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Cryptids, 1970s80 stories · page 3

The Machermo Yeti Attack on Lhakpa Domani Sherpa
July 11, 1974 · Machermo summer pasture, upper Dudh Kosi valley, Khumbu, Solukhumbu
Nepal
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
Richard Lee Smith's car hits a skunk ape on U.S. 27, and a Hialeah Gardens patrolman sees it limping
January 9, 1974 · U.S. Route 27 and Hollywood Boulevard (today Pines Boulevard), Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
Professor Võ Quý's người rừng footprint cast, Central Highlands, 1974
1974 · Region north of Kontum, Central Highlands
Vietnam
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
Palm Beach County deputies fire on a skunk ape west of Lantana
c. 1974 · West of Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The Uniontown Red Sphere and Two Hairy Giants Encounter
October 25, 1973 · Farm near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kussie mass sighting at Lake Kussharo
c. 1973 · Mount Mokoto, overlooking Lake Kussharo, Teshikaga, Hokkaido
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
20Thinly documented
The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro
June 25, 1973 · Big Muddy River, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
34Partially documented
Pro early
The Sykesville Monster: the 1973 Maryland Bigfoot flap
May 1973 · Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
29Thinly documented
The Enfield Monster, Illinois 1973
April 25, 1973 · Enfield, White County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
Liz and Gary Doyle's 8mm "mainland thylacine" film, Wilpena Pound (1973)
1973 · Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
Yeti Tracks at the Kongmaa La Camp, Arun Valley Wildlife Expedition (1972)
December 18, 1972 · Snow camp on a ridge off the Kongmaa La, upper Arun / Barun Khola, eastern Nepal
Nepal
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 2 photos
36Partially documented
The Thetis Lake Monster
August 19, 1972 · Thetis Lake, View Royal, near Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Thetis Lake Monster
August 19, 1972 · Thetis Lake, Thetis Lake Regional Park, near Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
23Thinly documented
The Loch Ness Flipper Photographs (Rines, Urquhart Bay, 1972)
c. 1972 · Urquhart Bay, near Temple Pier, Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources · 2 photos
39Partially documented
Pro early
The Roachdale Bigfoot: the Rogers Farmhouse Visits and the Burdine Chicken Coop
August 1972 · Roachdale, Putnam County, Indiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
33Partially documented
The Defiance Wolfman railyard attacks (Werewolf of Defiance)
July 25, 1972 · Norfolk & Western railroad tracks near Fifth Street and Swift and Co., South Jackson Avenue, Defiance, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
18Thinly documented
Momo, the Missouri Monster: The Harrison Family Sighting
July 11, 1972 · Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri (Harrison home at the foot of Marzolf Hill / Star Hill)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
Cohomo, the Cole Hollow Road Monster
May 1972 · Cole Hollow Road, between East Peoria and Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
11Thinly documented
The Loveland Frog Police Sightings
March 3, 1972 · Riverside Drive near the Little Miami River, Loveland, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
Trevor Silcox and the hairy man of Moehau on the Coromandel Range, 1972
1972 · Coromandel Range, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
23Thinly documented

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