South Africa is one of my favorite countries I've ever had the
Opportunity to travel to heck I should know because I actually shot a movie there
which I'll probably talk about later on in this episode just because you know
You guys probably all want to know about that
but with South Africa
you've got a country that's got a lot of in-depth history for the good and for the bad you got colonialization and
apartheid and all that stuff and you've also got some really cool history about
Certain tribes that are within the country and with that today
We're looking at the top ten scary mythological monsters from South Africa blue start off with number 10
We got the ticklish
Ticklish - cool. Oh Sh, I don't really know exactly how to pronounce this
It's kind of a hard thing to find online how to pronounce it
We should add some South African friends right next door that I could just ask pretty much
This is your basic form of a gremlin but the South African version
originating from Zulu mythology
this creature
basically comes from a shaman who sends it out to cause sickness or even death on an
Individual and they also call this creature a water spirit
but according to mythology the only way to prevent this thing from coming into your room and
Getting you is to put bricks under these supports of your bed. Apparently the tick allows doesn't like bricks. I don't blame him
I'm more of a mahogany sort of guy. You know, I like wood
I'm not that kind of wood now
The reason this whole creature was created was to give reason of why people fell asleep and died
Basically, I guess they didn't think that a heart attack would actually come into play or something like that
but other than that
This creatures been noted in many different forms of songs and even stories that come from South Africa and according to history
There's been some stories of some women being attacked by these little hairy beasts that also have big penises
Maybe they're just living out a weird
Fantasy, that's that's what I'm thinking. Number nine. You got the grootslang. Basically one of my favorite ones on this list
I mean, let's be perfectly honest on this list. There's gonna be a lot of snake themed monsters
The grootslang monster is said to have home in the caves of Rictor veld in South Africa old mythology
States that this creature is as old as the world itself and it is like one big
Powerful snake that the gods made one of the problems was when God or the gods
I'm not really sure if there was a plural there made this creature. They realized that whoops. It was a little bit of a mistake
So what they did from there?
They pretty much split the creature into two different animals and thus you get the elephant and the snake as a matter of fact this
Creature got a lot of attention back in
1917 when an Englishman named Peter Grayson went looking for treasure
Apparently he was attacked by lions. But a lot of the locals said nah, he was attacked by a group slang
Yeah number 8 the ninki nanka kind of sounds more like an ethnic slur if you ask me
I really hope it doesn't a little bit different from the monsters on this list
I'm not sure how terrifying this one actually is
But it is your typical monster, although it originated in western Africa
There are some stories of it being seen down in South Africa
And basically it is your classic dragon and you can't have scary monsters without the good
old-fashioned famous dragon as a matter of fact
It's one of the more recent spottings of all the creatures on this list because in 2006
Some people said they saw it in Gambia the expedition that was looking for this specific
Creature said that it was anywhere between 30 to 50 feet. Mm-hmm
And on top of that this expedition claimed to have found and obtained a scale from the creature
The problem is when they found the whole thing
they realized that and while it was actually just a
Celluloid film probably celluloid film from the camera that they were gonna take that typical blurry shot from number 7. Mamlambo
It's just got the coolest name of them all basically another form of giant snake
But this one's just a little bit different
It was also known to the Zulu as the goddess of the rivers this creature got a huge boost in popularity in
1997 when people said that they spotted it near Mount Alif people stated that it was
67 feet long and it had the head of a horse as a matter of fact some of these other snakes that I will list
Apparently also had the head of a horse
It seemed to be a very common thing with in mythological
Snake monsters in South Africa on top of that it had the neck of a snake and the body of a fish and little tiny
Legs don't ask me what that even looks like, but apparently at night it also glowed green
Apparently he's mr. Burns
The Simpsons, and he's just glowing glowing glowing all night long also in
1997 at a village near where this thing was seen it said that nine people died and it was because of this creature on top
Of that according to the myth. It's apparently a brain-sucking
creature so it's right in there that
Sucks your brains out. It's not a zombie. It's just the brain-eating son of again
And of course for that one people went looking for this creature
But today there's been absolutely no evidence of this thing actually existing by the way guys before I continue in this video
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Yeah number six the Lightning bird now. This one's real interesting
This creature came about probably out of confusion that people thought the hammer Cobb bird was in fact the lighting bird
Originating in South Africa a lot of tribes that were either close to Zulu or pondo believed in this creature
basically, it was a bird that was the size of a person and fed on your blood and people believed back in the day that
The fat within the bird could just help this thing get powers to explode into flame and cause lightning bolts to strike on its victims
That's got a lot of cool powers, like sorry. All you Pokemon out there eat your heart out. This thing is way better
Of course, there's a lot of confusion about what this creature actually was some people are saying yeah
it's just the vampire because apparently it turned into a human being when it sucked on the blood of
People and then when it sucked on the blood of birds it turned into a bird
So, you know, it's also a shapeshifter apparently as a matter of fact some people believe in this so much that in 2005
this is kind of a bit of a sad story that a two year old boy was killed because a man thought he was a
Delighting bird or a lightening burn I should say number 5 the Kolo modul
Oh
This has got to be one of the biggest creatures on this list cuz he ate everything or she could be a she
Short one here. But apparently this was one of the first creations when the world started way back in the day story
Is that this giant creature ate all the animals in the world and all the people of the Basu toe tribe?
except for one woman she apparently gave birth to her son son cañada who apparently returned back to the village and was like you
did everybody go and she was like
ah
this monster just ate
Everybody and sent cañada being in rage
decided to get revenge and he was pointed to the direction which looked like a giant mountain because he was that big and fat from
Eating everybody and smarts and kanata maneuvered around him and split open his belly
Killing the creature and of course freeing everybody all the animals and the people to repopulate the earth so we can all blame sin
kanata for the overpopulation issues that we have today
Sun? Kannada, you've done wrong number for the Icahn Yamba. I think that's how you pronounce it
But either way it is a snake that's got one. Ugly face
I mean you thought my face was just oh no, this is like yeah my head on a snake now
It's been said to have been spotted at how it falls in South Africa and previous to other ones
Some people say that this creatures got the head of a horse. I mean, it doesn't really look like a horse to me
It looks like sheer terror. As a matter of fact, there have been even paintings on caves of these monsters in the
Kwazulu-natal area and sometimes they're called rain animals because they were only seen during the times of great
Terrible storms that or they were the cause of these storms
It's never quite a hundred percent what people believed and it's funny even in 1998
This creature was blamed for a really bad storm within South Africa
There's of course a photo of this creature that suggests this creature exists
But many people say it's what you call an Anguilla mamata, which is a freshwater eel
That can be at least six feet in length. Number three the Alaba this is okay
It's not a scary one guys, but I just want to throw this one in it's South Africa's version of a unicorn. Okay, okay
It's not actually really a unicorn. It's the closest thing
It's apparently got you know, two horns on the side of its head and apparently al-abbas another word for a rhinoceros
Okay. I know you guys are getting all mad because you're like yo, it's ten scary
Mythological monsters from South Africa, let's just be real. Okay, the real title should have been it's nine plus one
unicorn
Okay. All right. Good number two an original one on this list for monsters and that is the levee
I think that's how you pronounce it. Peace. It's a tree that kills
This creature was made popular after a report on November 2nd 1882 by Reverend GW
Parker he described this thing as a somewhat dead looking tree that had, you know, kind of greenish leaves around it
But the weird part was it had skulls skeletons and all that sort of stuff around its base not gonna lie
I wouldn't think it was a tree I would think it's just a sacrificial point and I'd be like I'm getting out of here
Apparently this tree was very very poisonous
I mean even in a minor setting it would give you either a headache or bloody eyes this tree
however
administered its poison through the gas and air around it and it's also said that the soil
Immediately around it was completely lethal
So if people went to chop the tree down it would kill you and that's why there's skeletons around it. Yeh
It's like a moat of
Skeletons, you know to keep the animals away
So they don't eat their nuts
According to mythology the Zulu people also sacrificed goats to the oom club' tree
So, you know the tree wouldn't be so mad because that makes a lot of sense
however
though this is probably all debunked because I mean it's been over a hundred years since this thing was first reported and
Nobody's seen a thing like that since and number one
Probably my most favorite one is the mermaids of the kuru
This one goes way back
as a matter of fact, it's commonly believed that the crew at one point was
You know underwater and that's why there were mermaids that were in the area and this myth goes so far back that in decline kuru
Region, there were rock paintings of people with fish tails as well in
1975 there was a foreigner in Mullins River who said that he saw this creature it lived beneath the waters and what makes this one
Dangerous, I mean mermaids are supposed to be all pretty and all that
Well, apparently they lure people in snatch them and bring them down to a watery grave
Don't ask me why people are believing that there are mermaids in the carew region
Which is like basically the driest region of South Africa. Maybe it's just to remind people that water is very very precious
I don't know but there you go guys. That is me looking at the 10 scariest
mythological monsters in South
Ha. Yeah, I'm making a lie before I did this video. I was like Arthur actually any scary monsters
I don't really know so that's it. But hold up before you get out of here
I wanna let you guys know two really awesome important things
first of all number one if you guys want to learn more about South Africa
We got a really cool South African playlist that we talked about the great things of the country
I'm gonna put that at the end of this video on top of that
I also made this video to tailor to my south african viewers
Because I want to let you guys know that I am in a movie that's coming out on February 8
Don't know when you guys are watching as it might be after the movie, but it's called so the winter to my skin
I'm gonna put the link in the description box below go check out the trailer
You can also get your tickets online and for me
It was just one of the best experiences that I ever had. I play one of these supporting roles called the Scarface kid
Basically, I'm not a good guy. I'm part of a militia that's chasing down a black man
Who's stealing from our farm and on top of that?
It's based on a real story about the man named John kepe who's pretty much like you're Robin Hood figure of South Africa
So check it out. Other than that. My name is Dave Walpole and I'll see you guys the next one. Okay. Bye
Okay
so here is the playlist that I was telling you guys to check out on top of that in the description box below is the
Link to the trailer. Feel free to check that out. Thanks for watching guys. I'll see you in the next one
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