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Cryptids592 stories · page 15

Dr. Ivan Ivlov and his driver see a family of almas
1963 · Altai mountains, Mongolia (exact spot unknown; approximate region, not sighting location)
Mongolia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
Richard Vincent and John Konefell's Manipogo Photograph, Lake Manitoba (1962)
August 1962 · Lake Manitoba, near Meadow Portage and the mouth of the Waterhen River, Manitoba
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources · 2 photos
25Thinly documented
Lake Tianchi Monster: two heads chasing each other on Heaven Lake (1962)
August 1962 · Tianchi (Heaven Lake), northeast corner, Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province
China
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
13Thinly documented
The Surrey Puma: Ernest Jellett's Sighting and the Big Cat Wave
c. 1962 · Country lane towards the Heathy Park Reservoir, North Downs, near Farnham, Surrey
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
26Thinly documented
The Buran Whaler Sighting of Six Sea Cow-Like Animals off Cape Navarin
July 1962 · Near Cape Navarin, south of the Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea, Chukotka
Russia
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
18Thinly documented
Edward Brian McCleary's Pensacola sea serpent and the USS Massachusetts wreck tragedy
March 24, 1962 · Wreck of USS Massachusetts (BB-2), off Pensacola Pass, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
13Thinly documented
The Fort Bragg Bigfoot: the Hatfield and Jenkins house encounter
February 7, 1962 · Jenkins home on the outskirts of Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
22Thinly documented
The Lough Dubh Monster: A Horned, Cow-Sized Animal Hooked on Black's Lake
c. 1962 · Lough Dubh (Black's Lake), near Creggs, River Suck valley
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
12Thinly documented
The Sandy Cape thylacine killing
August 12, 1961 · Fishermen's hut near Sandy Cape, south of the Arthur River mouth, west coast of Tasmania
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
30Partially documented
Three Manipogos seen by seventeen strangers at Toutes Aides, Lake Manitoba (1960)
August 10, 1960 · Near Toutes Aides, Lake Manitoba, Manitoba
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
33Partially documented
The Tasmanian Globster: the West Coast Monster of 1960
August 1960 · Beach about 2 miles north of the Interview River, western Tasmania
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
34Partially documented
Loch Lochy "Lizzie": Eric Robinson's party sees a 30 to 40 foot creature near Glen Fintaig, 1960
July 1960 · Loch Lochy, near Glen Fintaig, Great Glen, Lochaber, Highland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
22Thinly documented
Peter O'Connor's Loch Ness Monster Photograph, Foyers (1960)
May 27, 1960 · South-east shore of Loch Ness, about 1 mile north-east of Foyers Bay, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources · 1 photos
15Thinly documented
Three priests' sighting of the Lough Ree Monster
May 18, 1960 · Lough Ree, off Holly Point near Glasson, Athlone, County Westmeath
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
18Thinly documented
Tim Dinsdale's Loch Ness Film, Foyers Bay (1960)
April 23, 1960 · Foyers Bay, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
30Partially documented
Torquil MacLeod's binocular sighting of a Loch Ness animal ashore
February 28, 1960 · South-east shore of Loch Ness, opposite the A82 about 2.5 miles south-west of Invermoriston, Highland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
11Thinly documented
The Soay Beast: Tex Geddes and James Gavin's Sea Monster off Skye (1959)
September 13, 1959 · Sea about one mile from Soay, off the south coast of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
17Thinly documented
Col. Remy Van Lierde's giant snake (the Congo snake or Katanga snake)
August 1959 · About 100 km north-north-west of Kamina Air Base, Katanga, Belgian Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources · 9 photos
33Partially documented
The Charles Mill Lake Monster
March 28, 1959 · Charles Mill Lake, near Ruggles Road, Ashland and Richland counties, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
25Thinly documented
The Ohio River Monster, later called Octo-Man (Cincinnati area, 1959)
January 29, 1959 · Ohio River near Cincinnati: New Richmond and Kellogg Avenue, Ohio; Licking River bridge and Fort Thomas, Kentucky
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
17Thinly documented

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