"In his classic piece of horror fiction The Dunwich Horror (1928) H.P. Lovecraft tells a tale of unspeakable terror set in a small New England town. Dunwich, Massachusetts, is an isolated hamlet which is decaying and filled with a sense of uncleanliness, where the inhabitants have interbred for some time, with one another, and eventually, with something else."

...A partial Description of the Offspring of This Mating:

"Above the waist it was semi-anthropomorphic; though its chest, where the dog's rending paws still rested watchfully, had the leathery, reticulated hide of a crocodile or alligator. The back was piebald with yellow and black, and dimly suggested the squamous covering of certain snakes. Below the waist, though, it was the worst..."

Read More of Michael Mott's Essay Here:

Subterranean Myths and Mysteries: Perspectives