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Cryptids, 1950s33 stories · page 2

The Gorbals Vampire hunt
September 23, 1954 · Southern Necropolis, Caledonia Road, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
18Thinly documented
The Canvey Island Monster: the fish with feet (1953 and 1954 carcasses)
August 1954 · Canvey Island, Thames estuary, Essex
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
17Thinly documented
Georgina Carberry's Lough Fadda Horse-Eel Sighting
June 1954 · Lough Fadda, near Clifden, Connemara, Co. Galway
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
17Thinly documented
The Beast of Bladenboro: the "vampire" dog killings and mass hunts
December 29, 1953 · Bladenboro, Bladen County, North Carolina
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented
The Lake Vorota Monster: Viktor Tverdokhlebov and the Labynkyr Devil (1953)
July 30, 1953 · Lake Vorota, Sordonnokh Plateau, Oymyakon district, Sakha (Yakutia)
Russia
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources
23Thinly documented
The Houston Batman: a winged man in a pecan tree, Houston Heights, 1953
June 18, 1953 · 118 East Third Street, Houston Heights, Houston, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
18Thinly documented
Johnnie, the St. Johns River Monster: Buck Dillard's Lake Dexter sighting, 1953
1953 · Lake Dexter, St. Johns River, near Astor, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
The Flatwoods Monster
September 12, 1952 · G. Bailey Fisher farm, Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 51 sources
43Partially documented
Igopogo: The Georgina Island Group Sighting, Lake Simcoe (1952)
1952 · Near Georgina Island, southern Lake Simcoe, Ontario
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
22Thinly documented
The Invasion of Gibbstown: Jersey Devil sightings in Gibbstown, New Jersey
November 22, 1951 · Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
26Thinly documented
Shipton and Ward Yeti Footprints, Menlung Glacier, 1951
November 8, 1951 · Menlung Glacier, below the Menlung La, Gauri Sankar group, Nepal-Tibet border
Nepal
Cryptid · Creature · 49 sources · 5 photos
49Partially documented
Lachlan Stuart's Three Humps Photograph, Loch Ness
July 14, 1951 · Whitefield croft, south-east shore of Loch Ness, opposite Urquhart Castle, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 4 photos
22Thinly documented
Tubby, the Toothless Sea Monster: the Old Hairy carcass of Delake, Oregon
March 4, 1950 · Ocean beach at Delake (now Lincoln City), Lincoln County, Oregon
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
24Thinly documented

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