Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology
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Sabre-toothed bear
Category Ursidae
Proposed scientific names
Other names
Country reported Canada
First reported 1968[1]
Prominent investigators • Farley Mowat

The sabre-toothed bear was a cryptid bear reported from the Torngat Mountains of Canada's Labrador Peninsula. According to naturalist Farley Mowat (1921 – 2014), local Amerindians described it as a bear with teeth like those of a wolf, but very long.[1]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kuvaev, Oleg "Ochen' Bol'shoy Medved'," Vokrug Sveta, Vol. 34, No. 1 (January 1968)
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