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Mythic horned rabbits.
Most of us have heard of the jackalope, an American cryptid that is basically a hare with antlers.
but this creature or at least one very similar can be found in several other countries,
Today's post will be about the Rasselblock.
but there are several other similar antler bunny's.
The Austrian rauracl, the Hessian dilldapp and the western alpine dahu, the Wolpertinger (winged rabbit with horns) and the dahu (a mountain goat like cryptid) are also associated with the rasselbock.
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The Rasselbock (German: [ˈʁasl̩ˌbɔk]), sometimes called raspelbock, is a rabbit cryptid from German, Austrian and Bavarian folklore often found in hunting lodges as a display / hunting trophy.
It looks just like an average rabbit with the exception of the noticeable horns on top of its head. Its antlers look like those of a deer.
The female rasselbock is called the Rasselgeiß, they have smaller antlers. Some rasselbocks have been shown with small canine teeth, unlike normal rabbits.
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Their young are called Waldrasslinge.
They have been seen in the Harz Mountains and near Schwarzatal, the Schmücke, and Auerhahn, a forest town near Stützerbach and Ilmenau. Some even claim to find footprints in the snow, though this could just be a normal bunny in the winter.
These little guys have also been spotted several times in or near the Thuringian Forest.
This little cryptid was even featured on money at one point and can be found on the 1921 Blankenhain Notgeld: A banknote from Blankenhain.
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