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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.
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
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.
A large Mothman sculpture stands along Main Street Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 in Point Pleasant, W.Va. More than 40 years after the first reported sighting of the mysterious creature later dubbed ...
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]
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.
Bigfoot (American Folklore) – Forest-dwelling hominid cryptid. Binbōgami – Spirit of poverty; Bishop-fish (Medieval Bestiaries) – Fish-like humanoid; Biwa-bokuboku – Animated biwa; Black Annis – Blue-faced hag; Black Dog – Canine death spirit; Black Shuck – Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk black dog
This is a list of urban legends.An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore.It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements.