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To Bernard Heuvelmans (1916–2001)
Page 2: MYSTERIOUS CREATURES
Page 5: Copyright © 2002 by George M. Eber
Page 9 and 10: Atchen 22 Atlas Bear 22 Atnan 23 At
Page 11 and 12: Dover Demon 140 Dragon (Asian) 142
Page 13 and 14: Irish Wildcat 249 Irizima 249 Irkui
Page 15 and 16: Mochel Mochel 344 Moddey Dhoe 344 M
Page 17 and 18: Rakshi-Bompo 456 Rassic 456 Red Jam
Page 19 and 20: Tskhiss-Katsi 560 Tso’apittse 560
Page 22 and 23: “Why are so few students interest
Page 24 and 25: How to Use This Book My first brush
Page 26 and 27: are a good place to begin a general
Page 28 and 29: named and appear in the A-Z part of
Page 30: over the past two years, especially
Page 33 and 34: Instances of this sort were, in fac
Page 36 and 37: Native and Western Eyewitness Testi
Page 38 and 39: Head of the harmless gecko Eublepha
Page 40 and 41: the animal I saw. . . . This odd ex
Page 42 and 43: ing than the average Western suburb
Page 44: can Reptiles and Amphibians. New Yo
Page 50: MYSTERIOUS CREATURES VOLUME 1: A-M
Page 53 and 54: Abominable Snowman English name for
Page 55 and 56: Afonya GIANT HOMINID of Northern Eu
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Sources: Bernardino de Sahagún, Fl
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ange began to shrink around 1800. T
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1905, p. 5; R. G. Burton, “Wolf-C
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Mongoliya 5 (1958): 34-38; G. P. De
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Significant sightings: On January 1
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ANDEAN WOLF pelt at the zoological
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“Nov’ĭ vid kosatki (Cetacea, D
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pads on the bottom of the feet. Its
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Possible explanations: (1) An exten
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carnifex), a leopard-sized, arborea
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On December 27, 1975, a farmer near
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Significant sighting: Only one obse
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Tracks were found in 1994 by a Fren
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BATHYSPHAERA INTACTA, a deep-sea fi
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Present status: Only one known enco
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(4) An unknown species of giant min
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The BEAST OF EXMOOR photographed in
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Royal Abbey of Chazes in Auvergne.
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“pierces through snares.” Long,
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Bergman’s Bear Distinct variety o
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talons, though even the largest can
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(15) The Southern ground hornbill (
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Blue Mountain Country (Wal l a Wal
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On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterso
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fragments and isolated teeth. It ha
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Distribution: Bili Forest, northeas
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Variant names: Barguest, Black Shuc
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“Phant om Dogs in Mar yland,” S
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(2) Tigers seen in shadow or covere
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Variant names: Vontira, Votsotsoke.
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(4) The Gray wolf (Canis lupus) is
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Significant sightings: Sheep kills
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(10) Escaped Wolverines (Gulo gulo)
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Variant names: Boks or Puks (Bella
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Present status: Widely believed in
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Caddy Sea Monster of the coast of B
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Unidentified Marine Animals in Brit
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(2) The False vampir e bat (Vampyru
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Cannibal giant dance performed by t
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Behavior: Crows like a rooster. Eat
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schooner Fox spotted an animal in t
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North America Arizona Jaguar; C uit
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etween humans and beasts. Another g
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ope, as far west as Italy and as fa
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On July 6, 2000, Dennis Jay Hall ob
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teeth on its upper jaw. It grows to
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Head to describe a composite animal
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an anagram for Lepage and that the
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ounded up and killed, their corpses
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The CHUPACABRAS, a paranormal entit
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La Paraguera in the 1970s. However,
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of hardened, toothpick-pointed dent
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monkey, even if provoked, could dis
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Cretan Pterosaur Flying Reptile of
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Distribution: Lago Lacar and Lago N
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Robert Hale, 1966), pp. 21-22; Just
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Behavior: Not venomous but bit es v
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gasoline crat e wit h it s chin pro
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Physical description: Half woman, h
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spp.) are forming t roops in sout h
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The DEVIL’S HOOFMARKS, unidentifi
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A guide named Miegam was traveling
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1842 when he invented the name Dino
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have seen resemblances to the sauro
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The DODO (Raphus cucullatus), a fli
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cer who told him that a Comanche wo
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Possible explanations: (1) A hoax b
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(6) Carl Sagan suggested that Drago
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(6) Tales constructed to explain mo
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On July 26, 1713, a giant serpent,
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Significant sighting: On both New C
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dark-gray hair. Flat head. Pronounc
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though this fact has only been relu
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Lycoming County, Pottstown, Schuylk
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Brazil (in 1843), Gunnison, Colorad
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York: Vantage, 1959); Farnum Gray,
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Physical description: Serpentine. S
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The EMELA-NTOUKA, an elephant-killi
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Possible explanation: Muddled folk
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European Flying Snake Flying Reptil
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Artist’s conception of a group of
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1946); Diarmuid A. MacManus, The Mi
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Fating’ho and succeeded in taming
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appear to be sharks or rays, one mi
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Triassic, 175-200 million years ago
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may be given for animals seen in on
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Doubt, no. 16 (1946): 242; “Displ
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Archangel Gabriel. An alternate exp
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Beast of Bungalow Beach,” Fortean
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Sphenodonts were once widespread, a
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Large, but not giant, anaconda (Eun
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Source: W. C. Osman Hill, Primates:
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GIANT HOMINIDS In this category are
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eye and nose sockets were slits ins
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Giant Kangaroo Mystery Marsup ialof
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com/nabr/NABR4.pdf; K. Strong, “R
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Wonders 5, no. 3 (September 1998):
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Distribution: Lake Hanas, Xinjiang
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nately, the Florida specimen may be
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housed in the Buenos Aires Zoo as l
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Physical description: Height, 2-4 f
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europaea), that prevent the liver f
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ed., Natural History: A Selection (
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Griffin Semimythical Beastof Centra
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in a pool nearby. Suddenly, Kammere
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Gugwé Cannib al Giant of eastern C
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Variant names: Black dog of Hergest
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Artist’s conception of a HAIRY BI
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Significant sightings: Riley W. Smi
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swamp monster of 1964 was admittedl
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(November 1970): 32-36; John Kirk,
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(3) The Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazi
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cedar log manipulated from the shor
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Sources: Carl von Linné, Systema n
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Variant names: Jackalope (in the Un
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Hungarian Reedwolf Unknown wild Dog
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Ichthyophagos Wildman of North Afri
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A videotape of Igopogo was taken in
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high above the others. Sources: Wal
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Possible explanations: (1) Survivin
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near Victoria Fal l s, Zambia. It d
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The IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER (Campep
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Jacko Alleged small Bigfoot capt ur
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Artist’s conception of the JERSEY
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Review 3, no. 2 (October 2001): 18-
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Nimbunj, Nyol (in eastern Victoria)
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Etymology: Konjo, Nyanga, and Kanu
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Shinsha, 1948); Catrien Ross, Super
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than the Waitoreke. Observed when i
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In April and October 1985, two othe
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In Greek mythology, Perseus rescued
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“The Kilopilopitsofy, Kidoky, and
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The KING CHEETAH (Acinonyx jubatus
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Behavior: Runs rapidly. Burrows in
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The KONGAMATO, a huge flying reptil
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Irwin Good, “Gorilla-Land,” Nat
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length of squid arms found in whale
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Sources: James Hector, “On the Ku
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La La Cannibal Giant of west ern Ca
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für klassische Philologie 79 (1944
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wingspan. Although an accurate obse
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hunt for witnesses of the Lindorm f
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Christopher Davis was changing a fl
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Tim Dinsdale, The Leviathans (Londo
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A surviving Megalodon shark (Carcha
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above, rosy below. Head the size of
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second molar lacks t he post er ior
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Maggot Myst ery Invertebrate of eas
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hunt er-gat her er s r elat ed t o
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Kirgilyakh River, Magadan Region (4
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(2) Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae) o
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circle a boat, jump completely out
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of American Aborigines,” Journal
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Variant name: Morocoxo (Rikbaktsa/M
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with the sole exception of the Virg
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Mecheny Giant Hominidof western Sib
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Monsters (Toronto, Canada: Key Port
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waelnu; S elkie; Shom pallhue; Sile
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Stylized depiction of a MERMAID. (
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Possible explanations: (1) Manatees
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Metoh-Kangmi Alternate name for the
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ings at Mootwingee, New South Wales
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underground species, Caecilia thomp
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A. Hall, Living Fossils: The Surviv
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(2) The blackish-gray Short-eared d
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Mochel Mochel Alternate name for th
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Pygmy hunters are said to have spea
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Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphib
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icercata nelle cose piu memorabili
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Significant sightings: In 1968, arc
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own, snakelike head about 12 inches
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perched in trees near Lowell, Ohio.
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Mystery MUHURU lizard seen by Cal B
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On August 28, 1852, Captain Steele
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foot above the surface, but he coul
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Sources: Nikolai Spassov, “The Mu
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Significant sightings: In 1910, Geo
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shoop, Namibia, when he saw a large
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(2) An oversized, all-black Ratel (
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people of the Vakhan area of Tajiks
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inches. Has an hourglass shape. Toe
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The first photo of NESSIE, taken by
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In 1934, Arthur Grant saw NESSIE wh
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Photo of NESSIE taken by Lachlan St
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(4) Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) so
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Tim Dinsdale, Underwater Search at
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Variant names: Loldaika, Milhoi (fr
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Behavior: Eats people bathing in th
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(2) Different sea mammals, such as
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Gorilla-like footprints found near
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1958), pp. 450, 469-470, 475-476; B
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In 1976 and 1979, James Powell obta
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Oeh CANNIBAL GIANT of the western U
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In July 1993, from a hill 6 miles n
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Source: David Cain, “Ogua: The Ri
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Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada (M
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Distribution: Ethiopia; Gees Gwarda
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Variant names: Ensut ensut (in Mela
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could be related to the Siamang (Hy
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invention, about Owlman has been sp
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Pale Slow Loris Mystery PRIMATE of
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Behavior: Barks like a dog. Distrib
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Cincinnati Zoo, died on September 1
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A frame from the famous film, taken
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A man’s foot compared with the ca
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although it was later said to have
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Indiana—Carmel, Rensselaer, Sheri
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Again,” Strange Magazine, no. 14
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to symbolize the empress, while the
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(2) For other possibilities, see BI
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Scientific name: Rhodonessa caryoph
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Ponik FRESHWATER MONSTER of Québec
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Sources: Thomas Crofton Croker, Fai
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cryptids, which ultimately could be
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Significant sightings: Two ambiguou
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Source: Peter J. Hocking, “Furthe
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cyclotis). Much confusion exists in
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Qa Mythical PRIMATE of Central Asia
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Skull of the Marsupial lion (Thylac
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RABBITS (Unknown) Rabbits, hares, a
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Present status: Probably extinct. T
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Raynal, “Do Two-Finned Cetaceans
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Moa skeletons and reconstructions i
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The Arabian sailor Sindbad escapes
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Rodent cryptids are few and far bet
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Sabawaelnu Fish-tailed MERBEING of
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Possible explanations: (1) An unkno
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Various descriptions of SALTIE, the
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Sasa Unknown BIRD of Oceania. Etymo
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mummies fitted with such masks and
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whale that lingered in the harbor f
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Scandinavian SEA MONSTER. From Olau
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tions, which he sorted into three c
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and churning up the water. It had a
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Marine reptiles: Metriorhynchus (le
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1,000 feet in length or longer. On
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G. Smith and Gary S. Mangiacopra,
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was bigger than the local mail stea
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are forgotten. That certainly seems
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Variant name: Shag foal. Physical d
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Sources: Ivan T. Sanderson, Abomina
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Etymology: Greek, uncertain origin;
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SIRENIANS (Unknown) The Order Siren
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in darkish hair that reaches to the
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Skookum CANNIBAL GIANT of the north
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News, September 12, 1998; Ralf Kirc
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Asia, Southeast BATÛTÛT; ORANG PE
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Distribution: Sikkim State, India;
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The Great SPHINX of Giza, after its
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Spinifex Man Supposed GIANT HOMINID
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Maxine Annabell, Detailed Informati
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Heuvelmans’s hypothetical elongat
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Stenwyken CANNIBAL GIANT of western
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confluence area, Utah, shows a poss
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Various views of STORSJÖODJURET, t
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Sub-Human Term used by Ivan T. Sand
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Sea serpent resembling a SUPER-EEL.
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Plaster cast of the print of a Puma
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Tag FRESHWATER MONSTER of British C
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Possible explanation: Hall assigns
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Tarma Unknown PRIMATE of South Amer
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(Munich, Germany: C. H. Beck, 1993)
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les as a drinking cup and carries a
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and John Milner saw a 15-foot anima
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Teratornis merriami weighed about 3
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html_3.2/english/reflections/colloq
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Photograph taken by Rilla Martin ne
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4 (1949): 70-76; Jan-Ove Sundberg,
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Snowmen: Legend Come to Life (Phila
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Sources: A. Blayney Percival, A Gam
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TRITON and SIREN. From Ambroise Par
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Tanum Forlag, 1970), pp. 29-34; Kat
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were awakened by a grunting Kilopil
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Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermoch
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Ucumar GIANT HOMINID of South Ameri
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Source: Albert S. Gatschet, “Wate
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editions of the Old Testament now t
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Vadoma Tribe of WILDMEN of South Af
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Herpetologist J. B. Graham saw a la
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Wa’ab GIANT HOMINID of North Afri
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(3) An introduced population of Pla
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Gap monster, Lithgow panther, Megal
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Physical description: Leopardlike s
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Sources: Cuthbert Burgoyne, “Litt
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were taken seriously and treated wi
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monster when something lifted their
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Asia, Southeast B’LIAN; MINNESOTA
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Shuker, Domestic cats (Felis silves
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Laub saw a “cross between a wolf
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(2) Continuance in popular culture
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Behavior: Moves with an arching mot
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Yabalik-Adam WILDMAN of Central Asi
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Yana Puma Mystery big CAT of South
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La Nature Supplément 53 (December
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present in China during the Pleisto
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The YETI, unknown primate of Centra
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Laurence A. Waddell came across lar
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Yeti photographs taken by Tony Wool
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“Abominable Snowmen: The Present
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Cast of a supposed YOWIE track made
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Yunwi Tsunsdí LITTLE PEOPLE of the
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Animals Discovered since 1900 Many
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throated wallaby was declared extin
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Manaus, Brazil, in 1996 and describ
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Brazilian monkey with brown-and-whi
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Hubbs’ beaked whale. Mesoplodon c
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inches), with a bushy tip. The anim
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The Saola, or Vu Quang ox (Pseudory
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Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat. Crater
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on the island of Ma-tsu Lieh, north
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land remains. Other Takahes were fo
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The only two known specimens were c
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Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
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Life-sized reproduction of a Coelac
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sulfates. The methanogens have been
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The Mimic octopus, discovered in In
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proboscis into the eyes of elephant
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This section provides a fairly comp
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Sudan Bahr el ’Arab. See LAU. Bah
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Sketch by biologist Nikolai Gladkik
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Lake Burrumbeet. See BUNYIP. Lake C
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Sprichwörter des Allgäus (Kempten
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on the Folklore of Irish Plants and
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ture break through the ice. Erik Kn
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Folkeminnelag, 1926), p. 249; Eliza
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sembling an overturned boat was see
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1893, Ewan MacMillan saw a WATER HO
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Christina Lake. See CHRISTINA. Clea
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Nova S cotia Lake Ainslie. Black or
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Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
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Sacramento River. A 20- to 30-foot
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Massachusetts Silver Lake. Tales of
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Mark A. Hall, “Sobering Sights of
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Utah Lake. Said to have a monster i
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them for fifteen minutes in 1892. E
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Geographical Index AFRICA, 20, 67,
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Pakistan, 31, 211 Palestine, 567 Ph
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Nova Scotia, 60, 173, 192, 220, 233
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New Zealand, 24-25, 114, 209, 239,
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A Aale tust, 283 Aanycke, 389 Abama
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Beithir, 44, 509 Bekk-bok, 281 Benn
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Chimera, 101, 493 Chimisit, 99 Chim
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Eoten, 215 Epimachus ellioti, 59 Eq
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Gyedm lakhs sgyinist, 222 Gymnogyps
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Ke-cleah kudleah, 269 Kecleh-kudleh
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Mallee snake, 336 Malpelo monster,
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Muru-ngu, 356 Mushegga, 371 Mushush
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Ozenkadnook tiger, 547 Ozruti, 594
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Sandewan, 241, 472 Sandman, 505 San
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Tanatbah, 561 Taneewha, 535 Tanewa,
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Water kelpie, 270 Water lion, 90, 1
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About the Author George M. Eberhart
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