Photo Gallery

Abominable Snowman, Yeti

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Left to right - one of Eric Shipton's photographs of a yeti footprint; the Pangboche hand,one of the most compelling pieces of evidence for yeti existence available.

American Mystery Cats

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Left to right - a comparison of the size of the common lion (Panthera leo) and prehistoric American lion (P.l. atrox); the Murillo onza carcass.�

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Australian Mystery Cats

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Left to right - a reconstruction of the "Emmaville panther," from descriptions; the creature photographed by ; a skull of Thylacoleo carnifex; and a reconstruction of T. carnifex when alive.

Bigfoot

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Left to right - a famous still from the Patterson-Gimlin film (1967); a photo of Bigfoot; a photograph taken in Oregon; a roadsign in the northwest; a photo of the Lake Worth Monster.

Bunyips

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Left to right - the Australian bunyip, as shown in an Aboriginal rock painting; two Australian stamps depicting the bunyip.

Fortean Picture Library - bunyip.jpg

Chupacabra

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Left to right - an ancient Maya carving and then four modern-day "corpses," from Mexico (a probable wildcat); Nebraska, USA (a mummified dog); Louisiana, USA (a dog?); and Mexico (a dog); finally, a print found near an exsanguinated corpse in Puerto Rico.

Hoaxes - Don't Get Taken In!

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Left to right - the de Loys photograph (Ameranthropides loysi), followed by a photo of a real-life spider monkey; the laughable Jake the Gator Boy, here passed off as Arabian in origin; and a supposed tatzelwurm skeleton that looks rather like a plastic toy.

Loch Ness Monster

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Left to right - Hugh Gray (1933); "The Surgeon's Photograph" (1934); the lesser known "Second Surgeon's Photograph" (also 1934); Lachlan Stuart (1951); Peter MacNab (1958); "Doc" Shiels (1977, probable hoax)

Second row - Gwen Smith (1977); Robert Rines' "flipper" and "body" (1976); Jennifer Bruce (1982); a reconstruction of Nessie as a seal.

Lachlan Stuart - lach_stu.jpg
P.A. MacNab - ln5.jpg
Tony Shiels - shiels.jpg
Gwen Smith - ln6.jpg
AAS - lns3.jpg, rines_body.jpg
Jennifer Bruce - bruce.jpg

Miscellaneous Cryptids

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Left to right - the Kinlough Stone with its dobhar-ch�; the "Beast of Bosnia" found in early 2001; the "Dover Demon"; and the Pictish water-beast.

Loren Coleman - dover.gif

Piasa

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Left to right - Marquette and Joliet's arrival at the rock painting; several views of the piasa, beginning with the earliest known representation (note the lack of wings!); and finally, a Native American missipeshu or water panther for comparison.

Sucuriju

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Left to right - Col. Percy Fawcett; an illustration of Fawcett's encounter with a giant anaconda; a giant snake photographed in the Belgian Congo by Col. R�my van Leeuwarde.

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