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Cryptids, 1970s80 stories · page 1

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The Kilcoy Yowie Shooting at Sandy Creek
December 28, 1979 · Sandy Creek, near Kilcoy, Queensland
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
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The Beast of Brassknocker Hill
July 1979 · Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, near Bath, Somerset, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
22Thinly documented
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Knobby, the Carpenter's Knob Bigfoot (Cleveland County, North Carolina, 1978 to 1979)
December 21, 1978 · Carpenter's Knob, near Toluca and Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
31Partially documented
Issie, the Lake Ikeda Monster: The Kawaji Family Sighting
September 3, 1978 · Lake Ikeda, Ikeda-Isaki district, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
30Partially documented
The Minerva Monster: the Cayton Family Encounters
August 1978 · Lincoln Street SE, about two miles west of Minerva, Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 35 sources
31Partially documented
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The Waukesha County Phantom Kangaroos and the Pewaukee Polaroid
April 1978 · Waukesha County (Waukesha, Pewaukee, Muskego, Brookfield), Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
35Partially documented
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The First Chessie Sighting: "Nessie Jr." in the Lower Potomac
1978 · Westmoreland County, Northern Neck of Virginia (lower Potomac River)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
24Thinly documented
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The Springbrook Yowie and the Southport School Boys
October 22, 1977 · Koonjewarre campground, Springbrook, Gold Coast hinterland, Queensland
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
30Partially documented
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The Little Eagle Bigfoot sightings
August 1977 · Little Eagle, Corson County, South Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux Reservation)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
34Partially documented
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Texas John Huffer Films Thunderbirds at Lake Shelbyville
c. 1977 · Cove near the Findlay marina, Lake Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources · 1 photos
29Thinly documented
The Lawndale Thunderbird Attack on Marlon Lowe
July 25, 1977 · Lawndale, Logan County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
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Frances Clark's tiger at the front gate, Kaiapoi (the first Canterbury Panther report)
July 18, 1977 · Kaiapoi, Waimakariri District, North Canterbury
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
23Thinly documented
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The Hawley Him: Rocks, a Rifle and a Seven-Foot Ape-Man at the Abilene Boys Ranch
c. 1977 · Abilene Boys Ranch property near Hawley, Jones County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
22Thinly documented
The Sandra Mansi "Champ" photograph, Lake Champlain
July 5, 1977 · Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, between St. Albans and the Canadian border, near Missisquoi Bay
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources · 2 photos
25Thinly documented
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Pang Gensheng meets a "hairy man" in the Taibai mountains, Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi
June 1977 · Taibai mountains, Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi
China
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
20Thinly documented
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Doc Shiels's Loch Ness Monster Photographs (the "Loch Ness Muppet")
May 21, 1977 · Urquhart Castle, Strone Point, near Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources · 1 photos
20Thinly documented
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Wantage "Big Red Eye": the Sites family farm attacks and the Kittatinny sighting wave
May 1977 · Sites family dairy farm, Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
17Thinly documented
The Zuiyō Maru Carcass ("New Nessie")
April 25, 1977 · Pacific Ocean, east of Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources · 4 photos
42Partially documented
The Dover Demon
April 21, 1977 · Dover, Massachusetts (Farm Street, Miller Hill Road, Springdale Avenue)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 37 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Beast of the Vosges (La Bête des Vosges), 1977
March 28, 1977 · Vosges département, from Domèvre-sur-Durbion and Rambervillers to La Bresse, Lorraine
France
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 1 photos
37Partially documented

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