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in 1954 children in Glasgow reported a "7-foot tall monster with sharp iron teeth" that had already killed and drunk the blood of two boys.
For weeks local police encountered roving groups of kids trying to hunt down this 'Gorbals Vampire'. #FolkloreThursday
#folklorethursday The Nuckelavee is Orkney's heavy-metal version of the centaur.
It appears as a horse and rider, but entirely skinless. As well as having long arms to scoop up unwary travellers, it also spreads plague and crop blight.
Few who see it live https://t.co/0fpRw1u1yp