Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology

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Our Article Guidelines

• Please include in-line references when adding sightings or significant information.
• In Sightings, try to quote eyewitness testimony as much as possible. To show that it's a quote, indent and italicize the text.
• Try to include credit for images wherever possible.
• Be objective and non-partisan in descriptions of Sightings and Theories.
• For more detailed guidelines, see style guidelines and code help.

Note on Image Credits

Due to the difficulties in finding sources for images discovered on the web, many images illustrating our articles are not properly sourced our credited. If you notice an image by an artist whose name you know, please do not hesitate to add their name to the caption!

Other Online Cryptozoological Resources

• Cryptid Earth
• Cryptomundo
• Patagonian Monsters
• ShukerNature

The Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology is dedicated to gathering all available knowledge on cryptozoology, cryptobotany, and other aberrances of nature - sightings, theories, evidence, new species, cryptozoologist biographies, books, television documentaries, and more.

We are always looking for properly sourced sightings we may have missed, and have a list of articles needing work from specialists.

Please note that many of our longer pages feature identity polls under the "Notes and references" heading.

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Cryptids

Anomalous animals

New species

Photographs

Cryptobotany

Cryptozoologists

Hoaxes

Art

Books

Documentaries

Nandi bear, hyena, baboon, or chalicothere?

Emela-ntouka, the Congo's killer of elephants

Mokele-mbembe, a living dinosaur?

Tigre de montagne, the mountain sabre-tooth of Chad

Water lions, the river sabre-tooth of the Central African Republic