This is a mythical critter I heard about that I find absolutely hilarious.
The Gyascutus has legs that are longer on one side than the other so that they can walk on hills. Only one way, of course. If they somehow get turned around, they have some real troubles and probably fall to the bottom of the hill, where they have even more troubles.
It's an American creature, part of the whole American Mythos around Paul Bunyon and others like him. Interestingly, this guy was probably created as something of a joke by lumberjacks, to see what they can convince the greenhorns of.
There's also a beetle named after them now, which might be fun. I might look into that next time.
I'm just going to leave this one here because I don't know what I can add, and I want you to take a few moments imagining this creature yourself. The legs are the only real description I could get. One imaginary picture was of something canine, while another was more of a scaled gorilla. What are you imagining? Feel like telling me, or drawing me a picture? Either way, I think you'll have more fun if I'm not more specific.
Sources:
Encyclopedia Britannica-- Gyascutus
New England Historical Society-- Before BigFoot, the Mysterious Gyascutus
Gods and Monsters-- Gyascutus--this one is a bit darker than the others, so it could be more accurate or less. I don't know.
There are also a few twitter pages and Wikipedia, but I'm not going to add those here.
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