Category Archives: cryptids

Its name alone gives the impression that this is one cryptid not to be taken seriously. Also known by the diminutive Altie, the creature’s name is derived from the river system in which it supposedly resides, the Altamaha River in … Continue reading →

Cases in which various types of animals come down with the rain are fairly rare, but they do go back for many centuries. The animals are almost always small ones such as frogs and the smaller breeds of fish, and … Continue reading →

Found in the Mongolian and Chinese parts of the Gobi desert, the Mongolian Death Worm is one of the more interesting of cryptids. Usually described as a large red worm with a length of about three feet and as thick … Continue reading →

Globsters are huge, shapeless lumps of tissue that have broken away from large sea animals such as whales during the process of decomposition. What does this have to do with the paranormal? Well, these things are often mistaken for actual … Continue reading →

Japanese scientists have captured some pretty cool footage of a giant squid, the first time anyone has filmed the creature in its natural habitat. Ever since specimens started washing up dead on beaches in the nineteenth century, the giant squid … Continue reading →