#hodags

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Saw this on the dashboard of an old pick-up truck parked near me and I immediately thought of you

This is absolutely incredible, I need to get one of these for the car immediately.

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It's so funny when people call hodags a "cryptid". Guys, they're a lumberjack tall tale a town used for tourism. No one ever thought they were real. There are not several hodag preserves around Wisconsin. None of us have ever pet a hodag as a kid. Hodags are not surprisingly soft and don't make cute noises when scratched. All just made up

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The Shrouded Lake

The Shrouded Lake is called so because of the thick mist it generates every morning. It is impossible to see before dawn, but once the sun breaks over the horizon, the fog starts to clear. Usually by 9:00 am (10 in the winter), the air is completely clear.

However, this mist is somehow special. If collected in an appropriately enchanted container (such as a jar), the mist can be used once to conceal anything you want it to. It will spread to an area, and remains thick for about an hour in direct daylight.

The Shrouding Mist (named after the lake it comes from) is not the only magical thing about the Lake. It is home to many creatures, such as Hodags, which are a common interest among newcomers to Ilvermorny.

The Shrouded Lake is also home to a tribe of a curious subspecies of Nixies often simply referred to as the Shrouded Lake Naiads. They are believed to be closely related to the Swamp Nixies of the southern states. The Shrouded Lake Naiads, however, can withstand temperatures far colder than those that would kill their southern cousins. Some Magizoologists think that these Naiads can generate their own heat, thus being warm-blooded.

That being said, during warmer seasons when the surface of the water is not frozen over, the Naiads will often interact with humans up above. They are friendly and helpful until you offend them. Then, they become mischievous and often outright violent. There are accounts of tactless students insulting the Naiads, whether by accident or not, and the Naiads tricking them into the water and trying to drag them under.

Two wooden buildings occupy a space on the shore of the lake not far from the trail. A large one houses the many canoes, life vests, and other such water equipment that is often used by the students during the warmer months of the year. The smaller shed-like building houses the ice hockey gear. This is used in equal measures, especially by Canadian students and those from the north-most States.

The Shrouded Lake is a common camping spot for students on overnight trips on their weekends. Likewise, couples have been known to sneak to the lake early in the morning to be alone. Those who are wishing to take a look at the fog that will disappear soon will stumble upon the couple and subsequently puke.

Special thanks to The Monster Blog of Monsters for allowing the use of their creatures. Read about the Swamp Nixies here and Hodags here

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More original sculpts, prints from the Elegoo Mars Pro and paint ups. #sleestak #hodags #hodag #rat #hodagcountry #elegoomars #elegoomarspro (at Eau Claire, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGDOIUsM89E/?igshid=ufjilhqk0s1f

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The Hodag is a reptilian-like mammal found in Northern Wisconsin. The Hodag is described as a creature with the head of a frog, the tail of a dinosaur with spikes on it , the legs of an elephant with sharp claws and big fangs. The Hodag was confirmed to be a hoax. But that didn’t stop it’s legend from becoming popular. The Hodag became the mascot of Rhinelander Wisconsin as well as having a huge statue outside of the Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce with two taxidermy Hodags inside one being a head with light up eyes. The earliest mention of the Hodag is found in the stories of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe.

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Hodags: Creatures from the North Woods

Different types of creatures appear in fantasy novels. Some spring directly from the mind of the creator, like J.R.R. Tolkien’s hobbits, some are inspired by mythology, like J.K. Rowling’s centaurs, and some come from history, like James Gurney’s dinosaurs. Hodags are fictional creatures that fit in all three categories and are second-to-none in terms of fantasy. Growing up in the Mid-Western…

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GREAT LEAPING HODAGS!

Vicious Hopping Horned Hodag Hunted in Van Cortlandt Wilds Twenty Zoologists Beat Swamps for Quill-Snouted Barbed-Tailed ‘Monster’ That Chases Small Boys and Is Kin to Famous South American Iguana

Twenty amateur zoologists, under the leadership of Professor MacNeil Weber, formerly of the University of Minnesota, who lives at 2925 Creston Avenue, the Bronx, beat the woods of Van Cortlandt Park all day Sunday in an effort to capture a horned hodag, of which Professor Weber declares but few specimens survive, and which, being a hybrid of unclassified origin, does not appear in scientific works on zoology. According to the hodag enthusiasts, there is only one authentic specimen in America. It was killed by a lumberjack in the employ of the Shevlin Lumber Company twenty years ago and is one of the prized possessions of the Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association. Late in the autumn of 1920 and again in the spring of 1921 boy scouts encamped in dense woods of the park reported having been pursued by a creature apparently about four feet long with four horns on its snout and a succession of spines extending down its back to and over a portion of the tail. Latter reports of the presence or such a creature were received from other sources, all of them agreeing in general description. Professor Weber describes the hodag as having a scaly body,  somewhat resembling in shape that of a large lizard. In general aspect it presents certain characteristics of the South American iguana, but differs from the latter in that the iguana is a slow-moving creature, usually to be found lying on tree branches a short distance from the earth. The hodag is declared to be of an aggressive nature, inclined to attack rather than to retreat when disturbed. The Van Cortlandt hodag is reported to have been found invariably in the lower and more swampy regions of the park, and search for it has been directed especially to swampy thickets abounding in the park region. The hodag, according to best descriptions, is hairy of underbody instead of fish-skinned, like the iguana. It is incapable of great speed because of its short front legs, but using its long hind legs for propulsion it is enabled to spring considerable distances, some say as far as twenty feet. Although no sign of the strange animal was met with during Sunday’s expedition the searchers will try again next Sunday. It is hoped to add the hodag to Professor Hornaday’s collection of other odd animals in the Bronx Park Zoo. From— New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.)), 21 March 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

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HODAGS FILL BLOODY BASIN.

Spring Brings Out Scourge of Dangerous Brutes Together With Another Peril—Hillside Ghyser — Fear Reigns

Warm spring weather has brought out the hibernating Hodags in the Bloody Basin and Verde countries, and in addition a new peril in the shape of a breed of cousins to the hodag, which the ranchers of that region have named the Hillside Ghyser. The ranchers are becoming very alarmed at the prevalence of hodags and ghysers, and are contemplating holding meetings and getting action in the state legislature to curb the perilous pests. The following letter from a ranch hand in the Bloody Basin is self-explanatory. “E. R. P.,” who wrote it, explains in a marginal note that he wants his communicaton in the Sunday Arizona Republican as that is the only newspaper that penetrates into the fastnessess of the upper Verde and Bloody Basin countries. Bloody Basin, Ariz., April 3, 1913. Editor Republican: Sir—ln your Sunday edition of March 2 I notice an article mentioning the disappearance of the dangerous hodags which have inhabited Bloody Basin and vicinity for some time. Now being a resident here. I wish you would permit me to have a few lines in your valuable column, and I will try to clear up the mystery which has been troubling everyone for so long. Your correspondent was correct when he described their disappearance and no trace of them being found, but as the warm weather has returned, so, also, have the dangerous “hodags” in great numbers, bringing with them the wild and man eating “Hillside Ghysers,” whose resemblance is so close to the “hodags” it is very hard to tell them apart, except when pursued by one, for their speed is nearly equal to that of an express train, and their legs being a trifle longer than the “hodags,” they have a tendency to travel a little up hill while if a person will keep going down grade he will escape them in time. One of the boys, last week, while out riding the range on the fastest horse in the outfit, has nearly caught in a race of twenty-two miles and as a result is carrying a heavy automatic and keeping close to the home ranch. The cowmen of the basin here, and the Verde also, however, would forward a movement to have a bill passed by the present legislature fixing a bounty on their hides of, say, $25. This would induce trappers to exterminate the dangerous beasts. If they are not exterminated it will be difficult for the cowmen to employ cowpunchers who will not take fright at the first brute and leave the country. Hoping that some definite action will be taken in the near future in regard to this matter, and that the beasts will entirely be done away with forever and, if so, let peace and quiet reign once more in thls vicinity. It would be a great load lifted off of everyone's mind who resides here. Very truly yours. AN EMPLOY OF THE BLOODY BASIN CATTLE CO. T.T. Ranch, Bloody Basin, Ariz. ————————————————– Arizona republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), 13 April 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.