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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 ...
The Shaman's Portal is an urban legend and located in Beaver Dunes Park, Oklahoma due to the strange disappearances that have occurred over the years. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] Shotgun Man is an urban legend of organized crime: as an assassin and spree killer in Chicago, Illinois in the 1910s, to whom murders by Black Hand extortionists were ...
Chenoo (Mi'kmaq/Algonquian) – Giant, human-eating ice monsters; former humans who either committed terrible crime(s) or were possessed by evil spirits, turning their hearts to ice; Chepi (Narragansett) – Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members; Cherufe – Volcano-dwelling monster
Get familiar with Kentucky’s cast of cryptids. ... West Virginia beginning in 1966 and had a spate of somewhat consistent sightings in the area until 1967. The creature has been described as a ...
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
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]
Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf; Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch; Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak – Aurora spirits; Water monkey – Water spirit; Water sprite – Water elemental; Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits; Wa-won-dee-a-megw – Shapeshifting snail spirit