Mothman
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Red-eyed winged watcher seen near an old munitions plant. Arrives before bad news, never after.
Field note: Wingspan estimates vary with how scared the witness was.
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Red-eyed winged watcher seen near an old munitions plant. Arrives before bad news, never after.
Field note: Wingspan estimates vary with how scared the witness was.
Pine Barrens, New Jersey
Hooved, winged and loud. Leaves tracks on rooftops, which is rude.
Field note: Responds poorly to tollbooths.
Puerto Rico and the American Southwest
Spined night-raider blamed for empty goat pens. Reports changed shape over the decades.
Field note: Original sightings: bipedal. Later sightings: suspiciously dog-shaped.
Braxton County, West Virginia
Spade-headed visitor in a pleated cloak, glowing on a hillside after a streak of light.
Field note: Witnesses mention a metallic smell. Bring a towel.
Pacific Northwest
Large, shy and permanently out of focus. Has never once been caught on a good camera.
Field note: Footprint casts available at every gift shop for some reason.
Loch Ness, Scotland
Long-necked lake resident. Surfaces for photographs exactly once per decade.
Field note: The lake is deep, cold and very good at keeping secrets.
Dover, Massachusetts
Big-headed, thin-limbed figure seen over two nights and then never again.
Field note: Short sighting window. Extremely high hype per minute.
Florida Everglades
Sasquatchβs swamp cousin, identified mostly by smell before sight.
Field note: Detection range: downwind, roughly one city block.
Fresno, California
A pair of walking white trousers, as caught on a security camera.
Field note: Proof that the best cryptids are the ones on CCTV.
Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
Serpentine lake dweller with excellent public relations.
Field note: Has its own statue. Most cryptids can only dream.