Legend-

The story begins in 1735 when a Mrs. [Shourds] of Smithville was pregnant. This was to be her thirteenth child, and Mrs. [Shourds] was feeling old before her time. As her labor began one stormy night, she cursed the unborn baby during a fit of painful contractions, saying, "Let this child be a devil!"

Suddenly the baby's body started to mutate, and Mrs. [Shourds] watched in horror as the baby's face elongated to resemble a bat or horse, and long, dark wings sprouted from his shoulder blades. His legs grew long and thin and his pudgy feet hardened and formed into hoof-like extremities. Fear gripped all in the room as long claws grew from the baby's fingertips and his blue eyes yellowed.

The creature before them now showed no resemblance to the baby it had been just moments before its transformation. The beast let out an ear piercing scream and then turned, burst through the roof of the cabin and flew off into the night.

This story was borrowed from the devil hunters website with written permission from the site's owner. The drawing seen above is fan art submitted directly to us and used with the authors permission.

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