2 года назад

J Jonah Jameson: That spider woman is a MENACE. Fluttershy: Cockatrice? I got this, Twilight.

@magnum9588 2 года назад

Understood both references.

@artfire28 2 года назад

The #1 on list was the reason why we stay home at night. Another reason was Friday night TV primetime were awesome to see such as X-men, Batnan and Spider-man TAS, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

@AmeiWasHere 2 года назад

I love learning about mythical creatures from all kinds of folklore and such!

@ShadyRK9 2 года назад

Fun Fact: some Pokémon are actually also based off of some of these mythical creatures! 🧐 Also I ironically learned what a Cockatrice was from MLP!

@OmniAtom 2 года назад

Love these videos, thank you! - - - - - fyi, when the voiceover states, "number 4, the Chupacabra" - the video proceeds, but the graphic displays as "number 3".

@darryldavis6063 2 года назад

I've heard of a good number but never really knew the origins. I love anything mythological

@jaredhamilton425 2 года назад

10: heard it 9: heard it 8: have not heard it 7: never quite heard of the monster itself, but I’ve heard of that kidnapping story. 6: have not heard it 5: heard it 4: have not heard it 3: heard about the puerto rican origin 2: familiar, but not completely sure if I’ve heard it. 1: have not heard it. Honorable mentions in order: heard it, heard it, heard it, heard it, and heard it.

@goodwillhumping7904 2 года назад

wow. you must be a scholar

@jaredhamilton425 2 года назад

@@goodwillhumping7904 get interested in something when you’re young enough and you’ll be surprised about what you find out when you research.

@lexnight8345 2 года назад

@@goodwillhumping7904 or he's just a horror fan ?

@naharrasjidi3879 2 года назад

Number 5 Rokurokubi reminds me to Palasik and Kuyang, mythical creatures from Indonesia. While, La Llorana in Indonesia is known as Kuntilanak.

@Garrus1995 2 года назад

How about the Bunyip? It’s a legend from Australian Aboriginal folklore and it supposedly haunts bodies of water. Also, the pishtaco from Peruvian folklore is like a boogeyman that takes people away.

@anirbanhasan8988 2 года назад

O'ryt, mate, lemme tell yeh o' the Kianpraty

@CalifornianCuttlefish Год назад

Great Video! *These creatures are awesome!*

@metalsasquatch3410 2 года назад

I've heard of all of these.

@luisgonzalez6721 2 года назад

As a Hispanic, My grandmother used to tell me, my siblings & my cousin's about La Llorona when we were kids & how La Llorona use to haunt her before when she was a child. Now one day made the movie The Curse of La Llorona my grandmother completely refuse to watch it & how the way my grandmother used to tell the story was actually more terrifying that the film was.

@ReicantheJester 2 года назад

I also read that some women that turned into RokuRokubi from a curse did not necessarily do something heinous themselves, but a husband or someone else they loved did something, and the curse that were meant for them, somewhat "bounced" and cursed the women instead. With that sense, a Rokurokubi could potentially become less malevolent.

@jacobdrolet4262 2 года назад

Amazing video of mystic creatures that are scary as heck,fantastic job Rebecca from watch mojo. What about Oni Japanese demons too.

@Wheelwizardpuff 2 года назад

i've only heard of a couple the cockatrice was featured in one episode of a show i used to watch. the Jorogumo is a monster ive seen in a game but didnt know what exactly it was. the rest were unknown.

@klloydplata4098 2 года назад

My favorite mythical monsters are La Llorona & Wendigo.

@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 2 года назад

We live in a magical world where I’ve gotten to seen real photographic evidence of El Chupacabra.

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 2 года назад

I know El Chupacabra from the _Looney Tunes_ webtoons DVD _Stranger Than Fiction._

@16shogunelitegreen 2 года назад

Notice how the narrator mistakenly said Number Four when "introducing" the Chupacabra lol

@whitleysdollhouse877 2 года назад

At #8, "Strigoi", so cool, so interesting and hey, @WatchMojo, tell me more about Strigoi

@ma3mc3mu-X 2 года назад

Care to make a future list that includes the Dhampir (half human, half vampire)?

@mr.im-a-sonic-fan6866 2 года назад

I’ve heard of La Ceuga, Cockatrice, and Rokurokubi (which is one of my favorite yo Kai)

@MAZZ0Murder 2 года назад

Oh, I know about those Cockatrice's ability to turn people into stone. Made FFIII's early game a pain in the butt when you encountered one!

@LivingstoneEB 2 года назад

I once watched Mike Tyson fight a Chupacabra once... it wasn't even close

@gregorysimileer 2 года назад

As a Puerto Rican the chupacabra was terrifying

@villain68 2 года назад

I have heard of some of these monsters especially Baba Yaga. The one I really like is #10, the spider woman!

@Megatronus93 2 года назад

Chupacabra is one of the big 3 mythical creatures in the western world after Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster

@kobeedragonking3800 2 года назад

I learned the story of the Mananangal when I was a teenager. Glad I'm Filipino...

@BatCaveOz 2 года назад

The Scariest Mythical Creature I've Never Heard Of: A vegan, crossfitter, that doesn't talk about either.

@aniocitex1131 2 года назад

Dude there is mythical and then there’s impossible

@michaelwillconqer2549 2 года назад

We need monster hunters back

@big.venom.snake.boss. 2 года назад

oh Mang ogopogo! love that dude

@themushroom_dude 2 года назад

The Sackman should had been mentioned. As a Portuguese I just love the legend. It would be so cool if someone in Portugal made a horror film about it

@MeliesCinemagician 2 года назад

Another legendary monster that not a lot of people have likely heard of is the woodwose, kind of like the medieval European version of Bigfoot. Described as a man-like creature covered in thick hair, the woodwose often appeared in heraldic symbols and carvings on churches. It was supposed to be more human-like than Bigfoot is described as, usually wearing a loincloth and carrying a wooden club.

@fransuke12 2 года назад

The Reapers from Blade 2 are actually Strigoi

@residentrump3271 2 года назад

Blade 2 was my favorite of the series! Great movie :)

@amazingvman 2 года назад

I remember the situation of the Chupacabra in the mid 90's

@headred76 2 года назад

12:37 what a relief!

@theyinyang1103 2 года назад

9/10 of the list and 4/5 of the honorable mentions I knew. “Never heard of” eh?

@234daydreamer 2 года назад

So that monstrous teacher from Little Nightmares 2 with the super long neck, is she a rokurokubi?

@Junc4DWin 2 года назад

I was really digging for Manananggal to appear!!! Great list!!!

@meganjohnson5479 2 года назад

Watchmojo, Snarled, and Storied (Monstrum/Fate and Fabled)My favorite RU-vid channels combinedished! YES!

@jessieleerosete2838 2 года назад

Unexpected to see Manananggal in your video

@randomperson8663 2 года назад

This is amazing 👍👍😆😆😆😆Thank you ❤️😊😊

@glenflores8059 2 года назад

Philippine represent!! Hahaha! Nice.. Sibatin na naten yan

@kryptickat2993 2 года назад

I love how they use Storied videos.

@estebangutierrez160 2 года назад

What about the Ahuizotl? It's said to drag people into a lake with it's long tail with a hand on it and eats their eyes, teeth, and nails.

@sundaerecamadas5428 2 года назад

wow! got surprised with no.1!

@Frostbite_from_MLBB 2 года назад

I'm from Balayan, Batangas it's a small town province from the Philippines I'm so happy the Philippines was featured here and also as a resident of our town I'm one of the people who already saw a mananagal they can be encountered when there is a pregnant woman in your family specially if you live in a farm like us when we stayed at our grandparents house every night we always hear something is crawling and scratching on our roof our grandpa told us it was a mananagal and the only way to stop it from coming in to your house is by putting garlic on the pregnant womans body and putting salt on the windows and it literally works.

@dychrisshandonsmith1242 2 года назад

Love yourself first and most Believe in yourself Quitters never win and winners never quit Don't give up and never give in Ignore those who try to discourage you Hang on to your dreams Take care of yourself Take control of own destiny Keep moving forward Stand up for yourself Stand tall and be brave Stay strong Act of kindness people

@davidpumpkinsjr.5108 2 года назад

Bringing WatchMojo and Monstrum together? Interesting.

@vanaleyae 2 года назад

La Cegua is similar to a Guatemalan legend called "La Siguanaba". Supposedly, men walking back from the bars may meet a beautiful woman in a diaphanous gown that incites them to follow her. She leads them on by staying just a little out their reach until they get to the very edge of a barranco or ravine. She then reveals her half woman-half horse face. The shock of which drives the men over the ravine and to their death. The only way to escape is to pull a certain root or bush that causes her pain.

@rilldineth 2 года назад

Yes, El Salvador seems to have both La Cegua and La Siguanaba as separate entities, haha. Because yes, la Siguanaba does that of luring men to ravines or appearing to them in creeks washing clothes, and she appears either naked or topless, but in Salvadorean legend the Siguanaba doesn't has a horse face, she turns into a hideous old lady with sagging breasts and it that scare that can kill you or the illness of the encounter if you happen to survive.

@ayaehab 2 года назад

Storied are great!! I love their videos!

@myozbubble 2 года назад

Most of these are from Asian folklore and since we (most of us watching) are in the Western civilization, it's easy to say we don't know about their monsters. However, some of the Latin cultural monsters are fairly well-known to us now.

@goodwillhumping7904 2 года назад

good job on the generalization

@zahsorx 2 года назад

It’s been awhile since they’ve given honorable mentions

@dychrisshandonsmith1242 2 года назад

Thanks you for your video and channel

@valroshvalrosh7952 2 года назад

Incoming Filipinos flooding the comment section just to proudly represent who they are because their mythical creature is number one. (Not hating just saying) Also great video, but I've heard mananaggal way too often than some on the bottom of the list.

@haveatit8788 2 года назад

You predicted correctly! Then again it's very typical of them to be proud of anything or anyone that's related to Filipinos as long as it's something they can brag about. They are an overly proud nation (Not hating just saying)

@moorenav2549 2 года назад

They do like to celebrate other people's achievements as if it was their own just because the aforementioned people have a quarter Filipino blood in them. This is pretty sad (Not hating, just saying)

@elguwapo6153 2 года назад

When I was a kid my parents used to tell me not to go outside the house when its past 9pm because Manananggal is flying around I was so scared. 😥😥😥

@bhaskarkakati 2 года назад

A very little known mythical monster is the Ghorapak of Assam, India. It haunts river banks, swamps and ponds with a half-horse and half-human body. It can also shape-shift into anyone and alter its size at will.

@goodwillhumping7904 2 года назад

half horse half human? that's original

@iamthor1094 2 года назад

It is similar to the Tikbalang, a Filipino mythical creature who has a head and feet of a horse and body of a human, the scream of a Tikbalang causes travellers to get lost in the jungle.

@shawziiz5031 2 года назад

Half human/horse? Yea there a Greek creature might want to speak with this Ghorapak 🤣

@THANATOS-PRIME 2 года назад

BatSquatch Will probably end up on here.

@garethtudor836 2 года назад

Six appearances by the legendary Doc Z from Monstrum! Epic

@leslietonn3181 2 года назад

This video is a great shoutout to the Storied RU-vid channel.

@nattonep8788 2 года назад

I've actually seen most of these from playing Yokai Watch, also who hasn't heard of the Chupacabra.

@inarifox3113 2 года назад

Rokurokubi unlike nukekubi don't usually present any real danger other than scaring the hell out of those who encounter it. However, most the nukekubi and rokurokubi are unaware of their curse. They don't remember anything from the nightly terrors they cause. A very simular yokai being the futakuchi onna that stuffs its mouth with food on the back of a woman's head saying terrible things to her

@hikennoace343 2 года назад

Aswang's are very well known in philipines so especially the Mananangal

@klloydplata4098 2 года назад

But my most scariest legendary mythical monsters are werewolves & vampires. No one can top this two.

@codyherrera7577 2 года назад

Two of my favorite horrifying monsters are the wendigo of algonquin tribe and the draugr of norse mythology I mean one is the literal personification of winter and cannibalism and the other is near to impossible to kill or put back in its grave both are very powerful creatures and very horrifying