Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Champ, the famous lake monster of Lake Champlain on the New York–Vermont–Quebec border — a long-necked or serpentine creature rooted in
Discover the Beast of Gévaudan, the famous man-eating creature that terrorised south-central France in 1764–67 — a monstrous wolf-like beast that killed
Discover Spring-heeled Jack, the famous figure of Victorian English urban legend — a demonic leaping figure who terrorised London and England, famous for
Discover the Owlman of Mawnan, the English cryptid — a large winged owl-like humanoid with glowing eyes and clawed feet sighted in Cornwall in the 1970s,
Discover the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, the American cryptid of Bishopville, South Carolina — a large scaly reptilian humanoid famous for the 1988
Discover the Loveland Frog (Frogman), the strange American cryptid of Loveland, Ohio — a small bipedal frog-faced humanoid sighted near the Little Miami
The myth of Atalanta: the swift huntress raised by a bear who drew first blood on the Calydonian Boar and would only wed a man who could outrun her —
The myth of Cadmus: the Phoenician hero who founded Thebes, slew the dragon of Ares and sowed its teeth to raise the Spartoi, brought the alphabet to
Discover Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch — the most famous cryptid of North America, a large hairy ape-like creature of the forests known by its enormous
Discover the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie — the most famous lake monster in the world, a long-necked plesiosaur-like creature of the
