
Megalodon
HighThe largest shark that ever lived went extinct 3.6 million years ago, unless the deep ocean is hiding something.
Deep in jungles and remote lakes, witnesses report creatures that should have gone extinct 65 million years ago. Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea. Sauropods in the Congo.
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The largest shark that ever lived went extinct 3.6 million years ago, unless the deep ocean is hiding something.

Deep in the Congo Basin, local tribes describe a living dinosaur with total consistency across generations.

A stubby, venomous dragon-cat with two front legs haunts the caves and cliffs of the European Alps.

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

A legless or two-legged dragon slithers through Scandinavian and Germanic legends as a creature of both terror and strange wisdom.

A scaly, long-necked dragon depicted on the Ishtar Gate of Babylon stands among real animals, leading some to argue it was drawn from life.

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

Something in the Congo swamps kills elephants with a single horn and has no interest in eating them.

West African elders say that anyone who sees this swamp dragon dies shortly after.

A giant aquatic lizard once said to inhabit remote Himalayan valleys before being deliberately exterminated.

In a remote Kenyan river valley, locals describe an armored, club-tailed reptile that has no business still existing.

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