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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.
Taxidermy altered to resemble a "jackalope" . Jackalope – Rabbit with antlers; Jack Frost - Personified of ice, winter and snow; Jack-In-Irons – Malevolent giant; Jack-o'-lantern (Medieval folklore) – Vegetal lantern
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 .
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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
A statue of Rangda, the queen of the Leyak.. La-bar-tu – Disease demon; Labbu – Sea snake; Lady midday – Sunstroke spirit; Ladon – Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides
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.
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, [1] particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe.