Champ

Champy seen in the water below a bridge. A serpentine like monster with grey skin.

Champ, or Champy, is a monster reputed to be living in Lake Champlain, situated in the American states of New York and Vermont and also partly in Quebec, Canada. Champ is thought to be similar to the Loch Ness monster, and there have been reported sightings in the lake going back 100s of years. Description … Read more

Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster depicted as a fat bodied aquatic dinosaur with dark skin, swimming beneath the murky surface of the loch.

The Loch Ness Monster is a lake-dwelling creature said to inhabit the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland. The creature resembles a plesiosaur and is thought to have remained in the lake for thousands of years.  Description The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie as she is sometimes known, is generally considered to be a large, … Read more

Ogopogo

The serpentine Ogopogo seen on the lake under a moody dark sky, its reflection dark on the still water.

Ogopogo is a legendary lake monster said to inhabit the waters of Okanagan Lake in Canada. The legend originated among the First Nation community, who were part of the Okanagan/Syilx Nation Alliance and lived in the area for 12,000 years. When European fur traders began arriving in the Okanagan Valley in 1809, stories of a … Read more

Mothman

The scary mothman with large dark wings and glowing red eyes flying along a highway.

Mothman is a legendary creature that appears as a giant flying bird-like monster with humanoid features. The creature is alleged to have terrorized West Virginia between 1966 and 1967, where a spate of sightings led to the creation of a local legend centered around the small town of Point Plesant. Mothman continues to surface occasionally … Read more

Owlman

The Owlman seen with his humanoid body and owl head and wings, here prowling a graveyard.

The Owlman is, as you would expect, a hybrid of man and owl and is said to frequent Cornwall, England. There have been sporadic sightings of a hybrid bird/man creature in a secluded woodland and a nearby churchyard starting from 1926 up until the most recent sighting in 2019. Some researchers believe he was created … Read more

Montauk Monster

The Montauk Monster see here with a pale dinosaur-like head with wide nostrils poking its head just above the waterline.

The Montauk Monster was the carcass of an unidentified creature that washed ashore in July 2008 on the Ditch Plains Beach, a surfing spot near the East Hampton village of Montauk, on the east end of Long Island, New York. The identity of the carcass became the subject of debate and speculation that involved local … Read more

Sewer Alligator

A sewer alligator seen with its jaw open near the entrance to a sewer system.

The sewer alligator is a creature from New York City urban legends.  Sewer alligator folklore centers around claims about a population of alligators living in the city sewers. Accounts often add fanciful details such as alligators growing to monstrous proportions due to feeding on rodents or supposedly nutritious sewage garbage. Some accounts claim that blind … Read more

Megalodon

A megalodon seen feeding in the ocean with its huge mouth open.

The megalodon was a giant shark species that lived 2.6 to 23 million years ago, inhabiting the warm oceans of the world. However, there have also been purported sightings in more recent times. Description The megalodon is generally thought to have been between 12 and 21 meters long (40 to 70 feet), making it the … Read more

Tikbalang

The Tikbalang seen as a green-skinned humanoid in a murky forest

The Tikbalang is a legendary humanoid cryptid from Philippine folklore, said to live in the mountains and forests there. Description “Tikbalang” roughly translates to “demon horse,” and this creature has been part of Philippine folklore since time immemorial. Said to live in the mountains and forests, it is a tall and bony being with extraordinarily … Read more

Tatzelwurm

The Tatzelwurm seen in the dark with its worm-like body but the head of a pale cat.

The Tatzelwurm is said to be a small, carnivorous, lizard-like creature with the head of a cat and a serpent’s body living in the lower elevations of the Alps of Austria and Switzerland. Description The legend of the Tatzelwurm (claw worm) has been around for hundreds of years. Scientists are split on what it might … Read more