The Kandahar Giant

An account supposedly from a US Special Forces soldier claims that his patrol encountered a giant in Afghanistan in 2002

Kuchisake-onna

Translated as ‘the slit-mouthed woman’, Kuchisake-onna is a malevolent spirit from Japanese folklore

Unique to the Scottish Borders region, redcaps are said to be violent, murderous goblins that lurk in the ruins of deserted castles

While similar to other folklore creatures such as goblins and boggarts, gremlins are a much younger creation, originating in the early 20th Century

In 2005, multiple witnesses described spotting a strange creature in the leafy suburbs of a Lancashire town

Lancashire’s own take on the bogeyman, used to frighten children into good behaviour

Said to resemble a massive otter, a young woman apparently killed by the Dobhar-Chú is buried in a graveyard in County Leitrim

Members of the Irish fey, the wailing or keening of a banshee is said to herald an upcoming death

Described as a hybrid between man and goat, at least four people have died on the railroad trestle it is said to haunt

Able to take the form of both a horse or a human, Kelpies live to drag the unwary down into the depths