Name
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Other names
|
Status
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Description
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Location
|
Pictures
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A
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Adjule
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Kelb-el-khela
|
Proposed African Wild Dog
|
Canine – unrecognized canid form report from western part of Sahara by local people, and live in packs. Possible some isolated population of very rare African wild dog
|
North Africa
|
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Agogwe
|
Agogure, agogue, kakundakari, kilomba, sehite
|
Unconfirmed
|
Small bipedal
|
Eastern Africa
|
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Ahool
|
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Unconfirmed (possibly a Brown Wood-owl)
|
Flying animal, giant bat
|
Indonesia
|
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Akkorokamui
|
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Unconfirmed (possibly a giant squid or octopus)
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Fish
|
Japan; Thailand
|
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Almas
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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
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate or hominid
|
Asia/Caucasus
|
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Altamaha-ha
|
Altie
|
Unconfirmed
|
River animal
|
Georgia (United States)
|
|
"Ameranthropoides loysi"
|
De Loys' ape
|
Proposed misidentification of a spider monkey – probable hoax
|
Primate
|
Near the Tarra River, Colombia
|
The only evidence of the animal is one photograph
|
Amomongo
|
Negros ape
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Negros, Philippines
|
|
Andean Wolf
|
Hagenbeck wolf, Andean mountain wolf, Dasycyon hagenbecki
|
Extinct
|
Canine
|
High Andes
|
|
Appalachian Black Panther[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
A large, black felid. A melanistic cougar
|
West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, United States
|
|
Ayia Napa sea monster
|
O filikos teras, Nappis
|
Unconfirmed
|
Cross of various sea creatures
|
Cyprus
|
|
B
|
Barmanou
|
Barmanu, Big Hairy One
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Middle East/Asia
|
|
Batsquatch
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Winged primate
|
Mount St. Helens, Skamania County, Washington, United States
|
|
Batutut
|
Ujit, Nguoi Rung
|
Unconfirmed
|
Hominid
|
Vietnam, Laos, and Borneo
|
|
Bear Lake Monster
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Idaho/Utah (United States)
|
|
Beast of Bladenboro
|
Vampire Beast
|
Unconfirmed, may be a cougar
|
Blood-sucking feline-like predator
|
North Carolina (United States)
|
|
Beast of Bodmin Moor
|
Beast of Bodmin
|
Unconfirmed
|
Large felid
|
England
|
|
Beast of Bray Road
|
Michigan Dogman, Wisconsin Werewolf
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Wisconsin (United States)
|
|
Beast of Busco
|
Churubusco turtle; Oscar
|
Discredited
|
Reptile/Dinosaur
|
Churubusco, Indiana
|
|
Beast of Dean
|
Moose-pig
|
|
Boar-like mammal
|
England
|
|
Beast of Gévaudan
|
Bête du Gévaudan
|
Unconfirmed, possibly an escaped hyena
|
Carnivorous wolf-like mammal
|
Gévaudan (Lozère), France
|
|
Bergman's Bear
|
God bear; irkuiem
|
Extinct
|
Bear, proposed Arctodus simus
|
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
|
|
Bessie
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Erie, North America
|
|
Bigfoot
|
Sasquatch, Skookum, Yeren, Yeti, Mapinguari
|
Unconfirmed
|
Hominid or primate
|
North America
|
File:Smalfut.jpg
|
Black Shuck
|
Old shuck
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Coast of East Anglia, England
|
|
Bloop
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Gigantic creature/Unconfirmed sound
|
South American southwest coast
|
|
Bondegezou
|
Dingiso, Dendrolagus mbaiso
|
Confirmed species of Tree-kangaroo, previously considered a cryptid
|
Tree-kangaroo
|
New Guinea, Indonesia
|
|
British big cats
|
Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, English lions beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor
|
Proposed escaped animals
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Great Britain
|
|
Brosno dragon
|
Brosnya
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Brosno, Russia
|
|
Bukit Timah Monkey Man
|
BTM
|
Unconfirmed
|
Forest-dwelling hominid or primate
|
Singapore
|
|
Bunyip
|
|
Unconfirmed (legendary creature)
|
Lake and cave animal
|
Australia
|
|
Burmese gray wild dog
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Canine
|
Burma
|
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Buru
|
|
Extinct
|
Reptile or giant lungfish
|
India
|
|
C
|
"Cadborosaurus willsi"
|
Caddy, "Cadborosaurus"
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
Pacific Coast of North America
|
|
Canvey Island Monster
|
|
Proposed anglerfish or batfish
|
Bipedal
|
England
|
|
Champ
|
"Champtanystropheus americansus", Champy
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Champlain, North America
|
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Chessie (sea monster)
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
Atlantic Coast of the United States, esp. Chesapeake Bay
|
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Chupacabra
|
Goat Sucker
|
Unconfirmed.
|
Reptile//Mammal/Canine, possibly 2 species; thought to be a supernatural/extraterrestrial creature by some
|
Mexico/Puerto Rico/Texas, United States
|
|
Con Rit
|
Many-finned Sea Serpent, Centipede, Great Sea-Centipede, Cetioscolopendra aeliana
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
Southeast Asia, coast of Algeria
|
|
D
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Dingonek
|
Jungle walrus
|
Unconfirmed
|
A walrus that reportedly lives in the heart of Africa
|
Western Africa
|
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Dahu
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
France and Switzerland
|
|
Deinotherium
|
|
Extinct
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
Africa
|
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Devil Bird
|
Ulama
|
Proposed Spot-bellied Eagle-owl or Sri Lankan brown owl
|
Bird
|
Sri Lanka
|
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Dobhar-chu
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Unconfirmed
|
Extra-large otter-like water beast
|
Ireland
|
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Dover Demon
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bipedal, possible alien
|
Dover, Massachusetts, United States
|
File:Dover demon.JPG
|
Drop bear
|
|
Hoax
|
Arboreal, predatory, koala-like marsupial, which attacks its prey by dropping onto it from above
|
Australia
|
|
E
|
Ebu Gogo
|
Homo floresiensis, "Hobbit"
|
Supposedly extinct, but allegedly still seen by some
|
Small primate or possible early hominid
|
Flores, Indonesia
|
|
Elasmotherium
|
Giant Rhinoceros
|
Extinct
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
Asia
|
|
Elmendorf Beast
|
|
Proposed Mexican Hairless Dog
|
Canid
|
Elmendorf, Texas (United States)
|
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Elwedritsche
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Mammal
|
Germany
|
|
Ennedi tiger
|
Hadjel, Gassingram, Vossoko, Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, Dilali, Saber-toothed cat
|
Extinct
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Chad, Africa
|
Photographs
|
Emela-ntouka
|
Chipekwe, Irizima, Aseka-moke
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Dinosaur or an undiscovered aquatic rhinoceros
|
Republic of the Congo
|
|
F
|
Fairy
|
Faerie, Pixie, Sprite
|
Unconfirmed; some supposed photographic evidence confirmed to be a hoax
|
Fairy
|
Worldwide
|
|
Fear liath
|
Am Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Greyman
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate; possible humanoid
|
Scotland
|
|
Flatwoods monster
|
Green Monster, Braxton County Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Spade-headed extraterrestrial
|
West Virginia, United States
|
|
Flying Rod
|
Sky Fish, rod, sky squid
|
Confirmed video camera malfunction
|
Photographic artifact
|
Worldwide
|
|
Fouke Monster
|
Boggy Creek Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate; possible humanoid
|
Arkansas (United States)
|
|
Fur-bearing trout
|
|
Hoax
|
Fish with hair; hairy trout
|
North America
|
|
G
|
Garou
|
Loup Garou, Cajun werewolf
|
Unconfirmed
|
Wolf-like creature
|
Louisiana (United States)
|
|
Gazeka
|
|
Discredited
|
Mammal
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
Gambo
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
Africa
|
|
Giant anaconda
|
|
No specimens above the size of 10.5 metres (34 ft) have been captured
|
Giant snake
|
South America
|
|
Giant Snake of Mt. Tsurugi[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile
|
Japan
|
|
Giglioli's Whale
|
"Amphiptera pacifica"
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
Off Chile, Scotland and France (in the Mediterranean)
|
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Globster
|
Blob
|
Unconfirmed
|
Decaying sea animal
|
Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean
|
|
Gloucester Sea serpent[citation needed]
|
Great Sea Serpent of New England[citation needed]
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea serpent
|
Massachusetts, United States
|
|
Gnome of Gerona
|
Goblin
|
Unconfirmed
|
Small humanoid
|
Gerona, Spain
|
Photographs
|
Goatman
|
The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bipedal
|
Wisconsin, Maryland, and New York (United States)
|
|
Grassman
|
Kenmore Grassman, Ohio Grassman
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bigfoot-like; primate
|
Kenmore, Akron, Ohio, United States
|
|
The Grinning Man
|
Indrid Cold, Karl Ardo, Demo Hassan (names of supposed Grinning Men encountered by contactees)
|
Unconfirmed
|
Extraterrestrial, Men In Black (MIB), Phantom
|
Elizabeth, New Jersey and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States
|
|
Gunni[citation needed]
|
|
Hoax
|
Antlered, wombat-like marsupial
|
Marysville and surrounding area, Victoria, Australia
|
|
Grootslang
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Elephant with a serpent's tail
|
Richtersveld, South Africa
|
|
H
|
Hibagon
|
Hinagon
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Japan
|
|
High-finned sperm whale[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Cetacean
|
Shetland Islands
|
|
Hodag
|
The Dag; Nasobatilus
|
Discredited; the main original proponent of its existence later admitted it to be a hoax
|
Carnivorous mammal/lizard
|
Wisconsin, United States
|
|
Hokkaido Wolf
|
Ezo Wolf
|
Unconfirmed
|
Wolf
|
Hokkaidō, Japan
|
|
"Homo gardarensis"
|
|
Discredited
|
Hominid (acromegalic Homo sapiens?)
|
Greenland
|
|
Hoop snake
|
|
Hoax
|
Snake
|
United States/Australia
|
|
Huay Chivo
|
Huaychivo
|
Discredited
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo (Mexico)
|
|
Hyote[citation needed]
|
|
Discredited
|
Canine
|
Maryland, United States
|
|
I
|
Igopogo
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada)
|
|
Iliamna Lake Monster
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Iliamna, Alaska
|
|
Inkanyamba
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Africa
|
|
Isshii
|
Issie
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Japan
|
File:Issie.jpg
|
J
|
Jackalope
|
Antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare, stagbunny
|
Hoax, possibly influenced by rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
North America
|
|
Japanese Wolf
|
|
Extinct
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Japan
|
|
Jersey Devil
|
Leeds Devil
|
Unconfirmed
|
"Winged bipedal horse"
|
United States, esp. New Jersey
|
|
K
|
Kaijin
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea monster
|
Japan
|
|
Kala Bandar
|
Black Monkey, Monkey-man of Delhi
|
Unconfirmed
|
Big black monkey seemed to be the reason of disaster in areas around Old Delhi (India)
|
India
|
|
Kappa
|
Gatarō, Kawako
|
Unconfirmed, Mythical
|
Bipedal
|
Japan
|
|
Kasai Rex
|
|
Discredited
|
Reptile/Dinosaur, possibly Carcharodontosaurus, reported to be a Tyrannosaurus rex
|
Africa
|
|
Kawekawau/Kawekaweau
|
|
Extinct/Unconfirmed
|
Lizard, also known as Hoplodactylus delcourti
|
New Zealand
|
|
Kelpie
|
Water horse
|
Discredited
|
Carnivorous equine
|
Scottish and Irish lakes and rivers
|
|
Kenthurst Panther [1]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Leopard-like creature
|
Kenthurst, Australia
|
|
Kikiyaon[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivore bird
|
Africa
|
|
Kingstie
|
Lake George Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Ontario, North America
|
|
Komodo Dragon
|
Komodo Monitor, Komodo Island Monitor, Ora
|
Confirmed
|
Giant lizard
|
Komodo Island, Rinca, Flores Island, Gili Motang (Lesser Sunda Islands)
|
|
Kongamato
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Pterosaur/Bird/Bat
|
Kenya
|
|
Kraken
|
|
Legendary gigantic squid
|
Sea animal
|
World's oceans
|
|
Kting Voar
|
Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, Khting Vor, Linh Duong, Pseudonovibos spiralis
|
Unconfirmed
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
Vietnam and Cambodia
|
|
Kumi Lizard/Ngarara
|
|
Extinct; unconfirmed
|
Reptile: giant monitor lizard
|
New Zealand
|
|
Kusshii
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Japan
|
|
L
|
Lagarfljóts Worm
|
lagarfljóts ormurinn
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Iceland
|
|
Lake Tahoe Monster
|
Tahoe Tessie
|
Discredited
|
Lake animal
|
California and Nevada, United States
|
|
Lake Tianchi Monster
|
Lake Chonji Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
China
|
|
Lake Van Monster
|
Monster of Lake Van
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Turkey
|
|
Lake Worth monster
|
Lake Worth Goatman, Texas Bigfoot
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Texas, United States
|
|
Lariosauro
|
Como Lake Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Water reptile
|
Italy
|
|
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
|
Lizard Man of Lee County
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bipedal
|
South Carolina, United States
|
|
Lizard People
|
Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid, Dragonoid, Reptilian
|
Unconfirmed, Theoretical
|
Bipedal
|
Worldwide
|
|
Loch Ness Monster
|
Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal (plesiosaur?)
|
Loch Ness, Scotland
|
|
Loveland Frog
|
Loveland Lizard
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bipedal lizard or frog, first saw in Loveland, Ohio
|
Ohio, United States
|
|
Lusca
|
Gigantic octopus
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
World's oceans
|
|
M
|
Masamin[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Black creature with a beak
|
Wisconsin, United States
|
|
MacFarlane's Bear
|
Ursus inopinatus
|
Extinct
|
Carnivorous mammal, possibly a grizzly-polar bear hybrid
|
Canada
|
|
Mahamba
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant crocodile
|
Lake Likouala swamp region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Maltese Tiger
|
Blue Tiger
|
Unconfirmed-Possible tiger with abnormal coloration due to mutation
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
China
|
|
Mamlambo
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
South Africa
|
|
Manananggal
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Humanoid
|
Philippines
|
|
Manatee of Helena
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Manatee
|
Saint Helena
|
|
Mande Barung
|
Mande Burung, Indian Yeti
|
Unconfirmed
|
Humanoid
|
North East India
|
|
Manipogo
|
Winnipogo
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Manitoba, Canada
|
|
Mapinguari
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Herbivorous mammal
|
Amazon Rainforest
|
|
Maricoxi
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
South America
|
|
Marozi
|
Spotted Lion, Panthera leo maculatus
|
Unconfirmed, possibly extinct
|
Lion-like felid
|
Africa
|
|
Marsupial Lion
|
Thylacoleo, Thylacoleo carnifex
|
Extinct
|
Carnivorous marsupial mammal
|
Australia
|
|
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Dinosaur
|
Republic of the Congo
|
|
Megalodon
|
Carcharodon, Carcharocles
|
Extinct; considered by some to still exist
|
Giant shark
|
World's oceans
|
|
Megalania prisca
|
Giant Australian monitor lizard
|
Extinct, considered by some to be still alive, possibly as the Kumi Lizard
|
Reptile/Giant Komodo Dragon
|
Australia
|
|
Memphre
|
Memphré
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Memphremagog (United States and Canada)
|
|
Menehune
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Hawaii, United States
|
|
Merpeople
|
Mermaid/Merman
|
Unconfirmed, many hoaxes have been discredited
|
Human-Fish
|
The Seven Oceans and several seas
|
|
Messie[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Murray, South Carolina, United States
|
|
Minhocão
|
Big Earthworm
|
Unconfirmed
|
Caecilian
|
South America
|
File:Minhocao.png
|
Minnesota Iceman
|
"Homo pongoides"
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Minnesota, United States
|
|
Mitla
|
Fawcett's zorro or Fawcett's cat
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Bolivia rainforest
|
|
Mngwa
|
Nunda
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Tanzania
|
|
Moa
|
|
Extinct
|
Giant flightless bird
|
New Zealand
|
|
Moehau/Maero
|
The Hairy Moehau, The Moehau Monster
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
New Zealand
|
|
Mokele-Mbembe
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Dinosaur
|
Republic of the Congo
|
|
MoMo
|
Missouri Monster
|
Discredited
|
Primate
|
Missouri, United States
|
|
Mongolian Death Worm
|
Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi
|
Unconfirmed
|
Worm-like animal
|
Gobi Desert
|
File:Mongolian-death-worm.jpg
|
Mono Grande
|
|
Unconfirmed[citation needed]
|
Hominid
|
South America
|
|
Montauk Monster
|
Mounty
|
Unconfirmed
|
Possible partly decomposed and mutilated carcass of a canine, raccoon or rodent which looked like a monster
|
Montauk, Long Island (United States)
|
|
Morag
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Scotland
|
|
Mothman
|
Often associated with Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" from John A. Keels book "The Mothman Prophecies"
|
Unconfirmed
|
Winged bipedal
|
West Virginia, United States
|
File:Mothman statue 2005.JPG
|
Mountain Fennec
|
Vulpes sp. nov.
|
Unconfirmed
|
Fox
|
Southern Algeria and northern Chad, in the central Sahara mountains
|
|
Muckie
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lakes of Killarney, Ireland
|
|
Muc-sheilch
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Scotland
|
|
Muhuru
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Dinosaur
|
Kenya
|
|
Mussie
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Ontario, Canada
|
|
Muwa[citation needed]
|
waray-waray, mawa[citation needed]
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate, forest-dwelling hominid
|
Eastern Samar, Philippines
|
|
Mylodon
|
|
Extinct, though considered by some to still exist
|
Giant ground sloth
|
Southern Patagonian forests
|
|
N
|
Nabau[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant snake
|
Malaysia
|
|
Naga
|
Naga, Nak, Phaya Nak
|
Unconfirmed
|
Legendary large snake
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Mekong river border between Thailand and Laos
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Nahuelito
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Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster
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Unconfirmed
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Lake animal
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Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina
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Nandi Bear
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Chemosit,[1] Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre
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Proposed hyena
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Carnivorous mammal
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Africa
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Ndendeki (giant turtle)[citation needed]
|
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Unconfirmed
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Reptile
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Republic of the Congo
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Neo-Giant
|
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Unconfirmed
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Primate
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Worldwide
|
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Ngoima (giant monkey-eating Eagle)[citation needed]
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Unconfirmed
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Carnivore bird
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Republic of the Congo
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Ningen[citation needed]
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Unconfirmed
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Sea monster with human features
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Antarctic Ocean. Pacific Ocean near Japan
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Ngoubou
|
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Unconfirmed
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Reptile/Dinosaur
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Cameroon
|
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Nguma-monene
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Unconfirmed
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Reptile/Dinosaur
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Republic of the Congo
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Nyalmo
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Nyulmo
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Unconfirmed
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Primate-like
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Himalayas, Asia
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O
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Ogopogo
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N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka
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Unconfirmed
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Lake animal
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Lake Okanagan, Canada
|
|
Old Yellow Top
|
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Unconfirmed
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Primate
|
Canada
|
|
Olitiau
|
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Unconfirmed
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Winged animal: bat or flying reptile
|
Cameroon
|
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Onza
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Unconfirmed
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Big felid: possibly a new species of cougar
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Latin America
|
|
Orang-Bati
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Unconfirmed
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Bipedal
|
Indonesia
|
|
Orang Mawas
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Mawa, Orang Dalam, hantu jerang gigi
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Unconfirmed
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Primate
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Malaysia
|
|
Orang Pendek
|
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Unconfirmed
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Primate, has been associated with Homo floresiensis
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Sumatra
|
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Owlman
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Cornish Owlman, The Owlman of Mawnan
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Unconfirmed
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Bird
|
England
|
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Ozark Howler
|
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Unconfirmed
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Carnivorous mammal
|
Arkansas & Missouri (United States)
|
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P
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Peluda
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Shaggy Beast, La Velue
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Unconfirmed
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A dragon-like beast with a porcupine-like body, a snake's neck, head, and tail, large, tortoise-like feet, and a green color
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La Ferté-Bernard, France
|
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Phantom cat
|
Alien Big Cats (ABCs)
|
Proposed escaped animals
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Worldwide
|
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Phantom kangaroo
|
|
Proposed escaped animals
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Marsupial
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Various
|
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Phaya Naga
|
|
Unconfirmed
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Lake animal
|
Laos, Thailand
|
|
Phoenix
|
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Unconfirmed/Mythical bird
|
Legendary bird
|
Worldwide
|
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Pinatubo lake monsters
|
|
Discredited – groups of fish swarming together, seeming like an unknown creature
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Lake animal, giant eel
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Zambales, Philippines
|
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Pogeyan
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Unconfirmed – known to local people, sighted by Western naturalist
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Grey felid; possible leopard colour morph or out-of-place Asian lion
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Ghats (Himalayan foothills), India
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|
Popobawa
|
|
Unconfirmed
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East Africa
|
|
Pope Lick Monster
|
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Unconfirmed
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Bipedal
|
Kentucky, United States
|
|
Poukai
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Pouakai
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Extinct
|
Large carnivorous Haast's Eagle
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New Zealand
|
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Pukwudgie
|
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Unconfirmed
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Bipedal
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Massachusetts, United States
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|
Q
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Qilin
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Kirin (from Japanese) or sometimes kyrin
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Unconfirmed
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Chimera
|
China
|
|
Queensland Tiger
|
Yarri, the Beast of Buderim
|
Unconfirmed, possibly a thylacine
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Australia
|
|
R
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Rapuwai
|
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Unconfirmed
|
Ape-man, similar to Bigfoot in North America but more vicious.
|
New Zealand
|
|
Rat king
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Group of rats
|
Europe
|
|
Renton River Beast[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
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Humanoid
|
Pacific Northwest of the U.S.
|
|
Rhinoceros Dolphin
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Cetacean
|
|
|
Ropen
|
Indava, duwas, seklo-bali, kundua, wawanar
|
Unconfirmed
|
Flying animal/Pterodactyl
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
Row[citation needed]
|
|
Discredited
|
Reptile
|
New Guinea
|
|
Ryugyo[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sturgeon-like fish
|
Japan
|
|
S
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Sal'awa[citation needed]
|
Seth, Salaawa
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Egypt
|
|
Sampson[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant carnivorous snapping turtle
|
Sampsons Pond, Carver, Massachusetts (United States)
|
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Sea monk
|
|
Discredited – misidentifications of known animals
|
Sea animal
|
World's oceans
|
|
Sea monsters
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
World's oceans
|
|
Sea serpent
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
World's oceans
|
|
Setontot[citation needed]
|
|
Discredited
|
A creature rumored to exist in the dense jungles of Malaysia. It is described as ground-dwelling and slow-moving
|
Malaysia
|
|
Selma
|
Seljordsormen
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
|
|
Sharlie
|
Slimy slim, The twilight dragon of Payette lake
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Payette, McCall, Idaho, United States
|
|
Shug Monkey
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Europe
|
|
Shunka Warakin
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal; wolf-like, boar-like, hyena-like
|
American West (especially Montana)
|
|
Sigbin
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Canine, Cat-fox, civet
|
Philippines
|
|
Simurgh
|
"Dog-bird", Angha
|
Unconfirmed
|
Bird
|
Iran
|
|
Sirrush
|
Mushrushu
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Dinosaur
|
Africa, Ancient Babylon
|
|
Skunk Ape
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Florida, United States
|
|
Skvader
|
"Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus L"
|
Hoax
|
Mammal
|
Sundsvall, Sweden
|
|
Slow Down
|
|
Unidentified sound
|
Sea creature
|
Pacific Ocean
|
|
Smilodon
|
Saber Tooth Tiger, Sabre-toothed Cat
|
Extinct, though considered by some to still exist
|
Felid
|
Deep jungles in Colombia and southern Argentina
|
|
Spring Heeled Jack
|
Springheel Jack
|
Unconfirmed
|
Demon
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Steller's Sea Ape
|
|
Unconfirmed, possibly Northern Fur Seal
|
Sea animal
|
Pacific Ocean
|
|
Storsjöodjuret
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Sweden
|
|
Stronsay Beast
|
|
Discredited – Identified as a basking shark
|
Sea animal
|
Orkney, Scotland
|
|
Sucuriju Gigante
|
Giant Bull Eater; Giant Anaconda
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant boa
|
Amazonia
|
|
T
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Takitaro[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant fish
|
Japan
|
|
Tapire-lauara
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lion/Pig
|
Amazon Rainforest
|
|
Tatzelwurm
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Reptile/Amphibian
|
European Alps
|
|
Teggie
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Crocodile/Small plesiosaur
|
Llyn Tegid, Wales
|
|
Thunderbird
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Giant bird
|
North America
|
|
Thylacine
|
Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf
|
Extinct (rumored extant), may be the Queensland Tiger
|
Carnivorous marsupial
|
Tasmania, Australia
|
|
Tjutjuna
|
Chuchunya, Chuchunaa
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Russia
|
|
Toangians
|
|
Uncomfirmed
|
Similar to Moehau/Maero and Rapuwai, it is described as an ape-man
|
New Zealand
|
|
Trinity Alps giant salamander
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Salamander
|
California, United States
|
|
Trunko
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Sea animal
|
South Africa
|
|
Tsuchinoko
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Snake
|
Japan
|
|
Tsul 'Kalu
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
American West
|
|
Turtle Lake Monster
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Saskatchewan, Canada
|
|
V
|
Veo
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Indonesia
|
|
W
|
Waheela
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
Canada
|
|
Waitoreke
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Carnivorous mammal
|
New Zealand
|
|
Will-o'-the-wisp
|
Hinkypunk, ignis fatuus
|
Discredited - Swamp gas
|
Ghostly light
|
Wetlands throughout Canada, Europe and USA
|
|
Willy[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Aquatic creature
|
Willoughby, Vermont, United States
|
|
Wippy[citation needed]
|
Whippy[citation needed]
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Massawepie Lake, Canada
|
|
Wolpertinger
|
"Crisensus bavaricus"
|
Hoax
|
Mammal
|
Germany
|
|
Winnie[citation needed]
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Lake animal
|
Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire (United States)
|
|
Wucharia
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Canine
|
Danakil depression, Eritrea
|
|
Y
|
Yeren
|
Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate (possible hominin)
|
China
|
|
Yeti
|
Abominable Snowman
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Himalayas (Asia)
|
|
Yowie
|
|
Unconfirmed
|
Primate
|
Australia
|
|
Z
|
Zanzibar Leopard
|
Panthera pardus adersi
|
Critically endangered or possibly extinct
|
Feline
|
Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania
|
|
Ziphius
|
The Water Owl
|
Confirmed Cuvier's Beaked Whale
|
Cetacean
|
Worldwide oceans
|
|
Zuiyō Maru creature
|
New Nessie
|
Thought in the beginning to be a plesiosaur. Possible basking shark carcass
|
Carcass
|
New Zealand
|
|