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Cryptid Encounters

Sightings of mysterious creatures including Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Mothman, and other unknown animals.

375 Cases
-3000–3000 Span
194 Verified
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Tall winged figure silhouetted against a glowing aerial light
2026

Mothman 60th Anniversary: Point Pleasant Marks Six Decades of the Winged Watcher

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA

On the sixtieth anniversary of the November 1966 sightings, Point Pleasant gathered for commemorations, a museum expansion, and a fresh wave of reported encounters along the Ohio River corridor.
Tall hair-covered humanoid silhouette emerging from a forest clearing
2025 VERIFIED

The 2025 Bigfoot DNA Study: Results from a Decade of Sample Collection

Pacific Northwest, USA

A long-running North American Bigfoot DNA study published its consolidated results in September 2025, reporting that a decade of submitted hair, scat, and tissue samples produced known animal matches but no unknown primate.
Bright object hovering above a Florida wetland landscape at dusk
2025

Florida's 2025 Cryptid Wave: Skunk Apes, Frogmen, and Coastal Anomalies

Florida, USA

Across the summer of 2025, Florida produced an unusual concentration of cryptid reports — Skunk Ape encounters in the Big Cypress, Loveland Frog–type sightings on the I-4 corridor, and coastal humanoid reports along the Gulf — drawing renewed attention from researchers.
Reflection of a disc-shaped object across dark loch water at twilight
2025

Loch Ness 2025: The Quest Sonar Expedition Returns Anomalous Contacts

Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Loch Ness Centre's 2025 Quest expedition recorded several substantial sonar contacts at depths consistent with the loch's deepest basins, reigniting debate about what — if anything — moves beneath the dark Highland water.
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