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Cryptid Profiles

  • Almasti

    The Soviet Colonel had never seen anything like it in his life. Inside the freezing shed he was confronted by the sight of a heavily hair-covered naked man whose physical appearance was a throw back to a bygone age. The man had been captured by Soviet troops who suspected he might be a German spy and had brought the poor unfortunate in for interrogation.

  • Cadborosaurus

    The late Paul LeBlond and the late Ed Bousfield were two credible scientists with impeccable academic pedigrees (both were Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada) who had an unusual hobby – they were investigators of a marine anomaly which inhabits the waters of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest which has been dubbed Cadborosaurus or Caddy for short. It was also known by the odd moniker of Hiaschuckaluck, but no one has been able to find the origins of this name.

  • Champ (Lake Champlain)

    The legend of the lake Champlain Monster or Champ as he is known has been around for over a hundred years. Contrary to popular opinion Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer did not see the monster which was named after him. For years the story was told that Champlain had had an encounter with the beast, but diligent scholarship has uncovered evidence that suggests Champlain was rather amazed at the tough hide of the gar-pike and not the greyish black skin of the Monster.

  • Igopogo

    Lake Simcoe is a mere hour's drive north of the thriving metropolis of Toronto, Ontario, Canada which boasts a population of three million people. Yet despite its proximity to Canada's largest city and its many denizens, Lake Simcoe holds a secret that has been revealed to only a select few over the years.

  • Irish Lake Monsters

    In 1960 three priests were indulging in a bit of relaxation at Lough Ree in County Meath, Ireland when their enjoyable afternoon of fishing and stimulating conversation came to an abrupt end. Description goes here

  • Manipogo

    Since the early 1900s Manipogo has made sporadic appearances in the lakes which are all quite shallow and interlinked through a maze of rivers and streams. It is no surprise that so many lakes should boast this snakey creature as it is so very easy to swim through this natural waterway.

  • Memphre

    In 1816 a local inhabitant named Perry sighted the animal as it swam past the settler and his wife. Merry described a creature much like a sheep shorn of its wool and possessing 12 to 15 pairs of legs!This sighting is definitely at odds with the general description of the animal seen dozens of times since.

  • Mokele Mbembe

    While it is understood that the Likouala-aux-Herbes River and Lake Tele are well known as potential habitats for the creature know as Mokele-mbembe, there are believed to be other locales in which animals bearing a close resemblance to a sauropod may be found.

  • Nahuelito

    The beast is known as Nahuelito and inhabits a lake known as Lago Nahuel Huapi or the "Lake of the Tiger's Island in the Mapuche Indian dialect.

  • Nessie

    Since 1994 the existence of the creature has been placed deeper into doubt as the best known photograph of the elusive beast of northern Scotland has proven to be a hoax.

  • Ogopogo

    Since 1989 the BCSCC has carried out multiple expeditions to Okanagan Lake and members of the investigative team have had several sightings of the mystery animal known commonly as Ogopogo and have also captured the cryptids on camera.

  • Sasquatch

    British Columbia has been a fertile location for sightings of a bipedal hirsute hominid known colloquially as sasquatch. The name "sasquatch" was coined by J.W. Burns,an American schoolteacher living in BC, and is derived from a Chehalis word meaning wild man.

  • Yeren

    All over Asia villagers in remote areas have reported a strange animal that walks upright and appears to be the product of hybridization between man and ape.

  • Yeti

    he Yeti is neither Abominable nor does it frequently inhabit the snowfields where its tracks are sometimes found. Instead it is found in the more wooded regions of the Himalayas where there is more abundant plant and animal life on which to feed.