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In this guest blog by Brent Swancer, he tells of how wartime eyewitnesses described this cryptid as being a strange creature in the water, said to have limbs and a face somewhat similar to a human, but a mouth like a carp. Images.

Read: Orang Ikan »

There exist creatures of considerable height, completely covered in hair, that wander the Pyrenees. Images.

Read: Basajaun: Spain’s Bigfoot »

The view from Asia of the situation happening in Tennessee. Image.

Read: Loh Editorial: Down On The Carter Farm »

Guest blogger Xtrox shares some more insights about the Mermaids and Mermen of the Sea. Images.

Read: More On Merbeings »

In this guest blog, a Cryptomundo correspondent collects contemporary cases. Mermaid images.

Read: Modern Merbeings? »

The Honshu wolf is the most relatively well known type of wolf of Japan, but it was not the only one. Meet the other mystery wolf. Images.

Read: Japanese Wolves – Part III: The Ezo Wolf »

Did the Honshu wolf survive past this date and thus defy the extinction orthodoxy? Guest blogger Brent Swancer looks at some possible answers in Part 2 of “Japanese Wolves.” Images.

Read: Japanese Wolves – Part II: Yamainu »

A guest blog series by Brent Swancer begins today. The first part of a three-part discussion of Mystery Canids in Japan. Images.

Read: Japanese Wolves – Part I: Honshu Wolf »

First you met the Tsuchinoko. Now greet its near-twin, with an upper body that resembles a lizard’s, with two legs, while the lower body is long, lacks hind-limbs, and resembles a snake. A guest blog on a Japanese cryptid by Brent Swancer. Images.

Read: The Notzuchitokage »

Do some hairy hominids demonstrate culture? An insightful contribution from T. Peter Park. Images.

Read: Cultural Hominology »

The mountains and forests of Japan have long been the domain of the legendary Tengu, one of the most famous and ubiquitous creatures in Japanese folklore. A guest blog by Brent Swancer, with images.

Read: Tengu »

The creature reportedly is between 10 and 20 meters in length (30 to 60 ft), and the most commonly cited coloration is a dark brown. Images.

Read: Kusshi »

A fisherman described seeing a crayfish crawling along the bottom in the clear water of the lake that he estimated as being at least 3 feet long. Images.

Read: Japan’s Giant Crayfish »

モッシー in Japanese, the creature is alleged to inhabit the five lakes that ring the foot of Mt. Fuji. Images.

Read: Mossie »

It is said to be around 1 to 1.3 meters tall, and covered in kinky, red or black hair. Images.

Read: Kenmun »