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Where you might actually find Fantastic Beasts

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Fan of Harry Potter and the spin-off Fantastic Beasts? Many of the monsters from the Potterverse are drawn from mythology, inspired by old folktales and stories.

Sykes Cottages have put together a collection of monster posters to follow on from the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Is the idea you’re supposed to go rent a holiday cottage near a monster area? Their blog has more details and we’ve the pictures below.

Nifflers

Bowtruckles

Demiguise

Common Welsh Green Dragon

Thunderbird

Giants

Merpeople

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Which is your favourite fantastic beast?

Is this video evidence of a weird monster in the Mekong River?

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Is this the Mekong Monster?

The Mekong is a large river; the 7th-longest in Asia that crawls into Thailand where this video was filmed. The name comes from “Mae Man Khong, a term similar in Thai and Lao, which means mother river or mother water. Only the Amazon has more animals per cubic foot and the river is home to a hugely diverse range of life.

Is this a monster though?

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What do you make of the video? Odd? Monster? Or just some local animals and some trash?

Now you’ve seen this video are you tempted to back your bags, grab a flight to Bangkok, forget about the political violence in the news today and enjoy a holiday in Thailand?

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