09/25/2013 14:07
The "Montauk Monster" was an animal carcass, thought to be a raccoon,[1][2] that washed ashore on a beach near the business district of Montauk, New York in July 2008.[3][4] The identity of the creature and the veracity of stories surrounding it have been the subject of...
09/25/2013 13:42
The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid, reputedly a large unknown animal that inhabits Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the...
09/25/2013 13:39
The okapi /oʊˈkɑːpiː/, Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent...
09/25/2013 13:35
Here’s an unpleasant sounding animal: "[It had] the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end." This description comes from an 1893 newspaper account on the discovery of...
09/25/2013 13:34
Many people are terrified of snakes. So you can imagine the fear inspired by the mythical giant anaconda of South America, known to some Peruvians as 'Yacu-mama' or 'mother of the water'. Normal anacondas can grow to an impressive 6 meters (20 feet) long, but, according to believers, the...
09/25/2013 13:31
An artist's interpretation of the Mongolian Death Worm
Before we get to the list, let’s have a quick look at the scary beast that inspired it, the Mongolian Death Worm itself. This slithering creature is definitely like something from a nightmare – reputably able to spit deadly corrosive...
