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Accounts that made us re-read the sentence.
These are reported accounts, not confirmed events. Weird isn't the same as credible.
We map claims, not creatures: every one links back to its sources.
Today's strange account
Mermaid · Redondo Beach, California · 1923
Sailors report sighting a mermaid with a child at its bosom two miles off from Redondo.
Why it's here: A mermaid nursing a child seen by sailors is an unusual hybrid scene.
All 380 strange accounts
Bigfoot
Date unknown
A husband and wife flying a private plane report seeing and following Bigfoot tracks until they pass over the Bigfoot making them.
A plane crew following bigfoot tracks until they passed over the creature is an unusual vantage.
Water Monster · Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Islands Region
Mar 24, 1899
Officers report a two-headed, hairy sea serpent weighing seventy tons and sixty feet long was seen in the Solomon group.
A two-headed sea serpent of seventy tons and sixty feet is extreme in scale and anatomy.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a Bigfoot named [name] appeared at their kitchen window nightly, left large footprints, and eventually walked past the window on a full moon night.
A Bigfoot named by the witness appearing nightly at a kitchen window and walking past on a full moon is domestic and social.
Other Flying
the 1800s
Witness reports reading an article about French miners seeing a huge flying reptile emerge from a blown-out mountain in the 1800s.
A huge flying reptile emerging from a blown-out mountain is strange beyond its genre.
Bigfoot · Medina County, Ohio
1990
A friend of the narrator heard a creature described as a "sick cow" groaning around the base of the mound while his group played capture the flag.
A creature groaning like a sick cow during a capture-the-flag game is a comic, social incongruity.
Bigfoot · Miami-Dade County, Florida
Nov 1989
A retired law enforcement officer reports spotting two large, hair-covered apes hunting wild pigs from a Cessna 172 in November 1989.
Two apes hunting wild pigs seen from a Cessna in 1989 is strange and aerial.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
The narrator saw a reddish-brown figure walking by at least 70 feet away that appeared to glide and was approximately 8'4 tall.
A reddish-brown figure at 70 feet that appeared to glide and stood 8'4 tall is impossible motion.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness speculates a bright orb seen in their bathroom might be related to cryptids.
A bright orb in a bathroom linked to cryptids is a domestic setting with a mismatched object.
Other Aquatic · Churubusco, Indiana
Mar 1949
Gamer Gale Harris sought a diver to help capture Oscar, a giant reptile claimed by many people including his family to be an overgrown snapping turtle weighing 400 to 500 pounds.
A gamer hiring a diver to capture a 500-pound overgrown snapping turtle is a comic, absurd scenario.
Water Monster · Providence County, Rhode Island
Nov 18, 1908
Witnesses report a weird sea monster with a fluked tail, long neck, small head, and two horns that dragged a ton-weight piling into the water after being shot at.
A creature with a fluked tail and two horns dragging a ton-weight piling into the water is extreme and bizarre.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland
Oct 13, 1969
[name] and his uncle [name] reported seeing a non-boat shape at the head of a wake that resurfaced in profile with the color and shape of an elephant before disappearing underwater.
A non-boat shape resembling an elephant that resurfaced in profile is strange beyond its genre.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports a man wearing cowboy boots, a black leather jacket, and a trucker cap walking across her yard.
Man in cowboy boots, leather jacket and trucker cap walks across a yard
Bigfoot · Arkansas
Date unknown
Witness reports creatures knocking down solar motion lights and throwing them on the ground.
Creatures knock down solar motion lights and throw them on the ground
Bigfoot
1946
A British Army unit in Antarctica encountered and killed 'Polar Men' described as Bigfoot-like creatures after finding the remains of a science team.
A British Army unit in Antarctica killing Polar Men after finding a science team's remains is extreme in scale and setting.
Other Humanoid · Pennsylvania
Date unknown
The narrator and a friend witnessed a pitch-black humanoid figure with huge wings walking alongside a highway in South Central Pennsylvania during rain.
A pitch-black humanoid with huge wings walking alongside a highway in rain is an incongruous image.
Other Canine · West Glacier, Montana
Feb 1952
A strange animal described as half coyote and half dog was reported at the St. Mary ranger station in Glacier National Park.
A half-coyote, half-dog animal at a ranger station is a bizarre hybrid in a mundane setting.
Other Flying · Swedesboro, New Jersey
Aug 4, 1927
Huckleberry pickers report a fox-sized feathered creature with a bark-hoot cry in the cedar swamps.
A fox-sized feathered creature with a bark-hoot cry in cedar swamps is a strange hybrid.
Water Monster · Wind River, Wyoming
Jun 1886
Hunters report seeing a huge serpent-fish hybrid monster at Bull Lake that bellowed and sank into the depths.
A serpent-fish hybrid that bellowed and sank is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Rudyard Kipling reportedly encountered a creature wandering in endless pain in the Gladwish woods.
Rudyard Kipling encountering a creature in endless pain in a local woods is an incongruous historical intrusion.
Other Feline
Date unknown
A lady described seeing a lion with wings while getting eggs, which looked at her and then flew away.
A winged lion seen while gathering eggs that flew off is absurd and domestic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall figure in a khaki janitor outfit with a crushed hat walking down stairs while banging a broom handle on each step.
A tall figure in a janitor outfit banging a broom handle on each stair is absurd and domestic.
Other Flying
Date unknown
Witness reports a flying creature with fox fur and breeches flew over their car on an unspecified date.
Flying creature with fox fur and breeches passes over a car
Bigfoot
the 1960s
Witness reports a male Bigfoot on horseback in the late sixties that had a dwarf left leg and threw rocks.
A Bigfoot riding a horse, with a dwarf left leg and throwing rocks, is flatly incongruous.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports waking up at 3:30 AM to hear coffee stirring, then seeing a figure in a lilac robe that vanished when spoken to, causing them to wet themselves.
Coffee stirring at 3:30 AM and a figure in a lilac robe that vanished when spoken to is incongruous and domestic.
Jersey Devil · Atlantic City, New Jersey
1923
Witness reports that the chief of police encountered the Jersey devil sitting on City Hall square and shot at it.
A police chief shooting the Jersey Devil sitting on City Hall square is absurd civic incongruity.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, dog-headed creature standing on two legs in the woods that caused deer to flee and prevented their car key fob from working.
A dog-headed creature whose presence stops a key fob from working is an impossible mechanic.
Bigfoot · Lancaster, New Hampshire
Oct 1903
Witness reports that a hairy monster greatly disturbed the Chemistry class at school.
A hairy monster disrupting a school chemistry class is a flatly incongruous classroom setting.
Other Aquatic · Zavelput, Vlaanderen
Feb 22, 2026
Witness reports a friend saw a tall, serene creature with four eyes and sharp teeth standing in Zavelput lake, which communicated telepathically before jumping vertically into the air.
A four-eyed lake creature that communicates telepathically and leaps into the air is bizarre yet readable.
Other Humanoid · Galveston, Texas
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing a disembodied face on a wall that disappears when sandblasted but always returns.
A disembodied face on a wall that vanishes under sandblasting and always returns is impossible.
Little People · Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing little feet running through the house and later finding one hiding in a bag of Indian perfume.
Tiny feet running through the house, then a creature found hiding in a bag of perfume
Other Flying · Seal Beach, California
May 7, 2025
Witness reports seeing a large, bioluminescent purple manta ray creature flying diagonally up in the sky while driving on the 405 freeway near Seal Beach.
A bioluminescent purple manta ray flying over a freeway is incongruous and absurd.
Other Humanoid · Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Date unknown
Witness reports a half-man-half-ape creature standing on their car roof, having murdered the father and dribbling his severed head.
A half-man, half-ape standing on a car roof and dribbling a severed head is a bizarre hybrid.
Dogman · Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a massive, bipedal creature with a dog-like face and glowing red eyes that moved with inhuman speed near trash cans before disappearing through a purple portal.
A purple portal that a dog-faced creature vanishes through is an impossible mechanic.
Other Flying · Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Date unknown
Witnesses at Great Sand Dunes National Park observed a golden orb the size of a baseball that opened up to reveal cowboys chasing something in another world.
A baseball-sized golden orb revealing cowboys chasing something in another world is incongruous.
Other Flying · Petoskey, Michigan
Sep 24, 1887
A husband in Petoskey, Michigan, claims he saw a frightful winged monster with one blazing eye looking at him from under the bed before attacking it with a boot-jack.
A winged monster with one blazing eye under a bed attacked with a boot-jack is a domestic, absurd encounter.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports finding PVC pipes and marked trails left by Bigfoot to indicate directions and danger.
Bigfoot leaving PVC pipes as trail markers is an incongruous object that does not belong.
Other / Unknown · Minnesota
Oct 5, 2025
The narrator reports seeing a strange, four-legged creature resembling a Minecraft creeper crossing a parking lot near their home in Minnesota before it vanished or bolted into the woods.
A four-legged creature like a Minecraft creeper crossing a Minnesota parking lot is incongruous.
Other Humanoid · Rocky Arbor State Park, Wisconsin
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large creature with dog-like legs, human-like arms, a dog's face, and bright yellow eyes while driving on a highway near Rocky Arbor State Park.
A creature with dog legs, human arms, a dog face and yellow eyes is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Aquatic · 東京都, 日本
Date unknown
The narrator and his girlfriend saw a small, lanky, turtle-headed figure wade into a pond and hide under a lily pad while they were eating on a nature trail in Tokyo.
A turtle-headed figure hiding under a lily pad while a couple eats on a Tokyo nature trail is incongruous and absurd.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a Bigfoot covering a xylophone with a plastic container to prevent young ones from playing it.
A Bigfoot covering a xylophone with a plastic container to stop its young playing is absurd, domestic and social.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a large creature visiting his houseboat at night to eat food left out by drunk passengers and leaving decorative gifts of rocks and flowers on the plates.
A creature visiting a houseboat to eat leftovers and leave rocks and flowers on the plates is absurd and social.
Bigfoot
Dec 2023
Witness reports that 'they' left a mushroom and fungus on a gifting stump in exchange for cookies.
Leaving mushrooms on a gift stump in exchange for cookies is an absurd, social trade.
Other Humanoid · Devon, England
2023
Witness hears their own voice talking in the conservatory while checking for vermin.
Hearing one's own voice in a conservatory while checking for vermin is a mundane setting with an incongruous event.
Other Flying
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a small, owl-sized creature wearing a grim reaper cloak and hood standing on a beam above their bed while they were awake.
Owl-sized creature in a grim reaper cloak standing on a beam above a bed
Other Canine
Date unknown
Witness reports a creature calling itself Wolf Man entered their living room via radio and assaulted them.
A creature calling itself Wolf Man entering a living room through a radio is an impossible, absurd mechanic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports a well-known person finding large muddy footprints leading from the back door through the house to her bed and back out.
Large muddy footprints running through a house to a woman's bed is an incongruous domestic setting.
Bigfoot · California
Date unknown
Witness reports finding a Sasquatch feeding grounds with fresh tracks and handprints, then later encountering the creature at their truck in a rest stop where it looked through the window and ate granola bars.
A sasquatch looking through a truck window at a rest stop and eating granola bars is incongruous and social.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports dogs reacting to Squatch presence and a creature eating cereal from a box left on a picnic table at night.
Creature eats cereal from a box left on a picnic table at night
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing an 8-foot-tall praying mantis-like creature in their living room while alone with a napping mother.
Eight-foot mantis-like creature in a living room while the mother naps
Bigfoot
Date unknown
The narrator recounts a scary encounter where they encouraged [name] to misbehave in his tree, leading to Junior summoning the entire Bigfoot family for an apology at the gifting spot.
A Bigfoot family summoned by a creature named [name] for an apology at a gifting spot is an absurd social act.
Other / Unknown · Chicago, Illinois
Jul 1938
Witnesses report a strange animal sat on a newspaper on a front porch in Chicago, refusing to move and baring its teeth until captured by police.
Strange animal sits on a newspaper on a Chicago porch and bares its teeth until police capture it
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports a snake-like humanoid with yellowish eyes and superhuman strength leaping onto his tank's front slope during the Battle of Medina Ridge.
A snake-like humanoid leaping onto a tank's front slope during a WWII battle is a bizarre hybrid in an incongruous setting.
Bigfoot
2009
The narrator's friend's grandfather reported that Bigfoot entered his garden, stacked cantaloupes in a pyramid, and bit them.
Bigfoot stacking cantaloupes into a pyramid and biting them is a flatly absurd garden act.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
The narrator reports reading about an old Fortean Times post describing a hippo head coming out of a closet by breaking the wood.
A hippo head coming out of a closet by breaking the wood is absurd and domestic.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch while playing guitar that moved to the beat of the music before standing up and walking across the creek.
A sasquatch that moves to the beat of guitar music and then walks off across a creek is absurd and social.
Other Flying · Missouri
Date unknown
The witness's daughter recalls the sphere splitting into three interacting objects that appeared to zap each other before recombining.
A sphere splitting into three objects that zap each other and recombine breaks physical sense.
Other / Unknown · Roswell, New Mexico
Oct 1, 2025
[name] reports that during a seance in Hangar 84 in Roswell, a huge snake-like figure appeared over the group and was captured on multiple high-definition cameras.
A snake-like figure appearing over a seance in a Roswell hangar and captured on cameras is incongruous and absurd.
Bigfoot · Pennsylvania
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch go completely invisible.
A sasquatch going completely invisible is an impossible mechanic.
Bigfoot · Sasquatch Lake Recreation Site, British Columbia
the 1960s
Witness reports a grumpy white Sasquatch poking invisible hunters in the back while they were in their trucks.
A grumpy white Sasquatch poking invisible hunters in the back of their trucks is absurd and incongruous.
Skinwalker · Pine County, Minnesota
Mar 2020
Witness reports seeing an animal that transformed from a cougar into a large cream-colored dog with a collar and unnatural eyes while driving on a dirt road.
A cougar transforming into a cream dog wearing a collar with unnatural eyes is a domestic, impossible mechanic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
A caller reports that a woman he calls a witch landed on his SUV, smelled him through the window, threatened to have sex with him, and then vaporized after he prayed for protection.
A witch landing on an SUV, smelling the caller through the window, threatening sex, and vaporizing after prayer is flatly absurd and social.
Bigfoot · Bonner County, Idaho
Sep 1975
Witness reports a yellow, short-legged humanoid eating cob with molasses and stealing horse feed from a shack.
A yellow humanoid eating corn cob with molasses and raiding a horse-feed shack is absurd and domestic.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a horse-like creature with an alpaca front and hyena posture walking across a marsh near the woods.
A horse-like creature with an alpaca front and hyena posture is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Canine · Sedona, Arizona
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a grayish creature with three clawed fingers and a pig-wolf face swirling in water before encountering a beautiful woman in lotus position.
A pig-wolf faced, three-clawed grey creature swirling in water gives way to a woman in lotus position.
Other / Unknown · South Pittsburg, Tennessee
1934
A giant kangaroo was reported loose in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, killing multiple livestock and ripping an animal in half.
A giant kangaroo loose in Tennessee tearing an animal in half is an incongruous mashup and scale.
Bigfoot · Algonquin, Illinois
Sep 2008
Witness reports seeing a large, furry humanoid wearing a coat on a jogging trail during daylight hours.
A furry humanoid wearing a coat while jogging on a trail is an incongruous, absurd domestic detail.
Bigfoot · Yelm, Washington
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing rocks thrown, chattering, laughter, and seeing evidence of peanut butter being scooped by creatures with finger grooves.
Creatures scooping peanut butter with finger grooves, along with laughter and rock throwing, is absurd and domestic.
Other Canine · Île de la Navasse / Navassa Island (Disputed area USA-HAITI), Ayiti
Date unknown
Witness reports distant relatives saw a dog riding a bicycle and smoking tobacco pass by their house one night in a Haitian village.
A dog riding a bicycle and smoking tobacco is absurd.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a bipedal creature about 3 feet tall with a chicken-like gait moving along a wall and squeezing through a gate while monitoring an in-home sleep study.
A three-foot bipedal creature with a chicken-like gait squeezing through a gate during an in-home sleep study.
Yeti · Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jul 1961
The newspaper claims to have a yeti named Tenzing for sale, describing him as docile and house-broken.
A newspaper offering a house-broken yeti for sale is socially absurd.
Other Aquatic · Stronsay, Alba / Scotland
1808
[name] describes a 55-foot-long carcass found on Stronsay beach in 1808 with a small head, vertebrae neck, six legs, and matted fur.
A 55-foot carcass with six legs and a vertebral neck is an extreme-scale, impossible hybrid.
Other Humanoid
Sep 21, 2020
The narrator reports seeing a tall, skinny white humanoid with an anteater's head standing in their bathroom at dawn.
A tall white humanoid with an anteater's head standing in a bathroom at dawn.
Bigfoot · Arkansas
Date unknown
A friend of the speaker reports that while hunting with a buddy in Arkansas, a massive black Bigfoot stepped out of the tree line, cloaked like the Predator, and disappeared, later revealing National Guard platforms…
A bigfoot cloaked like the Predator that vanishes, with National Guard platforms, is an impossible mechanic and incongruous.
Little People
Date unknown
Witness reports a tiny, black-skinned humanoid creature jumping out of a pizza box and running into a closet.
A tiny black-skinned humanoid jumping out of a pizza box and running into a closet.
Other Aquatic · 布尔津县 بۋىرشىن اۋدانى, 新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی
Jul 24, 1985
Witnesses report seeing several large reddish shapes on the surface of Lake Hanas that formed geometric patterns.
Reddish shapes on a lake forming geometric patterns is an unusual, structured behavior.
Bigfoot · Shuswap Lake, British Columbia
Date unknown
The narrator and two international models observed a large, reddish-brown furred creature frolicking with ferns near a waterfall, which later yelled the narrator's name.
A furred creature frolicking with ferns that later yelled the narrator's name is absurd and social.
Water Monster · Yazoo City, Mississippi
Apr 15, 1860
Captain Taylor reports seeing an enormous serpent with a shaggy mane and horns attacking his ship's bowsprit before chasing a whale.
A serpent with a shaggy mane and horns attacking a ship's bowsprit is bizarre.
Little People
Date unknown
Witness mentions that in Costa Rica, leprechauns are flesh and blood but can turn into water to escape if scared or cornered.
Costa Rica leprechauns that turn into water to escape is a bizarre mechanic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing the same creature on a guest bed, which then rolled off and hid underneath it.
Creature on a guest bed rolls off and hides underneath
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The witness reports filming a shadow-like being moving through trees behind him during a hike, accompanied by flashes of light and a large insect flying away from one flash.
A shadow being on video with flashes of light and a large insect flying away from a flash is strange.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, dog-like creature with glowing white eyes and a human face in the woods behind their home.
A dog-like creature with a human face and glowing white eyes is a hybrid.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland
Oct 1944
The Italian press announced a plane destroyed a huge serpent-like animal on the surface of Loch Ness.
A plane destroying a serpent on Loch Ness is an absurd, mechanical twist.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports a stump shifting position and then disappearing days later.
A stump that shifts position and then disappears is an impossible, inanimate mechanic.
Other Canine · Essex, England
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large black hound sitting behind a tree in a wood in Essex after entering a bubble of silence.
A large black hound sitting in a wood after entering a bubble of silence is an impossible mechanic.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a dog man with red eyes standing on a climbing frame in the garden after hearing running and tapping sounds in the garage.
Dog man with red eyes standing on a garden climbing frame
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator heard footsteps matching their own from a woodline, realized the entity could read minds, and then saw a dead, skinned squirrel placed in the middle of the road as they walked back to their house.
A being that reads minds and places a skinned squirrel in the road is strange and deliberate.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall, lanky creature with chimpish features and black arms that broke into their home, which they later associated with Bigfoot after watching a TV show.
A lanky chimp-featured creature with black arms breaking into a home is a domestic intrusion with a bizarre body.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
[name] reports seeing a Bigfoot in her backyard that made noise near her guinea pigs and screamed at her when she approached with a camera.
A Bigfoot in a backyard that screamed at a woman approaching with a camera, near guinea pigs, is a domestic oddity.
Bigfoot · Germantown, Ohio
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall, slender creature with glistening black hair and later another large, lumbering figure in a fur coat near Butter Street.
A slender black-haired figure followed by a lumbering figure in a fur coat is an odd clothing detail.
Other Humanoid · Utah
1999
Witness reports a bright green, hunched creature with black patches and big teeth attacked his two young sons in their bedroom before fleeing down the basement stairs.
A bright green hunched creature attacking boys in their bedroom and fleeing down the basement stairs is incongruous and domestic.
Dogman · Connecticut
Date unknown
Witness reports that a dog man stared into the ambulance mirror and tried to pry open the patient compartment door while two others approached from behind.
Dog man stares into an ambulance mirror and pries at the patient door
Little People · Malung, Dalarnas län
Oct 1985
[name] reports seeing a small, 60 cm tall being with gray hair and beard wearing old gray wool clothes and a yellow vest standing on a tree stump during a moose hunt.
A 60 cm gray-haired being in old wool and a yellow vest on a stump is a strange domestic-looking figure.
Water Monster · Lake Chelan, Washington
1945
Rumors claimed that bell-headed divers encountered a fish larger than any man during the recovery of a sunken school bus in Lake Chelan.
Divers finding a fish larger than any man during a school bus recovery is an absurd rumor.
Other Flying · Chief Mountain, Montana
Feb 1926
Chief Three Sons recounts that sixteen warriors, including Iron Horse, encountered a Thunder Bird with a moose head and black wings on Chief Mountain, which brought rain and buffalo.
A Thunder Bird with a moose head and black wings that brought rain and buffalo is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Flying
Oct 2022
Witness reports seeing a bright light spread across the ceiling crease and an electric/energy ball hovering in front of their computer.
Light crossing a ceiling crease and an energy ball hovering in front of a computer
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a thin, solid black creature with dark eyes hanging from the corner of their bedroom ceiling while they were in bed.
A thin black creature with dark eyes hanging from a bedroom ceiling corner is a domestic-setting oddity.
Other / Unknown · México
Aug 1943
A story in a magazine describes a strange animal resembling something between a dog and a monkey with badger-like claws that was shot by Charles Baker.
A dog-monkey-badger hybrid with badger claws is a bizarre hybrid.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports a charcoal gray creature with silver tips, an elongated muzzle like a German Shepherd, long arms, and hands that walked across a road under streetlights.
A dog-muzzled creature with long human-like hands walking under streetlights is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid · Washtenaw County, Michigan
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing a small, tan-skinned humanoid with brown hair and clothing that looked like a mix between a bird and butterfly before it flew away.
A tan humanoid wearing clothing that mixes bird and butterfly is incongruous.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a Bigfoot approaching closely during a birthday interaction before floating away.
A bigfoot floating away during a birthday interaction is absurd and social.
Bigfoot · Texas
Date unknown
A child reports that a sasquatch behind their grandparents' home smiled at them, with teeth resembling yellow piano keys.
A Sasquatch that smiled with teeth like yellow piano keys is an unusually absurd detail.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a creature zipping up into a tree and bouncing around with erratic movements that changed colors.
A creature zipping up a tree and changing colors is an impossible mechanic.
Bigfoot · Zachariah, Kentucky
Oct 2009
Witness reports hearing loud knocking and gravel thrown on the roof by an unseen entity, followed by her husband shooting into the woods and finding a bullet placed upright on the shower floor.
A bullet placed upright on a shower floor after gravel hit a roof is a strange, domestic detail.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports feeling the warmth and weight of an invisible being's hands touching their outstretched hands.
An invisible being holding the witness's hands is an impossible, intimate encounter.
Bigfoot · Alton, Illinois
Date unknown
While in a cabin in Alton, Illinois, the narrator hears whooping and knocking, then sees a gold colored male Sasquatch via astral projection.
A gold-colored Sasquatch seen via astral projection while knocks and whoops are heard is an unusual mechanic.
Other Canine · Pearl River, Louisiana
Nov 10, 1936
Witness reports a strange dog snatched an infant from its mother's grasp in the woods and was chased away.
A strange dog snatching an infant from its mother in the woods is extreme and socially strange.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
A visitor to the Honobia conference reported that his father called him in the middle of the night claiming something was walking through the woods imitating a grandfather clock chime.
Creature mimicking a grandfather clock chime through the woods at night
Bigfoot
2011
Witness retells their father's account of finding a flat kitten on the porch and yelling at an unseen presence in the darkness.
A flattened kitten on the porch with an unseen presence is an absurd, domestic detail.
Bigfoot · Fremont, Indiana
Nov 19, 2012
Witness reports seeing a huge, shaggy figure in a ghillie suit standing still in the woods near their house before disappearing.
A shaggy figure in a ghillie suit standing still near a house is an incongruous costume detail.
Bigfoot · Otero County, New Mexico
Jun 2, 2004
Witness reports hearing screams and barking dogs before seeing a tall, hairy humanoid standing outside their window and later walking away with stolen deer jerky.
Hairy humanoid at a window that later walks off with stolen deer jerky
Other Humanoid
Aug 15, 2022
Witness reports seeing a massive entity with its head at the top of a 7-foot garage door peeking around a corner.
A head peeking over a seven-foot garage door is a domestic setting with an oversized creature.
Other Canine · Texas
the 1980s
A lady reported seeing a bipedal creature with clothing step out of the Canadian riverbed around the same time as another encounter.
A bipedal creature with clothing stepping out of a riverbed is an absurd detail.
Bigfoot · Australia
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a massive big humanoid heat signature that moved off and turned into a basketball size orb.
A massive heat signature that turned into a basketball-size orb is an impossible transformation.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports Sasquatch witnessing people murdering girls in the forest but not intervening.
A Sasquatch watching people murder girls in the forest without intervening is a socially strange role.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot at least 18 feet tall with a 26-inch footprint at [name]'s camp.
A bigfoot at least 18 feet tall with a 26-inch footprint is extreme scale.
Dogman
Jun 2026
Witness reports seeing a massive, jet-black canine-humanoid creature running alongside his semi-truck on a steep hill, describing its physical features and mental communication before shooting it.
A jet-black canine-humanoid running alongside a semi and communicating mentally is strange and social.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
Date unknown
Witness reports that a figure resembling a woman on all fours attacked their home and vehicle before fleeing when shot with an ash-covered bullet.
A woman-like figure on all fours shot with an ash-covered bullet is an unusual weapon detail.
Bigfoot · Polk County, Tennessee
Oct 1986
Witness reports seeing a large black and gray humanoid creature with a mustache accent and bright brown eyes near Chilhowee Campground.
A bigfoot with a mustache accent and bright brown eyes is an absurd, humanlike detail.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia
Date unknown
The narrator and their partner and son saw three Sasquatch in the woods at the Chila Peak Learning Center who were waving and welcoming them.
Three sasquatch waving to welcome a family is a social, absurd act.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports finding a track with both a large paw and a bird-like foot, suggesting a hybrid creature.
A track with a paw and a bird-like foot is a hybrid.
Other / Unknown · Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Jun 1868
Witness reports a mare in Lewis County gave birth to a colt with a face resembling human features.
A foal born with a human-like face is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator's grandfather reported seeing a tall, skinny figure in a black man and white suit that watched him and threw a stick at his head.
A tall figure in a black man and white suit throwing a stick at a head is absurd.
Jersey Devil · Burlington, New Jersey
Oct 19, 1909
Witnesses report finding the carcass of a strange beast with hoof-like feet and wings near Kinkora, which they claim explains recent hoofprint sightings.
A carcass of a hoofed, winged beast offered as the explanation for hoofprints is bizarre.
Bigfoot · Chester County, Pennsylvania
Dec 5, 1987
Witness reports seeing a silent, pitch-black figure with a horse-like head and gliding movement in the woods near Erselton, Pennsylvania, which vanished without leaving tracks after being shot at.
A silent pitch-black figure with a horse-like head that glides and vanishes after being shot at is strange.
Bigfoot · Hood River County, Oregon
Sep 15, 1996
Witness reports seeing a head and shoulders with no visible neck swivel its torso while hiking near Boulder Lake.
A head and shoulders with no neck swivelling its torso is an impossible body mechanic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports a pale, albino-like boy with enormous glowing black eyes and an open mouth standing in a doorway, looking toward sleeping family members before turning to stare at the witness.
A pale boy with enormous glowing eyes staring at sleeping family is uncanny.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
A Native American friend recounts how Bigfoot howled during ceremonies and later ripped siding off the garages of those who mocked him.
A Bigfoot that tore siding off garages of people who mocked it is an unusually social, vengeful act.
Other Humanoid · Palo Pinto County, Texas
1978
Witness reports a young camper saw a creature clapping two rocks together before it was spotted and ran off.
A creature clapping two rocks together is an absurd, playful act.
Bigfoot · Linn County, Oregon
Nov 1992
Witness reports seeing a massive, hunched animal with two-colored hair eating in the middle of a highway at dusk.
A massive two-tone creature eating in the middle of a highway is an incongruous setting.
Other Flying · 山梨県, 日本
Sep 2015
Witness reports that a man with large butterfly-like wings and a halo of red light over his head was seen crouching by a tree before flying up into the forest canopy.
Butterfly-winged man with a halo of red light crouching by a tree
Dogman · Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports encountering a muscular, six-and-a-half to seven-foot tall dog-man with paws on its back and hands on its front during a meditation session.
A dog-man with paws on its back and hands on its front during meditation is an anatomically bizarre detail.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports Bigfoots pushing two 40 ft trees into the pond as a warning.
Bigfoot pushing two 40 ft trees into a pond as a warning is an extreme-scale act.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports a dead animal thrown over the fence appearing on their roof.
A dead animal thrown over a fence ending up on a roof is absurd and mundane.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a human-like creature eating parsnips in a barn at night before it ran away.
Human-like creature eating parsnips in a barn at night
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot standing in the wood line on a trail and later finding a crystal bracelet hanging on a sapling directly below where it had been standing.
A crystal bracelet hanging on a sapling below where the Bigfoot stood is an object that does not belong.
Bigfoot · Tennessee
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large hairy arm on a downed tree that slinked away between two trees.
A large hairy arm on a downed tree that slinks away is an incongruous detail.
Other Humanoid · Miami-Dade County, Florida
1998
Witness reports a large humanoid creature with thick facial features and a horrible smell rocking his truck and lifting it off the ground.
A humanoid rocking a truck and lifting it off the ground is an extreme physical feat.
Bigfoot · Guler Mount Adams County Park, Washington
Jun 2013
Witness reports hearing a call and response from the Sasquatch while camping in her van near Mount Adams, then seeing two orbs of white light cross overhead after telepathically communicating with the creature.
Call-and-response, telepathic communication, and orbs of light overhead is strange beyond its genre.
Other Humanoid · Elmore County, Idaho
1952
A babysitter reports seeing a tall, metallic being with antenna-like protrusions standing across the street.
Metallic antenna-headed being standing across a street, seen by a babysitter
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports being seen talking to a hairy man by her mother while sitting on the bed in her parents' bedroom at age three.
A hairy man talking to a three-year-old on a parent's bed is a domestic, intimate scene.
Bigfoot · Decatur, Texas
the 1980s
A man who lived on the property reported seeing a large creature resembling a human with a backpack that dropped off its back, revealing a young one, and possessing bright yellow eyes.
A humanlike creature with a backpack that drops off to reveal a young one is an odd, mundane object.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports his wife felt hands on her hips and saw a figure slide past her into the bathroom while she was brushing her teeth.
A figure sliding past a woman as she brushes her teeth is a domestic-bathroom incongruity.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a creature hiding behind logs that ignored them, followed by scratching noises against their bedroom wall and a large hand covering a truck tail light.
Creature hiding behind logs, large hand covering a truck tail light, bedroom wall scratching
Mermaid · Redondo Beach, California
Feb 1923
Sailors report sighting a mermaid with a child at its bosom two miles off from Redondo.
A mermaid nursing a child seen by sailors is an unusual hybrid scene.
Bigfoot · Luzerne, Michigan
Oct 15, 1990
Witness reports seeing a small, greenish-grey/black furry humanoid hiding behind a tree and smiling at him while deer hunting in the early 1990s.
A small creature smiling at a deer hunter from behind a tree is an unusually social expression.
Skinwalker
Date unknown
The narrator reports an encounter with a Skinwalker that gave them the gift of hearing, demanded blood in exchange for information, bit off their thumb, and then transformed into a bull elk.
A skinwalker that demanded blood, bit off a thumb and turned into a bull elk is bizarre.
Bigfoot
Sep 2020
A young man reports seeing a seven-foot-tall muscular creature with deer horns and a flat face rising from bushes near his deer feeder.
A seven-foot creature with deer horns and a flat face rising from bushes is a hybrid.
Other / Unknown · Missouri
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing a deer-like creature with human-like pupils and an odd gait that stood on its hind legs and knocked on the window at night.
A deer-like creature with human pupils knocking on a window at night is a strange, social act.
Shadow Person
Mar 2002
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot shadow figure in his kitchen that looked at him and the dog before he approached it with a crucifix.
A seven-foot shadow figure in a kitchen that looked at the man and his dog is a domestic setting with a strange presence.
Other Humanoid
May 15, 2025
Witness reports seeing a tall, crouching creature watching from a window across the street that disappeared backwards.
A crouching figure watching from a window that disappears backwards is an impossible movement.
Water Monster · Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Aug 10, 1890
Capt. Knowlton of the schooner Trader reports sighting a dead carcass of a gigantic sea monster resembling a zebra-striped creature with a broken shell.
A dead zebra-striped sea monster carcass with a broken shell is a bizarre hybrid description.
Bigfoot · Gaylord, Michigan
Aug 21, 1950
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, buff creature resembling an oversized monkey near his outhouse in the morning, followed by family hearing screams later that night.
A tall hairy monkey-like creature by an outhouse in the morning is a domestic-setting incongruity.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports a creature that appeared at her window, communicated via script, and left food offerings like deer legs and mice.
A creature at the window communicates by script and leaves offerings of deer legs and mice.
Dogman · Arenac County, Michigan
Date unknown
Witness saw a creature with a lion's head and red eyes chasing a deer on a back road.
A lion-headed creature with red eyes chasing a deer is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot · Webster County, West Virginia
Jul 12, 1985
Witnesses report hearing bizarre howling sounds near their campsite and finding their lighter fluid covered by rocks and a fish missing, leading them to conclude they encountered Bigfoot.
Lighter fluid covered by rocks and a missing fish are absurd, deliberate-seeming acts.
Other Humanoid · Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports that [name] and three companions encountered a tall, hairless creature resembling a horse that stood on two legs in a field before fleeing when a gun was displayed.
A hairless horse-like creature standing on two legs in a field is a bizarre body.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a 12-foot-tall figure breathing on them from beside a houseboat while they slept on the roof.
A twelve-foot figure breathing on sleepers from beside a houseboat is extreme scale and intimate.
Dogman · Việt Nam
Date unknown
A handler reports that two werewolves were sent into a tunnel system to clear Viet Cong but broke out and ran without slowing down.
Military werewolves sent into tunnels to clear Viet Cong that broke out and ran is absurd.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall male creature with long arms and hair walking beside a wolf-like animal after being taken through a portal.
Tall long-armed male beside a wolf-like animal after passing through a portal
Dogman
2010
A lone hiker in Germany encountered a dogman-like creature that spoke via mental impression saying "Ich werde dich nicht fressen".
A dogman that spoke telepathically in German is strange beyond its genre.
Bigfoot · Missouri
Date unknown
Witness reports a female Bigfoot with two hairy twins frolicking near a tree and disciplining them by slapping her thigh.
A female bigfoot disciplining twins by slapping her thigh is a social, absurd family scene.
Skinwalker
Sep 2024
Witness reports seeing and hearing their buddy shouting from across the lake during a camping trip, only to learn later he was hospitalized elsewhere.
A buddy seen shouting across a lake who was actually hospitalized elsewhere is an uncanny doppelganger.
Dogman
Date unknown
The witness reports a frightening night involving a group of dog men who opened their car door and took their lighter to mess with them before leaving.
Dog men open a car door and take the witnesses' lighter
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a strange Dog Man type creature that appeared to be a clear form of a creature able to be seen through.
Dogman that appears as a see-through, transparent form
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports being pulled from drowning by a friendly creature that laid him on tree roots to save his life.
Friendly creature pulls a drowning man out and lays him on tree roots
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Oregon
Date unknown
A fisherman reports watching a reddish, lanky, hair-covered creature pick cattails and lock eyes with him for about 15 minutes near an alpine lake.
A hair-covered creature picking cattails and locking eyes for 15 minutes is an absurdly calm, social act.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports encountering a Bigfoot in meditation who led him to a cave council of little people.
A bigfoot in meditation leading to a cave council of little people is a strange social setting.
Little People · Hamilton County, Ohio
1955
A neighbor in Loveland Heights saw a little man about three feet tall covered with twigs or foliage standing motionless near her porch.
A three-foot twig-covered little man standing motionless by a neighbor's porch is a domestic, odd tableau.
Other Humanoid · Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län
Sep 16, 1978
Witness reports seeing a black humanoid silhouette move inside a glowing red object in a forest clearing, followed by hearing rustling and finding strange tracks the next day.
A black humanoid silhouette moving inside a glowing red object is an impossible placement.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator and their sister report seeing a pale, noseless humanoid creature with large black eyes while playing hide and seek.
A pale, noseless humanoid playing hide and seek is incongruous and social.
Other Humanoid · Tucker County, West Virginia
Sep 12, 1952
Witnesses report seeing a hovering, glowing figure with a spade-shaped head and metal-tube body that emitted a foul odor and oil-like substance.
A hovering glowing figure with a spade-shaped head and metal-tube body is a robotic oddity.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
The narrator reports hearing a roar-like scream from the bottom north of their house and later finding white rocks on their roof that were not there before.
Roar-like scream, then white rocks appear on the roof that were not there before
Skinwalker · West Virginia
Date unknown
The narrator reports a family in West Virginia was surrounded by shape-shifting Skinwalkers while their kids played in the garden, exhibiting forms similar to another reported entity.
Shape-shifting Skinwalkers surrounding a family while the kids play in the garden is domestic and incongruous.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing two figures walking behind brush that appeared to be a creature with dog ears and a bear snout.
A creature with dog ears and a bear snout walking behind brush is a hybrid.
Dogman · Silverado Canyon, California
Date unknown
The witness reports seeing a Dogman named [name] in the nursery area with clear trees and sticks lined up like a microchip.
A dogman in a nursery with trees and sticks lined up like a microchip is a strange domestic setting.
Other Aquatic · Cape May, New Jersey
Oct 1921
Witnesses report a 76-foot-long sea monster with two huge tusks was cast up by waves on the New Jersey shore near Cape May.
A 76-foot sea monster with huge tusks cast ashore is extreme in scale and anatomy.
Bigfoot · Ohio
Date unknown
The narrator speculates that the caller had a run-in with a creature that displayed intelligence and humor by taking a sock.
A creature taking a sock, interpreted as showing humor, is an odd, playful act.
Other Flying
the 2000s
Witness reports she and her husband saw a bright object that mimicked their turns and then shot off at warp speed.
A bright object mimicking the witnesses' turns and shooting off at warp speed is uncanny.
Dogman
1999
A person in Swiss mountains reported a creature communicating via loud booming voice and mental impressions with phrases like "Komm hierher".
A creature communicating by booming voice and mental impressions with a German phrase is social and uncanny.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing Bigfoots traveling along power lines with arms reaching their knees.
Bigfoot traveling along power lines with arms reaching the knees is an impossible-looking mechanic.
Dogman · Area D (Skaha East/Okanagan Falls), British Columbia
Date unknown
Witness reports that [name] and his son observed a black sphere and a hyena-looking dogman on their patio in British Columbia.
A black sphere and a hyena-looking dogman on a patio is incongruous and domestic.
Bigfoot · Boden, Ohio
Oct 1996
Witness reports seeing a white and dark brown humanoid creature with deep sunk eyes while using a portable toilet near his campsite.
A creature looking at a person while they use a portable toilet is a mundane-setting incongruity.
Other / Unknown
Jul 29, 2021
The narrator reports seeing an unexplained creature with deer-like legs, a reddish-brown coat, and a human-shaped head covered in fur near their home in Michigan.
A creature with deer-like legs and a fur-covered human-shaped head near a home in Michigan is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Flying
Date unknown
Witness reports people have seen a manta ray-like creature flying or swimming in the sky at night.
A manta-ray-like creature flying in the night sky is a strange hybrid.
Skinwalker
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing a wavy, spirit-like entity that made dinosaur and mountain lion noises, which they shot with a silver bullet.
A wavy spirit making dinosaur noises that is shot with a silver bullet is strange.
Other Aquatic · Тараз, Жамбыл облысы
1976
Geographer [name] claimed to have seen a monster in Lake Kok-Kol described as resembling a one-humped camel with a serpent's head.
A monster in Lake Kok-Kol resembling a one-humped camel with a serpent's head is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
A book chronicles a family that lived with creatures on their farm for 50 years.
A book about a family living with creatures on their farm for 50 years is domestic coexistence.
Bigfoot · Clallam County, Washington
Oct 24, 2004
The narrator found a pumpkin moved 25 feet from its original spot with no indentation or teeth marks, suggesting an intelligent mover rather than animals.
A creature relocating a pumpkin 25 feet with no teeth marks is an absurd domestic-object interaction.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a Sasquatch standing on the other side of a pine tree looking down at Brother [name] who was relieving himself.
Sasquatch peering down at a man relieving himself behind a pine
Other Canine · Lismore, New South Wales
Aug 2024
Witness reports a hairless, dog-headed creature with human-like skin and creamy white eyes sprinted across the road on all fours.
A dog-headed, hairless creature with human-like skin sprinting on all fours is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid · Braxton County, West Virginia
1952
Witness reports that a 10-foot tall robotic creature with large clawed hands, a spade-shaped head, and glowing yellow eyes appeared in Braxton County.
A ten-foot robotic creature with clawed hands and glowing yellow eyes is a robotic hybrid.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Stories cited by Kozlovsky mention pikelians stealing reindeer meat and storing it in cold puddles.
Pikelians storing stolen reindeer meat in cold puddles is absurd creature behavior.
Bigfoot · Arkansas
Date unknown
A woman claimed a Bigfoot reached through her window and tried to grab her with a big paw while she was in bed.
A bigfoot reaching through a bedroom window to grab a sleeping woman is an intimate domestic intrusion.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada
the 1900s
A caller recounts a story from British Columbia around the turn of the 20th century where a huge hairy beast grabbed a school girl and later she returned with a half-ape baby.
A hairy beast that takes a girl and returns with a half-ape baby is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid · Кунгурский муниципальный округ, Приволжский федеральный округ
2024
Witness reports seeing a small, hairy creature with human-like proportions and white eyes sitting on a barrel near their porch.
Small hairy creature with white eyes sitting on a barrel by a porch
Other Humanoid
Jan 2, 2016
The narrator wakes up to see a giant, bioluminescent, silvery being with big black eyes kneeling in their basement.
Silvery giant bioluminescent being kneeling in a basement
Bigfoot · Oregon
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy humanoid walking across his car hood and clearing the road in four steps before disappearing into the woods.
A humanoid crossing a car hood and clearing a road in four steps is an absurd, close-range act.
Bigfoot
2021
The narrator's grandmother dreamt of a large Sasquatch with red eyes speaking Apache to her while she lay on the dining room floor.
A dream sasquatch with red eyes speaking Apache to a grandmother on a dining room floor is socially incongruous.
Dogman · New Hampshire
Feb 2003
Witness reports being approached by an eight-foot-tall, bipedal canine-like creature that mimicked voices and displayed threatening behavior.
An eight-foot canine creature mimicking human voices is strange and social.
Other Flying · Brigantine, New Jersey
Sep 10, 1909
Captain George Doughty reports battling an immense bird with a large beak and taloned legs that nearly killed him in his boat off Brigantine beach.
A huge beaked, taloned bird attacking a man in his boat is strange beyond its genre.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports the creature knocked on every window and door of the house in multiple laps, causing fear that it might break in.
A creature knocking on every window and door of a house in repeated laps is a deliberate, domestic absurdity.
Bigfoot · California
Date unknown
Witness reports a Sasquatch approached his truck in California, leading to a ten-day tracking experience where he cast tracks and exchanged gifts with the creature.
A sasquatch approaching a truck, with ten days of gift exchange and tracking, is social and absurd.
Other Flying
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall, winged golden entity under a tree at school playground during twilight, which they approached until their memory faded.
A tall winged golden entity under a tree at a school playground at twilight, with the memory fading.
Bigfoot · Hope, Arkansas
May 1978
Witness reports a huge monster with orangutan-colored hair and human-like eyes appeared over a fence while she was playing with a ball in her backyard.
A monster with orangutan-colored hair and human eyes appearing over a fence while a child plays ball in the backyard is domestic and incongruous.
Dogman
Date unknown
The narrator and Conner found three severed massive clawed hands left by the dogmen as a sign that their 'mutual problem' had been resolved.
Three severed clawed hands left as a sign of a resolved problem is a social, grisly gesture.
Other Aquatic
Date unknown
School children reported a creature with a large hairy hand and feline face emerging from the water near their boat.
Feline-faced creature with a large hairy hand rising from water beside a school boat
Dogman
Date unknown
The witness took a picture of Hades looking over their neighbor's wall in their backyard while feeling depressed.
Photo of Hades looking over a neighbor's backyard wall
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports nightly visitations involving window tapping, stick glyphs, and trash can pranks at his Georgia home.
Nightly window tapping, stick glyphs and trash-can pranks at a home is social, domestic behavior.
Other / Unknown · Crook County, Oregon
Date unknown
The narrator and their friend [name] saw a muscular creature with a cougar-hyena hybrid appearance tearing into a deer from the freeway.
Cougar-hyena hybrid tearing into a deer seen from a freeway
Other Flying · Great Salt Lake, Utah
Date unknown
Witnesses report a winged monster with salt-covered skin emerging from a cave to eat a horse and later feeding on shrimp in the lake.
A winged monster with salt-covered skin eating a horse and later feeding on shrimp is an odd, bizarre diet.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Resident [name] reported the monster bit his fingers when he opened his front gate.
A monster biting a resident's fingers when he opened his front gate is absurd in a domestic setting.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing an 8 ft tall praying mantis in the shadows after previously encountering a shadow person.
An 8-foot praying mantis in shadows is extreme scale and bizarre.
Water Monster · Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 1907
Witness reports a large creature with wagon-wheel eyes and kangaroo-like legs attacked a horse at Bear Lake, leaving three-foot-long tracks.
A creature with wagon-wheel eyes and kangaroo legs attacking a horse is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid · Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a giant head with black eyes and sparse hair looking at them from behind trees.
A giant head with black eyes peering from behind trees is extreme and bizarre.
Bigfoot · Lincoln County, New Mexico
Date unknown
Three witnesses report seeing a tall hairy creature eating out of dumpsters at night on the reservation.
A tall hairy creature eating out of dumpsters is an incongruous urban-mundane setting.
Other Humanoid
1980
The narrator's sister reports seeing a large, solid black creature about 25-30 feet away that threw small rocks and wood at her group while they played spotlight tag.
A large black creature playing spotlight tag and throwing rocks is social and absurd.
Other Aquatic · Padang, Sumatera Barat
Apr 1834
Witness reports that natives claimed to have seen and killed a serpent that flew by concaving its belly.
A flying serpent that concaved its belly and was killed is strange beyond its genre.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Witness reports a creature looking at the house from the camera's perspective, which was unseen by the witness but visible on the security footage.
Creature visible only on security footage, looking at the house
Bigfoot · Alabama
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing Native Americans shaking hands with a big hairy man in a cave.
Native Americans shaking hands with a hairy man in a cave
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator's aunt reports hearing a demonic howl circling her while camping and having a beer can thrown back at her by an unseen entity she believes was an evil spirit.
A beer can thrown back at a camper by an unseen entity during a demonic howl is absurd and mundane.
Other Feline
Date unknown
Sister reports that a cat was watching the witness touch a tree and then disappeared and reappeared farther down in the woods.
A cat watching a witness touch a tree then reappearing farther off suggests impossible movement.
Bigfoot
Jul 3, 1914
Witness reports a hairy wildman with yellow tusks terrorizing a university, attacking a laborer, killing his dog, swimming, and leaving large footprints in cooling asphalt.
A wildman with yellow tusks at a university, swimming and leaving prints in cooling asphalt, is an absurd mix.
Vampire
Date unknown
Witness reports a creature asking to be let into a bus, which they refused based on warnings about energies and permission.
A creature asking to be let onto a bus and refused over energy warnings is social and absurd.
Dogman · Texas
Date unknown
A witness claims dog men appeared when their camper was over a cliff, with one acting like their deceased dog and allowing the witness to touch it.
A dogman that acts like the witness's deceased dog and lets itself be touched is an unusual emotional mechanic.
Chupacabra · Duluth, Minnesota
Date unknown
Witness reports a humanoid, bipedal creature with melting wax-like face and hunched posture bounced over their car hood near the Oliver bridge.
A wax-faced biped bouncing over a car hood is an unusual, physically absurd act.
Skinwalker
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing a creature imitating a cat and opening the front door to look outside.
A creature imitating a cat and opening the front door is a domestic, deliberate act.
Other Canine · South Carolina
Date unknown
The narrator's husband reports seeing a large, all-black canine-like creature with red reflective eyes that cast no shadow and kept pace with his car for three miles.
An all-black canine with red reflective eyes casting no shadow and keeping pace with a car for three miles is an impossible-looking detail.
Other Canine
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing a creature with yellow fangs and wearing a torn blue flannel shirt four years prior to the post.
A creature with yellow fangs wearing a torn blue flannel shirt is a bizarre clothed hybrid.
Other Feline
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a 7-9 foot tall cat-like creature with black dots standing on two legs in a park.
A 7-9 foot spotted, cat-like biped standing in a park is a bizarre hybrid.
Skinwalker
2018
Witness reports the creature appeared again at their home while her husband was washing dishes and later spoke to him from the porch.
A creature that spoke to a man from a porch is socially uncanny.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
A witness describes Bigfoot mimicking human language and communicating with mountain lions and pumas.
Bigfoot mimicking human language and talking with mountain lions is an uncanny capacity.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall, boney figure with a paper bag over its head swaying in a dark field before it faded away.
A boney figure with a paper bag over its head swaying in a field is an odd, mundane prop.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports an encounter with a hairy, blue-eyed humanoid that communicated via sign language and vocalizations before leaving towards Drake Brook.
A hairy blue-eyed humanoid communicating in sign language is an unusual social interaction.
Other Humanoid · Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports finding large animal bones stacked in a T-shape and balanced on a rock bluff at a remote lake.
Animal bones stacked in a T-shape and balanced on a bluff
Bigfoot · Whitehorse, Yukon
Aug 8, 1978
Witness reports seeing a tall dark figure jumping and dancing around an aspen tree near Whitehorse, Yukon.
A tall dark figure dancing around an aspen tree is a social, absurd behavior.
Dogman · New Tulsa, Oklahoma
2016
A witness reports that a large canine-like creature with a long snout and apparent intelligence ate 20 pounds of dog food in a Tulsa County backyard in 2016.
Intelligent canine creature eats 20 pounds of dog food in a backyard
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Date unknown
Witnesses reported seeing the mothman, described as a flying humanoid with red eyes, before and during the Silver Bridge collapse.
Mothman with red eyes seen during the Silver Bridge collapse ties a creature to a disaster.
Other / Unknown · Park City, Utah
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-furred creature with short horns and human-like feet wearing a livestock collar in the woods off a mountain pass.
Short-horned furry creature with a livestock collar
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a tall, gray-haired figure with glowing yellow eyes and a shield-like object on its head while driving at night.
A gray-haired figure with a shield-like object on its head is a bizarre accessory.
Bigfoot · Alberta, Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, black and gray hairy creature standing on the corner of an old grain bin near Blue Sky.
A hairy creature standing on the corner of a grain bin is an absurd perch in a farm setting.
Mermaid · Isle of Man, England
Mar 6, 1961
Wing Comdr. Roy Macdonald reports seeing two red-haired mermaids swimming five miles offshore at high speed.
A military officer reporting two red-haired mermaids swimming fast five miles offshore.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports mud balls hitting their house in Indiana and hearing tapping at the window, which they attribute to dogmen sent to protect them from wolves.
Mud balls hitting a house and dogmen sent to guard the family from wolves is an absurd social mechanic.
Other / Unknown · Cadillac, Michigan
Sep 2014
A witness sitting on a tree trunk in Cadillac, Michigan, reports seeing a seven-foot-tall orange-furred creature with gold eyes, human-like hands, and hooves that ran away.
A seven-foot orange-furred creature with gold eyes, human hands and hooves is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Sep 14, 2025
Witness reports being woken by two unseen creatures rotating his truck and emitting a powerful roar at Drano Lake.
Unseen creatures rotating a truck and roaring at a lake is an extreme physical feat.
Bigfoot · Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Nov 1970
Witness reports that his friend [name] and another man saw a hair-covered creature with no face jogging along a dirt road in Pennsylvania.
Hair-covered faceless creature jogging down a dirt road is an absurd, human-like activity.
Dogman
Date unknown
A mountain biker reports seeing a dogman-like creature run on solid rock, veer into a clearing, and pace around while holding a bag.
A dogman running on solid rock while holding a bag is an absurd, human-like activity.
Other / Unknown · Louisiana
Apr 2025
The narrator and his friend encountered an elongated deer-like creature with a small circular head, bulging eyes, and a ring of black hair resembling a sunflower, which made deafening noises before fleeing after being…
An elongated deer-like creature with a sunflower-like ring of hair and a circular head is a strange hybrid.
Bigfoot · Michigan
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing sounds and seeing eye shine from behind a tree, followed by the appearance of two large creatures with elongated skulls and crests, one of which crawled across the trail.
Two creatures with elongated skulls and crests is a bizarre morphology.
Bigfoot · Lugerville, Wisconsin
Sep 15, 2003
A hunting and fishing guide reports an afternoon encounter in deep woods where a large, hairy, ape-like creature followed him for about an hour, mimicking his movements and observing him from the shadows.
A bigfoot-like creature that mimicked a guide's movements for an hour is strange and social.
Other Flying · British Columbia, Canada
Date unknown
A caller describes his girlfriend's experience in Central interior British Columbia where giant wings appeared and stopped her van from going over a cliff.
Giant wings appearing to stop a van going over a cliff is an extreme, impossible event for the genre.
Other / Unknown · Rhodesia, England
1910
Two natives claimed to have seen a huge monster described as half dragon and half elephant in Rhodesia.
Huge half-dragon half-elephant monster reported in Rhodesia
Bigfoot
1984
Witness reports a gorilla-looking creature with black eyes and no teeth appeared at their windshield, communicated via mind-speak, and walked through sapling trees.
A gorilla-looking creature communicating by mind-speak at a windshield is strange beyond its genre.
Bigfoot · McCurtain County, Oklahoma
the 1920s
Witness relays an account of a logger who shot a 'booger' stealing food from his tent, only to be killed by the creature's kin the next day.
A vengeful kin killing a logger the day after a food-theft shooting is a revenge plot unlike typical reports.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports finding an X marker on the ground exactly where they had set up a thermal camera the previous night, indicating the beings knew their location.
An X marker left exactly where the thermal camera was set implies the creature knew their location.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma
1973
Witness reports seeing a 7-foot tall, reddish-brown humanoid with a pink wrinkled face that walked through thick briars as if they were not there.
A pink-faced humanoid walking through briars as if they were not there is an impossible mechanic.
Bigfoot · Colorado
Aug 2014
Witness reports that a juvenile sasquatch was likely responsible for pebbles hitting their camper roof and pulling a heavy forest service post straight out of the ground at a campground.
A juvenile sasquatch pulling a heavy forest service post out of the ground is extreme scale.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports filming a creature crawling upside down a cypress tree and then spider crawling towards them before disappearing when lights turned on.
A creature crawling upside down on a cypress and spider-crawling toward witnesses is an impossible movement.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Iowa
Oct 28, 1975
Witnesses report seeing a bear-like creature with a monkey face and black hair in Lockridge, Iowa, accompanied by tracks near eaten turkeys.
A bear-like body with a monkey face in Iowa is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator and her sister report seeing two children with fully black eyes and stoic expressions in a grocery store aisle.
Two children with fully black eyes standing in a grocery aisle
Other / Unknown · Parry Sound District, Ontario
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a nest of approximately 20 reptilian humanoid creatures at the surface of Algonquin Park lake before fleeing in their car.
Twenty reptilian humanoids nesting at a lake surface is a strange, unusual swarm.
Other Humanoid
Apr 30, 2020
Witness reports seeing a luminescent humanoid creature that changed forms into a fox near their driveway after midnight.
A luminescent humanoid that changes into a fox is a shape-shifting detail.
Little People · Dexter, Michigan
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a small person with a beard walk across a field and disappear into a stump.
A small bearded person walking into a stump is an impossible disappearance.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness set an alarm for 4:00 a.m. and observed a Bigfoot discovering their camera by tapping the back of it.
Bigfoot taps the back of a camera after the witness set a 4 a.m. alarm
Bigfoot · Alberta, Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a white, rounded-headed creature about 7 to 10 ft tall in the air during a snow flurry.
A white creature 7-10 feet tall floating in the air during a snow flurry is an impossible mechanic.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a figure with shoulders and eyes that looked like bark, which they identified as 'Kai' or 'Scooby-Doo'.
Bark-textured figure identified by the witness as 'Kai' or 'Scooby-Doo'
Other Humanoid · Los Angeles, California
Sep 1989
Witness reports a tall, genderless being made of light appeared in their bedroom to communicate telepathically and heal them.
Genderless being of light heals the witness telepathically in a bedroom
Other / Unknown · Mount Holly Township, New Jersey
Jan 21, 1909
William Cronk reports seeing a huge bird-like creature with long hoofed legs flying high in the air.
A huge bird-like creature with long hoofed legs flying high is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Flying
the 2010s
Witness reports seeing a large, scrawny, dark, winged creature hunched on the stairs of their childhood home.
A large scrawny winged creature hunched on the stairs of a childhood home.
Other Flying
2011
Witness reports seeing three sets of almond-shaped eyes with stars in them hovering above their garage roof after making a plea to the sky.
Almond eyes with stars in them above a garage after a plea to the sky is strange and cosmic.
Other Humanoid · Kingman, Arizona
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing two or three large, straight-bodied creatures with eyes shining and a line across their cheeks, which stood watching them for two hours without hiding.
Creatures with shining eyes that stood watching for two hours without hiding is strange and calm.
Other Flying · Old North Saint Louis, Missouri
Aug 2023
Witness and fiance saw a flying creature over a Hardee's parking lot near St. Louis.
A flying creature over a fast-food parking lot is strange and incongruous.
Bigfoot · Spencer, Idaho
Oct 20, 2015
Witness reports seeing two tall, black, hairless figures walking on a trail who later built a log barricade and a stick fort near his camp.
Two black hairless figures build a log barricade and stick fort at a camp
Bigfoot
Date unknown
[name] reports a shadow blocking the light source from behind them and casting no shadow itself.
A shadow that blocks light and casts no shadow itself is an impossible mechanic.
Other Aquatic · New York
Jul 1842
A report from Captnin Fortier describes a sea nymph with the head of a woman and the tail of a fish, three feet long.
A sea nymph with a woman's head and a fish tail is a bizarre hybrid.
Other Canine · Spider Lake, Michigan
Date unknown
The witness describes a photo of a jet black creature on all fours by a creek and waterfall that had kangaroo-toad legs and no human feet.
A jet black creature with kangaroo-toad legs and no human feet is a bizarre hybrid.
Dogman · East Liverpool, Ohio
Jun 2026
Witness reports seeing a well-groomed, wolf-faced creature standing like a human with glowing amber eyes in a clearing near a railroad tunnel.
Well-groomed wolf-faced creature standing like a person with amber eyes
Other Humanoid
Jul 15, 2026
Witness reports seeing an extremely tall, slender, unnatural creature with cardboard-like material on its front moving along a road next to a nature preserve.
An extremely tall creature with cardboard-like material on its front is a bizarre material.
Little People · Entre Ríos, Argentina
Aug 1991
Witness reports a man and his daughter saw a tiny little man the size of a coke bottle float out of fog and stare at them.
A tiny man the size of a coke bottle floating out of fog is an impossible, miniature figure.
Dogman · Connecticut
Date unknown
Witness reports that his partner saw two dog men crouch behind their ambulance and then one stare straight at him through the mirror.
Two dogmen crouching behind an ambulance, with one staring through the mirror, is an incongruous setting.
Other / Unknown · Newberry Springs, California
1987
Witness reports seeing a humongous snake-like creature with five white eyes and whisker-like appendages emerge from a sand dune while following strange tracks in the Mojave Desert.
A humongous snake-like creature with five white eyes and whisker appendages is a bizarre morphology.
Other Canine
2023
Witness reports an entity appearing in their living room through a CB radio after closing their eyes.
An entity appearing in a living room through a CB radio after closing eyes is an incongruous object and domestic setting.
Other Aquatic · Galveston, Texas
Date unknown
The narrator's mother reports seeing a grey, bald humanoid with big bulbous eyes rescue the narrator from a riptide at Galveston beach.
A grey, bald, bulbous-eyed humanoid rescuing a child from a riptide is an alien-style rescue at a beach.
Bigfoot · North Vernon, Indiana
Aug 4, 2001
Witness reports seeing a large, bipedal creature with cow-sized head and green eyes at Crosley Wildlife Refuge while cave hunting.
A bipedal creature with a cow-sized head in a cave is a bizarre body plan.
Skinwalker
Date unknown
The narrator reports an encounter with a faceless creature that mimics voices and paces in their hallway.
A faceless creature that mimics voices and paces in a hallway has a bizarre trait.
Bigfoot · Tennessee
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Juicy Juice container thrown from the woods onto the trail in front of them.
A Juicy Juice container thrown onto a trail by an unseen creature is an absurd, mundane object.
Other Humanoid · Golub-Dobrzyń, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Date unknown
Witness reports that his grandfather encountered a young man in a hat and cloak who used purple light to repend a dog and then vanished.
A cloaked young man using purple light to repent a dog and then vanishing is an absurd, supernatural act.
Other Humanoid · Little Wawa Creek, Ontario
Jul 2026
The narrator reports seeing a tall, hunched figure resembling an Asian or Native woman in ragged white clothes standing in the middle of a dark road, who waved and smiled before stepping into the tree line.
A white-clad hunched woman who waved and smiled in the middle of a road is a social, uncanny act.
Other Aquatic · New Jersey
Nov 1881
Villagers in Green Back, New Jersey report a strange beast resembling a bear on land and a fish in water that was fired upon by hunters.
A beast resembling a bear on land and a fish in the water is a hybrid.
Other Humanoid · Östergötlands län, Sverige
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing 4-5 strange people in black diving suits and square hats near a dome-shaped object in the snow.
Five people in black diving suits and square hats near a dome-shaped object in snow
Bigfoot · Vermont Ventures, Vermont
Date unknown
[name] reports an encounter with a humanlike creature that communicated via hand gestures and chattered at another similar being in Vermont.
A humanlike creature communicating by hand gestures and chattering with another similar being is social behavior.
Bigfoot · Joyce, Washington
Oct 10, 2004
Witness reports that his two daughters and wife heard a strange prolonged noise resembling a whale and dinosaur combination from the state forestland behind their house.
A noise that blends a whale and a dinosaur is a bizarre sound.
Other Humanoid
Dec 2021
Witness saw a tall, black, skinny humanoid with a cape waving and nodding at them from the tree line before disappearing.
Black caped humanoid waves and nods from a tree line
Other / Unknown · Tennessee
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing mimicked sounds and the voice of his brother coming from the woods while his brother was standing next to him.
Mimicry of a brother's voice from the woods while he stands beside the witness is uncanny.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a white red hot creature behind a tree that displayed intelligence by using the tree as camouflage to hide from their video camera.
A white red-hot creature using a tree to hide from a camera is strange and deliberate.
Bigfoot · Eastern Hills, Tennessee
Jun 22, 2026
Witness reports that her husband and she were sitting on the porch of their rented cabin when something threw pinecones at them multiple times.
Pinecones thrown at a porch repeatedly is an absurd, mundane projectile.
Other Flying · Miami, Florida
1973
Witness reports that a hamburger-shaped object with rotating blue and yellow lights hovered five feet above his house in Miami.
A hamburger-shaped object with rotating lights hovering over a house is a strange, mundane-shaped craft.
Other Humanoid · Jersey City, New Jersey
Date unknown
Miss [name] was grabbed from behind by the ghost and dragged ten feet to a streetlight on Kearney Avenue, where it scrutinized her features before releasing her.
A ghost drags a woman to a streetlight and scrutinizes her features before releasing her.
Other Canine · Pennsylvania
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a creature with yellow eyes, a human-like face with wrinkly ears, large hands on skinny arms, backward-bending knees, and quick pigeon-like head movements while camping.
Backward-bending knees, wrinkly ears and pigeon-like head movements is a bizarre body.
Bigfoot
2021
Witness reports being ambushed by a creature that mimicked human knocks and left bootprints, causing him to flee in shock.
Creature mimics human knocks and leaves bootprints
Dogman
1986
Witness heard a growl while collecting money on School Street and saw a huge, muscular, black, well-groomed creature with a mane standing on the road.
A muscular black creature with a mane standing in the road while the witness collects money is an incongruous setting.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
The speaker recounts a story about an old man who felt stalked by a creature that tied the tails of four wild horses together.
Creature ties four wild horses' tails together
Bigfoot · New York
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing two hazy Sasquatch-like figures holding down the pale crawler.
Two sasquatch holding down a pale crawler is an absurd creature-on-creature act.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness and cousin report being confronted by a Bigfoot with red paint under its eyebrows in a cave, which yelled at them before another creature intervened.
A bigfoot with red paint under its brows that yelled until another creature intervened is an odd, social encounter.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Oregon
1970
Witness reports a female sasquatch stole meat from a cooler at a logging camp while being observed by a teenage girl.
A female sasquatch stealing meat from a cooler at a logging camp while a girl watches is socially absurd.
Other Canine
1998
Witness reports hearing footsteps on the roof of a barn in Virginia in 1998, seeing it jump down and back up, shooting at it with a pistol, and hearing it slide down before disappearing.
A creature that slides down a barn roof and is shot at before vanishing is a bizarre sequence.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot close up in a park woods, hearing it push over a tree, and exchanging words with it.
Exchanging words with a Bigfoot after it pushes over a tree is an unusually conversational encounter.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports a six-foot tall, charcoal-skinned creature with dark brown eyes landed nearby, followed them meanderingly to their trailer, and huffed over a freezer where they were hiding.
A creature that followed witnesses home and huffed over the freezer where they hid is domestic and absurd.
Dogman · Cincinnati, Ohio
Date unknown
A woman reports seeing a creature with wolf-like ears and a wide smile matching her hand movements at her apartment window in Cincinnati.
A creature matching a woman's hand movements at her apartment window is socially uncanny.
Other / Unknown · Joshua Tree, California
Date unknown
Witness reports a roadrunner with a crossed beak and huge eyes acting sentient and leading them into foothills.
A sentient roadrunner with a crossed beak leading witnesses into the foothills is absurd and social.
Bigfoot
2024
Witness reports seeing a beautiful Bigfoot with glistening fur and no neck gliding silently through patchy snow without leaving footprints.
A bigfoot with no neck gliding without leaving footprints is an impossible mechanic.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
The narrator reports seeing two small humanoids resembling fairies in a photo taken on their desk lamp.
Two fairy-like humanoids in a photo taken by a desk lamp
Other / Unknown · East Tiger Mountain, Washington
the 1980s
Witnesses report three men in a truck struck an animal they identified as a bear, which was then dragged away by apes that attacked their vehicle.
Apes dragging away a bear and attacking a truck is a bizarre event.
Dogman · Wisconsin
Date unknown
A corrections officer reports that when he confronted multiple dogmen and asserted himself verbally, the creatures stopped their advance and retreated.
Dogmen that stopped their advance and retreated after a corrections officer asserted himself is socially absurd.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, shuffling humanoid with abnormally jointed fingers that called out to lure them before disappearing into the woods.
A humanoid with abnormally jointed fingers calling out to lure witnesses is uncanny.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports that a green-headed humanoid figure moved behind shelves in a storage room while they were looking for games.
A green-headed humanoid moving behind storage-room shelves is an incongruous mundane setting.
Other Humanoid · Keokuk County, Iowa
Sep 1892
A funereal Black Ghost in the form of a veiled woman stalked Albia streets, pointing at lovers and following unaccompanied women.
A veiled woman ghost pointing at lovers in town is a social and absurd behaviour.
Other Canine
Date unknown
A husband reports that after his wife fell ill, he observed large dog tracks outside her window that transformed into human footprints, and later saw a dog with fire in its eyes looking into the window before chasing it…
Dog tracks turn into human footprints, then a fire-eyed dog watches a window
Dogman
2024
A man on the show reports seeing a Dog Man that followed him for life, manifesting in his backyard with puffs of smoke.
A Dog Man that follows a man for life and manifests in his backyard in puffs of smoke.
Water Monster · New York
1889
Mr. [name] encountered a serpent with little black eyes while floating in open water after his sleigh broke through the ice.
A serpent with little black eyes met after a sleigh breaks through ice is absurdly staged.
Bigfoot
Aug 2024
Witness reports seeing a 9 to 10 ft tall creature with copper fur and no neck at a town park in upstate New York.
Copper-furred 9-10 ft creature with no neck at a town park is extreme scale and an odd setting.
Dogman
Date unknown
The narrator and his friend [name] encounter a large, bipedal creature that rolls off their car, examines a wound, and then walks away with an intelligent look before fleeing into the woods.
A creature rolling off a car, examining a wound and walking off with an intelligent look is socially absurd.
Jersey Devil · Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
Dec 20, 1929
Police and a posse in Woodbury Heights are searching for a creature described as a shaggy black monster with a pig's snout that kills swine and chases children.
A shaggy black monster with a pig's snout that kills swine and chases children is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing tracks and dynamite eaten by creatures near the Verr River.
Creatures eating dynamite is an absurd and dangerous behavior.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
The witness and his cousin encountered a large, dark creature near their house that stood up, looked at them curiously, and appeared to use sign language.
A large creature stands up, looks at the witnesses curiously, and appears to use sign language.
Other / Unknown
Date unknown
Two guys driving on a dirt road found a dead mutated creature with multiple legs and a tail near a factory.
A dead mutated creature with multiple legs and a tail near a factory is bizarre.
Other Humanoid · La Réunion, France
Jul 31, 1968
[name] reports seeing two individuals in a suspended cabin, one wearing a suit like the Michelin Man.
A figure wearing a Michelin Man suit in a suspended cabin is an absurd, mundane-object incongruity.
Dogman · Scranton, Pennsylvania
Jan 2019
Witness reports seeing a tall, upright canine-like creature with blue eyes and raccoon-like hands walking on two legs near their home in Pennsylvania.
A canine-like creature with raccoon-like hands walking upright near a home is a strange hybrid.
Bigfoot · Washington, Massachusetts
Sep 13, 2015
Witnesses report a large rock was thrown at them while hiking on October Mountain, followed by the discovery of a dead bass on a boulder.
A dead bass left on a boulder after a thrown rock is an odd, social-seeming act.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large creature in their driveway that stood up and used sign language to communicate before the witness retreated to the house.
A large creature stood up in a driveway and used sign language before the witness retreated is socially unusual.
Bigfoot · Whatcom County, Washington
Date unknown
A Washington state trooper claims he leaves food gifts for Bigfoot and has heard them speak in a mix of Native American and Asian languages.
A trooper leaving food gifts for bigfoot who speaks in several languages is an odd, social claim.
Other Humanoid
Dec 2014
Witness reports a red light followed their car for hours before their father saw 'a big thing' jump from an 18-wheeler towards them.
A big thing jumping from an 18-wheeler after a red light follows a car for hours is absurd and mundane.
Dogman
2019
Witness reports that his friend [name] saw a large, hairy, canine-like humanoid with glowing red eyes and antlers in his backyard in late 2019.
A canine humanoid with red eyes and antlers in a backyard is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Jul 2011
Witness reports hearing branches crackling and breathing being mocked at night, finding charcoal-filled footprints on a cement porch, experiencing paralysis from a sonic wave, and capturing a photo of the creature's…
Mocked breathing, charcoal footprints on a porch, sonic-wave paralysis and a photo is an unusually strange combination.
Bigfoot · Whatcom County, Washington
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy creature resembling tree bark that was holding a child and gesturing towards the witness before retreating behind a tree.
Tree-bark-textured hairy creature holding a child and gesturing at the witness
Skinwalker
Oct 31, 2020
The narrator and their friend [name] encountered a bipedal creature with protrusions that later walked on all fours and mimicked [name]'s voice in a field near a gas station.
Biped with protrusions walks on all fours and mimics the friend's voice near a gas station
Other Humanoid
Jun 2014
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy humanoid figure under the car that mimicked their mother's voice before disappearing.
A hairy humanoid under a car that mimics the witness's mother's voice is an unsettling social mimicry.
Other Flying · East New York, New York
Jan 23, 1915
Witness reports a large bird swooped down in lower Manhattan, caught a pigeon in the air near the post office, and carried it to a gargoyle on the Woolworth building where it ate for two hours while being watched by…
A large bird catching a pigeon in Manhattan and eating on a gargoyle for two hours is extreme and incongruous.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a crouched figure that stood up fully erect and ran away instantly when approached with a rifle, leaving no tracks despite the dirt being moved.
A crouched figure rising fully erect, leaving no tracks despite moved dirt, is an impossible detail.
Other Aquatic · Lake Chelan, Washington
Date unknown
The same three travelers report that the white dragon creature flew away after being scorched by fire, still holding the man's leg.
A white dragon that flew off after being scorched while holding a man's leg is strange beyond its genre.
Bigfoot · Village of Massena, New York
Date unknown
Witness and his buddy [name] report seeing a jet-black, featureless humanoid silhouette standing up in the grass that went ice cold on thermal imaging before vanishing.
A featureless silhouette that went ice cold on thermal imaging then vanished is a strange mechanic.
Bigfoot
Jul 1995
Witness reports seeing a large, vertical, bipedal creature floating across a wheat field near the North Canadian River in July 1995.
A vertical bipedal creature floating across a wheat field is an impossible mechanic.
Other Canine · Pennsylvania
Date unknown
Witnesses report seeing a strange deer standing among abandoned TVs on a road shoulder.
A strange deer standing among abandoned TVs on a road shoulder is an incongruous image.
Other Aquatic · Lom, Innlandet
1822
A monster with a body as large as an ox and a fourth of a mile long appeared off the Island of Loroe in 1822.
A monster the size of an ox and a quarter-mile long is extreme in scale and odd.
Dogman · Trigg County, Kentucky
Jan 17, 2026
Witness reports seeing a mist form into a physical creature identified as a dog man or werewolf, followed by multiple shadow creatures and a large Bigfoot in the woods.
A mist that forms into a dogman-werewolf, then shadow creatures, is an impossible transformation.
Bigfoot · Le Flore, Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports an intelligent creature panicking and running up a rocky creek bed after hearing radio communications.
An intelligent creature that reacted to radio transmissions is an impossible capacity.
Bigfoot
Mar 1968
[name] reports a Bigfoot kicking his van and showing its hairy chest through the windows for two hours.
A Bigfoot kicking a van and showing its hairy chest through the windows for two hours is socially absurd.
Other Canine · Durant, Oklahoma
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a massive white wolf-like creature with red eyes and a polar bear body on a dirt road near Durant, Oklahoma, which growled at them before chasing their vehicle.
A white wolf with a polar bear body and red eyes is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
A woman viewing photos saw two male Sasquatch holding back a gigantic Dogman that was attacking her.
Two Sasquatch restraining a gigantic Dogman that attacks a woman is a bizarre crowd scene.
Other Flying · Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 1933
Witnesses report that the Great Manitou released a winged monster that drank all surrounding waters and later crashed to earth.
A Great Manitou releasing a winged monster that drinks all waters is extreme mythic scale.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports a massive creature with a muzzle and ears entering their home through a cracked window, scratching walls, and opening car doors before fleeing when confronted.
A creature that enters through a window, scratches walls and opens car doors is an incongruous domestic intrusion.
Bigfoot · Clark County, Washington
Date unknown
Witness reports [name] saw a giant ape-like figure porpoise in and out of the water at Beginner's Hole.
A giant ape-like figure porpoising in and out of the water is an odd locomotion.
Other / Unknown · Cape May County, New Jersey
Jun 3, 2017
Witness and his father report seeing a shimmery, horse-alpaca hybrid creature in a marsh near Leeds Point, New Jersey.
A shimmery horse-alpaca hybrid in a marsh is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot · Tennessee
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy humanoid standing on a ridge after finding deer remains, and hearing it speak telepathically.
A hairy humanoid that speaks telepathically on a ridge is uncanny.
Other Humanoid · Hillsborough, North Carolina
May 1881
Witness reports seeing a tall, bareheaded humanoid with long white hair, black eyes, and a white beard that parted in the middle, which vanished into a hedge after the witnesses knelt to pray.
A bearded, white-haired humanoid vanishing into a hedge after witnesses knelt to pray is absurd and socially staged.
Other Humanoid · Arcadia, California
Jan 2007
Witness reports seeing a skinny, translucent humanoid with long arms and defined outline sitting on the floor in their bedroom before it turned to face them.
A translucent humanoid sitting on a bedroom floor and turning to face them is domestic and surreal.
Other Humanoid · Loveland, Ohio
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing three short, bald, frog-faced humanoids in gray jumpsuits alongside the road who stepped closer before he lost time and ended up at the police station.
Frog-faced humanoids in gray jumpsuits, a lost-time gap, and waking up at a police station.
Bigfoot · Osceola County, Florida
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing large bite marks on grapefruit hanging three feet above her reach, attributed to Bigfoot.
Bite marks on grapefruit hanging out of reach is a domestic-produce oddity.
Bigfoot · Canada
Date unknown
Witness reports watching a creature lower itself to the ground and perform a spider crawl before getting a video of eye shine in a field.
A creature performing a spider crawl before eye shine is an unusual movement.
Bigfoot · Kentucky
Date unknown
Witness reports that his father and brother saw a massive creature with dark hair and distinct toe lines, which the witness kept in a refrigerator before later encountering a similar entity in Kentucky.
Witness keeps a toe-lined Sasquatch cast in a refrigerator
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witnesses report seeing a tall, lanky man dressed in white with red eyes holding raccoon fur who darted at their car.
A tall man in white with red eyes holding raccoon fur, darting at a car, is an odd prop detail.
Other Humanoid
Date unknown
Witness reports hearing a heavy bipedal creature walking outside their cabin and stepping on a milk carton.
A heavy bipedal creature stepping on a milk carton outside a cabin is a mundane-domestic incongruity.
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness reports hitting a werewolf dog man with a car at 60 mph, which did not bleed or fall, and then hearing it running in the woods an eighth of a mile away.
Dog man hit by a car at 60 mph, shows no injury and runs off
Dogman
Date unknown
Witness's friend [name] and his girlfriend felt their Jeep roll backwards despite being in gear with the parking brake on, then saw a white creature running off.
A Jeep rolling backwards in gear with the parking brake on is a mechanical impossibility.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports seeing a large, skinny, ape-like creature with a baboon head and breasts crawling outside a window in Mississippi.
A skinny ape with a baboon head and breasts crawling outside a window is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports finding a massive piece of scat near the gifting station as a 'gift' for the dog food.
Massive scat left at a gifting station as a gift for dog food is absurd and domestic.
Other Humanoid · Naranjito, Puerto Rico
Sep 22, 1995
A woman reports being held in mid-air by four short humanoids who examined her internal organs before she floated back to bed.
Being held in mid-air by short humanoids while they examine organs, then floating back to bed, is an incongruous abduction.
Other Canine · Polk County, Wisconsin
Mar 1921
William Walters claims his Overland car fought and killed a large wolf in a gulley near Holcombe, Wisconsin.
A car that fought and killed a wolf is an absurd, mechanical oddity.
Bigfoot · Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
Date unknown
Witness's mother reports a pack of dogs being silenced by something talking in animal language.
A pack of dogs silenced by something talking in animal language is an uncanny ability.
Other Flying · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 1898
C. H. Slaughter reports finding the body of a strange bird on the pedestal of William Penn's statue that taxidermists could not identify.
A strange bird body left on a statue pedestal, unidentifiable by taxidermists, is an incongruous urban object.
Other / Unknown · Calaveras County, California
Jun 3, 2026
The narrator's friend reports hearing something walking on his trailer roof and trying to open the screen door.
Something on a trailer roof trying to open the screen door is a domestic, deliberate act.
Bigfoot · Mount Rainier, Washington
Jun 2023
Witness reports seeing a gray Sasquatch person materialize and walk through a clearing near Mount Rainier before disappearing.
A grey sasquatch materialising and walking through a clearing, then vanishing, is an impossible mechanic.
Skinwalker
Jan 2019
Witness reports seeing a tallish, hunched figure with a light near its head while viewing an eclipse at the resort pool.
A hunched figure with a light near its head at a resort pool during an eclipse is an incongruous setting.
Other Humanoid · Perrysburg, Ohio
Sep 16, 1875
Witness reports a strange creature resembling a baboon with human legs attacked two children in a cornfield before escaping.
A baboon-headed creature with human legs attacking children is a bizarre hybrid.
Bigfoot · Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Date unknown
Witness reports her neighbor saw something large looking at her through sliding doors and leaving a dead raccoon on the porch.
A large creature peering through sliding doors and leaving a dead raccoon on the porch is a domestic, gift-giving act.
Bigfoot
Mar 1993
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, human-like creature sprinting across the interstate median with horizontal legs and distinct muscular definition, which his companion identified as Bigfoot.
A hairy runner with horizontal legs sprinting across an interstate median is an impossible body plan.
Bigfoot
Date unknown
Witness reports that their family encountered a creature they called 'boogers' in Oklahoma, which they played with as children before it was shot by [name].
Children played with 'boogers' in Oklahoma before a shooting
Other Aquatic
Jun 3, 1911
A steward and actor [name] reported seeing a dragon-like sea beast with wings and a bewhiskered head off the starboard bow of the RMS Celtic.
Dragon-like sea beast with wings and a bewhiskered head seen from a liner
Skinwalker
Date unknown
The narrator and a friend observed a silent, black-eyed creature with a gaping maw that moved backwards and maintained unblinking eye contact.
A silent black-eyed creature that moved backwards while holding unblinking eye contact is an impossible motion.
Other Feline · Пловдив, България
Apr 1993
A mysterious blood-sucking, cat-like creature with glowing eyes killed 16 people.
A blood-sucking cat-like creature with glowing eyes that killed 16 people is extreme more than strange.
Other Aquatic
Jul 1965
Witness reports that Captain [name] and Captain [name] observed a large, plesiosaur-like creature with flippers and a long neck while diving in the Alvin submersible.