Friday, July 24, 2015

Onza

The Onza is a cryptid reported in the mountainous regions of Mexico. It looks similar to a cougar besides it having a longer tail, longer ears, and longer legs. It's also thought to be much more aggressive than cougars. A creature fitting this creature was killed but the Onza was not definitively proven from the dead specimen.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Cherufe

The Cherufe is a creature from Chilean mythology. It is described as looking like a 12 foot tall, lizard like humanoid living in the volcanoes of the area that cause volcanic eruptions. People would often throw people into the volcanoes as human sacrifices for the Cherufe to eat. Instead of scales the Cherufe had hard rock like skin with lava mixed in.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Mothman

The  Mothman is a large humanoid cryptid sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. It has large wings and huge red glowing eyes. It's often sighted on old bridges and other broken down places, it is believed to cause disasters in these areas. Looking into its eyes is said to have a strange effect on those who see them. He is believed to have supernatural powers such as teleportation. It is reported to make a loud humming noise when it flies.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Bishopville Lizardman

This creature is also called  "The Lizardman of Scape Ore Swamp." The Lizardman is described as being 7-feet tall, reptilian skinned, and having large sharp claws and teeth capable of doing great damage to cars. The creature is reported to be able to run at high speeds over 30 miles per hour. This beast leaves three toed, clawed footprints. Belief in this cryptid is low because several pieces of evidence of it were hoaxes.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Ahool

The Ahool is a massive bat like creature from the Java rainforest in Indonesia. Its size is estimated to have a 9-10 foot wingspan. The Ahool was first described as a bat winged, primate like creature with piercing red eyes. This creature was first documented by naturalist Dr. Ernest Bartels he named the creature based on its very distinctive cry "ahoooooool."

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Tatzelwurm

The name Tatzelwurm is German for "clawed worm" because it has the appearance of a creature or dragon with a snake-like tail, two short clawed arms, and a cat-like head. The Tatzelwurm is sighted in the Swiss Alps. The most well documented sighting of the Tatzelwurm is when a man was walking along a mountain he saw the Tatzelwurm, he ran to his house but suffered a heart attack before he could get home, before he died he warned his family of the terrifying Tatzelwurm. One farmer who reported killing a Tatzelwurm claimed that its blood was green instead of red.

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Emela-ntouka

The Emela-ntouka is a cryptid reported in the Congo. They are described as a large dinosaur-like creature with a very large horn coming from the front of its head. The creatures name means " killer of elephants" it gained its name because of its habit of charging elephants and piercing them with their horn. This creature is assumed to be an herbivore that attacks elephants because of a territorial nature.
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