The legs and abdomen sported a kind of scale armor, and all the back is protected by a still thicker and double cuirass, starting from behind the ears of the anterior head, and continuing to the tail.

Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states. It features popular cryptid favourites such as Mothman, the Flatwoods Monster, and some lesser known cryptids such as the Enfield Horror and the Montauk Monster. For folklore, there are kelpies, selkies, cat sidhes, and grimalkins, along with the dobarchu and the vampiric pumpkin! In The Big Book of Cryptid Trivia, you'll learn all about cryptozoologists and ufologists like Loren Coleman and John Keel, as well as about real-life sightings and interesting tales of famous and lesser-known cryptids all over the world, including: Tahoe Tessie, Mokele-Mbembe, Ahool of Java, Georgia Bigfoot, Piltdown Man, Hogzilla, Pope Lick Monster, Loveland Frog, and more!

This fun, illustrated guide is aimed at the middle grade crowd, and presents information on 50 cryptids for readers to speculate on. But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the woods, she realizes that they're not alone after all. W. Ocker uncovers the bizarre stories of these creatures and investigates the ways in which communities embrace and celebrate their local cryptids. All the books on this list are linked by the fantastical way they explore family grief, isolation, and hope. When a family moves to a small town in West Virginia, they immediately notice something strange is happening.

Other than my beloved Nessie, creatures considered to be cryptids include such entities as Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, and more.

This slim novella is anywhere but slim on story: set in South Carolina, a young boy’s idyllic childhood is disrupted by monsters, both literal and figurative, when his mom’s estranged, enigmatic father reappears. Footprints in the snow and in mud were found to indicate some such cryptids were active in out of the way places in Nepal, Tibet, and the surrounding region. And while I don’t necessarily spend a whole lot of my time deliberately seeking it out these days, I do still always experience a huge rush of excitement if Nessie, or cryptozoology in general, ever does come up. This well-written and fascinating book leaves readers not only with a better understanding of contemporary myths involving cryptids, but zoology as well.

In the wilted garden are three little dogs that look like corgis, but they whistle like tea kettles, walk backwards, and blow steam out of their mouths. It was said to be “giant-sized (up to twenty feet tall), manlike, hairy, and given to shaking giant pine trees in trials of strength while other Nyalmos sit around and clap their hands. A moving middle-grade novel in verse, about a young trans boy dealing with the loss of his friend by writing to his favorite cryptid, MothmanHalfway through sixth grade, Noah's best friend and the only other trans boy in his school, Lewis, passed away in a car accident. Through his reliably great writing, which fuses horror and psychological suspense, Tremblay explores grief, heartbreak, substance abuse, trauma, and the general horror of existing in our world today.There are so many different Bigfoot stories and legends out there from folk tales to movies, from Sasquatch to Boston Bahumagosh, Mart and Cabre have collected them all here. It’s the exploration of the human side that motivates the characters in my books and my continued interest in mysterious phenomena.