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Cryptids, Monsters and Weird Creatures

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The number and variety of strange creatures that people report seeing is astonishing. Of course, it's possible that they are misidentifying known creatures, but what if only some of these sightings are accurate? Here are reports of cryptids, monsters and other strange creatures.

Red Eyes and Comma-Shaped Orbs

First Vicki sees strange-acting orbs, then her mother saw a little red-eyed thing about 1 foot tall, sitting on her bed.

Invisible Sprinting Humanoids

In November 2009, Cassandra saw strange, silvery human figures running up and down the street.

Primehook Swamp Creature

Helen was driving in Broadkill Beach, Delaware around dusk in July 2007 when she encountered a 3-foot-tall creature with long legs, tan body, flat, almost puggish face, and a long tail.

Vanishing Birthday Critter

In Central New Jersey, Rich is having a smoke when he sees a creature that he mistakes for a cat, but then it vanishes.

Creepy Tight-Skinned Creature

At a cabin in the Canadian Rockies, Jonny is terrified by a creature whose skin was too tight for his body; he could see all of its organs bulging through its skin.

Red-Eyed Roadside Cryptid Creature

In Vidor, Texas, Britton is startled while driving by a red-eyed creature that stood about 5 feet tall and sported black hair all over its body.

The Curious Creature

Sophie is terrified by a small, hunched over, hairless, bald and wrinkled thing.

The Grunting Thing

In Hayle Towans, Cornwall, England, Stewart is chased by something grunting and whining.

The Rabbit Eater

While out bow hunting in the woods, this reader saw a fast-running thing chase down a rabbit and start to devour it.

Gremlin on the Dresser

When he was a boy in Scottsdale, Arizona, Wayne and his mom both saw the figure crouched on all fours on top of a dresser.

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