Cryptid Vault
All Cryptids

North America

54 creatures reported in North America.

Bigfoot

Bigfoot

Low

The towering ape-man of the Pacific Northwest, glimpsed in fog and legend for centuries.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Mothman

Mothman

Unknown

A winged humanoid with blazing red eyes, haunting Point Pleasant before disaster struck.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Skinwalker

Skinwalker

High

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

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Megalodon

Megalodon

High

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

Debunked/disputedOceania / North America / South America / Africa
Wendigo

Wendigo

High

A gaunt, insatiable spirit of the frozen north that was once human.

Folklore onlyNorth America
Chupacabra

Chupacabra

Medium

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

Physical evidence claimsNorth America / South America
Jersey Devil

Jersey Devil

Medium

A bat-winged, hoofed terror born from a colonial curse in the Pine Barrens.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Michigan Dogman

Michigan Dogman

Medium

An upright canine terror first reported in 1887, stalking Michigan's north woods ever since.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Thunderbird

Thunderbird

High

A colossal bird from indigenous legend with a wingspan that blots out the sun.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Skunk Ape

Skunk Ape

Low

Florida's foul-smelling answer to Bigfoot, lurking in the Everglades heat.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Fresno Nightcrawler

Fresno Nightcrawler

Low

A pair of impossibly long legs walking through the night, captured on security cameras.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Jackalope

Jackalope

Low

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

Debunked/disputedNorth America
Mothman of Chicago

Mothman of Chicago

Unknown

A red-eyed winged humanoid haunting the skies above Chicago since 2011.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Fouke Monster

Fouke Monster

Medium

The hairy hominid of Boggy Creek, Arkansas, that inspired one of horror's first docudramas.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Dover Demon

Dover Demon

Low

A watermelon-headed creature spotted three times in two nights, then never again.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Ogopogo

Ogopogo

Low

Canada's answer to Nessie, coiling through the depths of Okanagan Lake.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Champ

Champ

Low

America's own lake monster, surfacing in the waters between Vermont and New York.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Wampus Cat

Wampus Cat

High

A six-legged panther-witch from Cherokee legend that screams through Appalachian hollows.

Folklore onlyNorth America
Pukwudgie

Pukwudgie

Medium

A small, troll-like trickster from Wampanoag legend that lures victims off cliffs.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Pascagoula Aliens

Pascagoula Aliens

Unknown

Two fishermen claim robotic, claw-handed beings floated them aboard a craft in 1973.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Snallygaster

Snallygaster

Medium

A half-bird, half-reptile terror from Maryland with a taste for livestock and legend.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Flatwoods Monster

Flatwoods Monster

Medium

A towering, ace-of-spades-headed figure that appeared after a UFO streaked overhead.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Beast of Bray Road

Beast of Bray Road

High

A shaggy, upright canine prowling a rural Wisconsin road since the 1980s.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Goatman

Goatman

High

A half-man, half-goat said to roam the back roads of Maryland with an axe.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Honey Island Swamp Monster

Honey Island Swamp Monster

Low

A web-footed, amber-eyed beast haunting one of America's most pristine swamps.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Gloucester Sea Serpent

Gloucester Sea Serpent

Low

Hundreds of witnesses watched a giant serpent patrol Gloucester Harbor for weeks in 1817.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Momo the Monster

Momo the Monster

Medium

A blood-stained, three-toed giant that terrorized a small Missouri town in the summer of 1972.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Piasa Bird

Piasa Bird

High

A dragon-bird painted on Mississippi River bluffs by the Illini, feared as a man-eater.

Folklore onlyNorth America
Hopkinsville Goblin

Hopkinsville Goblin

Medium

Small silver beings that besieged a Kentucky farmhouse for hours in 1955.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

High

A 7-foot reptilian biped that attacked a teen's car in a South Carolina swamp.

Physical evidence claimsNorth America
Ozark Howler

Ozark Howler

Medium

A horned, shaggy beast whose eerie howl echoes through the Ozark hills at night.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Hodag

Hodag

Medium

A spiny, fire-born beast from the Wisconsin woods with a taste for white bulldogs.

Debunked/disputedNorth America
Van Meter Visitor

Van Meter Visitor

Unknown

A winged, light-emitting creature that besieged a small Iowa town for three nights in 1903.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Batsquatch

Batsquatch

Unknown

A purple-skinned, bat-winged ape seen near Mount St. Helens after the eruption.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Tahoe Tessie

Tahoe Tessie

Low

A serpentine lake dweller hiding in the frigid depths of Lake Tahoe since Washoe legend.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Loveland Frog

Loveland Frog

Low

A bipedal frog-like humanoid spotted by police on an Ohio road at night.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Cadborosaurus

Cadborosaurus

Low

A horse-headed sea serpent weaving through the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Physical evidence claimsNorth America
Lake Worth Monster

Lake Worth Monster

Medium

A scaly, goat-like creature that charged a crowd of onlookers at a Texas lake in 1969.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Sheepsquatch

Sheepsquatch

Medium

A woolly, horned quadruped lurking in the hills of West Virginia since the 1990s.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Steller's Sea Cow

Steller's Sea Cow

Low

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
Altamaha-ha

Altamaha-ha

Low

Georgia's river serpent, a long-necked mystery lurking in the murky Altamaha.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Pressie

Pressie

Unknown

The largest Great Lake may harbor the largest Great Lake monster, a creature linked to Ojibwe legends of the underwater panther.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Pope Lick Monster

Pope Lick Monster

High

A half-man, half-goat lurking beneath a railway trestle in Louisville.

Folklore onlyNorth America
White River Monster

White River Monster

Low

An enormous gray creature that churned the White River and earned state legal protection.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Bear Lake Monster

Bear Lake Monster

Low

A serpentine terror of Bear Lake, first reported by Mormon settlers and Shoshone alike.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Manipogo

Manipogo

Low

Lake Manitoba's serpentine lake monster has been reported by Indigenous communities for centuries and photographed at least twice.

Photo/video claimsNorth America
Globster

Globster

Low

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

Physical evidence claimsOceania / North America / South America / Europe / Asia / Africa
Memphre

Memphre

Low

A lake monster lurks in the cross-border waters of Lake Memphremagog, spotted from both the Quebec and Vermont shores.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Grafton Monster

Grafton Monster

Unknown

A headless, pale giant spotted lumbering through a West Virginia town in 1964.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Iliamna Lake Monster

Iliamna Lake Monster

Unknown

Something massive moves beneath Alaska's largest lake, and the locals know to stay clear.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Enfield Monster

Enfield Monster

Medium

A three-legged, gray-skinned creature that terrorized an Illinois town for three nights.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Beast of Busco

Beast of Busco

Low

A giant snapping turtle the size of a dining table, spotted in an Indiana farm pond.

Eyewitness reportsNorth America
Old Yellow Top

Old Yellow Top

Low

A Bigfoot-like creature with a distinctive blonde mane has been spotted near mining towns in northern Ontario since the 1900s.

Repeated sightingsNorth America
Slide-Rock Bolter

Slide-Rock Bolter

High

A whale-shaped mountain predator that slides down Colorado slopes to swallow hikers whole.

Folklore onlyNorth America

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