Thousands of people claim to have seen these strange beasts but their existence remains hotly disputed by scientists and biologists. They’re 10 mysterious creatures that could be real. Release the kraken!
10CHANPACABRA – THE AMERICAS
It´s a lizard vampire preying on sheep. Scientists say it´s really just diseased wild dogs. But wild dogs don´t match over 2000 witnesses who saw blood-drained livestock.
09EBU GOGO – FLORES ISLAND
These “Hobbits” possibly descended from another species of human. 13000 year old remains have been found. Some people say that were last sighted in the 19th century, so they could still exist in unexplored forests.
08MOKELE MBEMBE – CONGO
It´s a long-lost amphibious dinosaur that survived deep in the jungles. A dozen expeditions haven´t found it – but 80% of Congo´s swamps remain unexplored, so who knows?
07AHOOL – JAVA
We call it the Ahool after its attack cry. Some say it could be a pterosaur that´s survived extinction. It could really be just an island owl, whose wingspan reaches over 1 meter.
06INDRIK – RUSSIA
Medieval traveler Ibn Fadlan described the Indrik, or unicorn, in the 10th century. His description matches a giant rhinoceros that lived 50.000 years ago. Maybe it survived longer…
05BIG-FOOT – NORTH AMERICA
There´ve been around 600 Bigfoot sighting since World War II. They´re all in the same areas the brown bear inhabits – could be a case of mistaken identity.
04BLUE DEVIL – CHINA
It is a tiger, but it´s only been sighted a few times. They dismissed it as a myth. But now biologist think it could be a super-rare genetic defect that alters the hue of a tiger´s fur.
03MNGWA – TANZANIA
Big cat: - scientist says it´s probably a leopard or lion. But they´ve found gray fur, DNA and giant track that don´t match any other predator.
02YETI – HIMALAYAS
Some Himalayan bears can walk upright and might leave human-like tracks, like the Yeti does. Scientists analyzed purported Yeti samples and found bear DNA.
01THE KRAKEN
It is an old sea legend that could actually be the colossal squid, which can get up to 14 meters long. It has long teeth in its suckers, which are strong enough to crush a car.