Many cryptids reported are humanoids, or similar to humans in their anatomy. Some are also thought to be intelligent on a human level since they seem to have evolved in a similar path.
Humanoid cryptids typically have one or more of these characteristics:
- Two eyes (binocular vision)
- The ability to walk upright (biomechanic bipedalism)
- Opposable thumbs
- Not quite human (like human mixed with another animal-anthropomorphic)
- Ability to build structures
- Can communicate with other humanoids
Being a humanoid does not imply any relation to humans, this category simply refers to the anthropomorphic bodyplan described above. For categories with increasing proximity to humans, you may be looking for:
- Apes , the mammalian group which includes the primates who are more human-like than monkey-like.
- Hominids , the Great Apes. This is the category which encompasses most hairy humanoids like Bigfoot.
- Near-Humans , organisms that might be categorized within the genus Homo itself. If it looks more like a human than like a bigfoot, this is where it should go.
You might also be looking for:
- Beastmen , which encompasses anthropomorphic non-primates, as well as apparent mixtures of human and non-primate animal features.
- Pseudo-Humans , cryptids which intentionally take on an appearance as close to human as possible for the purpose of mimicry.
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- The Book of Jinn
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- The Merman
- The Pig-Man of Cannock Chase
- The Red Ghost
- The Sandown Clown
- The Werewolf of Werewolf Springs
- Thetis Lake Monster
- Tikbalang
- Tipperary Wolfmen
- Tiyanak
- Todd Standing Bigfoot footage
- Tokoloshe
- Toronto Tunnel Monster
- Toteroad Shagamaw
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- Werewolves of Ossory
- West Virginian Yahoo
- Whirling Whimpus
- White Oak's Skunk Ape
- White screamer
- White Things (Devil Dogs)
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- Woods Devil
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