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Other and unknown creature reports map

Reports of creatures that do not fit any other category, or that the source does not describe clearly enough to place in one. Expect a mix.

We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

See Other / Unknown on the map All 1,436 cases

By the numbers

1,436 cases on the map, 738 of them first-hand (the witness telling it). A case may stand on several documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations.

Best-documented cases

Ranked by independent sources first, then documents, then first-hand accounts. This says how well a claim is documented, not whether it is true.

  1. Other / Unknown · Rockingham County, North Carolina · 1855

    Rockingham County, North Carolina1 independent source

    A farmer in Rockingham County, N.C., reports that a man named Alfred saw a snake-like creature with a human face and rattlesnake body in his still house, leaving a large mark.

  2. Other / Unknown · Africa · 1920s

    Africa1 independent source

    Walter Winans reports that Carl Hagenbeck told him two of his travelers had seen the brontosaurus in swamps in central Africa on different expeditions.

  3. Other / Unknown · Denton County, Texas

    Denton County, Texas1 independent source

    Witness and brother-in-law report seeing a large shadow cast by an unseen creature walking between their lantern and tent while camping.

  4. Other / Unknown · Denton, Texas

    Denton, Texas1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a reddish-brown, hairless, cylinder-shaped creature about two feet long that moved end-over-end like a toy slinky while rabbit hunting.

  5. Other / Unknown · Orange County, California · 2025

    Orange County, California1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a knee-high, void-like black creature with stick legs and shoe-shaped feet running across the road while driving in Oconee County, South Carolina.

  6. Other / Unknown · Loveland Park, Ohio · 2016

    Loveland Park, Ohio1 independent source

    [name] and his girlfriend recorded photos and video of a giant frog that stood up and walked on its hind legs.

Further reading

Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.