Chase johnson Cryptids Cryptids 1 Ahool 6 Buru

Chase johnson Cryptids

Cryptids 1. Ahool 6. Buru 11. Honey Island Swamp Monster 16. Mokele. Mbembe 21. Thunderbird 2. Arabhar 7. Champ 12. Jersey Devil 17. Mongolian Death Worm 22. Ucu 3. Beast of Bray Road 8. Chupacabras 13. Kongamato 18. Mothman 23. Yeren 4. Beast of Gevaudan 9. Ebu Go. Go 14. Loch Ness Monster 19. Ogopogo 24. Yeti 5. Bili Ape 10. Giant Sloth 15. Mngwa 20. Skunk Ape 25. Sasqatch

Ahool Other Names: None. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The ahool has been described as a massive flying cryptid residing in the rain forests of Indonesia. It's face resembles that of a primate and it has grey fur, large dark eyes, threatening claws, and an astounding wingspan of ten feet. It supposedly has a very distinctive cry which has attributed to its namesake: "Aho. OOoool. " Location: Indonesia. Possible Identity: Wood owl or large species of bat.

Arabhar Other Names: None. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The arabhar is a species of snake which is endowed with a pair of wings. Not much is known about this airborne reptile and its existence is backed up with very, very little evidence. Location: Arabian Sea. Possible Identity: None.

Beast of Bray Road The Beast of Bray Road is described by purported witnesses in several ways: as a bear-like creature, as a hairy biped resembling Bigfoot, and as an unusually large (2– 4 feet tall on all fours, 7 feet tall standing up) intelligent wolf-like creature apt to walk on its hind legs and weighing 400700 pounds. It also said that its fur is a brown gray color resembling a dog or bear. Although the Beast of Bray Road has not been seen to transform from a human into a wolf in any of the sightings, it has been labeled a werewolf in newspaper articles.

Beast of Gevaudan Descriptions of the time vary, but generally the beast was said to look like a wolf but about as big as a calf. It had a large dog-like head with small straight ears, a wide chest, and a large mouth which exposed very large teeth. The beast's fur was said to be red in colour but its back was streaked with black.

Bili Ape In some ways, the apes behave more like gorillas than chimpanzees. For example, they build ground nests as gorillas do, using interwoven branches and/or saplings, bent down into a central bowl. However, they frequently nest in the trees as well. Often ground nests will be found beneath or in proximity to tree nests. Their diet is decidedly chimpanzee-like, consisting mainly of fruits (fruiting trees such as strangler figs are visited often). The Bili apes pant-hoot and tree-drum like other chimpanzees, and do not howl at the moon.

Buru The mere fact that crocodilians are called "Buru" may not however be very significant, since the Buru is described with monitor-like characteristics such as an elongated neck and a forked tongue. The native name of the Komodo dragon is "Land Crocodile". Both Bernard Heuvelmans. and Roy Mackal regard the Buru to be a large Komodo dragon-like monitor lizard, and there are fossils of such a creature to be found in the Indian subcontinent.

Champ As Champlain’s actual account demonstrates, far from heralding a serpentine, horse-headed monster, he simply mentions a native species of large fish. It was almost certainly a gar (or garfish), one of the Ganoidei subclass (from the Greek ganos, “shiny”), which includes sturgeons and other varieties

Chupacabras Other Names: None. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The chupacabra is a creature divided into two different species. The sightings of this creature began in Mexico, where the chupacabra takes a more reptile-like appearance. It apparently has greenish-gray scales, spines which run down its back, a height of three of four feet tall, and a dog-like face. It has been reported to hop very similarly to a kangaroo, and screeching when alarmed. The secondary description of the chupacabra bloomed in the United States and depicts the creature as being similar to a hairless canine with reptilian features. Despite such diverse descriptions, both versions suck the blood of its victims, costing many farmers their livestock. Location: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas, United States, Kerala, India. Possible Identity: Coyote inflicted with mange.

Ebu Gogo The Nage people of Flores describe the Ebu Gogo as having been able walkers and fast runners around 1. 5 m tall. They reportedly had wide and flat noses, broad faces with large mouths and hairy bodies. The females also had "long, pendulous breasts. “ They were said to have murmured in what was assumed to be their own language and could reportedly repeat what was said to them in a parrot-like fashion.

Giant sloth Other Names: Megatherium, Mapinguari. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The giant ground sloth is a prehistoric species of sloth which has been considered extinct for ages. Despite this, sightings still arise. This creature was one of the largest land mammals the Earth has seen, weighing in at eight tons. Although it is primarily a quadruped, it is biologically built to rest at a bipedal stance. The giant ground sloth was a creature that greatly resembled an over-sized anteater in several aspects, including the way to walked. Location: Amazon Rainforest. Possible Identity: Living relics of the ancient ground sloth

Honey island swamp monster The creature is described as bipedal, 7 feet (2 m) tall, with gray hair and yellow or red eyes, and accompanied by a disgusting smell. Footprints supposedly left by the creature have four webbed toes.

Jersey devil Other Names: Leeds Devil. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The Jersey Devil is a creature described as a bipedal flying horse. With spindly legs, a set of hooves, bat's wings, and a horse's face, the Jersey Devil is easily one of the most strange cryptids. Although it lives in legend as a creature birthed from a woman who invoked the devil upon it, it has acquired a staggering number of sightings: over 1, 000 in 1909 alone. This spree of sightings caused wide-spread panic, leaving schools closed and many individuals refusing to show up for work. Location: United States, specifically New Jersey. Possible Identity: Exotic, foreign bat.

kongamato Other Names: None. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: This large, flighted animal possesses a wingspan between four and seven feet, and red or black in color. It's snout has been likened to a dog by those who have seen it and it apparently has a long, thin tail. With teeth, claws, and leathery wings, it has been labeled by eyewitnesses as appearing "ancient". Natives have pointed out that it looks similar to a pterosaur when presented with a specific book used to identify creatures despite language barriers. A handful of locals have claimed to be attacked by such a creature, attributing their wounds to an aggressive creature much like a pterosaur. Location: Kenya, Africa. Possible Identity: Surviving pterosaur, unknown bird, large bat

Loch ness monster Other Names: Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The Loch Ness Monster has been sighted in Loch Ness, Scotland since 1933 and is arguably the most well-known lake monster cryptid. It has been described as an aquatic creature similar to a plesiosaur, with a broad body, flippers, and a long neck. The one and only photograph of the beast presenting a neck and head is known as "Surgeon's photograph". Although the photograph was revealed as a hoax in 1994, dozens of eyewitness accounts, photos, and videos still stand for its existence, the most recent occurring in 2007. Location: Loch Ness, Scotland. Possible Identity: Surviving plesiosaur.

mngwa Described as, "the size of a donkey, " English contact with this animal first began in the 1900 s. In 1938, an openminded discussion of this animal appeared in then-world-famous British scientific journal Discovery. William Hichens, a British administrator working in Tanzania reported that several natives were attacked by this animal. He thought it to be a giant, man-eating lion that was responsible, but both fur-samples and tracks were different from those of a lion (Welfare & Fairley, 1981).

Mokele-mbembe Other Names: "One who stops the flow of rivers". Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The Mokele-mbembe is described by natives as a creature very similar to a small sauropod, at fifteen to thirty feet long. It thrives in the rivers in the jungles of the Congo, frightening locals who have to "misfortune" of seeing it. Location: Republic of the Congo. Possible Identity: A small sauropod dinosaur.

Mongolian death worm Other Names: Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: The Mongolian death worm is described as a bright red worm with a length between two and five feet. Mongolian locals claim this strange worm spews acid, can attack individuals from a distance via electrical discharge, and that touching any part of it causes instant death due to its venom. Location: Gobi Desert. Possible Identity: Mere myth

mothman Other Names: Often associated with Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" from John A. Keels book "The Mothman Prophecies". Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: In Point Place, Virginia, a winged bipedal creature was reported between 1966 and 1977. The Mothman stands at seven feet tall with glowing red eyes and a pair of massive wings, with a body shaped much like a man. Theories of what the creature was have ranged from paranormal activity, to conspiracy theories, to the misidentification of birds. The slew of eyewitnesses have been deemed reliable, but no signs of the Mothman have been found since the array of sightings in the 1960's. Location: West Virginia, United States. Possible Identity: Misidentified bird.

ogopogo The most common description of Ogopogo is a 40 to 50 -foot-long (12 to 15 m) sea serpent.

Skunk ape In 1974, sightings of a large, foulsmelling, hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs were reported in suburban neighborhoods of Dade County, Florida. Skeptical investigator Joe Nickell has written that some of the reports may represent sightings of the black bear (Ursus americanus) and it is likely that other sightings are hoaxes or misidentification of wildlife.

thunderbird Other Names: None. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: Thunder birds are birds unknown to science that are described as possessing massive wingspans. They live on in Native American folklore, but sightings of such creatures have been recorded since the 1800's by settlers. Sightings have continued since today of such massive birds. Location: North America. Possible Identity: Misidentification of known birds

ucu These shy creatures are covered in long hair ranging in color from black and dark brown to red and gray. They have a loping walk and can run as fast as a horse. They are able to stride over high fences.

yeren Witnesses typically report the creatures to be covered in reddish colored hair. Some white specimens have also been sighted. Their height is estimated to range from six to eight feet, although some colossal examples allegedly in excess of ten feet tall have been reported. Overall, it is smaller than the American Bigfoot. Like Bigfoot, the yeren is peaceful and will generally quietly walk away when encountering people in the Zhejiang province.

yeti An ape-like cryptid taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19 th century. The scientific community generally regards the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of conclusive evidence, but it remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology.

sasquatch Other Names: Bigfoot, Skookum, Yeren, Yeti, Mapinguari, Urayuli, Almas, Batutut, Hibagon, Ucumar, Mulen, Xing-Xing. Existence: Unconfirmed. Description: One of the most celebrated cryptids of our time could easily be Bigfoot. Also known as the Sasquatch and Yeti, this bipedal entity has stumped believers and skeptics alike. Bigfoot is a rather large bipedal creature covered in course, dark or reddish hair. It is believed to be omnivorous and nocturnal, yielding hundreds of apparent encounters and sightings. Several footprint casts have been retrieved from this beast, as well as vocal recordings that tear through the night. Despite the massive collection of footprint casts, photographs, video evidence, and the like, this cryptid is still considered an unconfirmed case and has yet to be proven an authentic species in our world. Location: Worldwide. Possible Identity: Unknown or formerly extinct species of ape.

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