Cataloging What Shouldn’t Exist
The Cryptidnomicon
A Field Encyclopedia of Cryptids, Cryptozoology & Unexplained Fauna
“The internet’s cryptid resources are a mess. Community wikis with no editorial standards, forums full of noise, and nobody bothering to organize any of it properly. I started the Cryptidnomicon because somebody had to.”
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Mothman
Appalachia, Eastern United States
By Ellis Varma
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Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Pacific Northwest, North America (widespread)
By Nolan Greer
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Loch Ness Monster
Scottish Highlands, Europe
By Sienna Coe
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Chupacabra
Americas (Puerto Rico origin, 1995; Texas/Mexico variant widespread)
By Dr. Mara Vasquez
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Thunderbird
North America (widespread; highest concentration in Pacific Northwest and north-central Pennsylvania)
By Nolan Greer
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Jersey Devil
Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA (Delaware Valley, broader Mid-Atlantic)
By Ellis Varma
From the Vault
Former Cryptids — Now Confirmed
Not every creature in the Cryptidnomicon stays cryptid. Some graduate. The following entries document animals once dismissed as folklore, now recognized by science. We keep them here as a reminder: sometimes the witnesses are right.