Teakettler

In American folklore, a teakettler is a legendary creature with origins in lumberjack culture, specifically the lumber camps of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It belongs to a group of related tall tale entities collectively known as fearsome critters and is said to resemble a small stubby-legged dog with the ears of a cat. Its name comes from the sound it makes, which is akin to that of a boiling tea kettle. It only walks backwards, and steam issues from its mouth as it produces its telltale whistle. As the myth goes, only a few lumberjacks have ever seen one as they are very shy, but the sound of a boiling kettle with no discernable source betrays the nearby presence of a teakettler.

An account is given by Jorge Luis Borges under "Fauna of the United States" in Book of Imaginary Beings (1957).^[1]

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↑ Borges, Jorge Luis; Guerrero, Margarita (1984). Manual de Zoología Fantástica (in Spanish). illustrated by Francisco Toledo (1a ed.). México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica. pp. 75–76. ISBN 968-16-1710-X. OCLC 14078536. El Teakettler debe su nombre al ruido que hace, semejante al del agua hirviendo de la caldera del té; echa humo por la boca, camina para atrás y ha sido visto muy pocas veces.

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[1] Borges, Jorge Luis; Guerrero, Margarita (1984). Manual de Zoología Fantástica (in Spanish). illustrated by Francisco Toledo (1a ed.). México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica. pp. 75–76. ISBN 968-16-1710-X. OCLC 14078536. El Teakettler debe su nombre al ruido que hace, semejante al del agua hirviendo de la caldera del té; echa humo por la boca, camina para atrás y ha sido visto muy pocas veces.

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