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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In 1802, cryptid researcher Pierre Montfort mentioned reports of giant crocodiles 60 ft (18m) long in Madagascar. Later reports would identify this as the railalomena or father of crocodiles, and also say it had a horn. It's thought to be a living voay robustus- or a dinosaur

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Scooby Doo's famous "create a monster to scare people off property" plots were often loosely based on real stories. Take this 1926 story of a woman who was harassed by a shaggy furred apeman. She believed it was a person in a costume trying to scare her to lower her home value

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In 1978, a report on the laughing owl of New Zealand was published. In it an alleged photo of the animal, extinct since 1914, was mentioned. However, its now lost media. The wildlife director mentioned in the article, Ralph Adams, also recently passed away. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/p...

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In 1993, fisherman Lyle Dyslin pulled up a rather strange catfish. It had a flat head, a flat tail, a dog-like face and almost feet-like fins. After taking a photograph, he threw the fish back into the lake. Theories on what it was range from a long extinct species to a mutation

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Bernard Heuvelmans was once sent reports of giant lizards in Vietnam that were able to run on their hind legs at great speed. He compared their running to frilled lizards speculated that they may be some kind of small living dinosaur.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

In 1960s Lebanon a young man reportedly encountered a giant snake near Castle Byblos. He estimated the snake's size was about 45 feet or 14 meters in length. This was the last time he decided to explore the castle's ruins

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Twelve Types of Cryptids I've Encountered

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Biologist Roy Mackal once came up with an interesting theory about the possible survival of the dodo. Mauritius, where it once called home, has a handful of small surrounding islands. He believed the dodo could live there, though post-extinction sightings happened on the mainland

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In honor of the late Mark Hall I remade his "Guide to North American Monsters" map from his Wonders newsletter.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Three separate people have reported a strange "variant" of the Loch Ness Monster. It is capable of going on land, and has the shape of a camel with a long neck and shaggy fur. It was famously seen by Lieutenant McP Fordyce, though a William MacGruber and his sister also saw it

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I talk a lot about the father of cryptozoology, but I'd like to shoutout the mother of cryptozoology too. Monique Watteau was married to Bernard Heuvelmans and, despite their divorce, she collaborated with him and drew a lot of fantastic artwork of cryptids for him

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In honor of May the 4th, here's the infamous "Chewbacca Saquatch" photo taken on Mt. Rainier. You can see what may be the wookie's iconic bandolier in the photo, leading to it being hotly debated.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This one actually has photo evidence, though he does say its speculation

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

William Beebe and Otis Barton encounter a giant fish in the Bathysphere- 1934.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

NEW VIDEO The UK and Ireland have centuries of cryptid history, but today only a couple are well known. I uncovered dozens of obscure reports of strange cryptids on the isles, from graveyard dwelling mammals, to blue horses, to mysterious bloodsucking serpents. youtu.be/Gi3OwjiyObY

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A new government leak just uncovered what is THE BEST bigfoot video to date, showing what seems to be a bigfoot family somewhere in Washington State. This has been kept classified and hidden from us for over 50 years until this recent leak

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

British citizen Sally Dyke displays wound she received from a big cat. Her and her husband had been looking for one after reports spread through England in the 1990s. They ended up finding one in a cemetery, and the startled feline knocked over her husband and slashed at her

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A lone almasty cries in despair as an airplane flies overhead. Unknown artist ~2006

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

An alleged photograph of the "Fiordland moose". Not native to New Zealand, moose were released there over a century ago for hunters. While reports of them gradually tapered off, occasional sightings have led people to believe that moose may have established a colony there

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

There are dozens of cases of cryptid lost media, photos, videos and audio recordings of animals that may or may not exist. I investigated over forty of these cases to analyze if this evidence might be found one day, or if the whole thing was a hoax. youtu.be/GLKXmVjZ9O8

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

In 1887, an Iowan man named Lee Corder was accosted by a giant serpentine flying creature. The animal's scales were said to glisten in the sunlight. It landed with a thud nearby, but Corder was too scared to follow it. A local newspaper said that he was a man who could be trusted

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

From The Cryptid Archive Duboisia santeng is a rare example of a prehistoric animal which was both named after a cryptid, AND was earnestly connected with that cryptid by its discoverer. Eugene Dubois named it after the santeng, an alleged tiny buffalo with chilli-shaped horns.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A friend of diver Jacques Cousteau once reported seeing a fish with a red and white checkerboard pattern while on a dive. Cousteau thought he didn't get enough oxygen- until he saw the same fish on another dive weeks later. 🎨by Tim Morris

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

You may have seen this photo of the Myakka skunk ape before. But you may not know of the mysterious backstory it has, and the letter that came with it. From a scientist who may not exist to a disease carrying ape, I analyzed the strange story of the skunk ape photos. youtu.be/LTtWmyJoD1E

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A hunter encounters a living ground sloth in South America. One government administrator, Ramón Lista, claimed to have encountered one that shrugged off several bullets. He compared it to a giant pangolin with hair instead of scales

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It'd be cool if the history channel covered the death of Kenyan leader Koitalel. During a negotiation with the British leader Richard Meinertzhagen, he was betrayed and killed in an ambush. According to local historians, Koitalel's head was eaten by a nandi bear

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The dodo, passenger pigeon, and great auk are well known symbols of extinction. But are they really extinct? There have been dozens of mysterious sightings of these birds well after they're thought to have disappeared, and even some alleged photo evidence. youtu.be/MEQHKAMPrXg

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Cryptids are usually pretty rare, but there's a type of cryptid so mysterious that nobody has even seen them. These cryptids have left behind mysterious and bizarre tracks and markings, leading us to speculate as to what could've possibly made them. Link here! youtu.be/W_qVZGuc4ns

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A fantastic old article about bigfoot from the author Patrick Reynolds

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

In the 1930s Rolf Rosenkvist and his dad were near the Eman River of Sweden when they spotted a massive eel 15 feet (4.5m) by torchlight. They tried and failed to catch it, though a later hunt succeeded. Villagers discarded it because it tasted bad.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

As is tradition, I updated the list of deep sea mysteries started by Tyler Greenfield docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

After becoming famous following the discovery of living coelacanths, scientist JLB Smith began hearing reports of them in strange areas. One soldier claimed he saw them at a Korean market, while another woman claimed a fisherman tried to give her one in Bermuda

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Frank Melland, the man who first collected kongamato reports, was actually a skeptic of living dinosaur sightings in Zimbabwe. He knew the locals and area, and figured a large dinosaur couldn't hide out there without them knowing. He was more open to the kongamato existing

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 31: Giant Jellyfish In the 1950s, an unnamed diver encountered a massive animal rising up from the depths. It was the size of an acre in circumference and a dark brown color. It paralyzed a shark before absorbing it and returning to the deep. 🎨Robert Woodard

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 30: Underwater Abominable Snowman During a dive near the Bahamas, diver Bruce Mounier encountered a bizarre creature with a long neck and a monkey-like face. It rotated its head around like a snake to watch the man before speeding off 🎨NemoralisArt

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 29: Tratratratra Upon arriving in Madagascar, governor Étienne de Flacourt described reports he heard of a strange animal. It had a round, human like face, feet like a monkey, and a size around a small cow. It's speculated that these were surviving giant lemurs

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 28: Xwoxwá:ya During an interview in the 1960s, a Skwah man named Albert Louie told an anthropologist about the existence of a strange and dangerous venomous animal larger than his hand. They were crab-like and larger than a man's hand. 🎨Tim Morris

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 27: Feihu In Southern China come legends of a creature known as the feihu or flying tiger. It's described as a massive gliding animal with wings like a bat. It hides in bushes before jumping out to attack people, often drinking their blood

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 26: Lough Dubh Monster A strange animal found in Ireland, this cryptid was fished up by an unfortunate man one day. He said it was very large like a cow, had a white horn on its nose, and was covered in hair. 🎨Robert Woodard

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 23: Pinchaque Gompotheres were a large species of elephant that went extinct an estimated 12000 years ago. But in Colombia there were reports of massive four legged animals with a large trunk as late as the 19th century. Large dung balls were also reported

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 21: Flying Crustacean In 1912, a zoologist in the Philipines noticed strange crawfish like animals "flying" out of the water. They were about half a foot or 20 cm in length. The crustaceans would glide above the water like flying fish 🎨IllustratedMenagerie

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 19: Ndendecki A lesser known cryptid heard about during expeditions to find the mokele mbembe, the ndendecki is described as a massive turtle. It's maximum shell size was estimated at 15 feet or 4.5 meters around.

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

In Costa Rica, Christopher Columbus encountered a bizarre animal called the begare. His crossbowman shot a strange animal Columbus likened to an ape, but larger and with a more human face. The animal also seemed to use its tail as a weapon, cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Begare

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 13: Kongamato The kongamato is a winged African cryptid known as the "overturner of boats". Controversially speculated to be a living pterosaur, it's known for dive bombing and attacking people in the water. It's described as a lizard with bat-like wings

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 12: Bioluminescent Spider After becoming lost in Myanmar, a man was shocked to see a strange glowing light. After approaching it, he found it was a spider with a glowing body, something no known species of spider can do. 🎨Robert Woodard

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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Cryptoctober Day 9: Fisher pig Old documents in Hungary once referred to a strange type of pig that would catch fish and crabs in the rivers instead of grazing on vegetation. The species allegedly went extinct at the end of the 19th century and no depictions are known to survive

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