Strange and mysterious creatures of all kinds that roam the Earth.
Your True Tales of The Mu
Your True Tales of Fox Spirit
Your True Tales of Bizarre Australian Creature
Your True Tales of Phantom Roof Creature
Your True Tales of Strange Forest Entity
Forest Cryptid - Your True Tales - October 2009
Giant Bat Sighting - Your True Tales - October 2009
I Shot a Strange Creature - Your True Tales - September 2009
Thing on the Roof Returns - Your True Tales - September 2009
The Weird Thing - Your True Tales - September 2009
The Kangaroo-Goat-Lizard - Your True Tales - September 2009
Glowing Being Cornered - Your True Tales - August 2009
Goat Man Encounter - Your True Tales - August 2009
Alien Worms - Your True Tales - July 2009
Thing on the Roof - Your True Tales - July 2009
An unknown lifeform picked up by sewer snakecam in North Carolina.
Although Kelly tells her story from the perspective of a Navajo – a culture rich in folklore and myth – anyone from anywhere would be perplexed and even terrified by what happened to her one dark night. This is Kelly’s story....
Owl People - Your True Tales - June 2009
The Dark Thing - Your True Tales - June 2009
Yes, it's good to get away from the job and the nagging responsibilities of everyday life. On the other hand, you don’t know what's out there in the untamed wilderness. Usually, it's peace and a recharging of one's spirit. Occasionally, however, it's a nightmare that is do deeply terrifying that it changes one's life. Consider, for example, these true camping encounters.
Fat Little Shadow Beings - Your True Tales - April 2009
Little Hairy Creatures of "A" Mountain - Your True Tales - April 2009
Faceless Man in Black - Your True Tales - April 2009
The Pontianak - Your True Tales - March 2009
Triangle Man - Your True Tales - March 2009
The Duende - Your True Tales - March 2009
Cornfield Creature - Your True Tales - March 2009
Cyclops of the Dark - Your True Tales - March 2009
Skinless Yellow-Eyed Creature - Your True Tales - March 2009
The Crow Killer - Your True Tales - February 2009
Mexican Tongue Monster - Your True Tales - January 2009
Giant Raptor Witnessed by 5 - Your True Tales - January 2009
Followed by the Banshee - Your True Tales - January 2009
Furry Creature Report - Your True Tales - January 2009
From jungle walruses to gigantic worms, these nightmarish creatures could be out there.
Cultures around the world tell of beings that live inside the earth. Are they real or the stuff of folklore? Zephanaiah believes he actually encountered these beings on the island of Somoa, where he lives. This is Zephanaiah’s story.
There are things out there in the dark. Things we can't imagine or explain. Humph encountered one of these things on an otherwise peaceful autumn camping trip.
A leisurely canoe trip on a scenic river takes an unexpected turn into the unexplained when this vacationer encounters beings from the realm of myth.
High strangeness overtakes four friends in the Utah wilderness, where weird creatures and time distortions fill them with panic.
Have you ever seen a creature you could not explain? For one junkyard treasure hunter, her encounter with a strange animal is one she'll never forget.
Was it a snake, a legendary worm or something even stranger? Readers offer their suggestions as to the identity of the Creature of the Dump.
Photos of crypto creatures, monsters and other unidentified animals
They're out there, deep in the unexplored corners of the world. Investigator Mark Mihalko, author of Searching the Abyss, tells about his experiences hunting for cryptids, and offers advice for would-be searchers.
A British expedition searches for the legendary creature that is said to spit acidic saliva and kill with jolts of electricity.
From reptilian nightmares to lurking gargoyles, they live on the outskirts of perception
It never ceases to amaze me the variety of strange and unusual creatures that people report seeing. Lake monsters, woods creatures, backyard intruders, river dwellers and red-eyed, sharp-clawed beasts. Here are just a few of the unearthly animals people have encountered from all over the country, including an astonishing Chupacabras sighting.
Mysterious animals seem to be popping up all over the place - and not just in remote jungles or seldom-traveled tropical waters, but in our own backyards. Meanwhile, rural villages of Chile continue to be harrassed by strange creatures fitting the description of the dreaded Chupacabras.
Few really believe in vampires, monsters and witches, but these enduring characters of Halloween and the movies have a basis in real life that is often more interesting than the fantasy.
José Escamilla has caught on tape strange flying rods with undulating appendages. Are they living creatures? From your About.com guide.
Tired of hearing about Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster? Here's a menagerie of lesser-known yet equally strange and elusive creatures from around the world.
A family trip turns into a horrifying nightmare when, on an eerie, desolate stretch of desert road, they encounter a creature from the dark side of Navajo legend.
Although they have been captured on film and video hundreds of times, no one knows what these peculiar, mysterious things really are. And you can easily videotape them yourself.
True stories from readers.
Sleeping man touched by being with wand.
Hairy hominids, serpentine beasts, and beings even more bizarre and inexplicable have been seen around the world for centuries. Here are 10 mystifying creatures that science has yet to explain.
Mysterious and astonishing accounts of "people" who fly, with wings or without.
While most scientists declare that the Queensland Tiger and the Tasmanian Tiger to be extinct, each year, members of the public report seeing the creature in remote areas of Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Nearly 200 years ago, a large black cat terrorized people in southeastern France, slaughtering anyone who would venture into the night.
Mysterious attacks on animals lead to another "big cat" sighting in the U.K. (Seems the place is just crawling with them.) They say there's a photo, but it isn't here.
Hunting the American Werewolf. Reported here are numerous sightings of a creature that is thought to fit descriptions of a werewolf.
In 1973, Murphysboro, Ill., a small town near the Big Muddy river had several sightings of a hair and mud- covered monster.
Reports of a creature in the Appalachian mountains of a large bird-like creature with a 6-7 - foot wingspan, runs like a man and stands as tall as 7 feet.
Such beasts, seemingly with strange powers, recur throughout Britain, with almost every county having at least one example.
These creatures lurk in Australian swamps, billabongs and waterholes, emerging at night, making blood-curdling cries and devouring any animal or human. How nasty!
In 1954, a thing washed up on the beach of Canvey Island, Britain. It had two feet with five toes, thick brownish-red skin and two protruding eyes.
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The horrible creature in the etching that accompanies this article is the little-known Monster of Tagua Tagua lagoon, a legendary creature that not even the residents of San Vicente, in Chile's 6th region, have ever heard of.
"It's a cryptid world," says this new blog site that features blogs by such researchers as Loren Coleman, Rick Noll and Craig Woolheater. With info about Bigfoot, expedition reports, evidence, monsters of all kinds and more.
News, chat, message board, gallery, articles and sightings about "hidden animals" are all provided here.
An entertaining photo collection of animal mutants, crypto creatures, fakes and illustrations of reported creatures.
A giant poisonous worm that lives beneath the sands of the Gobi and can kill with the power of electricity can surely only be the stuff of legend. Or can it? In the quest for the Mongolian Death Worm.
In the suburbs near Cleveland, strange footprints appeared in the snow. The hoof-shaped prints apparently walked up to several buildings before stammering through balconies only to continue its path.
One night in 1977, three teenagers saw a strange creature that they descibed as having a baby's body with long arms and legs with a large, melon-shaped head.
After a recent snowfall in February of 1855, the people of Devonshire, England awoke to find a trail of very strange footprints in the snow. Here's the original report and more.
Genuine vampire cases are rare, claims this article, although experts define three different categories, with some overlapping. Here are some reported cases.
In the spring of 1977, a small group of people saw a strange creature creeping along side a dark road. A small town was turned upside down by this creature.
Crows, ravens and other members of the corvidae family of birds have had a long association with the supernatural, often given characteristics of foretelling and divination.
This site examines the mystery of rods or "solar entities" with fascinating photographic evidence. What the heck are those things?!
This "alien feline" has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of sheep throughout the thickly wooded, rolling hills of Exmoor, England since the 1980s. Photo included.
A collection of photos and illustrations - largely incomplete at this writing - of mysterious creatures, ghosts, and hauntings can be found here.
In the early 1950s, a small group of boys saw a light in the sky and a creature that would send a small West Virginian town into an uproar with numerous eyewitness reports.
This condensed version of wanting to become an active field researching Cryptozoologist offers four fundamental steps, with the fourth being no less important than the first.
As air war grew, so did the appearance of pixies, aerial pixies, gnome, little people, widgets, the bat-eared Duticulatus prangiferos, gremlins and little green men.
Elves and fairies are usually considered folklore, not real creatures. Moyra Doorly thought so until she had a series of unnerving encounters with the Little People.
Chupacabras, Mothman, the Loch Ness Monster - are they and other such mysterious creatures actually created by some holographic machine? Some remote viewers think so.
Blather talks to the Director the of the Centre for Fortean Zoology about Owlman and other mystery creatures.
The true story of the Loveland Frog dispels many of the myths and rumors years after the news of this famous cryptozoological enigma became widespread.
This article covers the mysterious so-called "monkey man" attacks that took place in India in 2001, and likens them to the Spring-Heeled Jack attacks.
Profile of Dr. Rafael Lara Palmeros, Director of Research for Mexico's respected Center for the Study of Paranormal Phenomena.
Because no one knows for certain what cryptozoological / mysterious creatures are and where they come from, myriad debates rage about their actual origins and their purpose here on Earth.
Never mind surviving dinosaurs, giant sea creatures and mystery big cats - there are mysteries to be solved in our own back gardens.
Two young daughters saw a big, feathered bird-man hovering over the church tower at Mawnan.
Throughout history, the multi-cultural phenomenon of large, supernatural black dogs have appeared in legends, folklore and numerous modern eye-witness reports.
This is a free downloadable newsletter in pdf forrmat. Topics include cryptids, wildlife legends, unusual wildlife and unusual animal behavior. Also: investigation techniques, methodology, book reviews and literature surveys.
Some bizarre Australian fauna have been sighted in the USA over the past century... and these kangaroos appear to be supernatural!
A cyclops dwarf with bat-like wings occasionally terrorizes the islands of Zanzibar off Africa. Read more about this "creature" and its nasty habits.
Strange bipedal reptile men seem to live in lakes across the world, coming out of hiding to scare people. Some people say they have been attacked.
What are these strange flying things? Are they alive? Are they extraterrestrial? Whatever, they are mysterious - and there they are on film.
There are stories that are weird even by weirdness standards, says Jerome Clark, like the sighting of centaurs - beings that are half human, half horse.
Here is a brief introduction to seven of the island nation's most notorious cryptids, complete with grainy photographs where available.
In the religion and cultural lore of Southwestern tribes, there are witches known as skinwalkers who can alter their shapes at will to assume the characteristics of certain animals.
Astonishing accounts of people seeing living snakes coiling, slithering and flying in the sky - without wings. Were they referred to as dragons in the past?
Answers to the oft-asked question: "How do I become a cryptozoologist?"
The strange case revolves around the seemingly superhuman Jack, who would attack young woman without warning, jumping great distances without effort.
Cryptozoology, bioforteana, zoological oddities and unusual natural history.
Some, like the gorilla, giant squid and okapi, are no longer hearsay and legend but real creatures recognized by science. Others, like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, continue to tempt the adventurous with the possibility of their existence.
Loren Coleman's list of important cryptozoological news events, given in chronological order. Two of the items may be discussed for years to come.
Stories from this year include: multiple Nessie sightings, Clilean Blob, Yeren encounters, new animal discoveries and more. From Loren Coleman.
Loren Coleman lists the most significant crypto stories of 2004, including the discovery of Homo floresiensis, Ogopogo, Bigfoot and Yeti, Elmendorf's "Chupacabras" and more.
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman compiles his list of the top fifty cryptids actively being investigated and pursued today.
Everyone has their top ten -- this one is from the Gralien Report and includes such creatures as Bloop, Popobawa, Big Yellows, The Golem, the Highgate Vampire and more.
There is some confusion over the names wendigo and windigo. Most people use the two terms interchangeably, others say they are actually different, one being a living creature the other a spirit.
Is is a science... a hobby... or a joke? Here's a hint: It isn't a joke.
UFO paranormal investigator Don Worley of Indiana conducted this interview back in 1971 with a 21-year-old military man who described to him a very strange experience he had near Da Nang, Vietnam, in 1969.
Rochester Paranormal has some interesting videos, including this encounter with something in the woods. Is it a strange creature? An alien? A hoax? Or just vegetation that looks like something?
