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Cryptids592 stories · page 22

HMS Hilary and the Sea Serpent Used for Gunnery Practice
c. 1917 · About seventy miles south-east of Iceland, North Atlantic
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
c. 1917 · Tributary of the Tarra River, near Casigua, south-west of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State
Venezuela
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
The U-28 'Undersea Crocodile' and the Sinking of the SS Iberian
July 30, 1915 · Celtic Sea, about 9 nautical miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, off County Cork, Ireland
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
22Thinly documented
Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men
1914 · Upper Mequéns, Colorado and Branco rivers, Guaporé basin, Rondônia
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
19Thinly documented
The Dimboola sea serpent in the Great Australian Bight
May 14, 1913 · Great Australian Bight, off South Australia, on the voyage from Adelaide to Fremantle (35°30′S 133°40′E)
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
20Thinly documented
Charles Harper's Hairy Man of the Currickbilly Range (1912)
c. 1912 · Currickbilly (Currockbilly) Range, Budawang National Park, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
14Thinly documented
George Garret's creature in Nahuel Huapi Lake
c. 1910 · Huemul Arm ("Pass Coytrue"), Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén
Argentina
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
Haines's "Didi" encounter on the Konawaruk River, British Guiana
1910 · Konawaruk River, near its junction with the Essequibo and Potaro, Potaro-Siparuni, British Guiana (now Guyana)
Guyana
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
15Thinly documented
Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909)
September 1909 · Cedar Lake, near Graves Point, Manitoba
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
16Thinly documented
The Snallygaster of Middletown, Maryland (1909)
February 12, 1909 · Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
15Thinly documented
The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week
January 16, 1909 · South Jersey and the Philadelphia area (Woodbury, Bristol, Burlington, Gloucester City, Camden, Trenton)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 50 sources
44Partially documented
Percy Fawcett's 62-foot anaconda on the Rio Abunã
c. 1907 · Rio Abunã, a little below the confluence of the Rio Negro (Pando), border between Bolivia and Brazil
Bolivia
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
23Thinly documented
The Kamarooka panther, 1907
January 1907 · Whipstick scrub, on the road to Kamarooka, about 18 miles north of Bendigo, Victoria
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 9 sources
15Thinly documented
John Alfred Jordan and the Dingonek of the Maggori River
c. 1907 · Maggori River (now Migori River), Lumbwa country, near Lake Victoria, Migori County
Kenya
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
25Thinly documented
The Partridge Creek Monster: a living dinosaur in the Yukon
c. 1907 · Partridge Creek, near the Stewart River and McQuesten, Yukon
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
17Thinly documented
Alf Smith fires a shotgun at a "hairy man", Eden district, NSW
August 1906 · Eden district, Far South Coast, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
13Thinly documented
Badzar Baradiin's Almas Sighting in the Alashan Desert
April 1906 · Badain Jaran Desert ("Badyn Jaran"), Alashan, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia
China
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
The Valhalla Sea Serpent off Brazil (1905)
December 7, 1905 · Off Paraíba, northeast coast of Brazil (7° 14' S, 34° 25' W)
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
28Thinly documented
The Shapinsay Sea Serpent off the Douche, Orkney (1905)
November 1905 · Off the Douche (Dishan Tower), Balfour, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
11Thinly documented
The Wildman of Valdez Island: the Pitcock (Pidcock) family's encounters at Quathiaski Cove, 1905
October 1905 · Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island (then Valdes or "Valdez" Island), British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
34Partially documented

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