Below are descriptions of three grotesque monsters. Two of them are merely the fictional creations of popular artists; one is a creature that has actually been reported. Can you Find the Fiend?

a.) These giant, people-eating insects have evolved the ability to take the shape of humans in order to camouflage themselves for maximal covert stalking.

b.) Boasting the legs of a goat and the head and torso of a man, this seven-foot tall abomination is known for wielding a double-edged axe and ambushing amorously engaged couples.

c.) This vicious human/shark hybrid that hunts humans and animals along the Atlantic coast is supposedly the end result of a gene-splicing experiment conducted by the Nazis.

ANSWER AFTER THE JUMPThe correct answer is b.

First reported in the ‘70s by a frightened couple who claimed the creature had rudely interrupted their lovemaking by jumping on the hood of their car and threatening them with an axe, the Maryland Goatman has gone on to become an enduring local legend. This puckish, forest-dwelling miscreant is most commonly accused of causing coitus interruptus via medieval weaponry, and killing local pets.

Statement a. described the mutant roaches from Guillermo Del Toro’s failed American debut “Mimic,” which Dimension pictures subjected to so much on-set meddling and devastating script edits that Del Toro vowed to never make another film in the U.S. Fortunately, homeboy couldn’t resist a vampire movie, and, after finishing his brilliant and heart-wrenching independent feature “The Devil’s Backbone,” returned to Hollywood to make “Blade 2.”

Statement c. described the titular atrocity from “White Shark,” Peter Benchley’s critically panned follow-up to his giant shark tome, “Jaws,” and his giant octopus tome, “Beast.” Rent the TV miniseries, entitled “Creature,” if you want to see Craig T. Nelson forced to battle the terrifying mutation after falling for its clever “candygram” ruse.

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