Boogeymen: Monsters Among Us
A series that blends investigations and eyewitness accounts of some of the most popular monsters and tall tales that have captivated our imagination.
26 episodes · First aired 2013-08-24
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In a lake just a hundred miles from Loch Ness, you may find the monster of Loch Morar. Known as Morag, it has avoided the limelight and tourists partly because no road goes around the lake...but also because seeing Morag is supposedly an omen of death.
The Dobhar Chu is a mythical monster that has inhabited British lakes since ancient times. Thought to be a cross between a giant otter and a hound, the Dobhar Chu is about seven feet long, or about the size of a crocodile.
On the coast of Queensland, Australia, rumors of something unique have haunted locals for centuries. Aboriginal cave paintings depict a large and furry bipedal monster. European colonists reported a similar creature stalking the woods. What is Yowie?
The beauty of Australia’s Byron Bay attracts over one million visitors per year. However, they probably don’t suspect the presence of a mysterious creature known locally as the Devil Dog. It could be an animal long thought extinct, the Tasmanian tiger.
A hairy, aggressive monster is said to haunt northern New Zealand. The Maori named it Moehau, in honor of the highest peak in a nearby mountain range. This half-man, half-gorilla is a true New Zealand legend, just as Bigfoot is for North Americans.
A monster has terrorized Belize for centuries. It is described as a small man, three-feet tall, with an ugly face, hands without thumbs and inverted feet. According to legend it wears a red hat, dresses in animal skins and carries a menacing machete.
