Bukavac

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Bukavac is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in Srem^[1]. Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns^[1]. He lives in lakes and big pools, coming out of the water during the night making big noise (hence the name: Serbian buka - noise), jumping onto people and animals and strangling them^[1].

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