Kurreah

Illustration of two kurreahs by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone.

Other names: Kurrea

Country reported: Australia

The kurreah is a folkloric dragon-like creature of Australia, considered a cryptid lake monster by George Eberhart. It was said to inhabit Boobera Lagoon's deep lakes and underground springs in New South Wales. Karl Shuker describes it thus:

"Thanks to its crocodilian jaws, it was sometimes assumed by Westerners to be nothing more than a real crocodile, but was much more than that. Not only was its body very elongate and snake-like, its extremely lengthy, slender tail was prehensile, able to grip anything that it wrapped its tip around. Its feet were broadly webbed, it sometimes sported exotic frills around its neck, was of colossal size, covered in thick scales, and occurred in several different colours, including green and orange. If a kurreah spied anyone swimming in its abode, it would not hesitate to seize the hapless human in its huge jaws and haul him underwater, to drown and then devour him."

Eberhart also writes that it was believed to be capable of travelling from one lake to another by digging tunnels.