Nalusa Falaya: The Shadow Being (Choctaw)
Nalusa Falaya, meaning 'Long Black Being,' is a terrifying shadow creature from Choctaw mythology. It resembles a man but with a shriveled face, very small eyes, long pointed ears, and an elongated nose. Nalusa Falaya is known to frighten hunters and can transfer its power to do harm. It prefers to approach people by sliding on its stomach like a snake. The creature has many children who, when quite young, possess the peculiar ability to remove their internal organs at night, becoming small, luminous bodies seen along the borders of marshes. Nalusa Falaya represents the danger of allowing nega