Legendary Cryptids

Biologist Roy Mackal once came up with an interesting theory about the possible survival of the dodo. Mauritius, where it once called home, has a handful of small surrounding islands. He believed the dodo could live there, though post-extinction sightings happened on the mainland

In China and Chile there are scarily similar reports of a cryptid that preys on people. They are massive creatures that ambush people and drink their their blood. There have been sightings of them for centuries, but is there any truth to these reports?

In honor of the late Mark Hall I remade his "Guide to North American Monsters" map from his Wonders newsletter.

Three separate people have reported a strange "variant" of the Loch Ness Monster. It is capable of going on land, and has the shape of a camel with a long neck and shaggy fur. It was famously seen by Lieutenant McP Fordyce, though a William MacGruber and his sister also saw it

I talk a lot about the father of cryptozoology, but I'd like to shoutout the mother of cryptozoology too. Monique Watteau was married to Bernard Heuvelmans and, despite their divorce, she collaborated with him and drew a lot of fantastic artwork of cryptids for him

Lake monsters are frequently reported around the world, but sometimes people also see these creatures moving from the water onto land. Here are the stories of these rare and scary encounters with bizarre cryptids.

In honor of May the 4th, here's the infamous "Chewbacca Saquatch" photo taken on Mt. Rainier. You can see what may be the wookie's iconic bandolier in the photo, leading to it being hotly debated.

William Beebe and Otis Barton encounter a giant fish in the Bathysphere- 1934.

The UK and Ireland have centuries of cryptid history, but today only a couple are well known. I uncovered dozens of obscure reports of strange cryptids on the isles, from graveyard dwelling mammals, to blue horses, to mysterious bloodsucking serpents.

A new government leak just uncovered what is THE BEST bigfoot video to date, showing what seems to be a bigfoot family somewhere in Washington State. This has been kept classified and hidden from us for over 50 years until this recent leak

British citizen Sally Dyke displays wound she received from a big cat. Her and her husband had been looking for one after reports spread through England in the 1990s. They ended up finding one in a cemetery, and the startled feline knocked over her husband and slashed at her

After almost 60 years, the Patterson-Gimlin bigfoot film has been exposed as a hoax. The son of the man who took the footage has come forward after a new video showing a "test run" of the suit has been found.

Unknown artist ~2006

An alleged photograph of the "Fiordland moose". Not native to New Zealand, moose were released there over a century ago for hunters. While reports of them gradually tapered off, occasional sightings have led people to believe that moose may have established a colony there

There are dozens of cases of cryptid lost media, photos, videos and audio recordings of animals that may or may not exist. I investigated over forty of these cases to analyze if this evidence might be found one day, or if the whole thing was a hoax.

In 1887, an Iowan man named Lee Corder was accosted by a giant serpentine flying creature. The animal's scales were said to glisten in the sunlight. It landed with a thud nearby, but Corder was too scared to follow it. A local newspaper said that he was a man who could be trusted