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The Beast of Gévaudan
June 30, 1764 · Les Hubacs, near Langogne, parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès (Vivarais, now Ardèche), on the border of the Gévaudan
Cryptid · Creature · 80 sources
50Partially documented
The Flatwoods Monster
September 12, 1952 · G. Bailey Fisher farm, Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
Cryptid · Creature · 51 sources
43Partially documented
Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph
c. 1934 · North shore of Loch Ness along the A82, near the Altsaigh (Alltsigh) Burn, about 2-3 miles northeast of Invermoriston, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 43 sources · 3 photos
22Thinly documented
The Mothman of Point Pleasant
November 15, 1966 · TNT area (McClintic Wildlife Management Area), near Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
Cryptid · Creature · 64 sources
36Partially documented
The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
October 20, 1967 · Bluff Creek, Six Rivers National Forest, California
Cryptid · Creature · 51 sources · 2 photos
44Partially documented
The Dover Demon
April 21, 1977 · Dover, Massachusetts (Farm Street, Miller Hill Road, Springdale Avenue)
Cryptid · Creature · 37 sources
21Thinly documented
The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week
January 16, 1909 · South Jersey and the Philadelphia area (Woodbury, Bristol, Burlington, Gloucester City, Camden, Trenton)
Cryptid · Creature · 50 sources
44Partially documented
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp: Christopher Davis's encounter
June 29, 1988 · Browntown Road, Scape Ore Swamp, near Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina
Cryptid · Creature · 34 sources
31Partially documented
Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness
c. 1933 · North shore road near Abriachan Pier, opposite Aldourie, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources
18Thinly documented
Shipton and Ward Yeti Footprints, Menlung Glacier, 1951
November 8, 1951 · Menlung Glacier, below the Menlung La, Gauri Sankar group, Nepal-Tibet border
Cryptid · Creature · 49 sources · 5 photos
49Partially documented
Momo, the Missouri Monster: The Harrison Family Sighting
July 11, 1972 · Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri (Harrison home at the foot of Marzolf Hill / Star Hill)
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
32Partially documented
The Beast of Bray Road: the Elkhorn werewolf sightings, Wisconsin (1989 to 1991)
c. 1989 · Bray Road, near Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
19Thinly documented
The Skookum Cast
September 22, 2000 · Skookum Meadow, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Skamania County, Washington
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos
36Partially documented
Madelyne Tolentino's Chupacabra Sighting, Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
August 1995 · Barrio Campo Rico, near Calle 1 and Calle 2, Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
17Thinly documented
The Battle of Ape Canyon
July 1924 · Ape Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Washington
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
30Partially documented
HMS Daedalus sea serpent: Captain M'Quhae's report and the Richard Owen dispute, 1848
August 6, 1848 · South Atlantic, between the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena, about 300 miles off present-day Namibia (24°44′S, 9°22′E)
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
28Thinly documented
Tim Dinsdale's Loch Ness Film, Foyers Bay (1960)
April 23, 1960 · Foyers Bay, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
30Partially documented
Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter
September 1941 · Ruby Creek, near Agassiz, British Columbia
Cryptid · Creature · 35 sources
27Thinly documented
The Owlman of Mawnan: The Melling Sisters' Sighting
April 17, 1976 · St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan, near Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
15Thinly documented
De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
c. 1917 · Tributary of the Tarra River, near Casigua, south-west of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
The Beast of Exmoor: the 1983 South Molton sheep killings and the Royal Marines hunt
c. 1983 · Drewstone Farm, near South Molton, North Devon (Exmoor), England
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
32Partially documented
Norman Collie and the Big Grey Man (Am Fear Liath Mòr) of Ben Macdui
1891 · Summit of Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
17Thinly documented
The Loveland Frog Police Sightings
March 3, 1972 · Riverside Drive near the Little Miami River, Loveland, Ohio
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
24Thinly documented
The Fouke Monster Attack on the Ford House
May 2, 1971 · Rented frame house just outside Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources · 1 photos
29Thinly documented
The Sandra Mansi "Champ" photograph, Lake Champlain
July 5, 1977 · Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, between St. Albans and the Canadian border, near Missisquoi Bay
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources · 2 photos
25Thinly documented
Morag Strikes McDonell and Simpson's Boat on Loch Morar
August 16, 1969 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources
14Thinly documented
The Gloucester Sea Serpent and the Linnaean Society Inquiry
August 1817 · Gloucester Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
33Partially documented
Art Folden's Ogopogo film, Okanagan Lake (1968)
c. 1968 · Highway 97 beside Okanagan Lake, south of Peachland, British Columbia
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Jerry Crew's Bluff Creek Footprints and the Birth of "Bigfoot"
August 27, 1958 · Bluff Creek Road, Six Rivers National Forest, Humboldt County, California
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources · 1 photos
28Thinly documented
Marcellin Agnagna's Mokele-mbembe sighting at Lake Tele, 1983
May 1, 1983 · Lake Tele, Likouala Department
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
26Thinly documented
The Lawndale Thunderbird Attack on Marlon Lowe
July 25, 1977 · Lawndale, Logan County, Illinois
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
Debbie Martyr's orang pendek sighting, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (1994)
September 1994 · Gunung Tujuh area, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Kerinci Regency, Jambi, Sumatra
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
16Thinly documented
The Enfield Monster, Illinois 1973
April 25, 1973 · Enfield, White County, Illinois
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
33Partially documented
Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito
c. 1922 · Laguna del Plesiosaurio (Laguna Negra), foot of Cerro Pirque, El Pedregoso, El Hoyo, Chubut
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
30Partially documented
The Beast of 'Busco: Oscar, the Giant Turtle of Fulk Lake
July 1948 · Fulk Lake, near Churubusco, Indiana
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
23Thinly documented
Anthony Wooldridge's Yeti Photographs near Hemkund
March 6, 1986 · Slope below Hemkund, Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya (Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos
35Partially documented
The Shennongjia Wildman: Forestry Officials Meet the Yeren at Chunshuya, 1976
May 14, 1976 · Chunshuya pass, on the border of Fang County and Shennongjia, Hubei
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
36Partially documented