Oceania

The largest shark that ever lived went extinct 3.6 million years ago, unless the deep ocean is hiding something.

Officially extinct since 1936, the Tasmanian tiger is the subject of more credible survival sightings than almost any other lost species.

Australia's lurking water spirit, feared by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

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

A ghostly white humanoid shape rising from Antarctic waters, seen by Japanese fishermen.

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

Sacred water guardians of Maori tradition that shape rivers, protect tribes, and sometimes drag the unwary to their doom.

Massive, fleshy, unidentifiable masses that wash ashore worldwide, defying easy explanation until the lab results come in.

A tiny red tree creature that swallows you whole, then spits you out slightly shorter.

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

A marine humanoid reported by fishermen in New Ireland, with a woman's upper body and a fish-like lower half.

In the Australian outback, a malevolent spirit stalks those who practice sorcery and kills them in their sleep.

An enormous, tapir-like beast reported by a colonial officer in the unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea.