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Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience, which primarily looks at anecdotal stories, and other claims rejected by the scientific community.
Kentucky meat shower. OK, this one isn’t a cryptid, I know, but hear me out. In March 1876, meat rained down from the sky in Bath County. Two brave men, who were surely the scientists of their ...
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
Chupacabra (Latin America) – Cryptid beast named for its habit of sucking the blood of livestock; Churel – Vampiric, female ghost; Ciguapa (Dominican Republic) – Malevolent seductress; Cihuateteo – Ghost of women that died in childbirth; Cikavac – Bird that serves its owner
A famous Fort Worth-area monster is headed back to television, this time as a way to motivate Texans to explore the great outdoors. The Lake Worth Monster has been the subject of news stories ...
David J. Daegling, American anthropologist who has performed research on Bigfoot video evidence [5] René Dahinden (1930–2001), Swiss-Canadian Bigfoot researcher [6] [25] Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), Dakota activist and proponent of fossil giants [14] [26] Tim Dinsdale (1924–1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher [3]
Oblivious to the traffic passing overhead, a large creature lurked under a bridge in Ecuador. The “cryptic”-looking creature hunted for food, sought out mates and generally went misidentified.
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