The Miniwashitu is a terrifying water monster that dwells in the Missouri River in North Dakota. It has a red hairy body like a buffalo, but with a single eye, a single horn, and a saw-like backbone. It appears in spring to break up the ice on the river with its roaring sound and fiery glow. According to the Mandan people, who lived along the river for centuries, anyone who sees the Miniwashitu in daylight will go mad and die soon after.
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For years, native tribes in North Dakota have been seeing something beastly roaming the waters of the Missouri River. Sightings of this creature predate European arrival.
They call it Miniwashitu, a.k.a. The Water Monster of the Missouri River.
Not much is known about it.
And perhaps, the most quoted source about Miniwashitu is a 1921 article written by author Melvin Randolph Gilmore. He wrote about this creature as passed down by the Dakota tribe throughout the years.
In it, he described the Miniwashitu as “seldom seen by human beings and was most dreadful to see.”
And that anyone who had seen the creature would go crazy, writhe in pain and then die.
This was what happened to the man in Gilmore’s article. After encountering a Miniwashitu, that poor man “was just able to reach home, but he lost his reason and soon after that he died.”
Basically, the poor man just was able to describe the Miniwashitu before going insane and dying shortly.
No wonder there’s not a lot of information on this creature.
But what if an image of the Miniwashitu is caught on a trail cam?
Would we go crazy if we’re not seeing it directly?
According to the legend, this creature resembles a buffalo with reddish hair covering its body. It has one eye and a single horn, hooved feet, human hands and jagged spiny backbone.
It is 7-8 feet tall when standing up. So about the size of a bear.
And it is powerful. According to the locals, including Native tribes, the Miniwashitu would break up river ice in the spring time as it becomes more active when the weather warms up.
An Oct 2022 article in KX News website, link is below, describes the Miniwashitu as surviving on
"fish, plants, and grass. Although it may not truly intend to be threatening,
the Miniwashitu is apparently very protective of its territory and will lash out at invaders."
For what little information we know about the Miniwashitu, humans don’t seem to be on the menu.
Let’s see if we could keep it that way.
