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The Tatzelwurm: The Cat-Faced Dragon of the Alps

November 8, 2026November 7, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A 1723 engraving of a cat-headed serpent from Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's Ouresiphoites helveticus

About 4 min readFor centuries, people in the Alps have told of a stubby, cat-faced serpent with clawed feet — the Tatzelwurm, or Stollenwurm. Naturalists wrote it down, a newspaper offered a reward for a live one, and no one ever produced it.

Categories Cryptids & Creatures Tags Alps, dragon, European folklore, Stollenwurm, Tatzelwurm, Unsolved Leave a comment

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