Momo...
The Missouri Monster a.k.a. Momo is a Bigfoot-like creature said to roam along the Mississippi River. Momo was first cited in 1971 near the remote town of Louisiana, Missouri, by Joan Mills and Mary Ryan, as they hiked along a remote path. The creature was said to be covered in thick black hair resembling shag carpeting, and it put off a terrible smell.
Over the next two weeks, the creature was sighted nearly 10 times by several different people. The creature's tracks were submitted to the director of the Oklahoma City Zoo for testing and deemed to belong to an unknown primate species.
The Skunk Ape is a humanoid cryptid that has supposedly been seen throughout the southeastern United States, but most frequently in the Florida Everglades. Known for its horrible odor, the skunk ape has been described as having dirty black fur and glowing red eyes.Skunk ape...
The creature was first sighted in the 1960s following police reports in Dale County, Florida. In the year 2000, the Sarasota County Police Department received an anonymous letter with two photographs of what was believed to be an escaped orangutan stealing apples from someone's porch near the Myakka River. Because of the location, the creature has been dubbed the Myakka Skunk Ape.
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp...
The creature is said to have incredible strength despite only having three fingers and three toes on each hand and foot. The first time a lizard man was sighted was by Christopher Davis in the summer of 1988. Admittedly, the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp is one of the strangest and most unbelievable creatures to make our list, but their originality makes them something to be wondered about. And hopefully, they actually do exist.
Pope Lick Monster...
The Pope Lick Monster makes its home under the trestle bridge on the Norfolk Southern Railway, which crosses over Pope Lick Creek in Kentucky. Those who have claimed to see the creature have reported that it has the body of a man with the lower torso of a goat or sheep. Some people even claim the monster has short horns protruding from its forehead. According to differing reports, the goat-man either uses hypnosis or some sort of siren voice to lure people onto the train tracks, where passing locomotives then run them down. Others have claimed that the goat-man drops down onto passing cars from within the trestles.
So, is this just another legend told to keep people, especially children, away from the potential dangers of the trestle bridge? Possibly, but there have been several deaths on or under the bridge after people scaled the 8-foot high fence to look for this cryptid. Some of these people were involved in “legend-tripping,” a pastime where amateur folklorists and monster hunters go in search of their legends. Trains still use the bridge, even with its advanced age and unaware that cryptid seekers have lost their lives here. So, even if the PopeLick Monster is not real, the deaths associated with this area are still tragedies.
Puckwudgies...
Pukwudgies have been a part of Native American lore of the American East for centuries before the coming of the Europeans. Some Native Americans believe that they used to get along well with humans but that something happened that turned them against humans. One of the stories from the Wampanoag tribe claims they called on Maushop the Giant to remove the Pukwudgies from their lands because they were annoying. The Pukwudgies have held a grudge against humans ever since. Most Native American tribes say it is best to give a wide berth to the Pukwudgies if you encounter one. Their name means “person of the wilderness.” It is said that Pukwudgies have humanoid features with pale gray skin tones, but their fingers, noses, and ears are larger than a human’s. According to some sources, Pukwudgies are the oldest cryptid in North America.
Different tribes had different lore regarding the Pukwudgies. The Ojibwe and other tribes around the Great Lakes area consider them merely mischievous, and while they might play tricks on people, they were not considered harmful. However, the Abenaki and other Northeastern Native American tribes considered the Pukwudgies dangerous to people if they disrespected them. But for the Wampanoag and other tribes in Southern New England, Pukwudgies can go either way, they can be helpful to a human neighbor, or they can steal human children and do acts that cause great harm, such as pushing a human off a cliff. They are considered to be quite capricious.
Loveland, Ohio, has one of the more interesting cryptids in my opinion. The first stories of the Frogman began in the 1950s, when a businessman claimed to have seen multiple large bipedal frogs along the Little Miami River. The first official sighting of the Frogman took place in 1972 and was witnessed by two policemen on two separate occasions. Officer Ray Shockey first saw the creature on March 3, 1972, at 1:00 am. Officer Shockey was driving to Loveland, Ohio, when he saw what he thought was a dog in a field next to the road. However, when it stood up, its eyes were illuminated by his car lights, and he could see that it appeared to be a giant bipedal frog.
The cryptid jumped over a guard rail and slid down the hill into the Little Miami River. The officer got such a good look at the creature he could describe it well enough that his sister could draw it. Officer Shockey went back to the station and brought another officer Mark Matthews to the scene that same night. The only evidence they found was the skid marks on the embankment where the creature slid down into the river. A few weeks later, on March 17, 1972, Officer Matthews had his own experience with the Frogman. He was driving and saw what he thought was an animal in the middle of the road. He stopped his car, got out, and the creature got up and crouched in the middle of the road. Then it stood up and climbed over the guard rail. all while keeping its eyes on Office Matthews the entire time. For some reason, Officer Matthews decided to draw his gun and shoot at the cryptid, but he missed.
The most recent eyewitness account occurred in 2016 by a man named Sam Jacobs. It was mid-August, and he was playing Pokemon Go when he saw a very large frog near Lake Isabella. He claimed it stood up and walked away on its hind legs. He estimated the creature was about 4 feet tall.
The Yowie...
North America has Bigfoot, and Australia has Yowie. Its legend reaches all the way back to the Aboriginal people of the continent, with the Kuku Yalanji tribe claiming to have long coexisted with them.
There are two types of Yowie: one that grows only to 4-5 feet tall and another that grows as large as 10 feet tall. It’s described as apelike, with orange fur that grows 2-4 inches long. Indeed, there is Aboriginal cave art depicting creatures that fit this description very well.
There have been hundreds of reported sightings. There are even organized expeditions dedicated to locating and documenting the creature. They have generated some compelling evidence, including a thermal image showing a human-shaped creature towering above four full-grown men as they search for the Yowie in the woods.
Rougarou...
Those who carry the curse are said to transform for 101 days. On the last day, the first human whom the rougarou attacks and draws blood from will become the next carrier of the curse. It’s also possible to become cursed by running afoul of a particularly vindictive witch.
The rougarou remains a grim belief for Cajun elders to this day. They use tales of the creature to caution their children and grandchildren against misbehaving, and accusing members of the community of being a rougarou has historically led to bloody conflicts.
Crosswick Monster...
The Crosswick monster dropped the child just outside a hole in the tree’s bank.
The 26-foot diameter tree was eventually chopped through by dozens of men from the town and when the serpent creature reappeared, the men noted that it was between 12-14 feet tall. The monster escaped the men, crashing through a fence before darting into a cavern.The full description from the men read:
Although the Crosswick Monster was never seen again, it is remembered as one of the most believable cryptid experiences in Ohio, as more than 60 men claimed to have witnessed it.
Bessie is typically described as a large, snake-like creature, sometimes with appendages resembling arms or fins. Reported lengths vary, but she is often described as 20 to 40 feet long, and even up to 50 feet.
While sightings are reported throughout the lake, she is most often associated with the South Bay area near the Lake Erie Islands.
Minerva Monster...
Yet another Bigfoot-type creature lurks in Ohio, this time near Minerva. The Minerva Monster was first spotted by the Cayton family in the late 1970s, when they followed the sound of their barking dogs to a pit on their property where they disposed of trash.
Inside the pit, they found a massive 7-foot tall 300-pound creature, covered in fur, staring at them as they approached.
The creature returned to the family’s property so often that it was witnessed by several other friends and family members and even investigated by the sheriff. During the creature’s final appearance at the property, two creatures were spotted after the home was pelted with rocks while the family was inside.
Although sightings continued in nearby counties, none were as detailed as the Cayton families, whose stories remained unchanged for decades.
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