Desert Cryptids

A Navajo witch who wears the skins of animals and walks between worlds.

The blood-draining predator that left livestock drained across Latin America.

The antlered rabbit of the American West, born from taxidermy humor and frontier tall tales.

An eagle the size of a cargo plane, strong enough to carry elephants, described by sailors who crossed the Indian Ocean.

A blood-red worm said to kill with electric shocks and acid venom from beneath the Gobi sands.

Nomadic herders across Mongolia and Central Asia have described encounters with a stocky, hairy humanoid that walks upright and avoids civilization.

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.

A massive, foul-smelling humanoid stalking the Mojave near Joshua Tree, where the desert watches back.

A bipedal reptilian predator stomping through the Australian outback, leaving three-toed tracks in places nothing large should be.

A 40-foot beast in a shallow Nebraska lake, where something that size should have nowhere to hide.

A giant serpent of the Australian interior, thick as a tree trunk, still reported near remote waterholes.

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