Mysterious Creatures

Cryptid	A creature whose existence has been suggested but not confirmed.
Cryptozoology	The study and confirmation/debunking of cryptids.
Legendary Creature
List of Cryptids	Much like this page, really.
List of Legendary Creatures
Island Gigantism	Lack of predators can allow otherwise small creatures to grow larger over generations.

Barmanou	Afghanistan/Pakistan's Bigfoot
Bigfoot	It's Bigfoot!
Mothman	A being reported in the Charleston and Point Pleasant areas of West Virginia between November 12, 1966, near Clendenin,[1] and December 1967.	Upload new image "mothman.jpeg"
Almas	Mongolian for 'Wild Man', reputed to live in various mountain ranges in Asia and Mongolia.
Chupacabra	A spiked creature, the size of a small bear, that attacks (mostly) goats and sucks their blood.
Fouke Monster	An aggressive creature sighted in Arkansas in the 1970s that attacked livestock.
Goatman	A hybrid creature often associated with Maryland in the USA.
Lake Worth Monster	Similar to the Maryland Goatman, but residing in Texas and with a horrible stench.
Lizard Man	An apparently aggressive lizard-like creature, with most sightings around 1988.
Momo	Another variation of the Bigfoot creature, local to Missouri and again with a terrible odor.
Pope Lick Monster	An evil goat-man creature supposedly at Pope Lick Creek, Kentucky, with many urban legends.
Yowie	An unidentified creature claimed to inhabit the Australian wilderness.
Melonheads
Old Yellow Top
Orang Mawas
Orang Pendek
Skunk Ape
Yeren

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Dover Demon	Only seen on three occasions back in 1977, and considered by some to be an alien instead.
Fear Liath	Haunts the summit of the second highest peak in Scotland. Little evidence, but many climbers feel uneasy if not terrified.

New Jersey Devil	A legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations.	Upload new image "NewJerseyDevil.png"
Gaasyendietha	According to Seneca mythology, is a dragon that dwells in the deep areas of rivers and lakes of Canada, especially Lake Ontario.
Crawfordsville Monster	An unidentified flying creature that was allegedly sighted in the skies of the small town of Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1891. It is sometimes referred to as a being a dragon.	Upload new image "no_image_available.png"
Ebu Gogo	A meter tall and only apparently on one island in Indonesia. The tribe there believes they killed all of them some time ago.

Lake Monster	The generic name for many theorised inland sea creatures.
Sea Monster	An even more generic name for the unknown creatures that live in the oceans and seas.
Deep-Sea Gigantism	The tendency for deep-sea species to grow to larger sizes than their shallow-water counterparts.
Loch Ness Monster	The most famous of them all, surely.
Morag	Also a Scottish sea serpent, but less famous than "Nessie".
Kappa	Japanese water sprite.	Upload new image "kappa.jpg"
Brosno Dragon	Said to inhabit Lake Brosno in western Russia, resembling a dragon or dinosaur.
Bunyip	Australian folklore tells of a lake monster that inhabits creeks, waterholes and swamps.
Champ	A reputed monster living in Lake Champlain in North America/Canada.
Chessie	A sea serpent allegedly living in Chesapeake Bay.
Colossal Squid	A real sea creature, and at up to 14m long the world's largest invertebrate.
Giant Squid	Slightly smaller than the Colossal Squid, but more is known about them.
List of Giant Squid Encounters	More information on the Giant Squid.
Hydra	A tiny multicellular creature, which is theoretically immortal.
Kraken	A squid of truly gargantuan size... but only legendary.
Lake Tianchi Monster	Up to 20 creatures are claimed to live in this lake, in a mountain range on the border of China and North Korea.
Lake Van Monster	A relatively recent (1995) creature in eastern Turkey.
Manipogo
Mapinguari
Mokele-mbembe
Ogopogo
Lusca	An extreme - 200 feet long - octopus, which possibly lives in the Caribbean.

Man-eating Tree	A carnivorous plant large enough to capture and digest a human. None are known to exist, with the largest being around 14 inches high. ..Wat?
Gef the talking mongoose	A talking mongoose which a UK family claimed to live near their farmhouse.
Monster of Glamis	The Monster of Glamis (born October 21, 1821), sometimes referred to as the Horror of Glamis, was allegedly a deformed member of the Bowes-Lyon family, kept in seclusion in Glamis Castle, Scotland.
British Big Cats	Non native big cats, possibly predatory, said to be roaming the countryside of the British Isles. Today, it is unsure if they're an Urban Legend or a part of British wildlife.	Upload new image "british_big_cats.jpg"
Tatzelwurm	A worm-like creature with front legs, supposedly found in alpine Europe.
Beast of Exmoor	A particular example of a British big cat.
Beast of Gévaudan	Man-eating wolf-life animals that terrorised south-central France in the 1760s.
Black Dogs	Spectral beings found in the folklore of the British Isles. Almost all were considered to be evil.
Ediacaran Biota	The first multicellular creatures, which failed to spread widely and eventually died out.
Fearsome Critters	A collection of beasts from early American lumberjack folklore which were said to inhabit the woods of America and Canada.
Lambton Worm	An English legend that tells of a knight's vanquishing of a gigantic worm-like creature.
Mongolian Death Worm	A 2-5ft long worm purported to live in the Gobi Desert, with various abilities.
Jersey Devil
Kasai Rex
Loveland Frog

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