Case file · Cryptid
The Uktena
A horned, scaled serpent as large as a tree trunk with a blazing crystal, the Ulunsuti, on its forehead. Mooney's storytellers said it haunted the dark passes of the Great Smoky Mountains.
1900 CE · 35.56, -83.50 · status: legend
The account
The Shawnee captive Agan-uni'tsi searched the gaps from north to south until he killed one and took its crystal, which became a powerful divining stone.
Connections in the atlas
- The Ustu'tli of Cohutta Mountain
- Datle'yasta'i, where the uktenas fell
- Gatuti'yi, the abandoned town site on Stratton Bald
- The Uw'tsun'ta of the Nantahala
- Atsi'la-wa'i, the fire ball of Rattlesnake Knob