The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...

It has to be one of the most terrifying fabled creatures in British history. The dreaded Shug Monkey, about eight feet tall, is a huge hybrid monster said to haunt the rural lanes of Cambridgeshire.