List of cryptids
This is a list of cryptids, which are animals presumed by followers of the cryptozoology pseudoscientific subculture to exist on the basis of anecdotal or other evidence considered insufficient by mainstream science. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumour. Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, or Mokele-mbembe. Related pseudosciences include young Earth creationism, ghost hunting, and ufology. Some dictionaries and encyclopedias define the term "cryptid" as an animal whose existence is unsubstantiated.
List
Animals
Aquatic or semi-aquatic
| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location | Depiction |
| Altamaha-ha | Altie | Sturgeon or plesiosaur-like river animal | Georgia, United States | |
| Bear Lake monster | Lake monster | Idaho/Utah, United States | ||
| Bessie | Lake Erie Monster | Lake monster | Lake Erie, North America | |
| Brosno dragon | Brosnya | Lake monster | Lake Brosno, Russia | |
| Bunyip | Lake and cave animal | Australia | ||
| Caddy | Sea animal | Pacific Coast of North America | ||
| Champ | , Champy | Lake monster | Lake Champlain, North America | |
| Chessie | Sea animal | Atlantic Coast of the United States, especially Chesapeake Bay | ||
| Dingonek | Jungle walrus | A tusked water-dwelling animal | Western Africa | |
| Dobhar-chú | Water Hound | Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal | Ireland | |
| Giant anaconda | Megaconda | Giant snake | South America | |
| Igopogo | Kempenfelt Kelly | Lake monster | Lake Simcoe, Ontario | |
| Isshii | Issie | Lake monster | Japan | |
| Kraken | Sea animal | World's oceans | ||
| Kusshii | Kussie | Lake monster | Japan | |
| Lagarfljót Worm | lagarfljóts ormurinn | Lake monster | Iceland | |
| Lake Van Monster | Van Gölü Canavarı | Lake monster | Lake Van, Van, Turkey | |
| Loch Ness Monster | Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx | Lake monster | Loch Ness, Scotland | |
| Mamlambo | Lake monster | South Africa | ||
| Manipogo | Winnipogo | Lake monster | Lake Manitoba, Canada | |
| Mokele-mbembe | Dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | ||
| Nahuelito | Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster | Lake monster | Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina | |
| Ogopogo | N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka | Lake monster | Lake Okanagan, Canada | |
| Sea serpents | Sea animals, dinosaurs | All bodies of water | ||
| Selma | Seljordsormen | Lake monster | Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway | |
| Steller's sea ape | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean | ||
| Tahoe Tessie | Lake Tahoe monster | Lake monster | Lake Tahoe, in California and Nevada, United States | |
| Trinity Alps giant salamander | Giant salamander | California, United States |