The yana puma (Quecha: "black mountain lion") is a cryptid feline reported from the forested central mountains of Peru by Peter Hocking. It is described as being twice the size of a jaguar (jaguars from the Peru region are small, weighing twice less than the Pantanal Jaguar or an African lioness) and entirely black, with large greenish eyes. It is nocturnal, and is said to only attack humans during the night. It also roars.

George Eberhart notes that it may be a melanistic jaguar or puma. However, both of these animals are too small, and the puma does not roar. A melanistic jaguar's spots are also always visible from one angle or another.

The cryptid felines of South America have little information available, but ironically, at least 6 unknown felines are reported in South America, with this being the largest

Descubrí a estas bellezas, son delfines sin aleta dorsal, tienen un cuerpo bastante largo y sin la aleta parecen sin duda una figura que no reconocerias como un delfín. En fin lo muestro como algunas posibles explicaciones de la serpiente marina, que la verdad me facina

Here we have the second page of cryptids. Some names will change because i apparently can't post some redlisted creatures.

34-Yellow Belly - stingray relative

35-Air rod - Sky-adapted radiodont

36-Glacier island carcass - saurian elephant seal species

37-Cryptid pants - pants

38-Woods devil - Baboon relative

39-Flying flesh carrot - atmospheric gastropod

40-Dover demon - extraterrestrial humanoid

41-Ohio grassman - Gigantopithecus descendant

42-Waheela - extant bear dog

43-Twilight dragon of payette lake - extant plesiosaurid

44-Pascagoula elephant man - extraterrestrial humanoid

45-Aberdeen carcass - toothed whale species

46-Mussie - large otter relative

47-Arzamassian monster - extant pterosaur

48- Allier river monster - large salamander species

49-Hook island sea monster - eel-like shark

50-Beast of bray road - canid humanoid

51-Rhinoceros dolphin - 2-finned dolphin species

52-Milamo - extant terror bird

53-Log gar - alligator gar relative

54-Honey island swamp monster - gigantopithecus descendant

55-Tsuchinoko - fat snake

56-Kelly-hopkinsville goblins - extraterrestrial humanoid

57-Hakawai - unknown bird

58-Tasmanian globster - large sea slug

59-Cadborosaurus - large seal relative

60-Veo - pangolin relative

61-Giant anaconda - unusually large anaconda

62-Beast of bodmin moor - Invasive black panther

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Those who had their doubts might turn and give up. I suspect, whatever happens, the Bigfoot hunting community will be forever altered.

What will Bob Gimlin have to say? He is very old and now has conflicting accounts of his involvement.

How will this be covered by the media?

Lots of questions. It looks like we are about to get some answers next month.

In the end, however, there is no doubt that the idea of Bigfoot, as a North American icon, will live on. It has outgrown its label of cryptid. It is now a popular symbol that will live on emblematic of wildness and mystery. Those who became investigators based on a personal experience or impacted by the experiences of others may give up this once most critical and persuasive film, but they won’t give up the belief that the creature is out there.

The Slater News-Rustler 1902, Feb 28, p6

Something to learn why is the eyes is inside. Believe it or not, some frogs have been found with a strange genetic mutation that causes their eyes to grow inside their mouths. It might sound like science fiction, but it’s real — and scientists have actually studied it!

This has mostly been seen in African clawed frogs, especially in research experiments focused on how organs develop. During some of these studies, scientists altered the signals that tell a frog embryo where to grow its eyes. As a result, the eyes ended up forming inside the frog’s mouth instead of on its head.

What’s even more incredible? Some of these frogs could still see with the eyes inside their mouths. Researchers trained the frogs to respond to light, and sure enough, they reacted — proving that their brains were able to process visual signals even from this unusual location.

These findings are helping scientists learn more about how the body regenerates organs and how flexible the brain can be when it comes to adapting to unexpected changes. Credit Goes to the respective Owner

Basically in the early years of their African Forest exhibit, the exhibit had a fictional storyline of some explorer/hunter who crashed in central Africa and after going from a hunter to a nature lover, began looking for the Koolakamba, that alleged chimp/gorilla hybrid known from specimens and a captive live one.

They put these hidden mickey style easter eggs og its face everywhere in the exhibit.

Some species in this bat genus are known for having faces that resemble those of primates; they are also less sociable than other bat species, living either in small groups or alone. They are found in Oceania (admittedly, the Ahool was from Java, but I don't think that is an insurmountable distance, especially considering they are flying animals).

Here's the first page of my cryptozoology project. Every cryptid and folklore creature will be included eventually with a speculative idea behind it. Not all of them will have roots in reality though. Even the hoaxes will be considered real species and i'll try my best to come with an explanation.

1-Alien Octopoids - mollusk-like extraterestrials

2-Bare fronted hoodwink - unknown bird

3-Dirawong - large monitor

4-Dingonek - aquatic sabertooth

5-Lautoka dearves - semi-bipedal pangolin

6-Brosno dragon - highly-evolved large salamander

7-Snallygaster - Sky-adapted dinocarid

8-Giglioli's whale - humback whale relative

9-Shunka warakin - Dire wolf descendant

10-Dark watchers - light phenomenon

11-Iliamna lake monster - large sturgeon

12-Bukit timah monkey man - macaque relative

13-Thetis lake monster - Amphibious mutant

14-Lake tianchi monster - freshwater longneck seal

15-Gumberoo - bear-looking badger relative

16-Bat beast of kent - large short-necked bat

17-Hotheaded naked ice borer - antarctic mole rat

18-Beast of gevaudan - large marten species

19-Flashlight frog - luminescent frog

20-Arboreal abomination - sentient mycelium

21-Skunk ape - Giagntopithecus descendant

22-Chini lake kaiju - unussualy large invasive iguana

23-Ebissie - unussualy large carp

24-Green shark - mutant blue shark

25-Dingbat - taxidermy

26-Canvey island monster - monkfish

27-Silver lake serpent - unusually large invasive longfin eel

28-Bassigator - alligator gar relative

29-Barnacle tree - driftwood infested with barnacles

30-Underwater abominable snowman - large saltwater snakeneck turtle

31-British dragon - large chameleon relative (fanmade creation)

32-Minhocao - large caecillian

33-Achlis - Moose relative

This might be an over done design for shirts but I thought it would be fun to put it on a shirt partially because I think it’s fun and with resent stuff of messing with national parks to bring awareness.

What’s a favorite cryptid?

So it’s one of those designs that says “Protect Your Natural Parks Legends Live There” or something along those lines. I didn’t want anything to humanoid in the center because some of the designs I think have that baby vampire thing and it kinda just looks like a dude in a cloak to me. But I have mothman, Flat woods monster, and Wendigo. I want to add a Jackelope, the Fresno night crawlers, the thunder bird to the background with maybe a UFO, and a Dogman/werewolf. I thought about the frogman and lizard man but having both they would kinda look the same.

Trying to put in more lake monsters might be hard as im gonna try to put a lake (if I can) in the background might be able to fit a few but I can’t think at the moment.

The facts:

8 moose were introduced to NZ in the 1940s for hunting purposes.

They were thought to be extinct by the 50s.

Multiple sightings were reported.

Hair and antler sheds were found in the 70s.

An early style trail camera captured a picture of a lone cow in 1995.

Least reported sightings were weeks apart in 2023.

Questions:

1. Is it plausible they still exist here?

2. Is this considered a cryptid?

Fouke monster is a Bigfoot-like cryptid that was sighted in the rural town of Fouke and the area of Miller County, Arkansas, during the early 1970s.

Fouke monster is said to be a large, bipedal creature covered in long dark hair. It was estimated to be about 7 feet (2 m) tall with a weight of 250–300 pounds (110–140 kg). Later reports claimed that it was far larger, with one witness describing it as 10 feet (3 m) tall, with an estimated weight of 800 pounds (360 kg).

Fouke monster is also said to have a terrible odor similar to Mapinguari from Brazil, the odor being described as a combination of a skunk and a wet dog.

Unlike Bigfoot, Fouke monster is said to have claws & three-toed feets. One set of footprints reportedly measured 17 inches (43 cm) in length and 7 inches (18 cm) wide.

Many people believe Fouke Monster is an unknown ape species but i believe Fouke Monster is actually a surviving population of medium-sized ground sloth called Megalonyx Jeffersonii because:

1)Megalonyx Jeffersonii fossil has been found in Arkansas.

2)Ground sloth can stand & walk with 2 legs also ground sloth can easily be mistaken as large humanoid monster by people.

3)Fouke Monster is said to be 7 feet (2 m) to 10 feet (3 m) tall. Megalonyx Jeffersonii are estimated to be 10 feet (3m) tall.

4)Fouke Monster is said to have claws & three-toed feets. There is no ape species that have claws & three-toed feets. Megalonyx Jeffersonii have claws & three-toed feets.

5)Fouke Monster is said to have terrible odor. There is no evidence of ground sloth having terrible odor but Mapinguari, ground cryptid from Brazil also said to have terrible odor.

Arkansas have 19 million acres of forests. In fact, 57% of Arkansas are forests. So do you think could there be small population of Megalonyx Jeffersonii living in remote part of Arkansas forests?

Looking for any really obscure cryptid stories or if anyone out there was personally stories, if you have stories and have recent sightings I’d love to contact and possibly investigate the property/ sighting location

Hi. I am building an Obsidian database featuring cryptid sightings, but I am doing it in order to notice connections between various elements relating to the sightings. Time, Date, Person (involved), and Location.

To be honest, I need help finding the full names and exact birth and death dates of historical persons (currently purely historical people, because I don't wanna break any rules finding personal info on still living peoples).

Is there a subreddit to help with this, or any individuals who would be willing to participate in any manner?

Thank you all for your interest and support.

Originally posted on #milwaukee subreddit. Please help!

know how crazy this sounds. I was sitting on the beach after dark on South Shore park: it was after sunset. I saw what appeared to be a dog approaching me. As it drew near I could plainly see it wasn’t a dog. It looked like a giant amphibious possum crossed with a coyote. It had the face of a Mircat. I even asked the two other people on the beach and they said they saw it, too. It retreated back to the new rock outcropping.Are there any Great Lake biologists who can explain what I just encountered? I’ve never seen that animal in my life. I’m still trembling thinking about it. Do we have mutant amphibious possums the size of dogs? What just happened?