Sidehill gouger

In American folklore, a Sidehill gouger is a fearsome critter adapted to living on hillsides by having legs on one side of their body shorter than the legs on the opposite side,[1] having evolved to resemble any form of mammals such as pangolins, goats, humans, and bears.

This peculiarity allows them to walk on steep hillsides, although only in one direction; when lured or chased into the plain, they are trapped in an endless circular path.

Some claim these creatures play a large role in, and in some cases are responsible for, the creation of hoodoos.

Sidehill gougers are mammals who dwell in hillside burrows,[2] and are occasionally depicted as laying eggs.

[citation needed] Frank C. Whitmore and Nicholas Hotton, in their joint tongue-in-cheek response to an article in Smithsonian Magazine, expounded the taxonomy of sidehill gougers (Membriinequales declivitous), noting in particular "the sidehill dodger, which inhabits the Driftless Area of Wisconsin; the dextrosinistral limb ratio approaches unity although the metapodials on the downhill side are noticeably stouter.