Cryptozoology: the Esoterium bestiary

Legendary creatures, monsters and beings that science has yet to catch

Some creatures have spent centuries slipping off the edges of the map. They have been seen on lonely roads, in lakes of black water, on mountains where the air burns the lungs. Thousands of witnesses swear they have met them; no museum case has ever managed to hold one. Cryptozoology lives on that border between legend and case file.

In this bestiary we gather the most sought-after cryptids and monsters in the world: what is told about them, who claims to have seen them, and what explanations have been offered. Turn the page with the light on.

The ChupacabraThe ChupacabraPuerto Rico, Mexico, the southern US and South AmericaIt appeared in Puerto Rico in 1995, and ever since it has left drained animals all across the Americas.Read the legend → MothmanMothmanPoint Pleasant, West Virginia (USA)A winged being with red eyes that many believe to be a herald of catastrophe.Read the legend → The Loch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness MonsterLoch Ness, the Highlands (Scotland)The long-necked shadow that patrols the deepest, darkest waters in Scotland.Read the legend → Bigfoot, the SasquatchBigfoot, the SasquatchForests of northwestern North AmericaFootprints half a metre long and an impossible silhouette among the pines of the American Northwest.Read the legend → The YetiThe YetiThe Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan)Enormous footprints at 6,000 metres, where no known animal should be walking.Read the legend → The KrakenThe KrakenThe seas of Norway, Iceland and GreenlandNorse sailors swore its tentacles could wrap around an entire ship and carry it down to the bottom.Read the legend → El SilbónEl SilbónThe Llanos (Venezuela and Colombia)A towering spectre of the Llanos who announces death with a whistle that deceives the ear.Read the legend → The WendigoThe WendigoBoreal forests of Canada and the Great LakesThe spirit of winter and insatiable hunger that stalks the frozen forests of North America.Read the legend →

New creatures will keep joining the bestiary. If one of them crosses your path first, you know where to ask us.

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