Wampus cat

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The Wampus cat is a legendary creature. This is a monster of the Fearsome Critters variety, coined by the lumberjack community of the United States. According to the tale, a Native American woman disguised herself in the skin of a mountain lion to spy on the men of the tribe as they sat around the campfire and told sacred stories on a hunting trip. When the woman was discovered, the tribe's medicine man punished her by transforming her into a half-woman, half-cat, who supposedly still haunts the forests of East Tennessee.

The Wampus Cat is also the mascot of several high schools:

Picture of the Conway High School "Wampus Cat", a six-legged cat with "four to run with the speed of light, and two to fight with all its might."

• Leesville High School, Leesville, Louisiana
• Pollock Elementary School, Pollock, Louisiana
• Itasca High School, Itasca, Texas
• Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School, Clark Fork, Idaho
• Atoka High School, Atoka, Oklahoma
• Conway High School, Conway, Arkansas
• Formally of Cambridge City High School, Cambridge City, Indiana

[edit] External links

• "The Wampus Cat: A Scary Story from Tennessee Folklore" at americanfolklore.net

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