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Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience, which primarily looks at anecdotal stories, and other claims rejected by the scientific community. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumor. Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe.
Scholars have noted that the cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science. Scholars have studied cryptozoologists and their influence (including the pseudoscience's association with Young Earth creationism),[1][2] noted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences such as ghost hunting and ufology, and highlighted uncritical media propagation of cryptozoologist claims.
^Hill, Sharon A. (2017). Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers. McFarland. p. 66. ISBN 9781476630823.
^Card, Jeb J. (2016). "Steampunk Inquiry: A Comparative Vivisection of Discovery Pseudoscience". In Card, Jeb J.; Anderson, David S. (eds.). Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices. University of Alabama Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780817319113. Creationists have embraced cryptozoology and some cryptozoological expeditions are funded by and conducted by creationists hoping to disprove evolution.
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fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements...
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present in the coastal and pelagic waters of Abashiri and Shiretoko Peninsula northeastern Hokkaido. Listofcryptids Raynal, M.; Sylvestre, J-P. (1991). "Cetaceans...
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creating a replica of the monster based on Johnson's original description out of green flotation material. Sea monster Listofcryptids Hoax Sandhills (Nebraska)...
responsible for the deaths of a number of people whose bodies have been retrieved from the waterways (principally the canals) of Greater Manchester, England...
skeptic; co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids Roy Mackal (1925–2013), University of Chicago professor...
of what is now Chilliwack, in British Columbia Underwater panther, a mythological water-being common in North-American Indian lore Listofcryptids List...
"This unsatisfying journey is less about cryptids than it is about soap opera–esque family intrigue". A listof notable formats is as follows: The following...
published a listof predatory cats typically kept as exotic pets that they know to have escaped in the United Kingdom, although most of these have been...
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Saturdays' search for an ancient Sumerian cryptid called Kur, who has the power to control an army ofcryptids. At the end of the season finale, it was revealed...
MetaZoo centers around creatures known as Beasties who are inspired by cryptids and other figures from mythology and folklore such as Bigfoot, Mothman...
historian of crime and the reporting of crime at the University of Exeter, have stated the view that the Croydon Cat Killer case was an example of a moral...
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