Cryptids
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Carolina Parakeet
The Carolina Parakeet is a cryptid classified as a Lazarus Taxon (an animal believed to be extinct but then found alive again). The Carolina Parakeet was first described in 1891 and goes by the scientific name Conuropsis carolinensis. It’s a small bird with green plumage that has sections of yellow and orange. It is the only bird in the parakeet family native to North America and could be found in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Due to their tendency to eat fruit, many were killed en mass by farmers. This along with them being sold as pets, or used as decorations for women’s hats, led to their extinction. The last…
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Beast of Busco/Oscar
The Beast of Busco is a cryptid from Churubusco Indiana. It is a giant turtle living in Falk Lake. It is four feet wide and weighs between one hundred to five hundred pounds. It was sighted many times in 1949. It is often linked to the alligator snapping turtle. Citations: Coleman, Loren, and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia Of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras And Other Authentic M. United States, Touchstone, 2013.
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Beast Of Bodmin Moor/ Beast Of Bolventor
The Beast of Bodmin Moor is a cryptid known as an Alien Big Cat from Cornwall, England. It’s believed to be a leopard-like creature with black fur. It’s often linked to mysteriously killed livestock. One sighting of the creature was followed by a sheep being disemboweled and another being decapitated. Citations: Coleman, Loren, and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia Of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras And Other Authentic M. United States, Touchstone, 2013. Eberhart, George M.. Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. United Kingdom, ABC-CLIO, 2002.
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Barmanu
The Barmanu is a cryptid from Pakistan. They are hairy hominids whose name means “big hairy one.” They have a terrible smell and makes guttural sounds with a primitive voice box. When locals were shown pictures of the Minnesota Iceman, they saw a similarity to the Barmanu. Citations: Coleman, Loren, and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras and Other Authentic M. United States, Touchstone, 2013.
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Arica Monster
The Arica Monster is a creature sighted multiple times in Chile. In one instance, it was sighted in Pampa Acha, Iquique Province, Chile. July 29, 2004 at 9:40 p.m. The witness was an army recruiter named Dario Riquelme along with a man named Hernan Cuevas and his wife, son, and daughter. They were approaching an area called Presencias Tutelares when Riquelme stopped after seeing a humanoid creature crossing the street, and another close behind it. He described them as humanoids resembling bipedal dinosaurs with muscular thighs. They were grey and had no hair, estimated the be two meters in height. The second was smaller and obscured. They crossed the road…
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Alma/Almasti
The Alma is a form of hairy hominid which has been sighted along the Caucasus mountains throughout Asia. They largely live in the mountains or the Gobi Desert. They stand 5 to 6 and a half feet tall and are covered in reddish brown curly hair which covers everything except their hands and faces. They have prominent brow ridges and cheekbones, flat noses, and jutting lower jaws without visible chins. They have long arms, walk upright with bent knees, and the big toes curve inward and are shorter than the other toes. Their fingernails and toenails resemble those of humans. They eat grass and wild vegetables. Its name translates to “wild…
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Ahool
The Ahool is a cryptid from Java Indonesia. It flies at night and has a 12-foot wingspan. It has a monkey head, dark grey fur, large dark eyes, and claw tipped wings. It is usually timid and eats fish and small game. It lives behind waterfalls. It is named after the call it makes, which sounds like “Ahool.” It is the size of a one-year-old child. It has been compared to the Olitiau. It is known to many of the native people and was sighted in 1925 by Dr. Ernest Bartels. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.…
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Agogwe
The Agogwe is a cryptid from East Africa. It is a hairy hominid with yellowish-red skin, rust colored hair, and standing roughly four to five feet tall. It is believed to live in remote forested areas. One notable sighting occurred in 1900 by a man named Captain William Hichens. It is thought to fall into the Proto-Pygmy classification of hominids among cryptozoologists. Citations: Coleman, Loren, and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras and Other Authentic M. United States, Touchstone, 2013.
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Adam’s Hedgehog Bear
Adam’s Hedgehog Bear is a creature who was sighted in Oregon near Klamath Lake by explorer John “Grizzly” Adams. The creature had the body of a hedgehog with the head and feet of a bear. John Adams and his men attempted to catch the creature but unfortunately failed. Ultimately John Adams and his men were the only ones to sight this creature leading many to believe they made it up. Citations: Hittell, Theodore Henry. Theodore H. Hittell Interviews with Grizzly Adams. United States, n.p, 1857.
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Be Sure You Know Your ABCs of Cryptozoology
People often think that cryptids are basically just mythical creatures but scientifically backed. While that is sometimes the case, sometimes however it is much simpler. One example of a simpler form of cryptid are the ABCs, an acronym for Alien Big Cats. As much as I’d like to say they’re a bunch of awesome looking space lions, they’re actually just a species of big cat that have been sighted in locations where they aren’t supposed to be. In essence, the ABCs are just a fairly specific type of unconfirmed invasive species. A very common explanation, or possible explanation, is they are really just an exotic pet that got away from…
