10 CRAZIEST Mythological Creatures That Turned Out To Be REAL!

Hi, it’s Katrina! Many of today’s well-known animals were considered mythological until explorers witnessed them with their own eyes. Others were discovered to be real much more recently! From the legendary unicorns, to the terrifying cyclops, here are 10 mythological creatures that turned out to be real! Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 10. Sea Serpent The best place for the imagination to run wild is the ocean! And sea serpents are enormous creatures believed to attack ships and terrify sailors and fishermen around the world. In a way, sea serpents are closely related to dragons. In fact, they could be interpreted as sea-dragons, because people depicted them in almost the same way, except they were drawn in the ocean on maps. 9. The Dragon Dragons appear in myths and legends from many cultures around the world. Of course, the giant, fire breathing, flying beast doesn’t exist but why did so many people think that they did? The first legends recorded by the Greeks and Sumerians had to come from real creatures that made ancient people believe in the mythical beast. 8. The Hoax Creature While now a platypus might seem common or normal, during the late 18th century, the first platypus specimen was shipped from Australia to scientists in England. At first, the team of experts wondered if someone was playing a practical joke on them, even going so far as to suggest that skilled Chinese taxidermists had crafted the corpse. 7. The African Unicorn Nicknamed the “African unicorn,” the elusive and secluded okapi only lives in the dense and remote Ituri Rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa. It’s most closely related to the giraffe, but resembles a mixture of zebra, deer, donkey, and antelope, with a brown body and striped legs. 6. Griffin With the body of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle the Griffin is one of the most well-known animals of ancient Greek mythology. And it wasn’t found only in Greek mythology, as there is evidence of Griffon-like creatures in ancient Egypt, Persia, and many more. But the Griffin wasn’t only limited to stories – people actually thought it was real. According to ancient lore, the old Greeks reported that the Scythians (another ancient people) came across some griffins in the famous Gobi desert. 5. The Mermaid There are three manatee species, who belong to an order of mammals called sirenians and are the ocean's largest herbivores. Manatees inspired ages-old mermaid legends and tales spanning various cultures, as they’ve frequently been mistaken for the mythical beings throughout history. 4. The Unicorn In 1577, English explorer Martin Frobisher and his crew happened upon a mysterious “unicorn fish” in the Arctic Ocean while searching the upper reaches of Canada for a shortcut to India. He took the dead animal’s horn back to England and presented it to Queen Elizabeth, who stored it with the crown jewels. 3. Wild Humans People outside of Africa regarded gorillas as mythical beings until relatively recently, for the most part. Various myths circulated about them throughout history, suggesting that they were seen as primitive humans, and some of these tales were based on eyewitness accounts. 2. The Kraken The giant squid is the suspected source of inspiration for various legendary sea monsters, including the six-headed Greek goddess named Scylla; the half-shark, half-octopus Bahamian creature called the Lusca, and, most of all, the infamous Nordic Kraken. 1. Cyclops The one-eyed cyclops is among the most well-known mythological monsters of all time. Researchers believe that fossils with holes in their skulls may explain the historical and well-documented belief in the cyclops. Take, for instance, the Deinotherium giganteum. This distant predecessor of modern elephants was one of the largest mammals that ever existed, measuring up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall and with four-and-a-half-foot-long (1.3 meters) tusks. #mythology #creatures #originsexplained #katrina