know your monster: kelpies

Kelpies look like a seahorse. They are black and white. They will appear to be a lost pony but can be identified by its constantly dripping mane. Its skin is like a seal's, smooth, but is as cold as death when touched. They are known into transform into beautiful women to lure men into their traps. It lures humans, especially children, into the water to drown and eat them. It performs this act by encouraging children to ride on its back. Once its victims fall into its trap the kelpie's skin becomes"adhesive" and it bears them into the river, dragging them to the bottom of the water and devouring them, except the heart or liver. (do not pet it too if you do the only way to save yourself is to cut of your own hand)