List of cryptids

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Cryptids

Name	Other names	Description	Location	Depiction
Adjule	Kelb-el-khela	Unrecognized canine form reported from the western part of the Sahara by local people, and live in packs	North Africa	120px
Agogwe	Agogure, Kakundakari, Kikomba, Sehite	Small human-shaped bipedal	East Africa
Ahool		Flying animal, giant bat	Indonesia
Akkorokamui		Cephalopod	Japan and Thailand
Almas	Abnauayu, almasty, albasty, bekk-bok, biabin-guli, golub-yavan, gul-biavan, auli-avan, kaptar, kra-dhun, ksy-giik, ksy-gyik, ochokochi, mirygdy, mulen, voita, wind-man, Zana	Non-human ape or hominid	Asia/Caucasus
Altamaha-ha	Altie	Sturgeon or plesiosaur-like river animal	Georgia, United States	120px
Ameranthropoides loysi	De Loys' Ape	Primate	Near the Tarra River, Colombia	120px
Amomongo	Negros Ape	Primate	Negros Island, Philippines
Andean wolf	Hagenbeck wolf, Andean mountain wolf, Dasycyon hagenbecki	Canine	High Andes, South America
Appalachian black panther		A large, black felid. A melanistic cougar	West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Alabama, Ohio, New England, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia, United States	120px
Aswang	Tik tik	A vampire-like or cannibalistic human-like creature that could shape-shift	Philippines
Ayia Napa sea monster	To filiko teras (The Friendly Monster), Nappis	Speculated to be something like a crocodile or sea serpent	Cyprus	120px
Barmanou	Barmanu, Big Hairy One	Ape or hominid	Middle East/Asia
Batutut	Ujit, Người rừng	Hominid	Vietnam, Laos, and Borneo
Beaman		Ape or hominid	Missouri, United States
Bear Lake Monster		Lake monster	Idaho/Utah, United States
Beast of Bladenboro	Vampire Beast	Blood-sucking feline-like predator	North Carolina, United States
Beast of Bodmin	Beast of Bodmin	Large felid	Cornwall, England
Beast of Bray Road	Wisconsin Werewolf, Wolfman	Carnivorous mammal	Wisconsin, United States
Beast of Busco	Churubusco turtle; Oscar	Reptile/dinosaur	Churubusco, Indiana, United States
Beast of Dartmoor	Lion-pig	Boar-like mammal	Dartmoor National Park, England
Beast of Dean	Moose-pig	Boar-like mammal	England	120px
Beast of Exmoor		Big cat	England
Beast of Gévaudan	Bête du Gévaudan, Arenotelicon	Canid	Gévaudan (Lozère), France	120px
Bergman's bear	God bear; irkuiem	Bear, proposed Arctodus simus	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Bessie	Lake Erie Monster	Lake monster	Lake Erie, North America
Bigfoot	Sasquatch, Skookum	Hominid or other primate	United States and Canada	100px
Black Shuck	Old Shuck	Carnivorous mammal	Coast of East Anglia, England	120px
Bownessie	Lake Windermere Monster	Lake monster	Windermere, England, UK
British big cats	Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor	Carnivorous mammal	Great Britain	120px
Brosno Dragon	Brosnya	Lake monster	Lake Brosno, Russia
Bukit Timah Monkey Man	BTM, BTMM	Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate	Singapore
Bunyip		Lake and cave animal	Australia
Burmese gray wild dog		Canine	Burma
Buru		Reptile or giant lungfish	Arunachal Pradesh, India
Cadborosaurus willsi^[1]	Caddy, Cadborosaurus	Sea animal	Pacific Coast of North America	155px
Canvey Island Monster		Fish, originally described as bipedal	England
Cardiff Giant		Giant hominid made out of minerals	Cardiff, New York
Champ	Champtanystropheus americansus, Champy	Lake monster	Lake Champlain, North America
Cherufe		Magma monster or draconic hominid	Chile
Chessie		Sea animal	Atlantic Coast of the United States, especially Chesapeake Bay
Chickcharney		Flightless bird	Andros Island in The Bahamas	120px
Chuchunya		Large hominid	Russia
Chupacabra	Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker)		Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America	100px
Dingonek	Jungle walrus	A walrus or otherwise tusked water-animal that reportedly lives in the heart of Africa	Western Africa
Devil Bird	Ulama	Bird	Sri Lanka
Dobhar-chú	Water Hound	Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal	Ireland	120px
Dover Demon		Bipedal, alleged extraterrestrial	Dover, Massachusetts, United States
Eastern cougar	Puma concolor couguar	Felid predator	Eastern United States	120px
Ebu Gogo	Theorized to be related to Homo floresiensis, also called Hobbit	Small primate, possible early hominid	Flores, Indonesia
Elasmotherium	Giant rhinoceros	Herbivorous mammal	Asia	120px
Elmendorf Beast		Canid	Elmendorf, Texas (United States)	120px
Elwedritsche		Mammal	Germany	120px
Emela-ntouka	Chipekwe, Irizima, Aseka-moke	Reptile/dinosaur or an undiscovered aquatic rhinoceros	Republic of the Congo	120px
Enfield Monster		Three legs, short body, two little short arms with claws, grayish epidermis and big reddish eyes	Enfield, Illinois, United States
Ennedi tiger	Hadjel, Gassingram, Vossoko, Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, Dilali, saber-toothed cat	Carnivorous mammal	Chad	120px
Am Fear Liath Mòr	Fear Liath, Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Greyman	Primate; possible humanoid	Scotland
Fiskerton Phantom		Phantom cat/bear	Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, UK
Flatwoods monster	Green Monster, Braxton County Monster	Spade-headed extraterrestrial. Possibly misidentified barn owl	West Virginia, United States	120px
Flying rod	Skyfish, rod, sky squid	Photographic artifact	Worldwide
Fouke Monster	Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster	Hominid or other primate	Arkansas, United States
Fur-bearing trout		Fish with hair; hairy trout	North America	120px
Garou	Loup Garou, Cajun werewolf	Wolf-like creature	Louisiana, United States
Gazeka		Mammal	Papua New Guinea
Gambo		Sea animal	Gambia
Ghoul		Humanoid	Warm climates
Ghost deer		Large deer, supposedly impervious to bullets	Northern California, United States
Giant anaconda	Megaconda	Giant snake	South America	120px
Giglioli's Whale	Amphiptera pacifica	Sea animal	Off Chile, Scotland, and France (in the Mediterranean Sea)	120px
Globster	Blob	Decaying sea animal	Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean
Gloucester sea serpent	Scoliophis Atlanticus	Sea serpent	Massachusetts, United States
Gnome of Gerona	Goblin	Small humanoid	Girona, Spain	80px
Goatman	The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man	Bipedal	Wisconsin, Maryland, and Kentucky, United States
Grassman	Kenmore Grassman, Ohio Grassman	Bigfoot-like primate	Kenmore, Akron, Ohio, and eastern Iowa, both in the United States
Gunni		Antlered, wombat-like marsupial	Marysville and surrounding area, Victoria, Australia
Grootslang		Elephant with a serpent's tail	Richtersveld, South Africa	120px
Hakawai	Hokioi	Mythological bird heard but not seen	New Zealand
Hellhound	Barghest, Black Shuck, Dip, Gwyllgi, Gytrash	Large, black, spectral hound with red eyes	Worldwide
Hibagon	Hinagon	Primate	Japan
Hodag	The Dag; Nasobatilus	Carnivorous mammal/lizard	Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
Hokkaidō wolf	Ezo wolf	Wolf	Hokkaidō, Japan
Homo gardarensis		Hominid (acromegalic Homo sapiens?)	Greenland
Honey Island Swamp monster	Letiche, Tainted Keitre	Hominid or other primate	Louisiana, United States
Honshū wolf	Japanese wolf, yamainu	Wolf	Honshū, Japan
Hoop snake		Snake	United States/Australia
Huay Chivo	Huaychivo	Carnivorous mammal	Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, Mexico
Igopogo	Kempenfelt Kelly	Lake monster	Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada)
Iliamna Lake Monster		Lake monster. It is most likely a giant white sturgeon, though some reports have compared it to a shark or whale	Lake Iliamna, Alaska
Inkanyamba		Lake monster	Africa
Isshii	Issie	Lake monster	Japan	120px
Ivory-billed woodpecker		Bird	Southern United States and Cuba	120px
Jba Fofi	Great Spider	Large spider-like creature	Central Africa
Jackalope	Antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare, stagbunny	Herbivorous mammal	North America	120px
Jersey Devil	Leeds Devil	Winged bipedal horse	United States, especially New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania	120px
Kaijin		Sea monster	Japan	80px
Kappa	Gatarō, Kawako	Bipedal	Japan	120px
Kawekaweau	Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti	Lizard	New Zealand
Kelpie	Water horse	Carnivorous equine	Scottish and Irish lakes and rivers
Kingstie	Lake George Monster	Lake monster	Lake Ontario, North America
Kongamato		Pterosaur/bird/bat	Kenya
Koolakamba	Ape hybrid, KoolooKamba	A cross between a chimpanzee and gorilla	West Africa
Kraken		Sea animal	World's oceans	120px
Kting Voar	Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, Khting Vor, Linh Duong, Pseudonovibos spiralis	Herbivorous mammal	Vietnam and Cambodia
Kumi Lizard/Ngarara		Reptile: giant monitor lizard	New Zealand
Kusshii		Lake monster	Japan	120px
Lagarfljót Worm	lagarfljóts ormurinn	Lake monster	Iceland
Lake Tianchi Monster	Lake Chonji Monster	Lake monster	China and North Korea
Lake Van Monster	Monster of Lake Van	Lake monster	Turkey
Lake Worth Monster	Lake Worth Goatman, Texas Bigfoot	Carnivorous mammal	Texas, United States
Lariosauro	Como Lake Monster	Water reptile	Italy	120px
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp	Lizard Man of Lee County	Bipedal	South Carolina, United States	120px
Loch Ness Monster	Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx	Lake monster (plesiosaur or another type of Sauropterygia?)	Loch Ness, Scotland
Loveland Frog	Loveland Lizard	Bipedal lizard or frog, allegedly first seen in Loveland, Ohio	Ohio, United States	120px
Lusca	Gigantic octopus	Large octopus	World's oceans
MacFarlane's bear	Ursus inopinatus	Carnivorous mammal, possibly a grizzly-polar bear hybrid	Canada
Maero	Mohoao	Cannibalistic hominids in Māori mythology	New Zealand
Mahamba		Giant crocodile	Lake Likouala swamp region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Maltese tiger	Blue tiger	Carnivorous mammal	China	120px
Mamlambo		Lake monster	South Africa
Manananggal		Female humanoid that can split its body into two parts	Philippines
Manatee of Helena		Manatee	Saint Helena
Mande Barung	Mande Burung, Indian Yeti	Humanoid	North East India, Bangladesh
Man-eating tree		Carnivorous tree	Various	120px
Manipogo	Winnipogo	Lake monster	Lake Manitoba, Canada
Mapinguari		Herbivorous mammal	Amazon rainforest
Maricoxi		Primate	South America
Marozi	Spotted lion, Panthera leo maculatus	Lion-like felid	Africa
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu		Reptile/dinosaur	Republic of the Congo
Megalania prisca	Devil Dragon	Giant Australian monitor lizard	Australia
Megalodon	Carcharodon, Carcharocles	Giant shark	World's oceans	120px
Melon heads		Humanoids with enlarged heads	Allegan County woods, Michigan, and parts of Ohio and Connecticut, United States
Memphre	Memphré, Lake Memphremagog Monster	Lake monster	Lake Memphremagog (United States and Canada)
Menehune		Primate	Hawaii, United States	120px
Mermaid		Human-fish	All five oceans and several seas
Merman		Human-fish	All five oceans and several seas
Michigan Dogman	Wolfman of Wexford County	Carnivorous mammal	Michigan, United States
Minhocão	Big Earthworm	Caecilian	South America	120px
Minnesota Iceman	Homo pongoides	Primate	Minnesota, United States
Mitla	Fawcett's zorro or Fawcett's cat	Carnivorous mammal	Bolivian rainforest
Mngwa	Nunda	Carnivorous mammal	Tanzania
Moa		Giant flightless bird	New Zealand
Moehau	Maeroero, The Hairy Moehau, The Moehau Monster	Primate	New Zealand
Mogollon Monster	Mug-ee-yun Monster	Bipedal primate	Mogollon Rim, Arizona, United States
Mokele-Mbembe		Reptile/dinosaur	Republic of the Congo	120px
Momo the Monster	Missouri Monster	Primate	Missouri, United States
Mongolian Death Worm	Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi	Worm-like animal	Gobi Desert (Asia)
Monkey-man of Delhi	Black Monkey	Big black monkey	Old Delhi, India	100px
Mono Grande		Hominid	South America
Montauk Monster	Mounty	Small, decomposed quadruped carcass	Montauk, Long Island, United States
Morag		Lake monster	Scotland
Mothman	Often associated with Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" from John A. Keels book The Mothman Prophecies	Winged bipedal	Mason County, West Virginia, United States	120px
Mountain fennec		Fox	Southern Algeria and northern Chad, in the central Sahara mountains
Muckie		Lake monster	Lakes of Killarney, Ireland
Muc-sheilch		Lake monster	Scotland
Muhuru		Reptile/dinosaur	Kenya	120px
Mussie		Lake monster	Ontario, Canada
Nahuelito	Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster	Lake monster	Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina	120px
Nandi Bear	Chemosit, Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre	Carnivorous mammal	Africa
Ndendeki^[2]		Giant turtle	Central Africa
Ngoima ^[3]		Giant bird	Republic of the Congo
Ngoubou		Reptile, proposed dinosaur	Cameroon	120px
Nguma-monene		Reptile, proposed dinosaur	Republic of the Congo	120px
Ogopogo	N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka	Lake monster	Lake Okanagan, Canada
Old Yellow Top		Primate	Canada
Olitiau		Winged animal: bat or flying reptile	Cameroon
Onza		Big felid: possibly a new species of cougar	Latin America
Orang-bati		Bipedal	Indonesia
Orang Mawas	Mawa, Orang Dalam, hantu jerang gigi	Primate	Malaysia
Orang Pendek		Primate, has been associated with Homo floresiensis	Sumatra	120px
Owlman	Cornish Owlman, Owlman of Mawnan	Human-owl	England
Ozark Howler	Ozark Black Howler	Carnivorous mammal	Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States
Panthera tigris sudanensis		Big felid: possibly a new species of tiger	Cairo, Egypt
Peluda	Shaggy Beast, La Velue	A dragon-like beast with a porcupine-like body, a snake's neck, head, and tail, large tortoise-like feet, and a green color	La Ferté-Bernard, France
Phantom cat	Alien Big Cats (ABCs)	Carnivorous mammal	Worldwide
Phantom kangaroo		Marsupial	Various
Phaya Naga		River monster	Laos and Thailand
Pogeyan		Gray felid; possible leopard color morph or out-of-place Asian lion	Ghats, India
Popobawa			East Africa
Pope Lick Monster		Bipedal	Kentucky, United States	120px
Poukai	Pouakai, Hakawai	Large carnivorous bird	New Zealand
Pukwudgie		Bipedal	Massachusetts, United States
Pygmy elephant		Pachyderm	Western Ghats, Kerala, India
Qilin	Kirin (from Japanese), Kỳ lân (from Vietnamese) or sometimes kyrin and ki-lin, Chinese unicorn	Chimera	China
Queensland tiger	Yarri, the Beast of Buderim	Carnivorous mammal	Australia
Reptilians	Lizard People, Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid, Dragonoid	Bipedal	Worldwide	120px
Row^[4]		Reptile	New Guinea
Salawa	Set animal	Carnivorous canid	Egypt
Sea monk		Sea animal	World's oceans	120px
Sea monsters		Sea animals	World's oceans
Sea serpent		Sea animal	World's oceans
Selma	Seljordsormen	Lake monster	Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Sewer alligator	Albino alligator	Contemporary phylogenesis	Widespread urban environments	120px
Sharlie	Slimy slim, The twilight dragon of Payette lake	Lake monster	Lake Payette, McCall, Idaho, United States
Shōjō	Xing-xing, translates to "heavy drinker" or "orangutan"	Sea creature with red face and hair	Japan	100px
Shug Monkey		Primate	Europe
Shunka Warakin		Carnivorous mammal; wolf-like, boar-like, hyena-like	Western United States (especially Montana)
Sigbin		Canine, cat-fox, civet	Philippines
Sirrush	Mushrushu	Reptile/dinosaur	Africa and ancient Babylon
Skookum	Cannibalistic wildmen of Mt. St. Helens, Washington	Ape-like hominid	Pacific Northwest
Skunk Ape	Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape	Primate	Florida, United States
Snallygaster	Schneller Geist	"A dragon-like beast... The earliest incarnations mixed the half-bird features of a siren with the nightmarish features of demons and ghouls. The Snallygaster was described as half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic beak lined with razor-sharp teeth, occasionally with octopus-like tentacles."	The hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland; West Virginia
Spring-heeled Jack	The Terror of London	Said to be humanoid	London as well as other parts of England	120px
Steller's Sea Ape		Sea animal	Pacific Ocean
Storsjöodjuret		Lake monster	Sweden
Stronsay Beast		Sea animal	Orkney, Scotland
Sucuriju Gigante	Giant Bull Eater (Matatoro in Spanish); giant anaconda; megaconda	Giant boa	Amazonia	120px
Tahoe Tessie	Lake Tahoe monster	Lake monster	Lake Tahoe, in California and Nevada, United States
Tapire-iauara		Jaguar/tapir	Amazon rainforest
Tatzelwurm		Reptile/amphibian	European Alps	120px
Thetis Lake Monster		Reptilian humanoid	Vancouver Island, Canada
Thunderbird		Giant bird	North America	120px
Thylacine	Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf	Carnivorous marsupial	Tasmania, Australia	120px
Tikbalang		Humanoid	Philippines	120px
Trinity Alps giant salamander		Salamander	California, United States
Trunko	The Margate monster	Whale carcass	South Africa	120px
Tsuchinoko		Snake	Japan	120px
Tsul 'Kalu		Primate	American West
Turtle Lake Monster		Lake monster	Saskatchewan, Canada
Umdhlebi		Carnivorous tree	Zululand, South Africa
Urayuli	Arulataq, Bushman, Tent Monster, Nant'ina, Woodsman	Hominid or other primate	Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna, United States
Veo		Carnivorous mammal	Indonesia
Waheela		Carnivorous mammal	Canada
Waitoreke	Maori otter, New Zealand otter; Waitoreki, Waitorete	Carnivorous mammal	South Island, New Zealand
Wampus cat	Foot Craver, Masked Cat, Canable Cat	Legendary felid	Southern and Southwestern United States
Wendigo	Windiga, Witiko, Wihtikow, Weendigo	Legendary creature	Northern United States and Canada
Wild Man of the Navidad	Wild Woman of the Navidad, Wildman of the Navidad	Legendary creature	South Texas, United States
Wolpertinger	Crisensus bavaricus	Mammal	Germany	120px
Wucharia	Canis aureus lupaster or Canis lupus arabs	Canine	Danakil Depression, Eritrea	120px
Ya-te-veo	Man-Eating Tree	Large tree with an eye and mouth; eats humans, its name means "I see you"	Central and South America
Yeren	Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman	Primate (possible hominin)	China	120px
Yeti	Abominable Snowman	Primate / Ursidae	Himalayas (Asia)	120px
Yowie	Yahoo	Primate	Australia	120px
Zanzibar leopard	Panthera pardus adersi	Feline	Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania	120px