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Eoten, 215 Epimachus ellioti, 59 Equus quagga, 451 Erectus hominid, 293 Erefilú, 243 Erskine Gap monster, 578–579 Esakar-paki, 166–167, 237 Esele, 653 Esemasa, 446 Essala, 446 Esti capcaki, 85, 167 Ethiopian deer, 167, 237 Ethiopian hyrax, 167, 241 Ethiopian vampire bat, 35, 167 Etna-na-yaz, 23 European flying snake, 168, 178 Ewaipahoma, 101 Ezerinis, 573 Ézôzôme, 165 F Fairy, 169–172, 210, 265, 296, 329, 553, 570 Fairy hound, 60 Fangalabolo, 35, 172 Fängge, 593 Fänke, 593 Fantasma de los Riscos, 172, 194 Fantasma humano, 91 Farbhann, 60 Farishta, 172, 495, 588 Farmānraw, 500 Farvann, 60 Fary, 169 Father-of-all-the-turtles, 172–173, 479, 563 Fating’ho, 173–174, 508 Fatui ficarii, 474 Faun, 174, 416, 474, 499 Fay, 169 Fayry, 169 Fear liath mór, 51 Fei-fei, 174, 443, 607 Féi-yu, 142 Felis concolor, 154 Felis daemon, 91 Felis lanea, 593 Felis silvestris levantina, 245 Femme poisson, 326 Fen tiger, 68 Fēng-huang, 431 Fenix, 430 Fenoderee, 169 Fén-shŭ, 310 Feond, 215 Ferier, 169 Ferla mór, 51 Ferlas mhór, 51 Ferlie more, 51 Ferreret, 653 Ferrish, 169 Filipino secretary bird, 59, 174 Firedrake, 147 Fireti, 565 Fishes (unknown), xxv, 43, 62, 86, 95, 110, 121, 174–176, 180, 193, 198, 203, 209, 219, 256, 289, 300, 310, 316, 344, 349, 477, 479, 646–648 Fiura, 555 Five-lined constellation fish, 43, 176 Five-toed llama, 176, 237 Flattie, 352 Fluorescent Freddie, 223, 226 Flying head, 201 Flying humanoid, 8, 35, 101, 166, 176–177, 186, 221, 231, 235, 256, 355, 408, 412, 440, 473, 517, 540 Flying reptiles, xxv, 20, 35, 50, 115, 167, 177–178, 258, 279, 298, 313, 365, 367, 405, 465, 509–510, 535, 554, 583 Fomor, 51 Fontoynont’s tenrec, 178–179, 247 Forest rhinoceros, 163 Forest taniwah, 114 Fotsiaondré, 179, 443 Fouke monster, 390, 392 Frairy, 169 Freshwater monsters, xxi, xxv, xxvii, xlvii, 5, 8, 15, 17–19, 21–23, 30, 51, 67, 73, 76, 84, 86, 91, 95, 98, 104–105, 114, 116, 121, 136, 161, 175–176, 179–181, 187, 207, 217, 219–220, 229, 231, 233–234, 238–239, 244–245, 247, 251, 263, 277–278, 285–286, 289, 291, 293, 298–299, 302, 305, 313, 316–317, 325, 333, 338, 340–342, 352–353, 355, 361, 365–366, 368, 375, 387–388, 396, 399, 402, 404, 406–408, 412, 415–416, 420, 426, 434–438, 443, 456, 464–465, 478, 487, 489–491, 495, 498, 500, 505, 507, 511, 524, 533, 535, 539, 542, 552, 556, 560, 566, 570, 572–573, 577, 580, 583, 586, 591, 596, 608, 621, 655–690 Freshwater octopus, 93, 117, 181–182, 334, 556 Fudu, 582 Fuegopithecus pakensis, 615 Funkwe, 657 Furred sea monster, 182, 478, 484 Fu-ts’ang lung, 142 G Gabble ratchet, 184 Gabon orangutan, 183, 443 Gabriel feather, 59, 183 Gabriel hound, 60, 183–184 Gabriel ratchet, 184 Gadett, 188 Galeru, 455 Galley trot, 184 Gallinejo, 106 Gally-trot, 60, 184 Gallywampus, 154 Galub-yavan, 212 Gambo, 184–186, 478 Ganba, 186, 509 Ganiagwaihegowa, 521 Garadiavolo, 256 Garefowl, 214 Gargouille, 147, 186 Gargoyle, 186 Garuda, 176, 186–187, 500 Garutmat, 186 Garwalf, 584 Gassingrâm, 187, 551 Gauarge, 179, 187 Gazeka, 128 Genaprugwirion, 187–188, 298 Genie, 136 Ge-no’sgwa, 85, 188 Gentle folk, 169 Gentry, 169 Gerda, 186 Gereet, 188 Gereit, 188 Gérésun bamburshé, 188, 588 CRYPTID INDEX 705
Gerit, 188, 194, 370 Geteit, 188, 368 Get’qun, 85, 188–189 Ghool-biaban, 212 Ghost ape of Marwood, 454 Ghost cat, 154 Giant anaconda, xxiii, 189–191, 338, 509–510 Giant ape, 191, 443 Giant aye-aye, 191–192, 443 Giant beaver, 192, 465 Giant British octopus, 93, 192 Giant bushbaby, 192, 443 Giant centipede, 193, 248 Giant cookiecutter shark, 176, 193 Giant Ethiopian lizard, 193, 298 Giant forest hyena, 368–369 Giant hairy ape, 559 Giant hominids, xxv, 6, 52, 84, 104, 118, 132, 151, 161, 165, 172, 188, 194–195, 196, 215, 222–223, 235, 258, 266, 272, 275, 285, 321, 324, 340, 358, 368, 370–373, 385, 408, 420, 434, 441, 460, 473, 476, 495, 497, 503, 514, 534, 552–553, 558–559, 562, 565, 575, 587, 621 Giant human skeletons, 194, 195–197 Giant hyrax of Shaanxi, 197, 241 Giant jellyfish, 197, 248 Giant kangaroo, 198, 322 Giant lungfish, 176, 198 Giant Malagasy tortoise, 198, 563 Giant Mediterranean octopus, 93, 198 Giant monkey, 127 Giant North American lizard, 198–200, 298 Giant North American snake, 200–201, 202, 510 Giant owl, 46, 59, 201–202, 356, 593 Giant Pennsylvania snake, 200, 202, 509–510 Giant pink lizard, 198 Giant python, 202–203, 509 Giant rabbit, 203, 322, 455 Giant rat-tail, 176, 203 Giant salmon, 176, 203–204 706 CRYPTID INDEX Giant scuttle, 303 Giant spider, 204, 248 Giant Tongan skink, 204, 298 Giant vampire bat, 35, 83, 205 Giant water hen, 292 Giasticutus, 46 Gigantanthropus canadensis, 52 Gigantic octopus, xxi, 94, 205–206, 303 Gigantic Pacific octopus, 94, 206–207, 208–209 Gigantopithecus canadensis, 52 Gilikanqo, 553 Gilyuk, 85, 195, 207, 559 Gin-sung, 457 Girkychavyl’in, 275 Girt dog, 10, 60 Givre, 574 Gjevstroll, 179, 207 Glashtin, 580 Glaucous macaw, 59, 207–208 Glawackus, 154, 156, 208 Globster, 206, 208–209 Glowing mudskipper, 176, 209 Glyryvilu, 220 Gnéna, 209–210, 296, 445 Gnome, 296 Goatman, xxiii, 210, 223, 290 Goatsucker, 106 Goazi, 210, 509 Golden ant, 211, 248, 465 Golden ram, xxiv, 211–212, 493 Golub-yavan, 212–213, 526, 588 Gombessa, 623, 653 Gononet, 99 Good people, 169 Goodenough Island bird, 58–59, 213 Gooligah, 616 Goonyak, 223 Gorgon, 89 Gorilla ellioti, 449 Gorilla mayéma, 449 Gorillaï, 213–214, 588 Gosha, 221 Gotteré, 209 Gougou, 85, 214 Gowrow, 198, 214, 298 Granby panther, 208 Grassman, 223 Gray king, 68 Great auk, 58–59, 214–215 Great elk, 521 Great God Pan, 416 Great moose, 521 Great sea-serpent, 478 Great unknown of the seas, 478 Great white wolf, 575 Greek dolphin, 94, 215 Green man, 593 Grendel, 194, 215, 593 Griffin, 68, 216–217, 493 Griffon, 216 Groot slang, 179, 217–218 Grotte Cosquer animal, 218–219, 478 Ground shark, 176, 219 Gruagach, 593 Gry´la, 558 Gryphon, 216 Gryps, 216–217 Gryttie, 179, 219 Guài wù, 179, 219 Guaneru, 29 Guaraçai air-breather, 176, 219 Guarifilu, 243 Guayazi, 210 Gubganana, 14 Guerulfus, 584 Gugu, 214, 409 Gugwé, 85, 214, 220 Guiafairo, 35, 220 Guidiara, 334 Güije, 220, 296 Guinné, 209 Guirivilu, 179, 220 Guivre, 574 Gul, 212, 220–221, 285, 497, 588 Gul-biavan, 212 Gul’bi-yavan, 212 Gulebaney, 221, 589 Guli-b’yabon, 212 Gulibyavan, 212 Gums, 316 Gurt dog, 60 Gu-ru-ngaty, 74 Guytrash, 555 Gwartheg-y-llyn, 580 Gwrach-y-rhibyn, 176, 221 Gwyllgi, 60, 221–222 Gwyllion, 169 Gyascutus, 510 Gyedarra, 222, 322 Gyedm gyilhawli, 222 Gyedm gylilix, 85, 222
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MYSTERIOUS CREATURES
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Copyright © 2002 by George M. Eber
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VOLUME I: A-M A Abnauayu 3 Abominab
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Canadian Alligator 83 Canavar 84 Ca
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Giant Salmon 203 Giant Spider 204 G
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Leviathan 293 Lindorm 294 Lipata 29
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Oldeani Monster 405 Olitiau 405 Oli
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Sogpa 510 South African Horse-Heade
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Yara-Ma-Yha-Who 603 Yawt 604 Yeho 6
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ciety has made it an object of stud
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fossil record into historical times
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Behavior. A summary of the habits a
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that it is a vast, free library acc
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Introduction If We Don’t Search,
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in their fields, such as the expert
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Giant monkey tree frog (Phyllomedus
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variety of factors bear upon our ab
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more detailed but less accurate, be
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Incomplete separation of science, h
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The word cryptozoology (in French,
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Abnauayu WILDMAN of West Asia. Etym
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Adam-Dzhapais WILDMAN of Central As
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Physical description: Covered with
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(New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1949-
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lionlike, though most observers tho
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to Hohhot, Nei Mongol Autonomous Re
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nized an expedition to the Kabardin
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Etymology: Mohave (Hokan), “just
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Angeoa FRESHWATER MONSTER of northe
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Behavior: Flies from Arabia to Egyp
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dubbah, might be misinterpreted as
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vague, and it’s uncertain whether
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AUSTRALIAN GIANT MONITOR seen in 19
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Badak Tanggiling One-horned, rhinoc
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Etymology: Nepali (Indo-Aryan), “
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The BASILISK, a semimythical bird-l
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Sources: William Beebe, Half Mile D
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feet. Massive version of the Asian
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failing, and Harris fell ill with a
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The BEAST OF GÉVAUDAN, from an eig
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Hyena for the Gévaudan: Testimonia
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The BENNU BIRD. Detail from the Pap
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BIG BIRD photographed in the Big Th
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though the average is 9 feet 3 inch
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Minn.: Mark A. Hal l , 1988); Magda
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the toes from the ball of the foot.
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Derek Randles, and Richard Noll. Mo
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Hunter (New York: G. P. Put nam’s
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Kondlo; Le Guat’s Giant; Makalala
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Street in South Baltimore, Maryland
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Distribution: Crimean shore of the
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Behavior: Swims alongside ships to
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Bothrodon pridii Supposed giant Sna
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BRITISH BIG CAT carrying a rabbit i
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11 pounds. Primarily nocturnal, the
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Febr uar y 2, 2002; Scot t Weidensa
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Mochel, Moolgewanke, Munni munni (i
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109-110; Chr ist opher Smit h, “A
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packing cases. It was about 10 feet
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nort hern Eur ope and Asia and wint
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Significant sightings: On Oct ober
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CAPTAIN HANNA’S FISH, an odd fish
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many as nine together at a time, fe
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Claims of tigers up to 13 feet or l
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The CENTAUR as a symbol of strength
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Gigantic Octopus; Gigantic Pacific
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Two versions of CHAMP, a lake monst
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of Adjacent Wind Waves in the Mansi
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G. F. Green III and his family saw
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Present status: Sometimes erroneous
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Variant name: Chiha tanka (Dakota/S
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Chupacabras Paranormal Entity of th
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Osvaldo Rosado of Guánica, Puerto
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CIVETS AND MONGOOSES (Unknown) Cive
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Ingo Krumbiegel, “Was ist der ‘
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crustacean is the Japanese spider c
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Significant sightings: From a witch
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Behavior: Adorns lips and nostrils
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Daisy Dog Doglike Entity of Cornwal
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Das-Adder Unknown Lizard of Sout h
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(2) Skulls and skins are now consid
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(9) An unknown owl. A new species o
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Days in New Guinea (London: John La
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(10) Mike Dash has discovered that
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Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean
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See also Dragons, Lizards (Unknown)
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e about five times as large (perhap
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Possible explanation: An interspeci
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The DOVER DEMON of April 21, 1977.
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DRAGON sculpture in the Botanical G
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ton, Kingston St. Mary, Norton Fitz
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DRAGONS, both winged and wingless.
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Etymology: Tibetan (Sino-Tibetan) w
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Meaning, and Function of a Duende L
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Ea The earliest known named Merbein
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The Puma (Puma concolor). (© 2002
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filmed a thirty-second videotape of
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Pennsylvania (131), and West Virgin
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A. Lutz, “Century-Old Mystery Ris
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cave paintings in Europe; in Ukrain
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Snorts, howls, and roars. Feeds on
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Physical description: Small peccary
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Fairy Little People of West ern Eur
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was only in 1983 that the women fin
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pace with a saw-toothed ridge. Larg
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the one from which humans—indeed,
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key; Tanzania; India; Philippines;
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(3) A new species, intermediate bet
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abundant types in North America in
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Gabon Orangutan Mystery Primate of
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GAMBO, an odd sea monster that wash
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Press, 1973-1978), vol. 1, pp. 78-9
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GIANT ANACONDA reportedly killed by
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1953), pp. 92-93; Bernard Heuvelman
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Giant Centipede Oversized segmented
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North America Bigfoot; Cannibal Gia
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Ky.: Cockrel, 1984); Mark A. Hall,
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drought exterminated them, pink liz
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flagellum flagellum) is typically 4
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Significant sightings: On May 21, 1
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Giant Vampire Bat Unknown Batof Sou
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In 1950, Madison Rigdon saw an octo
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thick, and it weighed 5-10 tons. It
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Golden Ant Legendary Invertebrate o
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Chelovekom,’” Komsomol’skaia
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The GREAT AUK (Alca impennis), a fl
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Protoceratops, a Late Cretaceous he
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Abrams, 1996); La grotte Cosquer: L
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Significant sightings: Western Taji
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Hadjel Tigre de Montagne of West Af
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about their foot structure. Perhaps
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called the police, who arrived shor
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the Dark and Bloody Ground (Nashvil
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Peninsula (London: Macmillan, 1906)
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Source: Kyle Mizokami, Bigfoot-Like
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family tree became possible, it was
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embrithopods of Oligocene Africa, w
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Significant sighting: Around 1910,
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lunt, hooflike nails; the hind feet
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emains have been rel iabl y carbon-
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Variant name: Jig-ik-nak (Inuktitut
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deep-sea group. In the Phyl um Cnid
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Etymology: Unknown, “the thing th
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Significant sightings: On December
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Christopher Cokinos, Hope Is the Th
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Distribution: Brazil; Guyana. Signi
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The Great blue heron (Ardea herodia
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snow nearby. They detected a strang
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Kadimakara Legendary large reptile
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1960): 49; Charles Cordier, “Deux
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A KAPTAR, or wildman, examined in 1
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Museum, Anthropology 1 (1964): 1-43
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Sources: William Grant Stewart, Pop
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Source: Russell Bates, “Legends o
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obustus (South Africa). Five other
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Possible explanations: (1) Now gene
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Habitat: Grassy, treeless hills. Di
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Kooloo-Kamba Mystery Primate of Cen
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krake, first mentioned by Francesco
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camped in a remote area of the Alai
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Etymology: Greek, “dog-headed.”
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Lake Titicaca Seal Myst ery Seal or
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It can grow t o more t han 6 feet i
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Possible explanations: (1) A whale
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cases, these beings are regarded as
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dency toward limb reduction and dev
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6 inches long by 4 inches wide. Big
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large enough to swallow an entire c
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Maasie Freshwater Monster of Belgiu
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spelling), Maer o (Nor t h Island),
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plat es or claws on t he wing t ips
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The Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primi
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Mami Water Merbeing of West Africa.
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Ceresco in November 1951 that spark
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Distribution: Río Paraguay drainag
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to the ground to get the palm heart
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mosasaurs swam upstream to breed in
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Mau Small H om inid of East Africa.
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wee’ssi, Mekumwasuck (Passamaquod
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Sources: Thomas G. Thrum, Hawaiian
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History of the Goths, Swedes and Va
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hours. It had a whitish face, short
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Henry Gosse, The Romance of Natural
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Significant sightings: During World
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Richard Bentley, 1848), vol. 2, p.
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imported, “which,” he wrote,
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Etymology: Ojibwa (Algonquian), “
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The MNGWA, a striped big cat of Eas
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Mohán Wildm an of South America. V
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In February 1980, Roy Mackal and Ja
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Left: Witness Edgar Harrison’s sk
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slower than an antelope. Grazes in
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and is the largest freshwater fish
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Falmouth Bay Serpent,” Strange Ma
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Habitat: Caves in riverbanks. Distr
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tropical amphibians that burrow thr
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Possibly the first depiction of a M
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United States of North America (Lon
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Nāga Half-human serpent, DRAGON, o
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John Baptist saw a manlike creature
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Stumpy nose. Pointed snout. Short n
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historical times comes from a Saka
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Source: Paul Güssfeldt, Julius Fal
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(2) Mass strandings of whales or se
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The Surgeon’s photo of NESSIE, al
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On July 14, 1951, a Forestry Commis
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the Narwhal picked up with a Raythe
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a dark brown, sleek body, usually 2
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Variant name: Ngutu-lei. Behavior:
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Monitor lizard (Family Varanidae),
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Food consists of raw game, includin
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Zack Clothier’s reconstruction of
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limbs, a small stature, and an unde
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Source: GUST Zoology, http://www.ba
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Behavior: Amphibious. Formerly hunt
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OGOPOGO, the lake monster of Lake O
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cottage near Okanagan Centre. His w
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Olayome CANNIBAL GIANT of the weste
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(2) The Yellow-winged bat (Lavia fr
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Andres Rodriguez Murillo and Ricard
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Sumatra (London: J. M’Creery, 181
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Ossun saw a similar reptile. Police
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Packda Unknown PRIMATE of Southeast
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Behavior: Swift runner. Excellent r
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(1) Father Lavagneux identified the
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Sheffield came across the tracks of
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fore it walked away at a deliberate
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Byrne, The Search for Bigfoot: Mons
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this elusive creature is extremely
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Keeps London Park on the Hop,” Ti
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anthill, spreading its wings, and a
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The PIASA, a legendary bird formerl
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Distribution: Northern New Mexico.
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12-foot-long ornithopod dinosaur th
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The POOKA, an Irish water horse. Fr
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Variant names: Breaksea devil, Haka
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DEDIÉKA; FOTSIAONDRÉ; GABON ORANG
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Pygmy (Classical) SMALL HOMINID of
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Congo, the type specimen of the PYG
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Pygmy Gorilla Unknown PRIMATE of Ce
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Significant sighting: Bernard Heuve
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H. Tate, “Mammals of Cape York Pe
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National Dictionary (Melbourne, Aus
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Réunion Solitaire Mystery flightle
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(5) An unknown population of Irrawa
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Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Ge
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esearchers believe it has reached t
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Habitat: Marshy area on top of a pl
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Charles Tissot wrote in 1884 about
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The fiery SALAMANDER was an emblem
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during the Years 1799-1804 [1825] (
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Hairy Giants of British Columbia,
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Darstellung des Riesenhirsches aus
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Chaudière, 1551); Guillaume Rondel
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The SEA MONSTER observed by Captain
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Artist’s conception of the archai
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The surface of the carcass was roug
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configuration; those in the Class S
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Animal That Was Cast Ashore on the
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See-Atco CANNIBAL GIANT of western
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On the west side of the lake at Sva
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SET, a zoomorphic god of ancient Eg
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Physical description: Length, 20-40
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still exist somewhere, according to
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Variant names: Farmānraw, Saēna,
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The SIRRUSH or Mushush of the Ishta
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Sivathere of Kish Unknown HOOFED MA
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Photo of a possible SKUNK APE taken
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canum) could walk both on its hind
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SNAKE; COLOVIA; MEDITERRANEAN GIANT
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Southern Narwhal Tusked CETACEAN of
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Punic SPHINX from the site of Thini
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SPOTTED LIONS shot by Michael Trent
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“Portrait of a Spring Heeled Hoax
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STELLER’S SEA COW, a sirenian pre
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which had been hunted many years ag
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Anthropologist 38 (1936): 141-143;
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Distribution: Lake Huron, Ontario.
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(Nectarinia sperata) are only about
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primarily air-breathers. The larges
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SURREY PUMA photographed at Worples
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Roush. The closest sturgeon are fou
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Tapir Tiger Mystery CAT of South Am
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Significant sightings: Hans Fuchs s
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Slick-Johnson Snowman Expedition en
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northeast India. However, it’s on
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Inuit spear rest from Cape Prince o
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York. Flaps wings slowly. Flies eas
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THYLACINE with young. (© 2002 ArtT
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ut all apparently failed to find co
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(2) A European wildcat (F. s. silve
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Variant name: Torx. Physical descri
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Home with the Patagonians (London:
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e seen as curiosities in Rome and T
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Tsinquaw FRESHWATER MONSTER of Brit
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emu’s. Flippers like a seal’s.
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Significant sightings: The Tzuchino
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geographically closer Eastern chimp
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UNICORN. From Konrad Gesner, Histor
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diss., l’Université Paris XII, N
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eported that a woman of San Carlos
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Antandroy tribe in the south. It ma
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Sources: Ivan T. Sanderson, “The
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culiar whistle. Lashes the water wi
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Water Bull Legendary FRESHWATER MON
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with large, protruding teeth that l
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around Penlline Castle, northwest o
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Wewiwilemitá Manetú FRESHWATER MO
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considered ancestral to modern huma
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WINGED CAT that lived in a builder
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Carving depicting two WIWILIÁMECQS
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Paulu (French), Jehan Pelu, Lamia (
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(April 7, 2001), pp. 30-33, at http
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Xing-Xing Unknown PRIMATE of Centra
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News,” Cryptozoology Review 4, no
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Possible explanation: An Australian
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serve), China. Also reported in Gui
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37-39; Zhou Guoxing, Lang hai, hsü
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Scientific name: Dinanthropoides ni
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the other side of the Bhote Kosi Ri
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walking on all fours. It is found a
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Physical description: Height, 2 fee
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more than forty skeletons found in
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Zabairo Unknown PRIMATE of West Afr
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mal Diversity Web, http://animaldiv
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Visagie’s golden mole. Chrysochlo
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1998 in Vietnam’s Central Highlan
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Iriomote cat. Prionailurus iriomote
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The Giant muntjac (Megamuntiacus vu
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years earlier). At first thought to
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Parque Zoobotanical in Brasilia, Br
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Silver rice rat. Oryzomys argentatu
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Vladivostok, Siberia, but not accep
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Golden-fronted bowerbird. Amblyorni
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Fijian crested iguana. Brachylophus
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Turquoise monitor. Varanus caeruliv
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Leopard chimaera. Chimaera panthera
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in New Caledonia in 1989, this sess
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Ophiocanops fugiens. Primitive, yel
Page 703 and 704: Pa beuk. Vietnamese name for the gi
Page 705 and 706: Dagana Marshes. See AULI. Ounianga
Page 707 and 708: Wuhan, lake near, Hubei Province. I
Page 709 and 710: Boobera Lagoon. See KURREA. Lake Bu
Page 711 and 712: Denmark Furesö, København County.
Page 713 and 714: Holiday, The Dragon and the Disc (N
Page 715 and 716: animal with a 12-foot neck and one
Page 717 and 718: Norwegian Lakes, March 2001, http:/
Page 719 and 720: Big fish in Myllesjön lake, Sweden
Page 721 and 722: to find anything. “And Now ... A
Page 723 and 724: Loch Poit na hI, Mull, Argyll and B
Page 725 and 726: 100 feet long on August 4, 1923. Ma
Page 727 and 728: Kenneth E. Kidd, Indian Rock Painti
Page 729 and 730: angry water monster. A boat-sized s
Page 731 and 732: Big Chapman Lake, near Warsaw. On A
Page 733 and 734: around 100 feet. Minneapolis Star,
Page 735 and 736: Ohio Charles Mill Lake, near Mansfi
Page 737 and 738: Wisconsin Occurrences of These Weir
Page 739 and 740: Rio Putumayo, Amazonas State. John
Page 741 and 742: Africa, continued São Tomé, 642 S
Page 743 and 744: Europe, continued France, 9, 32, 40
Page 745 and 746: United States, continued New York,
Page 747 and 748: South America, continued Brazil, 28
Page 749 and 750: Antarctic long-finned whale, 20, 94
Page 751 and 752: Bwbach, 439 Bwca, 439 Bwgan, 439 C
Page 753: Dilali, 132, 580 Dimorphic beaked w
Page 757 and 758: Igpupiara, 248 ?Ihk’al, 245 Ijaoe
Page 759 and 760: Kyklops, 118 Kynoképhalos, 286-287
Page 761 and 762: Mesoplodon species A, 132 Messala,
Page 763 and 764: Nittavo, 388 Nittawo, 388 Nix, 327,
Page 765 and 766: Primor’ye giant snake, 443, 509 P
Page 767 and 768: Sitanana, 186 Sìth, 169 Sivathere
Page 769 and 770: Tsonoqua, 149 Tso’po, 275 Tsuchin
Page 771 and 772: Yaurinka, 189 Yavan-adam, 601 Yavo-
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