Cryptids are called unusual creatures, about meetings with which eyewitnesses tell, but their existence has not been confirmed by science. Some cryptids are known to the general public around the world as the Scottish Nessie or Chupacabra, while others are known only in a particular city or region.
Old Ned
Lake Utopia, New Brunswick.
New Brunswick is one of Canada's smallest provinces, and Lake Utopia is located in Charlotte County, near the Maine border. The lake is only 3 km long, and its average depth is 11 meters. It would seem that what kind of monster can live here, but he is and he is called Old Ned.
Old Ned had seen here even before Europeans came here. Local Malecite Indians told stories about a whale-sized creature that lives in the lake and loves to chase people in canoeing.
Since the 1800s, the creature has been seen by settlers and until now, reports of the observation of a strange large animal in Lake Utopia come in approximately every 3-5 years.
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Shagamaw
New Brunswick.
In the same New Brunswick, there is a very unusual cryptid called Shagamav. Its front legs are like those of a bear, and the hind legs are like those of a moose. He usually walks on 4 legs, but in case of danger he stands on his hind legs and moves vertically.
Once in the forest, moose tracks were found, which were located as if the moose walked on only 2 legs and these tracks were called the tracks of Shagamava. Basically, the workers from the sawmills reported about it, they also joked (or not) about the fact that Shagamav ate their boots and abandoned mittens.
Big Muddy
Murphysboro, Illinois.
Big Muddy is a large and very smelly monster that bears some resemblance to the Yeti. In the 1970s, he was seen in southern Illinois, mainly in the Murphysboro area.
The first eyewitness was an 11-year-old boy who was so frightened by this creature that he ran home in panic and shock, saying that he saw "something." He could hardly describe the monster. In 1973, a young couple collided with the monster, first hearing a terrible scream, and then seeing a two-legged hairy creature approaching their car, as tall as a man and covered from head to toe with dirty white wool.
In the next two years, the creature was noticed two more times, especially noting its disgusting smell, but then the creature suddenly disappeared somewhere and was not seen again.
Bunny Man
Virginia.
The main legend is about the Rabbit-Man inhabiting a tunnel on Colchester Road. Now this place is called the "Bridge of the Rabbit Man". Legend has it that in 1970 a certain Robert Bennett and his fiancée were driving home from their relatives in the evening and stopped at this tunnel.
Suddenly they saw a creature approaching the car. In the following seconds, it attacked them with an ax, smashed the car window and shouted something. The people miraculously managed to leave. At the police station, Robert spoke of a man who had attacked them in a white suit with long ears, similar to a bunny suit. But his fiancée claimed the headdress "like a member of the Ku Klux Klan."
In the years that followed, many different stories circulated about Rabbit Man. In some he was a madman in a suit, in others a real hairy monster.
White River Monster
Arkansas.
The White River is located near Newport, Arkansas and is said to be home to a huge gray fish. She was first seen in 1915 and described as "as wide as a car and as long as three cars." In 1937, fishermen saw a very large creature with skin like an elephant and a wide mouth like a catfish.
In 1971, the creature was seen again and described as a truck-sized monster. Biologists believe that most likely it was a manatee, but it is possible that a very large catfish.
Melonheads
Kirtland, Ohio.
Melonheads are very large-headed creatures that live in the forest near Kirtland. According to legend, a certain doctor Crowe lived here many years ago and he conducted unusual experiments on local children. Because of them, the heads of the children grew, the hair fell out, and the bodies were deformed in various ways.
According to one version of the legend, the children were originally orphans and suffered from hydrocephalus, but Crowe deliberately enlarged their heads even more. At the end of both legends, the children attacked Crowe, killed him and burned his house, while they themselves went to live in the forests. From there, they will then go out to attack people and abduct babies that are eaten.
Variations of these legends are also common in Connecticut and Michigan. According to one of them, melonheads were the offspring of a group of escaped patients of a mental hospital. Hiding in the forests, they barely survived, playing wild and resorting to cannibalism, and then they had children who were sick, including hydrocephalus.
Swamp Monster from the Honey Island
Louisiana.
The monster on the Honey Island swamp has been seen since 1963. The creature is described as being very tall (2 meters) and bipedal, with gray fur, yellow or red eyes, and an awful smell.
In 1974, photographer Harlan Ford and his friend saw a series of unusual footprints, and then they found the carcass of a wild boar, whose throat was gnawed by some large predator with teeth similar to humans.
According to one of the popular legends, a train carrying circus animals crashed here at the beginning of the 20th century. Several chimpanzees fled to the swamps and settled down here, and then had sexual intercourse with alligators (don't ask how). From this unusual connection, this monster was allegedly born.
Bullebak
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bulleback lives under a bridge over one of Amsterdam's many canals. The children say that Bullebuck can come out of his hiding place and grab them if they misbehave. That is, it is something like a local Babayka.
Bullebak also makes loud and unpleasant sounds, and to grab the naughty kids he has a large hook on one hand, with which he grabs them and drags them under the water.
However, for all the fabulousness, there are stories about children who were really dragged under the water by someone, but miraculously survived. They said that they saw "a palace and many beautiful lights" under the water.