It was 4 years ago I was sitting watching tv and it was 10:28PM I was just getting ready to go to bed cause i was very tired but. When I looked behind my rocking chair, a weird cryptid that looked like a giant dandelion minus the black speckles, puffed up from behind, I still dont know what it is to this day. A cryptid, a hallucination?

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Congo cryptids

Fearsome critters

Atmospheric beasts

What do you guys think about these type of cryptids?

Translation:

It's a Cryptid ✔️

Unkown Animals

Bigfoot

Loch Ness Monster

Mongolian Death Worm

Kraken

Sea Serpent

Giant Anacondas

Any new animal whose existence is not recognized by science.

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Animals out of place

British Big Cats

Phantom Kangaroos

African Tigers

Australian Big Cats

A group of animals that are sighted in a new area outside their usual range.

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Extinct survivors

Thylacine

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Ground Sloths

Living Mammoths

An animal that the scientific community considers extinct but has nevertheless been sighted.

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Translation:

Image 3: "Not a Cryptid"

Aliens

Flatwoods Monster

Hopkinsville Goblin

Alien Octopods

Beings that do not originate from Earth. Aliens are not part of Earth's ecosystem nor do they belong to the Animal Kingdom, which is why they are not considered cryptids.

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Paranormal Animals

Mothman

Jersey Devil

Black Demon Dogs

Also known as "zoophorms." Beings that resemble normal animals, but have some kind of paranormal quality. Bernard Heuvelmans stated that "arcane or occult zoology" was not part of cryptozoology.

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Supernatural Humans

Vampires

Werewolves

Zombies

Wendigos

Skinwalkers

Ghosts

All of these are simply humans with "supernatural" abilities or characteristics.

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Translation:

Image 4: Other Non-Cryptids

Fearsome Critters

Cactus Cat

Slide Rock Bolters

Squonk

Hodag

Jackalope

Fearsome Critters are a fictional group of animals created by North American lumberjacks. They are 100% fictional characters and therefore not cryptids. Cryptids are creatures that (presumably) do exist.

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Mythical Creatures

Unicorns

Pegasi

Sphinxes

Dragons

Mythical creatures are fictional animals universally considered not real and have never been seen in modern times. However, cryptozoology can study the connection between animal myths and cryptids.

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Fictional Creatures / Creepypastas

The Rake

Slenderman

Sirenhead

Fictional creatures and creepypastas are not cryptids.

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Other Non-Cryptids

Mysterious places like Atlantis

AI-generated characters

Objects

Strange humans like Melon Heads

Strange phenomena like bright lights

Newly discovered species that were never considered cryptids before being discovered — such as the Coelacanth, which was not considered a cryptid before its discovery in 1938.

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It bares high resemblance to the Ocotillo plant. It’s similar in the way that it has a lot of thorny branches and it’s tall enough to be mistaken for a small tree. Although it’s not found where Ya-Te-Veo is, it could have been hunted to extinction in it’s area as it thrives in deserts.

For more evidence, take a look at the species of Ocotillo called the “boojum tree”

Tall, has many spiky branches that sometimes even curl and look like tentacles.

As for the hissing noise, some cacti make hissing-like sounds when absorbing water. A species of cactus is found in Africa near the Yateveo plant.

For the final reason: The author of Land & Sea said that the plant is likely a dramatization of a real plant.

I really know. They allowed or not

So a few weeks ago we were discussing cryptids and he brought up that he once damaged his camera by throwing it in the sea by accident after he walked along the beach with his friend and they came across a couple of rock it was late in the night and his friend was wearing a hoodie so he told his friend to put his hoodie up and stand behind one of the rocks as he took a picture with his faulty camera (The damage to the camera caused a large black dot to form in the center of the screen and lines to form on the photos) so the picture looked like some distorted photo of a dark humanoid with an abnormally large head he apparently thought multiple times about sending it to a newspaper but decided against it in the end

The mule seen in the picture is taken from a picture of a car crash, the flowering plants are from a completely unrelated species found in Asia, the conifer-like object is from a cycad, and the chestnut-shaped object has a lot of color inconsistencies. To back this up, no records of this plant exist in any form, and porginay does not translate to anything.

I recently got back into Cryptids and other folklore, and I thought I’d visit this Wiki, I hope to find that this Wiki will be a good place to discuss the myths and legends surrounding the mysterious! Thanks!

I visit my dad’s house and this story comes from July (forgot exact day) 2023-2024 (unsure exactly) but I remember having a snack in the dining room and in the backyard there is a lot of trees plants fungi etc, and I saw what looks to be some sort of fairy pixie thing but it looked insect like so it could’ve been a katydid, im just wondering if anyone’s seen it too?

Hello! I'm writing a story about VT and cryptids and was wondering if anyone had knowledge as to what specific cryptids have been spotted or have been talked about in VT. Thanks so much

So, a few months ago, I had a potential cryptid sighting. I was riding in the car with my Mom and I looked out the window to see a strange grey thing fly past through the sky. It was cloudy outside and the creature was somewhat semi-Transparent, so I'm unsure if it was just a low cloud, but it was shaped like a bowling pin or peanut, but tilted on it's side. I couldn't make out anything besides the body shape. (I don't have any pictures or anything because of how fast it zoomed past the window so y'all are probably gonna think I'm lying, but whatever. I know what I saw and I remember it pretty clearly) It also reminded me of a Flying ray.

Had a great time at the Cryptozoology and Paranormal Museum in historic Littleton, North Carolina! Excellent bigfoot exhibit!

Can someone tell me if a Skinwalker can be considered a cryptid?