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Cryptids, 1970s80 stories · page 4

April Edwards, the Maryland Goatman and the headless puppy Ginger
c. 1971 · Old Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
Pastor Joseph Ellis and the Nguma-monene on the Motaba River
c. 1971 · Motaba River, upstream of Dongou, Likouala Department
Republic of the Congo
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
Fr Gregory Brusey and Roger Pugh: the Loch Ness sighting from Fort Augustus Abbey
October 1971 · Fort Augustus Abbey, Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
The first Momo report: Joan Mills and Mary Ryan's roadside picnic encounter, Pike County, Missouri (1971)
July 1971 · Highway 79, northwest of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Dalles "Overgrown Ape" Sightings at Pinewood Mobile Manor
June 1971 · Pinewood Mobile Manor (Pinewood Trailer Court), Crate's Point, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
White River Monster ("Whitey"): The Summer 1971 Sightings, Polaroid and Three-Toed Tracks
June 1971 · White River near Newport and Jacksonport, Jackson County, Arkansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos
37Partially documented
The Fouke Monster Attack on the Ford House
May 2, 1971 · Rented frame house just outside Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources · 1 photos
29Thinly documented
Pro early
The Mobile "Wolf Woman" Sightings
April 1, 1971 · Mobile, Alabama (Davis Avenue and Plateau neighbourhoods)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Lawton Wolfman
February 26, 1971 · Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
Nellie Dodd's Half-Man, Half-Sheep Creature (the Hexham Heads)
c. 1971 · Rede Avenue, Hexham, Northumberland, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
The Northfield Pigman
1971 · Northfield, Vermont (Turkey Hill, the sandpit behind the high school, and Devil's Washbowl Road)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
Sgt. Thomas Downey's giant winged creature, Bird Hill, Easton, Massachusetts (1971)
1971 · Bird Hill, Easton, at the edge of the Hockomock Swamp, Massachusetts
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The Nannup Tiger and the 1971 tiger hunt
1971 · Nannup district, south-west Western Australia
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Fielding Lewis ivory-billed woodpecker photographs
1971 · Atchafalaya Basin (Atchafalaya Swamp), southern Louisiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources · 3 photos
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Scituate sea monster: a 30-foot carcass on Mann Hill Beach that Harvard experts identified as a basking shark
c. 1970 · Mann Hill Beach, North Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos
52Partially documented
Pro early
The Bunny Man Hatchet and Axe Attacks on Guinea Road, Burke, Virginia
October 18, 1970 · Guinea Road, Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
33Partially documented
Old Yellow Top and the Cobalt Lode Mine bus
August 4, 1970 · Gravel road to the Cobalt Lode Mine, near Cobalt, Ontario
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
21Thinly documented
The First Hibagon Sightings at Mount Hiba and Saijō's Hominoid Section
July 20, 1970 · Near Rokunohara Dam, Yuki district, Saijō town, Hiba County, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Shōbara City)
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
The Farmer City Monster (Salt Creek, Illinois, 1970)
July 9, 1970 · Salt Creek, one mile south of Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
31Partially documented
Don Whillans' Yeti Sighting and Footprint Photographs, Annapurna Sanctuary (1970)
March 1970 · Near Machapuchare Base Camp, Annapurna Sanctuary, Kaski district
Nepal
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
26Thinly documented

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