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The Wampus Cat Myth Explained: Origins and Sightings

The Wampus Cat has roots in Cherokee folklore and Appalachian legends, but is the six-legged feline just another mythical creature on a long list of cryptids?

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Description Wampus is a six-legged cat that lives in the USA, in the Appalachian Mountains. It remineds a mountain lion. He can run faster than an arrow. Cherokee indians are the only ones who are able to get the hair of this beast to use it as the core for magic wands. By belief, the yellow eyes of this cat have the power of hypnosis and Legilimency. Wampus is a symbol of one of the houses of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For the basis of this animal I took a puma - a…

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Wampus cat- American folklore: a six legged cougar or a werecougar. The legend is that a native woman turned into a cougar to spy on some of the other tribes men, but when she was discovered she was cursed by the medicine man to stay in that form forever. Apparently she still stalks the forests of Tennessee Wampus Cat, Horned Serpent, Dragon Heartstring, American Folklore, Phoenix Feather, Myths & Monsters, Monster Drawing, The Boogeyman, Fantastic Beast

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Wampus cat- American folklore: a six legged cougar or a werecougar. The legend is that a native woman turned into a cougar to spy on some of the other tribes men, but when she was discovered she was cursed by the medicine man to stay in that form forever. Apparently she still stalks the forests of Tennessee

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