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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
Heraldic image of a Yale.. Yacumama (South America) – Sea monster; Yacuruna (Indigenous people of the Amazon) – Mythical water people, with backwards heads and feet; Yadōkai – Malevolent, nocturnal spirit
This cryptid also intersects with some particular history of the area. To create the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, the Tennessee Valley Authority exercised eminent domain ...
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]
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.
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