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Hairy Humanoids

The ape-men, the wild-men, the things in the treeline. Every continent has its version. Something walks upright in the wilderness.

21 creatures

Bigfoot

Bigfoot

Low

The towering ape-man of the Pacific Northwest, glimpsed in fog and legend for centuries.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Yeti

Yeti

Medium

The ape-man of the Himalayas, tracked through snow but never confirmed.

Physical evidence claimsAsia
Skunk Ape

Skunk Ape

Low

Florida's foul-smelling answer to Bigfoot, lurking in the Everglades heat.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Fouke Monster

Fouke Monster

Medium

The hairy hominid of Boggy Creek, Arkansas, that inspired one of horror's first docudramas.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Orang Pendek

Orang Pendek

Low

A short, bipedal ape covered in golden-brown fur walks the jungles of Sumatra, and credible scientists have spent decades trying to prove it exists.

Physical evidence claimsAsia
Fear Liath

Fear Liath

Medium

Climbers on Scotland's second-highest peak report a towering grey figure following them through the mist, accompanied by crunching footsteps and overwhelming dread.

Eyewitness reportsEurope
Yowie

Yowie

Medium

Australia's own Bigfoot has been reported for centuries, from Aboriginal Dreamtime stories to modern highway encounters.

Repeated sightingsOceania
Yeren

Yeren

Medium

China's Bigfoot roams the thick forests of Hubei Province, backed by thousands of reported sightings.

Repeated sightingsAsia
Beast of Bray Road

Beast of Bray Road

High

A shaggy, upright canine prowling a rural Wisconsin road since the 1980s.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Honey Island Swamp Monster

Honey Island Swamp Monster

Low

A web-footed, amber-eyed beast haunting one of America's most pristine swamps.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Almas

Almas

Low

Nomadic herders across Mongolia and Central Asia have described encounters with a stocky, hairy humanoid that walks upright and avoids civilization.

Repeated sightingsAsia
Momo the Monster

Momo the Monster

Medium

A blood-stained, three-toed giant that terrorized a small Missouri town in the summer of 1972.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Ebu Gogo

Ebu Gogo

Medium

The people of Flores Island describe small, hairy cave-dwellers who stole food and children, and the story gained credibility when Homo floresiensis fossils were found.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Hibagon

Hibagon

Medium

A foul-smelling ape-man stalking the misty slopes of Mount Hiba in rural Japan.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Barmanou

Barmanou

Medium

A foul-smelling ape-man reportedly abducts women and kills livestock in the remote mountain passes of northern Pakistan.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Old Yellow Top

Old Yellow Top

Low

A Bigfoot-like creature with a distinctive blonde mane has been spotted near mining towns in northern Ontario since the 1900s.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Batutut

Batutut

Medium

A bipedal ape spotted by both Vietnamese villagers and American soldiers during the war.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Agogwe

Agogwe

Low

Across East Africa, multiple credible witnesses have reported small, rust-colored ape-men walking upright.

Repeated sightingsAfrica
Nguoi Rung

Nguoi Rung

Medium

Deep in Vietnam's jungles, soldiers and scientists have reported a powerfully built ape that walks like a man.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Moehau

Moehau

High

A hairy, rock-throwing giant reported in New Zealand's Coromandel Range long before the Bigfoot craze.

Eyewitness reportsOceania
El Sisimite

El Sisimite

High

In the forests of Honduras, a backward-footed ape-man kidnaps anyone who makes eye contact.

Folklore onlySouth America

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