Cryptozoology
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Cryptobiology is the study of cryptids, creatures around which myths exist but whose current existence has never been verified. Some famous cryptids include bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and the chupacabra. Some cryptids are likely to remain only in the realm of fantasy and legend (e.g. the supposed nesting locations of dragons), whereas the existence of others have been confirmed biologically, often as "living fossils," e.g. the coelacanth and the giant squid.
HominidaeSightings of large ape-like creatures have been reported all over the world.
Lake cryptids
Animals outside their normal rangeEncounters like these were actually more common a century ago in the UK when wild animals from elsewhere in the world were imported as pets and then just released into nature when the owners couldn't keep them or didn't…
The little peopleThere are many European folklore stories about fairies, pixies, leprechaun and gnomes.
Here be dragons
Unclassified
Stay safeAs these creatures are out of folklore, naturally there are no proven cases of injury, although given their supposedly secretive nature, who knows?
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