List of cryptids

This is a list of cryptids, which are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but are not believed to exist by mainstream science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience, which primarily looks at anecdotal stories, and other claims rejected by the scientific community. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumor. Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe.

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Scholars have noted that the Cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science. Scholars have studied cryptozoologists and their influence (including the pseudoscience's association with Young Earth creationism),[1][2] noted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences such as ghost hunting and ufology, and highlighted uncritical media propagation of cryptozoologist claims.

List

Aquatic or semi-aquatic
See also: List of lake monsters
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Brosno dragon[3] Brosnya Lake monster Lake Brosno, Russia
Cadborosaurus[4] Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America
Champ[3][5] Champtanystropheus americanus, Champy Lake monster Lake Champlain, North America
Dobhar-chú[6] Water Hound Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal Ireland
Igopogo[3] Kempenfelt Kelly Lake monster Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada)
Isshii[3] Issie Lake monster Japan
Kusshii[3] Kussie Lake monster Japan
Labynkyr Devil[7][8][9] Labynkyrsky Chert Lake monster Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia
Loch Ness Monster[10] Nessie Lake monster Loch Ness, Scotland
Loveland Frog[11] Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard Humanoid frog Loveland, Ohio
Mamlambo[3] Lake monster South Africa
Manipogo[3] Winnipogo Lake monster Lake Manitoba, Canada
Mokele-mbembe[12] Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) Republic of the Congo
Nahuelito[3] Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster Lake monster Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina
Ningen[13] Humanoid Subantarctic
Ogopogo[3][5] N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka Lake monster Lake Okanagan, Canada
Sea serpents[14] Sea animals, dinosaurs All bodies of water
Selma[3] Seljordsormen Lake monster Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Steller's sea ape[15] Sea animal Pacific Ocean

Terrestrial
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Almas[3][5] 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
Barmanou[3] Barmanu, Big Hairy One Ape or hominid Middle East/Asia
Beast of Bodmin Moor[16] Large felid Cornwall, England
Beast of Exmoor[17] Big cat England
Bigfoot[18] Sasquatch Large and hairy ape-like creature United States and Canada
British big cats[16] Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions,
Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor		 Carnivorous mammal Great Britain
Bukit Timah Monkey Man[19] BTM, BTMM Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate Singapore
Chuchunya[20][3] Large hominid Russia
Chupacabra[21] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally),
South and Central America,
Southern North America
Dover Demon[22] Dover, Massachusetts
Elwetritsch[23] Birdlike Germany
Fouke Monster[24] Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster Hominid or other primate Arkansas, United States
Honey Island Swamp monster[25] Letiche, Tainted Keitre Hominid or other primate Louisiana, United States
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp[26] Lizard Man of Lee County Bipedal South Carolina, United States
Michigan Dogman[27] Humanoid dog Wexford County, Michigan
Minhocão[3] Big Earthworm Caecilian South America
Mongolian death worm[17] Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi Worm-like animal Gobi Desert (Asia)
Monkey-man of Delhi[17] Black Monkey Big black monkey Old Delhi, India
Orang Mawas[3] Mawas, Orang Dalam, Hantu Jarang Gigi Primate Malaysia
Skunk ape[28] Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape Primate Florida, United States
Yeren[29][28] Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman Primate (possible hominin) China
Yeti[30] Abominable Snowman Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Himalayas (Asia)
Yowie[31] Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Australia

Winged
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Jersey Devil[10] Leeds Devil Winged bipedal horse United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania
Mothman[32] Popularized by John A. Keel's book The Mothman Prophecies Winged bipedal Mason County, West Virginia, United States
Owlman[33] Owlman of Mawnan Winged bipedal Mawnan, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Thunderbird[34][35] Giant bird North America

See also

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Bibliography
  • Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald (2013). Abominable Science: Origins of Yeti, Nessie, and other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52681-4.
  • The dictionary definition of cryptid at Wiktionary
  • Media related to Cryptozoology at Wikimedia Commons
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