The Loch Ness

Arguably the animal highest on any cryptozoologist’s list is Scotland’s Nesse, the Loch Ness Monster. Sighted as far back as the 6th century AD, it was the addition of a modern road around the lake in the 1930s that brought about an avalanche of sightings. Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, 24 miles long and at one point is 1 1/2 miles wide. It has an average depth of 450 feet and at times plunges close to a 1,000. It is cold and murky, with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the most prying eyes of science. Nesse has been known to cross the road (why?) and several motorists have had near collisions with it. More money has probably been spent in attempting to scientifically verify its existence than on any other creature.

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The Jersey Devil

The Jersey Devil has been sighted in the area surrounding the New Jersey Pinelands for the past 260 years. This entity has been seen by over 2,000 witnesses, has terrorized towns and caused factories and schools to close down. Witnesses have described it as a flying creature with glowing eyes, a bird-like creature with a horse’s head that had a piercing scream. It is approx. 3 ½ ft tall with back legs like a crane and hooves. Hoof prints are found where it has been sighted. Some theorize that it a Pterodactyl descendant that survived in the caves of NJ. It is credited with killing chickens as well as dogs.

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The Chupacabra

The chupacabra ("goat sucker") is an animal said to be unknown to science and systemically killing animals in places like Puerto Rico and Mexico. The creature's name originated with the discovery of some dead goats in Puerto Rico with puncture wounds in their necks and their blood allegedly drained. Since it was first sighted in 1994, there have been more than 2,000 reported cases of animal mutilations in Puerto Rico in the last two years attributed to the chupacabra.

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The Caddy

Off the British Colombian coast of Cadboro Bay lives a monster, affectionately named Caddy or Cadborosaurus Willsi. It is described as a long, serpent like beast with flippers, hair on the neck, and a camel like head. Reported as between 40 to 70 ft in length, the monster has been seen less than 100 times in the last 60 years, but the sightings remain consistent and precise, usually because it is visible long enough to get an accurate description. The descriptions place Caddy as some sort of a mammal, long and slender, with a bifurcated tail. It has been sighted eating ducks and seagulls.

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The Loveland Frog

Beginning in the 1950s, many credible witnesses have reported seeing a strange humanoid bipedal reptilian creature on a road in Loveland, Ohio, adjacent to a river. It is described as being 3 to 4 ft tall with leathery skin and a head like that of a lizard or frog. In the 1970s it was seen on 2 separate occasions by police officers who saw it flee by jumping the guardrail and scattering down the embankment into the river. Theories range from a secret race of lizard men inhabiting Ohio's rivers to it having been a Nile monitor lizard or a large iguana (although lizards don’t walk upright). Abnormally large reptiles and reptile men have also been reported in other parts of the US, including the "Lizardman" of Wayne, NJ, and the "Giant Lizard" of Milton, KY.

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The Thunderbird

Also known as ba'a' (Comanche) and chequah (Potawatomi), the Thunderbird is a gigantic bird with a wingspan of over 20 feet, sighted most often in Pennsylvania and the Central states. It stands 4-8 feet tall, dark in color and capable of lifting a deer or a person from the ground.

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Sasquatch

I just thought it was about time we added a cryptozoology category and what better case to start with than Sasquatch himself.

Don't think I need to write anything about this one. Wikipedia will do a better job of explaining than I ever could.

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