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Cryptids563 stories · page 7

Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Pro early
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
Gambo, the Beaked Beast of Bungalow Beach
June 12, 1983 · Bungalow Beach, below the Bungalow Beach Hotel, Kotu, The Gambia
Gambia
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
14Thinly documented
Marcellin Agnagna's Mokele-mbembe sighting at Lake Tele, 1983
May 1, 1983 · Lake Tele, Likouala Department
Republic of the Congo
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
26Thinly documented
The Beast of Exmoor: the 1983 South Molton sheep killings and the Royal Marines hunt
c. 1983 · Drewstone Farm, near South Molton, North Devon (Exmoor), England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
32Partially documented
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The Kellas Cats: Tomas Christie's Kellas male and the snared Revack cat
January 1983 · Kellas, West Moray, and Revack Lodge near Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
42Partially documented
Pro early
The Barun Valley Yeti Tracks and the Tree Bear
1983 · Barun Valley, Makalu-Barun National Park, eastern Nepal
Nepal
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
La Bête de Noth: the phantom big cat of the Creuse
November 4, 1982 · Noth, Creuse, France
France
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
31Partially documented
Pro early
Takitarō: four climbers see giant fish in Lake Ōtori, Yamagata (1982)
July 19, 1982 · Lake Ōtori (Ōtori-ike), below Mount Itō, former Asahi village, Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
33Partially documented
Paul Freeman's Blue Mountains Bigfoot sighting and the dermal-ridge casts
June 10, 1982 · Mill Creek watershed (Mill Creek / Tiger Creek area), Umatilla National Forest, Blue Mountains, east of Walla Walla, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
30Partially documented
The Frew "Chessie" Videotape, Love Point, Kent Island
May 31, 1982 · Love Point, Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (Chesapeake Bay)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 40 sources
31Partially documented
Hans Naarding's thylacine sighting near Togari, Tasmania (1982)
March 1982 · Disused forest track near Togari, south of Smithton, far north-west Tasmania
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Fen Tiger: the Cottenham big cat and William Rooker's film
1982 · Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Fens, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
12Thinly documented
Herman and Kia Regusters' Mokele-mbembe sighting at Lake Tele
November 28, 1981 · Lake Tele (Lac Télé), Likouala department
Republic of the Congo
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
27Thinly documented

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