1 Bakhtak Won't Let You Escape Your Nightmares 2 The Venomous Basilisk Is the World's Deadliest Creature 3 Bigfoot Stomps Through the Woods 4 Bloodsucking Chupacabra Feasts on Farm Animals 5 No One Escapes the Grim Reaper 5 8 11 14 17 6 The Kraken Lurks in the Ocean's Depths 21 7 A Winged Monster Prowls Around New Jersey 24 8 A Monster Swims in Loch Ness 27 9 A Horrible Curse Creates the Wendigo 30 10 Mothman Warns of Impending Doom 34 11 Ushi Oni Lurk Along Japan's Coasts 37 12 A Hairy Beast Stops Travelers in Their Tracks 40 Fact Sheet 44 Glossary 46 For More Information 47 Index 48
The Bakhtak is said to creep into your dreams blending fear with sleep 4
Bakhtak Won't Let You Escape Your Nightmares Scary movies can give you a nightmare Sometimes stress or anxious thoughts cause bad dreams too But the next time you find yourself tossing and turning consider another possibility It could have been the Bakhtak This shadowy creature comes from Persian myths As the legends go these monsters enjoy watching people suffer from nightmares At night they creep into a person's bedroom They crawl onto their victim's chest The crushing weight forces nightmares upon the person It is believed that this monster was inspired by sleep paralysis That is a sleep disorder People with sleep paralysis experience it right when waking up or falling asleep When it happens the person can't move or talk They might feel like they're being held down Today ST 1
