# The most famous cryptids in the world

Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, Mothman: the creatures nobody has managed to prove exist but everybody knows. Which one scares you most?

- 9 votes · 15 items
- Nov 27, 2025 · torcedor_gaucho
- https://even.best/en/l/2629/the-most-famous-cryptids-in-the-world

## Top 15

1. **Chupacabra** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Latin America's "goat sucker", famous in the 1990s.
2. **Yeti** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The abominable snowman of the Himalayas.
3. **Bigfoot (Sasquatch)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The giant ape of North America's forests; the Patterson–Gimlin film is the most analysed.
4. **Fresno Nightcrawlers** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — White figures that seem to be all legs, filmed in California.
5. **Loveland Frogman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A frog-faced humanoid seen in Ohio in 1955.
6. **Flatwoods Monster** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A three-metre being with a spade-shaped head, seen in 1952.
7. **Dover Demon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A pale, orange-eyed creature seen over 25 hours in 1977.
8. **Loch Ness Monster** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scotland's Nessie and the famous 1934 "Surgeon's Photograph".
9. **Mothman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The red-eyed creature of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
10. **Wendigo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The gaunt, icy being of northern Canadian and US folklore.
11. **Jersey Devil** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mother Leeds's cursed thirteenth child.
12. **Kraken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The giant octopus that sank ships in Scandinavian legend.
13. **Yowie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Australian "Bigfoot" of Aboriginal stories.
14. **Rougarou** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Louisiana's werewolf, of French origin.
15. **Montauk Monster** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The strange carcass that washed up on a New York beach in 2008.

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