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Cryptids, 1970s80 stories · page 2

The Abair Road Bigfoot, Whitehall, New York (1976)
August 24, 1976 · Field off Abair Road, outskirts of Whitehall, Washington County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Nottingham Lion: the Tollerton lion hunt
July 29, 1976 · Tollerton Lane, opposite the entrance to Nottingham (Tollerton) Airport, Tollerton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
John Cock and George Vinnicombe's Long-Necked Sea Creature off Lizard Point
July 1976 · Off Lizard Point, Cornwall, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
14Thinly documented
The Shennongjia Wildman: Forestry Officials Meet the Yeren at Chunshuya, 1976
May 14, 1976 · Chunshuya pass, on the border of Fang County and Shennongjia, Hubei
China
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
Shennongjia Jeep Encounter with a Red-Haired Yeren
May 14, 1976 · Chunshuya pass, on the border of Fang County and Shennongjia, Hubei
China
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
The Flintville Monster
April 26, 1976 · Robertson family yard, Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
27Thinly documented
The Owlman of Mawnan: The Melling Sisters' Sighting
April 17, 1976 · St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan, near Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The Owlman of Mawnan, Cornwall
April 17, 1976 · St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan, near Falmouth, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
16Thinly documented
The Rio Grande Valley "Big Bird" Flap: Harlingen, Brownsville and Raymondville
January 1976 · Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Harlingen, Brownsville and Raymondville)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Rio Grande Valley "Big Bird" Wave
January 1976 · Lower Rio Grande Valley (Harlingen, San Benito, Brownsville, Raymondville), Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
Woodenbong Yowie Sightings: Thelma Crewe and Jean Maloney (1976-1977)
1976 · Woodenbong, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos
32Partially documented
Pro early
Sgt. Ken Cooper and the Lummi Reservation Sasquatch wave
October 24, 1975 · Scott Road, Lummi Indian Reservation, Whatcom County, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 9 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Spottsville Monster, Henderson County, Kentucky (1975)
October 20, 1975 · Mound Ridge Road, near the Green River, Spottsville, Henderson County, Kentucky
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Noxie Monster, Nowata County, Oklahoma (1975)
September 1, 1975 · Noxie, Nowata County, Oklahoma
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
23Thinly documented
Morgawr of Falmouth Bay: the Scott and Riley sighting and the Mary F photographs
September 1975 · Off Pendennis Point, Falmouth Bay, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources · 1 photos
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Barmouth Sea Monster: six schoolgirls on Llanaber beach
March 2, 1975 · Llanaber beach, northern end of Barmouth promenade, Gwynedd, Wales
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
23Thinly documented
The Vampire of Moca: Puerto Rico's Livestock Killer of 1975
February 1975 · Moca, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
Lake warden Dafydd Bowen's grey "crocodile" at Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake)
1975 · Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), near Bala, Gwynedd, Wales
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
The Mill Race Monster of Columbus, Indiana
November 1, 1974 · Mill Race Park, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
32Partially documented
The Chicago Phantom Kangaroo: Patrolmen Byrne and Ciagi's Alley Encounter
October 18, 1974 · Jefferson Park, Northwest Side, Chicago, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
25Thinly documented

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