1. Perhaps the most famous of cryptids, this monster allegedly lives in a lake in Scotland.
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.
2. This second-most famous creature is called “Yeti” in Tibet, and “Sasquatch” or “Windigo” in Canada.
BIGFOOT.
3. Belief in this creature goes back thousands of years, and is known across the globe. Traditionally, it is a white horse with a single horn in the center of its forehead.
THE UNICORN.
4. A common subject on picture postcards, this icon of the
American West is usually described as a rabbit with horns. THE JACKALOPE.
5. Sightings of this cryptid are most common in Puerto Rico and Mexico. It has skin like a toad and is a shape-shifter. CHUPACABRA.
6. This creature has allegedly been sited hundreds of times in New York’s Lake Champlain. CHAMP.
7. Common to Virginia and West Virginia, this human-shaped creature has enormous bat-like wings and large round eyes that glow red. Richard Gere made a movie about it. MOTHMAN.
8. Born in American Indian mythology, people still claim to have seen this giant condor-like bird swooping over the countryside. THUNDERBIRD.
9. This sea-monster was once considered the bane of sailors in every ocean, but is now thought to be a giant squid.
THE KRAKEN.
10. This creature, popular in African folklore, is thought to be half man, half ape, and might have shape-shifting abilities.
THE PONGO.
