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BITES.


Byline: The Register-Guard

ASIDE FROM BIGFOOT,

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE?

A liger li·ger  
n.
The product of crossbreeding between a male lion and a female tiger, having features of both but generally being larger than either.



[li(on) + (ti)ger.]

Noun 1.
, because it has magical qualities and Napoleon Dynamite said so

Single upperclassmen (prom date, anyone?)

The Chupacabra Chupacabra (also chupacabras /tʃupa'kabɾas/, from Spanish chupar: to suck, cabra: goat; goats sucker) is a cryptid said to inhabit parts of the Americas.  (it just doesn't get any better than terrorizing desert-dwellers)

Unicorns (they have sparkly spark·ly  
adj. spark·li·er, spark·li·est
1.
a. Giving off tiny flashes of light; glittery: a dress with sparkly sequins.

b.
 horns, they shimmer and they fly)

Nessie the Loch Ness Monster Loch Ness monster

“Nessie”; sea serpent said to inhabit Loch Ness. [Scot. Folklore: Wallechinsky, 443]

See : Monsters


Loch Ness monster

supposed sea serpent dwelling in lake. [Scot. Hist.
 (its name sounds lovable, yet there's such potential for world domination)

Hippogriffs (Buckbeak was definitely the hero of the third Harry Potter book)

Baba Yaga from Russian folklore (her house has chicken legs, how cool is that?)

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Date:Apr 25, 2005
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