Yara-ma-yha-who

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The Yara-ma-yha-who is a creature from Australian Aboriginal folklore. This creature resembles a little red man with a very big head and large mouth with no teeth. On the ends of its hands and feet are suckers. It lives in fig trees and does not hunt for food, but waits until an unsuspecting traveler rests under the tree, then catches the victim and drains their blood using the suckers on its hands and feet, making them weak. It later comes back and consumes the person, and then takes a nap. When the Yara-ma-yha-who awakens, it regurgitates the victim, leaving it "shorter" than before. The victim's skin also turns slightly more "red" then before.^[1][2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Sith, W. Ramsey. Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboringinals. Farrar & Rinehart, n.d.: New York.
2. ^ Melton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book. Visibile Inc Press: Framington Hills, MI; 1999.

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