Nittaewo

The Nittaewo are small, humanoid cryptids rooted in Sri Lankan folklore, described as a race of reddish, hairy beings standing just over three feet tall. Said to possess long claws and a harsh, chattering language, they reportedly lived in caves and hunted small game, sometimes even raiding human encampments. Early British colonial accounts recorded local traditions claiming that the Vedda people drove the Nittaewo to extinction by trapping them in a ravine and setting it ablaze. Modern cryptozoologists speculate whether these tales preserve faint memories of isolated hominids or early encounters with unfamiliar tribal groups. Regardless of origins, the Nittaewo legend lingers as a ghost story of a lost people, haunting the jungles of Sri Lanka with whispers of what may have once walked its shadowy paths.