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Phaya Naga

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The Phaya Naga or Naga are mythical serpent-like creatures believed by locals to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong river or estuaries. People in both Laos and Thailand attribute the Naga fireballs to these creatures .

Poukai

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Pouakai , Poukai , Hokioi , or Hakawai is a Unidentified mysterious animal bird that ate people.According to an account given to Sir George Grey , an early governor of New Zealand,  Poukai were huge black-and-white predators with a red crest and yellow-green tinged wingtips. In some Māori legends, Hokioi kill humans, which could have been possible if the name relates to the Haast's Eagle , given the massive size and strength of the bird which is believed to have hunted Moa weighing up to 300 pounds (140 kg). Such a creature could have very well killed and eaten humans, and it did not become extinct until several hundred years after the arrival of the Māori . A different theory posits that the " Poukai " legends may refer to the New Zealand Snipe – specifically, the extinct South Island subspecies

Popobawa

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Popobawa , also Popo Bawa , is the name of an Unidentified mysterious animal, or  shetani , PopoBawa believed by residents to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba . In 1995 Popobawa was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja , the main island of the Zanzibar archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African coast.

Pogeyan

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The Pogeyan is a cryptid grey big cat , a feline ; possible leopard or out-of-place Asian lion , known to local people, allegedly living in the Western Ghats , India . The name " Pogeyan " is derived from the local dialect and means "The cat that comes and goes like the mist"