Hodag
A spiny, fire-born beast from the Wisconsin woods with a taste for white bulldogs.
Debunked/disputedNorth America
All Cryptids
Former Cryptids
Once dismissed as legend, some have been explained. Others remain in a gray zone between myth and natural history.
8 creatures
Jackalope
The antlered rabbit of the American West, born from taxidermy humor and frontier tall tales.
Debunked/disputedNorth America
Kelpie
A shape-shifting water horse that lures riders to a watery grave in Scottish lochs.
Folklore onlyEurope
Kraken
The ship-swallowing sea beast of Norse legend, now partially explained by giant squid.
Debunked/disputedEurope
MoaIllustration coming soon
Moa
A 12-foot flightless bird, officially extinct for 600 years, with enough backcountry sighting reports to keep the search alive.
Photo/video claimsOceania
Steller's Sea Cow
Hunted to extinction just 27 years after Western science discovered it, some believe pockets of this gentle giant survive in remote Arctic waters.
Eyewitness reportsAsia / North America
Thylacine
Officially extinct since 1936, the Tasmanian tiger is the subject of more credible survival sightings than almost any other lost species.
Photo/video claimsOceania
WaitorekeIllustration coming soon
Waitoreke
A small, otter-like animal in New Zealand's South Island rivers, where no native mammal should exist.
Eyewitness reportsOceania