Case file · Cryptid

The giant hornet of Cheowa Bald

Cheowa Maximum and Swim Bald were called Sehwate'yi, 'Hornet place', after a monster hornet that nested there, sunned itself on the balds and drove away anyone who came near, until it disappeared.

1900 CE · 35.33, -83.69 · status: legend

Sources

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