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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.
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
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 ...
Bigfoot or Sasquatch – Cryptid, animal of the Northwest (North America) Hibagon or Hinagon – ape-like, similar to Bigfoot, or the Yeti (Japan) Jué yuán – blue-furred man-sized rhesus monkey that abducts human women (China & Japan) Satori – mind-reading magical ape or monkey (Japan)
Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region; List of creatures in Meitei folklore; List of Greek mythological creatures; List of legendary creatures from China
A German woodcut of a Werewolf from 1722. Waldgeist – Forest spiritWana-games-ak – Water spirits; Wani – Crocodilian water monster; Wanyūdō – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart
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.