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Alien big cats

November 28, 2009

Aka: ABCs, Phantom cats, The Beast of Bodmin Moor. Alien Big Cats (ABCs), are large felines, such as jaguars or cougars, which have been purported to appear in regions outside

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The Thylacine

November 28, 2009

Aka: Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf Description  The creature is half wolf and half tiger, with a head like a large dog’s, hindquarters like a hyena’s, and tiger stripes covering

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The mokele-mbeme

November 28, 2009

Aka : N’yamala, Guanérou, Diba Description In 1913, a German expedition in Congo heard from pygmies about an animal they called mokele-mbeme, which means "one who stops the flow of

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The Merman

November 28, 2009

This merman was reputedly found tangled up in a Japanese fishing net some thirty years ago. It was not breathing and exhibited no signs of life. It took up temporary

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The Mermaid

November 27, 2009

Description Mermen or Mermaids depending upon their gender. They have the lower bodies of fish and the upper bodies and heads of humans. Sightings In the twelfth century it was

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The Mongolian Death Worm

November 27, 2009

The Mongolian Death Worm is a cryptid purported to exist in the Gobi Desert. Aka : Allghoi khorkhoi means “intestine worm”, also known as the Mongolian death worm. Description A

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The Jersey Devil

November 27, 2009

Aka: the Leeds Devil   Description There are over thirty different descriptions of the Devil ranging from a feathered animal with the head of a ram to a flying lion

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The Tasman Sea Monster

November 27, 2009

On April 25, 1977, a fishing vessel named the Zuiyo-maru of the Taiyo Fishery Company Ltd. was trawling for mackerel about 30 miles east of Christchurch, New Zealand, when a

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