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Weird Creatures and Monsters

What you need to know about all kinds of monsters and weird creatures, including pictures and true stories and encounters.

The Creature of the Dump

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The Dump Creature: What Was It?

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

Monster Sightings Database

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The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times

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.

5 Monsters You Never Heard Of

From jungle walruses to gigantic worms, these nightmarish creatures could be out there.

Blue Beings from the Inner Earth

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.

Camping Encounters with Monsters and Ghosts

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 so deeply terrifying that it changes one's life. Consider, for example, these true camping encounters.

Canoe Trip to the Unknown

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.

The Gitchie Goomie Monster

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.

Creatures of Dry Fork Canyon

High strangeness overtakes four friends in the Utah wilderness, where weird creatures and time distortions fill them with panic.

Gallery of Monsters

Photos of crypto creatures, monsters and other unidentified animals

Hunting for Crypto Creatures

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.

Hunting the Mongolian Death Worm

A British expedition searches for the legendary creature that is said to spit acidic saliva and kill with jolts of electricity.

Monsters and Weird Creatures FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about monsters and other creatures, such as bigfoot, chupacabras, living dinosaurs and more.

Monsters from the Shadows of Reality

From reptilian nightmares to lurking gargoyles, they live on the outskirts of perception

Monsters, Monsters Everywhere

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.

Monsters, Mutants and Other Animal Mysteries

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.

The REAL Monsters of Halloween

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.

Rods: 20 Questions with José Escamilla

José Escamilla has caught on tape strange flying rods with undulating appendages. Are they living creatures? From your About.com Guide.

Rods Gallery

A gallery of rods pictures from readers.

Rods - What Do You Think Rods Are?

Readers are asked their opinion of the anomalies appearing in photos known as rods.

Six Weird Creatures You Don't Want to Meet

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.

Skinwalkers

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.

Skyfish and Solar Entities

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.

Strange Humanoid with Wand

Sleeping man touched by being with wand.

True Stories: Cryptids, Monsters and Weird Creatures

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.

Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer

An unknown lifeform picked up by sewer snakecam in North Carolina.

Unsolved: Flying Humanoids

Mysterious and astonishing accounts of "people" who fly, with wings or without.

Woolly mammoth videotaped?!

This video appears to show a woolly mammoth crossing an icy stream in Siberia

The Beast of Bray Road Sightings

Hunting the American Werewolf. Reported here are numerous sightings of a creature that is thought to fit descriptions of a werewolf.

Black Dogs in Folklore

Such beasts, seemingly with strange powers, recur throughout Britain, with almost every county having at least one example.

Bunyips, The Australian Sprite

These creatures lurk in Australian swamps, billabongs and waterholes, emerging at night, making blood-curdling cries and devouring any animal or human. How nasty!

The Center for Fortean Zoology

Includes news, articles, media reviews and more.

Congo: Mystery Beasts from the Heart of Darkness

There a number of other lesser known mystery animals with allegedly dinosaurian identities from in and around the Congo basin region.

CryptoMundo

"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.

Cryptozoology.com

News, chat, message board, gallery, articles and sightings about "hidden animals" are all provided here.

Monster Hunting

Profile of Dr. Rafael Lara Palmeros, Director of Research for Mexico's respected Center for the Study of Paranormal Phenomena.

North American BioFortean Review

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.