De Loys’ Ape, given the proposed scientific name Ameranthropoides loysi, was an alleged large primate reported by Swiss geological explorer François de Loys in South America. The only evidence for the animal besides de Loys’…
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Various Cryptids
What Is A Boggart?
Boggart is one of numerous related terms used in English folklore for either a household spirit or a malevolent genius loci inhabiting fields, marshes or other topographical features. Other names of this group include bug,…
Read More What Is A Boggart?Who Or What Is ”The Rake”?
During the summer of 2003, events in the northeastern United States involving a strange, humanlike creature sparked brief local media interest before an apparent blackout was enacted. Little or no information was left intact, as…
Read More Who Or What Is ”The Rake”?The Monsters Of Northumbria
Legends say that the old cobbled way stretching from Corbridge to Berwick, in Northumberland, known to some as the Devil’s Causeway, was built by a race of giants called the Yotuns, or Ettins. Not far…
Read More The Monsters Of NorthumbriaThe Cornish Owlman!
The Owlman, sometimes referred to as the Cornish Owlman, or The Owlman of Mawnan, is a purported cryptid that was supposedly sighted around mid 1976 in the village of Mawnan, Cornwall. The Owlman is sometimes…
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The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui mountain
In the Scottish Highlands lies a mountain where numerous have actually experienced a fear quite unlike anything else they have ever felt. As the fogs and mists roll all-around the cairns, they say there lurks…
Read More The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui mountainMothman monster
Mothman is a legendary moth-like creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 1966 to 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated 16 November 1966,…
Read More Mothman monsterKarl Shuker
Karl Shuker (born 9 December 1959) is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist and author. He currently lives in the Midlands, England, where he works as a zoological consultant and writer. A columnist in Fortean Times and…
Read More Karl ShukerBlack-eyed children
Black-eyed children (or black-eyed kids) are a contemporary legend of supposed paranormal creatures that resemble children between the ages of 6 and 16, with pale skin and black eyes, who are reportedly seen hitchhiking or…
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In Ohio folklore, the Loveland frog (a.k.a. the Loveland lizard) is a legendary humanoid frog described as standing roughly 4 feet (1.2 m) tall, allegedly spotted in Loveland, Ohio. According to legend, a local man…
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