Uktena

The Uktena is a Cherokee creature of extreme interest.The sun sent down a plague on the Cherokee people so they sent the Uktena to stop it.The Uktena is a creature like a snake, but with elk-like antlers, scales that glow orange like fire and huge teeth.
It failed its mission to stop the sickness so the people sent the rattlesnake to do it instead.However,fearing that the Uktena would exact its revenge, they took it into the mountains where all bad things live.Many hunters have searched for the beast but none have survived. Even to gaze upon a sleeping Uktena will cause extreme pain, not to the hunter,but to his family.