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Many scientists have criticized the plausibility of cryptids due to lack of physical evidence [7] likely misidentifications [8] and misinterpretation of stories from folklore. [9] While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and ...
Pope Lick Monster (American Folklore) Kentucky Urban Legend – Cryptid, a murderous creature that is part man, sheep, and goat; Popobawa – One-eyed creatures bat-like; Poubi Lai (Meitei mythology) – Evil dragon python from the Loktak lake; Pouākai – Giant bird; Preta (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain) – Ghosts of especially greedy people
Ivan T. Sanderson (1911–1973), paranormal writer and cryptozoologist [1] [46] [14] Esteban Sarmiento, primatologist and Bigfoot skeptic [40] Peter Scott (1909–1989), co-founder of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau [48] Daniel O. Schmitt, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence [5]
The term cryptid is used by proponents of cryptozoology, a pseudoscience, to refer to beings that cryptozoologists believe may in fact exist but have not yet been discovered. This category is for notable examples of entities that cryptozoologists have considered to be cryptids
Most of the information on these cryptids was compiled by Ron Coffey who wrote the book, “Kentucky Cryptids: ‘Monsters’ of the Bluegrass State.” Coffey has authored several books on ...
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Depiction of a "Korrigan", small elf of the Celtic forests Kabouter – Little people that live underground, in mushrooms, or as house spirits; Kachina (Hopi and Puebloan) – Nature spirit