5 Mythical Creatures That Actually Existed ｜ Real Horror Legends

You are standing in the middle of the jungle in a dark night. The sound of rustling is coming from behind the trees. And suddenly a divine shadow starts falling towards you. This is the moment when stories change into reality. Friends, in every region of the world, stories of divine creatures have been told for centuries. But the amazing thing is that some of these creatures were not just stories, but actually existed. In today's video, we will show you 5 such mythical creatures that existed in reality. In ancient times, people used to tell the story of a creature whose body was of a lion and its wings were of a crow. It was called a griffin. It is said that it protected the treasure and had the power to devour enemies. But the question is, was it just a story? No. In fact, looking at the remains of proto-ceratops, a dinosaur found in the deserts of Siberia and Mongolia, the ancient people understood that this half-lion is half-crow. The skulls of these dachshunds looked exactly like a crow and the body was like a lion. That is, the story of the griffin was actually born from the remains of a dinosaur. Thousands of years ago, if a Khana-Badosh tribe had seen this dachshund looking at the sand, it would have been a living griffin for them. Have you ever wondered if there is such a creature hidden in the middle of the sea that can drown the ships in one jump? This is Kraken. Kadeemullah used to say that there is a 2-acre octopus in the northern sea, whose arms could stretch for miles. He would wrap the entire ship with his tentacles and pull it into the water. All these stories sound scary to hear. But the interesting fact is that this story is not a lie at all. Today we know that there are real life skids in the depths of the sea. They can be up to 40 feet long and their arms are attached to a special box. When they came to the shore in a dead state for the first time, the locals thought that they were Kraken. Think about it. Centuries ago, when Mullah would see a big squid in the dark night in the sea, it would have been no less than a satanic creature for them. The story is about to get deeper because now those creatures are coming who have engraved their terror on the ground. In Greek stories, a creature is mentioned that had only one eye. It was called Cyclops. It is said that it lives in caves full of bones and eats humans. But what is the truth? When the ancient Greeks first got the skulls of Mammoth and Elephant, they considered the large empty space between them as an eye. This is how the story of the one-eyed god was born. In fact, it was not a god, but the remnants of the god-eating elephants of the Barbarian era. But just imagine. If you see such a skull thousands of years ago, in which there is a scary hole, then you will also think that it is the eye of a monster. In Europe, there was a famous story of a snake that killed a human with just one eye. It was called Basilisk, the king of snakes. People used to say that if you get his eyes, you will turn into a stone statue. It seems that this is just a story. But the truth is something else. In fact, this story is related to Cobra and Komodo Dragon. Cobra's evil eye and poison made people believe that it kills with its eyes. On the other hand, the poisonous bite of Komodo Dragon and its full-fledged presence increased the terror of this creature. That is, Basilisk is actually such a structure that was made by combining the properties of real poisonous animals. Now it's the turn of the creature that kept humans terrified for centuries. In almost every civilization of the world, the dragon is mentioned. China, Europe, India, Middle East People have been telling stories of dragons everywhere. A creature that could fly like a bird, but was as long and thick as a snake and shed fire from its mouth. Now the question is, were dragons really present? Surprisingly, the answer to this is to some extent, yes. When ancient people saw the spines of dinosaurs coming out of the ground, they did not consider them less than any evil creature. Especially flying dinosaurs like pterosaurs and the bones of theropods gave people's perception of dragons. Even today, hundreds of thousands of years old dinosaur fossils are called dragon bones in China. This is why the dragon is considered a symbol of power and glory there. These were the five mythical creatures that we thought were just stories. But in fact, they existed. This fine line between stories and reality shows us that humans have always lived in the shadow of fear and spying. Maybe that's why even today when we see a picture of a pterosaur or a strange creature, this question certainly arises in the heart. Is the story over or is there still a new creature hiding around us?