Bigfoot
The towering ape-man of the Pacific Northwest, glimpsed in fog and legend for centuries.
Photo/video claims165 creatures documented
The World's Unknown Creatures, Catalogued.
Every legend. Every sighting. Every shadow. One field guide to the creatures science hasn't explained.
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Loch Ness Monster
The legendary lake serpent of Scotland, photographed, sonar-scanned, and never found.
Photo/video claims
Mothman
A winged humanoid with blazing red eyes, haunting Point Pleasant before disaster struck.
Eyewitness reports
Megalodon
The largest shark that ever lived went extinct 3.6 million years ago, unless the deep ocean is hiding something.
Debunked/disputed
Skinwalker
A Navajo witch who wears the skins of animals and walks between worlds.
Eyewitness reports
Yeti
The ape-man of the Himalayas, tracked through snow but never confirmed.
Physical evidence claims
Kraken
The ship-swallowing sea beast of Norse legend, now partially explained by giant squid.
Debunked/disputed
Wendigo
A gaunt, insatiable spirit of the frozen north that was once human.
Folklore onlyBigfoot
The towering ape-man of the Pacific Northwest, glimpsed in fog and legend for centuries.
Photo/video claimsNorth America
Loch Ness Monster
The legendary lake serpent of Scotland, photographed, sonar-scanned, and never found.
Photo/video claimsEurope
Mothman
A winged humanoid with blazing red eyes, haunting Point Pleasant before disaster struck.
Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Megalodon
The largest shark that ever lived went extinct 3.6 million years ago, unless the deep ocean is hiding something.
Debunked/disputedOceania / North America / South America / Africa
Skinwalker
A Navajo witch who wears the skins of animals and walks between worlds.
Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Yeti
The ape-man of the Himalayas, tracked through snow but never confirmed.
Physical evidence claimsAsia
Kraken
The ship-swallowing sea beast of Norse legend, now partially explained by giant squid.
Debunked/disputedEurope
Wendigo
A gaunt, insatiable spirit of the frozen north that was once human.
Folklore onlyNorth America
Editor's Picks
The strange, the obscure, the ones that keep you up at night.
Dover Demon
A watermelon-headed creature spotted three times in two nights, then never again.
Hopkinsville Goblin
Small silver beings that besieged a Kentucky farmhouse for hours in 1955.
Flatwoods Monster
A towering, ace-of-spades-headed figure that appeared after a UFO streaked overhead.
Fresno Nightcrawler
A pair of impossibly long legs walking through the night, captured on security cameras.
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View allLake Monsters
Serpentine creatures hiding in the world's deepest freshwater bodies. From Scotland to Canada, these beasts surface just long enough to be glimpsed, then vanish into black water.
25 creaturesWinged Cryptids
Creatures of the sky. Whether prophetic, prehistoric, or utterly unexplainable, these beings have wingspans that defy known biology.
18 creaturesHairy Humanoids
The ape-men, the wild-men, the things in the treeline. Every continent has its version. Something walks upright in the wilderness.
22 creaturesAppalachian Cryptids
The mountains of Appalachia harbor some of America's strangest legends. In these misty hollows, the line between folklore and sighting blurs.
5 creaturesFormer Cryptids
Once dismissed as legend, some have been explained. Others remain in a gray zone between myth and natural history.
8 creaturesSea Serpents
The ocean covers 70% of the planet. Most of it is unexplored. These creatures patrol the deep water, surfacing in sailor accounts and sonar readings across centuries.
18 creaturesDogmen & Werewolves
Upright canines with human intelligence. Reported on back roads, in forests, and outside small towns. The oldest fear, still walking.
6 creaturesLiving Dinosaurs
Deep in jungles and remote lakes, witnesses report creatures that should have gone extinct 65 million years ago. Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea. Sauropods in the Congo.
14 creatures