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'Roo sightings or paw prints also reported in the UK, Germany and France. No theories adequately explain these Mysterious Unknown Animals, UMAs. What might they be?

This creature, goatsucker, leaves dead animals in its wake, those who have encountered it terrified, questioning their senses, and cryptozoologists mystified.

An Australian stamp commemorating the Bunyip, which resembles the extinct diprotodon, as an animal of natural history, implies it existed at one time.

While this bird, sighted in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1970s, left no evidence behind other than sightings and one attack over a brief time period, there are theories.

Cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson claimed he had a copy of the picture and lent it to men who lost it. Did the snapshot exist? John Huffer's big bird video not evaluated.

Cryptid panthers are called Alien Big Cats, ABCs; however this one is the size of domestic cats. There are theories and controversy about this mysterious Irish feline.

Missouri Monster, abbreviated as Momo, has killed dogs and other animals, unlike the vegetarian Bigfoot. Cryptozoologists and UFOlogists investigated the creature.

Never before or since, has such a creature been seen in Massachusetts. The sightings lasted only three days. There are theories, but what it was remains a mystery.

The Duke Power Company, when constructing the Cowans Ford Dam in 1963, created North Carolina's largest man-made lake, fed by the Catawba River, that's Norman's home.

Called mapi, inashi or sloth, some zoologists theorize it might be an elusive descendant of the extinct megafauna Megatherium family who were the size of a bull elephant.

Witnesses, say Mokele-Mbembe resembles a dinosaur. Scientists searched for indisputable evidence of its existence. Is it possible that species of dinosaurs still survive?

Zoology maintains no bears live in Africa but ursine fossils have been discovered there. Bears are found in the Americas and Eurasia. Could they exist in Africa?

Natives called it N'ha-a-tik, Chinook Wicked One, Great-Beast-on-the-Lake and Snake-in-the-Lake. There are legends. Many have witnessed it. Photographs and videos exist.

Tata Duende was used to scare kids into behaving, which may be one reason why some doubt he exists. Believers had encounters with the Duende or knew people who did.

Cryptids are animals unknown to science or seen outside of their normal habitats. Generally, they are reported as sightings with little or no scientific evidence.

The chupacabra is a media sensation with chupacabra pictures and videos all over the web. T-shirts with the chupa's image and movies have added to the goat sucker's fame.

There have been many reports of Thunderbirds in the United States and at least one terrifying encounter. What might this strange winged creature be?

This speculative science's subjects are Unknown Mysterious Animals, UMAs, cryptids, mainstream science doesn't recognize which are divided into three major categories.

Unidentified Mysterious Animals (UMAs) including hairy humanoids and other ape-man creatures are sighted globally. Descriptions and theories have amazing similarities.

Sightings are rare. Witnesses say he's about ten feet tall, hair, and has long arms and legs. All experients felt terror and malevolence when they sensed his presence.

The Wendigo was part of the folklore of various AmerIndian tribes, especially the Algonquians. Both natives and settlers claim to have seen this being.

Some think it was an amphibious predator, half-wolf, half-fish, that lived in Ireland's lakes and rivers. Accounts are from earlier centuries. Legend or extinct cryptid?

There have been a number of reports about mythical creatures throughout American history. Many find these reports to be awe inspiring.

The first European account of Almas was in the 1400s. Legends of these creatures have existed for centuries. Conventional scientists dismiss these cryptids as myths.

Throughout the years, there have been a number of reported Bigfoot sightings in America. Though considered a cryptic creature, many declare the primate real.

Although two species of big cats are known to have sizable populations of black phase individuals, only one of these lives in the Americas, and not in the Northeast.

Scientists scoffed at these accounts until evidence made them acknowledge these monsters might exist. The debate of cryptid or enormous squid continues.

German for "worm with claws" this mystery creature has been seen several times over the past two hundred years. Was it a misidentified animal or something else?

The chupacabra, also known as the goatsucker, is a fascinating cryptid credited with animal mutilation sightings taking place mostly in Puerto Rico.

Large primate creatures are some of the most popular cryptids. Known by such names as Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Abominable Snowman, and Yeti, these creatures are very eerie.

Loren Coleman, one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, has researched, investigated and written about alleged cryptid sightings, including Bigfoot and the Yeti.

Loren Coleman is one of the world's leading cryptozoologists. He's researched and investigated sightings of Bigfoot, the Yeti, Thunderbirds, Black Panthers and Loch Ness.

Hairy biped's fur is two colored, hence the name, Marked Hominid. Siberians call it Mecheny, Marked One. Read about a respected cryptozoologist's encounter with one.

Sanderson was influenced by Charles Fort, considered the father of modern paranormalism, and founded the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, SITU.

The Saturdays, a family of Secret Scientists, study Cryptids in the name of science and battle V. V. Argost to save the world.

They're in European lore - German raurackl, Bavarian wolpertinger, Thuringian rasselbock and Swiss dilldapp. They aren't Unidentified Mysterious Animals, as some think.

Small hairy hominids resembling chimpanzees, Napes, were seen in Florida long before the Skunk Apes were. Neither cryptid has been captured or killed.

El Chupacabra, also known as the goatsucker, is a reported cryptic animal that has been spotted in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Latin American communities in the states.

New Jersey Devil Hunters President Laura K. Leuter talks about the Jersey Devil legend, sightings of the Jersey Devil and her own personal beliefs regarding the creature.

There was a debate in the House of Commons and a libel suit over the existence of this creature. Parapsychologist Nandor Fodor concluded he was an animal who spoke.

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This unusual animal and its habitat in Tasmania is believed to be extinct, although historical sightings have been reported.

This adult creature's face is lupine and it walks and runs on all four feet or its hind legs. People wondered what it was. Could it have been Big Foot?

Cryptozoologists, Ivan Sanderson and Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans, the father of cryptozoology, investigated the iceman, thinking he was a significant discovery.