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Winged Cryptids

Creatures of the sky. Whether prophetic, prehistoric, or utterly unexplainable, these beings have wingspans that defy known biology.

16 creatures

Mothman

Mothman

Unknown

A winged humanoid with blazing red eyes, haunting Point Pleasant before disaster struck.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Jersey Devil

Jersey Devil

Medium

A bat-winged, hoofed terror born from a colonial curse in the Pine Barrens.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Thunderbird

Thunderbird

High

A colossal bird from indigenous legend with a wingspan that blots out the sun.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Mothman of Chicago

Mothman of Chicago

Unknown

A red-eyed winged humanoid haunting the skies above Chicago since 2011.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Manananggal

Manananggal

High

A vampire that tears its own torso free and flies through the night on bat-like wings, trailing its entrails below.

Folklore onlyAsia
Snallygaster

Snallygaster

Medium

A half-bird, half-reptile terror from Maryland with a taste for livestock and legend.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Kongamato

Kongamato

Medium

Zambian fishermen describe a flying reptile with leathery wings and teeth that capsizes their boats.

Eyewitness reportsAfrica
Piasa Bird

Piasa Bird

High

A dragon-bird painted on Mississippi River bluffs by the Illini, feared as a man-eater.

Folklore onlyNorth America
Ropen

Ropen

Medium

Islanders in Papua New Guinea describe a glowing, long-tailed flying creature that matches no known bird or bat.

Eyewitness reportsOceania
Van Meter Visitor

Van Meter Visitor

Unknown

A winged, light-emitting creature that besieged a small Iowa town for three nights in 1903.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Batsquatch

Batsquatch

Unknown

A purple-skinned, bat-winged ape seen near Mount St. Helens after the eruption.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Popobawa

Popobawa

High

Zanzibar's most feared entity attacks at night and demands that victims tell others, or it returns.

Eyewitness reportsAfrica
Owlman

Owlman

Unknown

A towering owl-humanoid haunting the woods around a Cornish church.

Eyewitness reportsEurope
Ahool

Ahool

Medium

A giant bat with a 10-foot wingspan, screaming through the jungles of Java.

Eyewitness reportsAsia
Inkanyamba

Inkanyamba

High

When devastating storms hit KwaZulu-Natal, the Zulu say a giant winged serpent is rising from the falls.

Photo/video claimsAfrica
Sasabonsam

Sasabonsam

High

In the forests of Ghana, something with iron teeth and bat wings sits in the treetops, legs dangling like bait.

Folklore onlyAfrica

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