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Do mythic plesiosaurs leave behind DNA?
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Why Genetics Researchers Are Looking for the Loch Ness Monster

"I don’t believe that there’s a monster, but if I’m wrong, well, that’s OK."
Eric Grundhauser May 30, 2018
A puma killed in 1830 in Louisiana, which is outside the animal's current habitat.
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The Eastern Cougar Is Officially Extinct

So why do people keep seeing them?
Cara Giaimo January 30, 2018
Godzilla was inspired by fear of a world changed in the wake of nuclear disaster.
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How Climate Change Inspires Monsters

"The Year Without a Summer" produced some of the most iconic fictional beasts of all time.
Natasha Frost January 23, 2018
Cherry Log, Georgia

Expedition Bigfoot (The Sasquatch Museum)

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Seara, pronounced, "Sea-RAH," has the webbed feet of a duck, the head of a rabbit, and the body of a seal.
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A Curious Menagerie of Mutant Taxidermy

In a cramped apartment in East New York, the artist Takeshi Yamada lives among his strange creations.
Zoë Bernard December 4, 2017
A 1950s-era drawing of mountain climbers in the Himalayas spotting a Yeti in the distance.
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DNA Says 'Yeti' Evidence Comes From Bears, But Will Believers Be Convinced?

One expert sees the value in maintaining a little mystery.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 30, 2017
A pard from the 12th-century <em>Aberdeen Bestiary</em> manuscript.
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Just About Everything We Know About the Pard

The mythical big cat was once believed to make up half of every leopard.
Natasha Frost October 13, 2017
The Bigfoot Trap
Jacksonville, Oregon

The Bigfoot Trap

Sasqu(w)atch out!
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In Search of the Elusive Pink-Headed Duck

After years of trying, one man thinks he will finally find a bird long thought to be extinct.
Sarah Laskow June 1, 2017
Okanagan lake, where Ogopogo is thought to live.
Peachland, British Columbia

Okanagan Lake

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.
A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).
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Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.
Molly McBride Jacobson February 24, 2017
An Australian kangaroo looking shifty.
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Does America Have a Secret Kangaroo Population?

And if not, what's that thing hopping in the distance?
Eric Grundhauser December 22, 2016
Cryptozoology & Paranomal Museum in Littleton.
Littleton, North Carolina

Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Skrímslasetrið, The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum
Bíldudalur, Iceland

Skrímslasetrið

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.
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This Cryptozoology Museum Just Installed A New Bigfoot

It's over 800 pounds.
Eric Grundhauser May 26, 2016
Ape Canyon
Cougar, Washington

Ape Canyon

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Pope Lick Trestle Bridge
Louisville, Kentucky

Pope Lick Trestle Bridge

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.
Land of the Warres
Cleveland, Ohio

'Land of the Warres'

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.