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Cryptids, 1980s41 stories · page 1

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Ken Chaplin's Ogopogo Video at Bear Creek, Okanagan Lake
July 18, 1989 · Bear Creek, west shore of Okanagan Lake, opposite Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources · 3 photos
24Thinly documented
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Kenneth Sam's Bigfoot sighting at the Fort Bidwell Paiute Reservation
c. 1989 · Fort Bidwell Paiute Indian Reservation, Modoc County, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 8 sources
14Thinly documented
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The Ludlow jungle cat (Richards Castle, 1989)
February 1989 · Richards Castle, near Ludlow, Shropshire
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
28Thinly documented
The Beast of Bray Road: the Elkhorn werewolf sightings, Wisconsin (1989 to 1991)
c. 1989 · Bray Road, near Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Hayling Island Jungle Cat
July 1988 · West Lane, Hayling Island, Havant, Hampshire, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp: Christopher Davis's encounter
June 29, 1988 · Browntown Road, Scape Ore Swamp, near Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 34 sources
31Partially documented
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The Bermuda Blob: Teddy Tucker's Carcass at Mangrove Bay
May 1988 · Mangrove Bay, Somerset, Sandys Parish, Bermuda
Bermuda
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 1 photos
29Thinly documented
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The Luther "Dogman" cabin attack
July 1987 · Near Luther, Lake County, Michigan
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
35Partially documented
Reinhold Messner's Night Encounter with a Yeti in Eastern Tibet
July 19, 1986 · Valley near the upper Mekong, eastern Tibet (Kham)
China
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
14Thinly documented
Anthony Wooldridge's Yeti Photographs near Hemkund
March 6, 1986 · Slope below Hemkund, Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya (Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)
India
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos
35Partially documented
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The Rodríguez onza: a legendary cat shot in the Sinaloa sierra
January 1, 1986 · Sierra Madre Occidental, near San Ignacio, Sinaloa
Mexico
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos
40Partially documented
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Rob and Dave Grosse's Turtle Lake Monster sighting, Kopps Cove, Saskatchewan (1985)
August 1985 · Kopps Cove, Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
15Thinly documented
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Xinjiang University "giant red fish" sighting at Kanas Lake
July 1985 · Kanas Lake, Burqin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang
China
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
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Julie Green's Memorial Day Sighting of the Pend Oreille Paddler
May 27, 1985 · Lake Pend Oreille, Bonner County, North Idaho
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
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Kevin Cameron's Thylacine Photographs, Yoongarillup, Western Australia (1984)
November 1984 · Hillside Farm, Nannup Rd, Yoongarillup, near Busselton, Western Australia
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
40Partially documented
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The Champ mass sighting from the Spirit of Ethan Allen
July 28, 1984 · Lake Champlain off Appletree Point, north of Burlington, Vermont
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Brentford Griffin (1984-1985)
1984 · Brentford, west London
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
The Caltrans Crew's Sea Serpent off Stinson Beach
October 31, 1983 · State Route 1 above Stinson Beach, mouth of Bolinas Bay, Marin County, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
20Thinly documented
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The Harlingen Ambulance Pterodactyl: James Thompson on Highway 100 (1983)
September 14, 1983 · State Highway 100, about 4 miles east of Los Fresnos, Cameron County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
14Thinly documented
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The Ri of Elizabeth Bay: Roy Wagner and Richard Greenwell's Mermaid Sighting, New Ireland, 1983
July 5, 1983 · Elizabeth Bay (Nokon), New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
31Partially documented

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