Cryptids & Creature Reports across the United States

The Billiwhack Monster is on OK MAP because Ventura County historical records explicitly note that the old Billiwhack dairy became part of local folklore when area youth searched for a suppo

The Fresno Nightcrawler became a modern cryptid after a Fresno resident's 2007 surveillance footage appeared to show pale, extremely long-legged figures walking across a yard at night. PBS a

The Riverside Monster is on OK MAP because of a widely retold 1958 encounter near the Santa Ana River in Riverside. Charles Wetzel said a tall two-legged creature with unusually long arms, c

Elizabeth Lake is one of the Antelope Valley's oldest monster legends. Lancaster's Museum of Art and History documents stories of a winged, reptilian creature associated with the lake when i

Idyllwild has its own tongue-in-cheek Bigfoot-like creature known as the Idyll-Beast. PBS SoCal describes the mountain-town monster as a local mascot with a research-center museum, postcards

Lake Elsinore is on OK MAP for more than a century of lake-monster folklore. A 1934 Los Angeles Times report described rancher C. B. Greenstreet claiming that he, his wife and children saw a

The Lone Pine Mountain Devil is a winged-creature legend associated with the Sierra Nevada around Lone Pine. PBS SoCal describes it as a Jersey Devil-like beast said to inhabit the mountains

The Borrego Sandman is the desert Bigfoot legend associated with Borrego Springs, Anza-Borrego and nearby East San Diego County. California State Parks itself includes the Sandman in its des

Yucca Man is the Mojave Desert's Bigfoot-like legend, associated with Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Giant Rock and the wider high desert. Visit California describes stories of a very tall, roar

ODDKNOWN researched Honey Island Swamp monster across 10 distinct non-Wikimedia websites, with 7 photographs and related video, separating the documented record from later claims and interpr

ODDKNOWN researched Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp across 10 distinct non-Wikimedia websites, with 7 photographs and related video, separating the documented record from later claims and inte

Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed a large, dark, humanlike figure walking across a sandbar in Northern California. The short 16mm sequence became the most famous piece of alleged Bigfoot

Several teenagers reported seeing a small, thin creature with a large head and glowing or reflective eyes over two nights around Dover, Massachusetts. Witnesses produced drawings that helped

New Jersey folklore describes the Jersey Devil as a strange winged creature associated with the Pine Barrens. A major burst of reports in 1909 included alleged tracks, sightings and widespre

Residents around Fouke reported a large, hairy, humanlike creature in swampy areas, including a widely publicized 1971 incident near a family's home. The story inspired the film The Legend o

Residents near Bray Road reported a large, hairy, wolf- or doglike creature that sometimes appeared to stand on two legs. Local journalist Linda Godfrey investigated reports and helped bring

Florida's Skunk Ape is described as a large, foul-smelling, hairy primate seen in swamps and wooded areas. Reports resemble Bigfoot traditions but are adapted to the subtropical environment.

Newspaper stories from Van Meter described a strange winged creature or creatures that reportedly flew over town and emitted a bright light. Armed residents were said to have confronted the

Stories from the Loveland area describe small upright frog- or lizard-like beings near roads and waterways. A 1972 police officer report became the best-known version, although one officer l

Residents around Point Pleasant reported a large winged figure with glowing red eyes, particularly around the abandoned TNT area. The sightings became linked in popular culture to the 1967 c