Funeral Mountain terrashot

A creature from the folklore of American immigrants. He has a coffin-shaped body six to eight feet long, a carapace along the entire back and four long wobbly legs. Because of this, the terrashot wobbles unpredictably from side to side and back and forth when walking.

This amazing beast was first told by Mormon emigrants who observed a strange procession descending into the desert from a mountain range, later called the Funeral Mountains. They also witnessed the tragic demise of all the animals.

The animal lives in high-altitude meadows and woodlands of the ridge, where its population gradually increases until, by some strange impulse, the terrapins suddenly become thirsty for a change of places. Then they form long processions and descend into the desert with the obvious intention of reaching other ridges visible in the far distance. When they reach the hot sands, they quickly swell from the heat and explode one after another with a loud bang, leaving deep pits in the sand in the shape of graves.