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Cryptids are animals or other beings that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and has been widely critiqued by scientists.
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
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
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]
Ivan Bilibin's Alkonost The Egyptian Ammit, who eats the wicked dead in the afterlife, has the body of a lion and hippopotamus and the head of a crocodile.. Á Bao A Qu – Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
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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
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience that aims to prove the existence of entities from the folklore record, such as Bigfoot or chupacabras, as well as animals otherwise considered extinct, such as non-avian dinosaurs.