Tatzelwurm

The Tatzelwurm is a type of dragon found in the folklore of the traditional communities of the Alps mountain rage in central Europe. It is unclear exactly how old the belief in the tatzelwurm is within these communities, but in 1680 the Swiss doctor and naturalist Johann Jacob Wagner published the first written accounts of local legends of dragons in the Alps in his book titled Historia naturalis helvetiae curiosa. In modern times the tatzelwurm has become a type of crypid, with supposed eywitnesses claiming to have actually seen the creature.