Case file · Cryptid

The Great Leech of Tlanusi'yi

At Tlanusi'yi, 'Leech Place', where the Valley River meets the Hiwassee at Murphy, a giant red-and-white leech was said to rise in the deep water and drag people off a rock ledge.

1900 CE · 35.09, -84.03 · status: legend

Sources

  1. Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900), Project Gutenberg
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