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Cryptids592 stories · page 19

The Mount Vernon "Baboon" of Gum Creek

c. 1941 · Gum Creek bottom, near Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

26Thinly documented

Biologist Wang Zelin and the Shot Female Wildman (Yeren) on the Baoji to Tianshui Road, 1940

c. 1940 · Near Jiangluo, Hui County, Gansu, on the road from Baoji to Tianshui

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

22Thinly documented

The Glawackus of Glastonbury

January 1939 · Glastonbury, Connecticut (Diamond Lake and surrounding woods)

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

27Thinly documented

G. E. Taylor's 16 mm colour film, Loch Ness, 1938

May 29, 1938 · North shore of Loch Ness, opposite Foyers, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources · 2 photos

33Partially documented

John Hunt's Zemu Gap Yeti Tracks, Sikkim

November 18, 1937 · Zemu Gap, between Kangchenjunga and the Simvu massif, Sikkim

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

30Partially documented

Frank Smythe's Yeti Footprints, Bhyundar Valley

July 17, 1937 · Glacier pass north of the Bhyundar Valley (Valley of Flowers), Garhwal Himalaya, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources · 1 photos

37Partially documented

Bramlett Bateman's White River Monster sightings and the Newport monster hunt

July 1, 1937 · Eddy of the White River about 6 miles downstream from Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

25Thinly documented

The Naden Harbour Cadborosaurus Carcass

July 1937 · Naden Harbour whaling station, Graham Island, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 36 sources · 3 photos

48Partially documented

Robert Fortney's "Dogman" encounter on the Muskegon River near Paris, Michigan

c. 1937 · Bank of the Muskegon River, near Paris, Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

12Thinly documented

Malcolm Irvine's Loch Ness Films: "Proof At Last" (1933 and 1936)

September 22, 1936 · Inverfarigaig, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos

32Partially documented

Copalis Beach Sea Monster Carcass

June 1936 · Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

14Thinly documented

The St. Coletta Night Watchman and the Creature on the Burial Mound

1936 · St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

25Thinly documented

The Henry Island Sea Monster Carcass, Prince Rupert (1934)

November 1934 · Henry Island, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos

44Partially documented

Margaret Munro's Loch Ness Monster on land, Borlum Bay (1934)

June 3, 1934 · Borlum Bay, Loch Ness, near Fort Augustus, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

20Thinly documented

Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph

c. 1934 · North shore of Loch Ness along the A82, near the Altsaigh (Alltsigh) Burn, about 2-3 miles northeast of Invermoriston, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 43 sources · 3 photos

22Thinly documented

Jorda: the 25-foot 'infant' Cadborosaurus of Jordan River

April 1934 · Jordan River, Strait of Juan de Fuca, southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources

22Thinly documented

Colossal Claude: The Columbia River Bar Sea Serpent

March 1934 · Columbia River Lightship station, mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

16Thinly documented

The Querqueville Sea Monster Carcass

c. 1934 · Beach near the aviation camp, Querqueville (now Cherbourg-en-Cotentin), Manche, Normandy

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources · 3 photos

37Partially documented

Arthur Grant's land sighting of the Loch Ness Monster on the Abriachan road, 1934

January 5, 1934 · Abriachan, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

11Thinly documented

The South Pittsburg Killer Kangaroo

January 1934 · Hamburg community near South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

12Thinly documented

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