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Cryptids592 stories · page 11

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
Mário Pereira de Souza's mapinguari encounter on the Jamanxim River
1975 · Jamanxim River, near Itaituba, Pará
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
17Thinly documented
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Sykesville Monster, Carroll County, Maryland, 1973
May 29, 1973 · Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 41 sources
36Partially documented
The Enfield Monster, Illinois 1973
April 25, 1973 · Enfield, White County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
33Partially documented
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
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, Thetis Lake Regional Park, near Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
24Thinly 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
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 sighting on Marzolf Hill
July 11, 1972 · Marzolf Hill, 1004 Allen Street, Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 53 sources
34Partially documented

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