Vatatemo

Vatatemo is a vampire-like creature with a appetite for arms and limbs. The legend originated in the Colungo Islands where his legend is told to children to scare them into staying inside at night. The creature is said to be over eight-feet tall, have wings as big as two palm trees, long clawed hands and feet, and is known to drool constantly. Many blame large unexplainable footprints for Vatatemo as well as a trail of mucus or saliva, though those are usually slugs or snails. 
== Behaviour ==
They like to come out at the dead of night and especially like to linger around villages and small towns where many nightlife is stirring. They are very elusive beings and can become as flat as a pancake or as thick as a city building as well as being very flexible. They have sometimes been said to prey on snakes, rats, mice, iguanas, newts and salamanders if humans aren’t in sight but can have a go at cats, dogs, and chickens too. They especially despise cows, one story claimed that Vatatemo tried to devour a whole bull at night but the bull rammed the two sides of his ribs leaving himself with broken bones making them afraid of cattle. Because of this, many Colunginos paint cattle or depict mooing sounds at night to scare away Vatatemo. Vatatemo also is supposedly scared of religious artifacts and despised the smell of cigar.
Category:Spirits
Category:Myths
Category:Legendary creatures