List of cryptids
Name Other names Description Purported location
Altamaha-ha Altie Sturgeon or plesiosaur -like river animal Georgia , United States
Bear Lake monster Lake monster Idaho / Utah , United States
Bessie Lake Erie Monster Lake monster Lake Erie , North America
Brosno dragon Brosnya Lake monster Lake Brosno , Russia
Bunyip Lake and cave animal Australia
Cadborosaurus Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America
Champ Champtanystropheus americanus , Champy Lake monster Lake Champlain , North America
Chessie Sea animal Atlantic Coast of the United States , especially Chesapeake Bay
Dingonek Jungle walrus A tusked water-dwelling animal Western Africa
Dobhar-chú Water Hound Extra-large otter -like carnivorous aquatic mammal Ireland
Giant anaconda Megaconda Giant snake South America
Igopogo Kempenfelt Kelly Lake monster Lake Simcoe , Ontario ( Canada )
Isshii Issie Lake monster Japan
Kraken Sea animal World 's oceans
Kusshii Kussie Lake monster Japan
Lagarfljót Worm lagarfljóts ormurinn Lake monster Iceland
Lake Van Monster Van Gölü Canavarı Lake monster Lake Van , Van , Turkey
Loch Ness Monster Nessie , Nessiteras rhombopteryx Lake monster Loch Ness , Scotland
Mamlambo Lake monster South Africa
Manipogo Winnipogo Lake monster Lake Manitoba , Canada
List -- Animals
See also : List of lake monsters
This is a list of cryptids, which are animals presumed by followers of the cryptozoology pseudoscientific subculture to exist on the basis of anecdotal or other evidence considered insufficient by mainstream science. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumour. Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, or Mokele-mbembe. Related pseudosciences include young Earth creationism, ghost hunting, and ufology. Some dictionaries and encyclopedias define the term cryptid as an animal whose existence is unsubstantiated.