Field guide
7 cryptids on the books. Danger ratings are ranger-certified and legally meaningless.
Bessie of Lake Erie
water · danger 2/5 · dormant
A thirty-foot serpent with a dog-like head. Surfaces for boaters, vanishes for decades. The lake keeps her secrets.…
Traits: thirty feet long · dog-like head · late-summer appearances
Bigfoot
forest · danger 2/5 · active
Eight feet of bipedal ape that smells like a wet sleeping bag. Leaves casts, knocks, and endless blurry footage.…
Traits: sixteen-inch footprints · wood knocks · skunk-like odor
Chupacabra
desert · danger 4/5 · active
Goat-sucker. Livestock found drained of blood; witnesses describe spines, quills, or simply a mangy canid. The description drifts by zip cod…
Traits: livestock drained of blood · spines or quills · two conflicting descriptions
Fresno Nightcrawler
urban · danger 1/5 · active
A pair of impossibly long legs with a small head on top. No arms. Walks like a pair of trousers that achieved sentience.…
Traits: no arms · gliding walk · caught on doorbell cameras
Jackalope
desert · danger 1/5 · debunked
A jackrabbit with antelope horns. Loves whiskey, sings tenor, and was openly invented by two brothers in Douglas, Wyoming. Included here as …
Traits: antelope horns · sings tenor · admits it is taxidermy
Jersey Devil
forest · danger 3/5 · active
Kangaroo body, bat wings, horse head, forked tail. Three centuries of sightings and still no good photograph.…
Traits: bat wings · forked tail · unearthly scream
Mothman
sky · danger 3/5 · active
A seven-foot winged figure with reflective red eyes. Precedes bridge collapses, bad storms, and other local disasters — or so the witnesses …
Traits: red reflective eyes · seven-foot wingspan · appears before disasters