Fearsome Critters Omline Archive

General

Lexicophilia — Wayback Machine
ILL FATE - IMAGINED — Wayback Machine
NINE - NONPLUSSED — Wayback Machine
Mythical Maine Creatures — Wayback Machine
2012-03-28 Greetings From the Land of the Make-Believe Species — Wayback Machine
2018-11-30 32 Creatures From American Folklore (That Aren't Bigfoot!) — Wayback Machine
Altamaha-ha
Altamaha-ha - Sea Monster of the Georgia Coast — Wayback Machine
September 26, 2018 Georgia Coast Altamaha-Ha Monster Discovery a Hoax — Wayback Machine
March 30, 2018 The legendary Altamaha monster wasn’t found off the Georgia coast; here’s why it’s a hoax
March 21, 2018 Strange Sea Creature Washes Ashore, Stumps Scientists Wayback Machine
July 16, 2014 Is the "Altie" a monster or fish? — Wayback Machine
May 13, 2009 McIntosh showcases a new mascot — Wayback Machine
Sightings of the "Altamaha-Ha" — Wayback Machine
2011-06-02 Stalking Altie: Does Georgia have its own Loch Ness Monster? — Wayback Machine
2022-08-03 Cryptids of the South: The closest creatures to Savannah — Wayback Machine
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Albatwitch
2016-11-11 The Scribbler: Coming to a stage near you, The Elusive Elbegricksels — Wayback Machine
2022-10-06 What is an Albatwitch? Celebrate this uniquely Pennsylvania legend Saturday — Wayback Machine
2023-10-12 The Albatwitch, a creepy creature rooted in folklore, becomes big business for Pa. town — Wayback Machine
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Annepogo
Canada's Lake Creature — archive.today
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Blush spider
December 2004 Blush spider Arachnius gluteus is a hoax — Wayback Machine
Myth: Deadly spider under toilet seats — Wayback Machine
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Bungonia Bear
September 27, 2022 The Bungonia Bear — Wayback Machine
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Canadian Spiderbat
Giant Canadian Spiderbat — Wayback Machine
2017-11-11 Weekend 2 Cents: Huge Winged Cryptid in Alberta Barn -- UFOs Frequent New Jersey Trailer Park -- 'Shadowy Figure'...Murder Victim? — Wayback Machine
2023-04-01 'CANADIAN SPIDER BAT' Encounter in Old Alberta Barn — Wayback Machine
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Carmel Area Creature
December 18, 2014 Strange creature reported in Carmel area — Wayback Machine
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Chupacabra
2012-07-25 The mystery of chupacabra — Wayback Machine
2012-07-25 AOU flushes whip-poor-will from chupacabra genus Wayback Machine
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Cobra Chicken
Cobra Chicken - [Fearsome Critter, Canada] — Wayback Machine
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Coleman Frog
The "Coleman Frog" Was A Massive, Whiskey-Swilling, Baked-Beans-Eating, Canadian Bullfrog — Wayback Machine — archive.today
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Coos Bay Cow-Whales
Coos Bay Cow-Whales — Wayback Machine
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Dahu
October 26, 2015 The legend of the ‘dahu’: the French mountain goat that does not exist — Wayback Machine
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Dingbat
1950 ca. Ripple-Skipper, Dingbat, Spoon-Bill and Shovel-Tailed Snow-Snake on display at “The Friendly Buckhorn,” Rice Lake, Wis. 34296 postcard — Wayback Machine
Dingbat" In Flight — Wayback Machine
1950 ca. ON DISPLAY AT “THE FRIENDLY BUCKHORN” A “DINGBAT” FLUSHED FROM ITS WILD AND WOLLY LAIR WEST OF RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN 27309 postcard — Wayback Machine
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Drop Bear
November 22, 2016 What are 'drop bears' and why has one town named a street after them? — Wayback Machine
March 31, 2013 Can’t bear ‘em: how GPS is helping to track drop bears — Wayback Machine
July 15, 2021 Where did the drop bear myth come from? — Wayback Machine
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Elbegricksel
2016-11-11 The Scribbler: Coming to a stage near you, The Elusive Elbegricksels — Wayback Machine
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Flying Jackalopes
Flying — Wayback Machine
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Four-eared Jackalope
16.10.15 Is This Four-Eared 'Jackalope' Bunny a Nuclear Mutant? We Asked a Park Ranger — Wayback Machine
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Fresno Nightcrawlers
May 23, 2019 Where are the Nightcrawlers? — Wayback Machine
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Freshwater Octopus
Sep 18, 2021 Incredible! Rare Freshwater Octopus Spotted in Kentucky's Rivers, How Did it Get There? — Wayback Machine
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Fur-bearing Fish

Fur Herring
Tall-tale Postcard: Fur Herring — Wayback Machine
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Giant Sky Clams
Jun 9 Creature Feature Friday: Giant Sky Clams — archive.today
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Giwoggle
The Giwoggle Keystone Folklore Quarterly v.8 1963 pp. 44-48
2016-10-26 The story of the swamp angel — Wayback Machine
2023-09-26 Creepy (and one weepy) creatures in the PA Wilds — Wayback Machine
2023-09-26 Meet the Giwoggle, official monster of a Pa. county — Wayback Machine
2018-04-06 The Giwoggle: Clinton County’s Official Monster — Wayback Machine
2023-10-13 The Giwoggle – Clinton County’s official monster
2024-09-12 A freed slave in Pa. once fought monsters and ghosts, legend claims — Wayback Machine
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Glawackus
2018-02-02 Son of 'caveman,' Springfield bookstore president Charlie Johnson marks 90th birthday — Wayback Machine
2021-01-14 Remembering the Dreaded Glawackus: The Mystery Creature Who Enchanted CT and the Berkshires — Wayback Machine
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Green Squirrel

Amble, Michigan
2019-11-05 Michigan Town Terrorized by Monster Green Squirrel — Wayback Machine
2019-11-05 Michigan Town Terrorized by Monster Green Squirrel — Wayback Machine
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Guffin
Guffin — Wayback Machine
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Gumberoo
2019-10-29 The Pacific Northwest Is Crawling With Cryptids, and Not Just Bigfoot. Here’s How to Dress Like One of Oregon’s Other Monsters for Halloween. — Wayback Machine
2024-02-07 What is the Gumberoo in ‘Project: Cryptid’ #3? — Wayback Machine
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Gyascutus
Before Big Foot, The Mysterious Gyascutus of Vermont — Wayback Machine
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Hoop snake
The Hoop Snake Story Wayback Machine
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Illinois
1973-11-01 Yeti‐Like ‘Monster’ Gives Staid Town in Illinois a Fright — Wayback Machine
Monster hunting in southern Illinois at Alton, Murphysboro, Harrisburg, Enfield, Mt. Vernon and more … and why not Bigfoot while we’re at it? — Wayback Machine
Monsters of Illinois: Mysterious Creatures in the Prairie State
Chapter 1 Monsters of Illinois: Mysterious Creatures in the Prairie State — Wayback Machine
Chapter 2 Cover — Wayback Machine
Chapter 3 Title Page — Wayback Machine
Chapter 4 Copyright Page
Chapter 5 Contents — Wayback Machine
Chapter 6 Introduction — Wayback Machine
Chapter 7 Bigfoot in Illinois — Wayback Machine
Chapter 8 The Big Muddy Monster — Wayback Machine
Chapter 9 The Enfield Horror — Wayback Machine
Chapter 10 Mysterious Menagerie of Panthers, Lions, and Kangaroos
Chapter 11 Nellie the Lion — Wayback Machine
Chapter 12 Illinois’s Phantom Kangaroos — Wayback Machine
Chapter 13 Illinois Water Creatures — Wayback Machine
Chapter 14 The Legend of the Piasa Bird — Wayback Machine
Chapter 15 Thunderbirds over Illinois — Wayback Machine
Chapter 16 The Lawndale Thunderbird Attack — Wayback Machine
Chapter 17 Phantom Attackers — Wayback Machine
Chapter 18 The Mysterious Blue Phantom — Wayback Machine
Chapter 19 Illinois Vampires — Wayback Machine
Chapter 20 The Mad Gasser of Mattoon — Wayback Machine
Chapter 21 Bibliography — Wayback Machine
Chapter 22 About the Author — Wayback Machine
Chapter 23 Other Titles in the Series — Wayback Machine
Chapter 24 Back Cover — Wayback Machine
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Indiana
2018-10-31 Hoosier Monsters and Where to Find Them — Wayback Machine
2018-10-22 CRYPTIDS OF INDIANA — Wayback Machine
2018-10-23 Cryptids of Indiana — Wayback Machine
The Gullywompus and the Pukwudgie — Wayback Machine
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Invisible Snake
2018-02-02 Son of 'caveman,' Springfield bookstore president Charlie Johnson marks 90th birthday — Wayback Machine
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Jackalope
2022-06-25 A Jackalope Sighting in Utah? Horned Rabbits are the Mascots of the American West, but are they Real? — Wayback Machine
2023-06-11 The Mighty Jackalope: Wyoming's Version Of Bigfoot Or The Loch Ness Monster — Wayback Machine
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KFC 6-legged Chicken
Does KFC Use Mutant Chickens? — Wayback Machine
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Kickle Snifters
FC: Kickle Snifter — Wayback Machine
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Mayfly Squid
The Florida Freshwater Squid — Wayback Machine
2020-12-02 Jeff VanderMeer on the Saga of The Festival of the Freshwater Squid — Wayback Machine
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Mountain Creature Caught Running Behind Google Car
2021-01-16 Mountain Creature Caught Running Behind Google Car — Wayback Machine
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Mount Vernon Monster
1979-05-12 The Mount Vernon Monster — Wayback Machine
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Mucket
2020-03-28 Haddam’s Mucket Madness Day to fete mystical creature with fearsome teeth — Wayback Machine
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Ogopogo
9 December 2010 WHEN OGOPOGO WAS GOING FOR A SONG! — Wayback Machine
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Ohio
The 11 Most Bizarre Mythical Creatures From Ohio — Wayback Machine
2015-11-29 Ohio’s 11 Unbelievable Monster Sightings — Wayback Machine
Haunted Ohio
Mysterious Beasts, Part 1, The Mammals — Wayback Machine
The Death Bug of Chicago and other Mystery Insects: Mysterious Beasts: Part 2 — Wayback Machine
Birds of Mystery and Legend: Mysterious Beasts, Part 3 — Wayback Machine
Mystery Fish and Aquatic Enigmas: Mysterious Beasts, Part 4 — Wayback Machine
Mystery Reptiles: Mysterious Beasts, Part 5 — Wayback Machine
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Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper
Tall-tale Postcard: Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper — Wayback Machine
1950 ca. Ripple-Skipper, Dingbat, Spoon-Bill and Shovel-Tailed Snow-Snake on display at “The Friendly Buckhorn,” Rice Lake, Wis. 34296 postcard — Wayback Machine
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Ozark Howler
2015-12-15 'Ozark Howler' sighting at Devils Den? Game & Fish say photos are a 'hoax' — Wayback Machine
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Pickaliker
Pickaliker - [Fearsome Critter]
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Rhinogradentia
Rhinogrades, snouters (Rhinogradentia) — Wayback Machine
March 31, 2007 At last, the rhinogradentians (part I) — Wayback Machine
April 1, 2007 When snouters attack (or... rhinogradentians part II — Wayback Machine
2019-07-03 Zoology’s Favorite Hoax Was an Island Rat That Hopped on Its Nose — Wayback Machine
23.01.1962 Schneuzender Schniefling — Wayback Machine
Sep 11, 2019 About those snouters — Wayback Machine
Curiosities — Wayback Machine
Caminalcules, Snouters and Other Unusual Creatures Wayback Machine
2004 New Parasitic Species of Colonial Rhinogradentia
2004 BIOLOGIYA MORYA
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Pacific Tree Octopus
2018-09-12 Beware of the Tree Octopus — Wayback Machine
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Plastic Bag Jellyfish
2022-08-23 Plastic Bag Jellyfish
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Ray cat
10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Resettlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories
10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Resettlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don’t Change Color, Kitty) — Wayback Machine
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Sea Rabbit
2013-04-01 Sea Rabbits Swim Ashore in Coney Island, Up For Adoption — Wayback Machine
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Sewer Alligator
Tribute to NYC's Sewer Alligator — Wayback Machine
Sewer 'gators - [Urban legend|Cryptid|Critter] — archive.today
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Smeet Frog
Spring 2014 Legend of the Smeet Frog — Wayback Machine
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Snawfus
Snawfus — Wayback Machine
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Shovel-Tailed Snow Snake
Folk Art Shovel-Tailed Snow Snake Real Photo Postcard — Wayback Machine
1950 ca. Ripple-Skipper, Dingbat, Spoon-Bill and Shovel-Tailed Snow-Snake on display at “The Friendly Buckhorn,” Rice Lake, Wis. 34296 postcard — Wayback Machine
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Skvader

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Snallygaster
Snallygaster – The Wild Monster of North American Folklore
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Splintercat
Story of the Splintercat — Wayback Machine
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Split Dog
The Split Dog
Spoon-bill
1950 ca. Ripple-Skipper, Dingbat, Spoon-Bill and Shovel-Tailed Snow-Snake on display at “The Friendly Buckhorn,” Rice Lake, Wis. 34296 postcard — Wayback Machine
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Squonk
2019-01-05 Pennsylvania's squonk is 'the homeliest animal in the world': Monsters of Pennsylvania — Wayback Machine
2023-09-09 What is a squonk? Pa.’s ‘quaint’ beast cries over how ugly it is — Wayback Machine
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Tailypo
Tailypo - [Fearsome Critter]
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Tizzy-Whizie
2018-09-11 The Tizzie-Whizie: A Legend of the Lake District — Wayback Machine
Tizzy-Whizie - The Fairy hedgehogs of Bowness bay — Wayback Machine
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Tuttle Bottoms Monster
2010-11-02 Shadows of the Shawnee investigates Tuttle Bottoms Monster — Wayback Machine
2013-08-06 First Tuttle Bottoms Monster report? — Wayback Machine
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Wmpahoofus
2021-04-01 Curious Nature: Right-sided sidehill wampahoofus spotted in Eagle Valley — Wayback Machine
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All Westerners are stalwart (and other tall tales)
Bucky-Jack-a-Pheas, Jackalope, Fur-bearing Trout, Sidehill Gouger, Wampus Kitty
2008-05-12 All Westerners are stalwart (and other tall tales) — Wayback Machine
2008-05-16 All Westerners are stalwart (and other tall tales) — Wayback Machine
2008-05-17 Tall tales indigenous t The Herald Journal ( Logan, UT), p. A4
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Oct. 20, 2015 Original drawing of legendary Wolf Woman of Mobile discovered in archives — Wayback Machine
October 19, 2017 Mayor of Vegreville: “Shit shit shit, is the egg hatching?!” — Wayback Machine
https://richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-chessie-the-chesapeake-bay-sea-monster/article_e3ddff32-9407-5773-87eb-da4e23478159.html?fbclid=IwAR0peOBTm_Nh51QpAm193yRkvrwbjH6IDBQHhfn2nfM7_5psMhSgQxhioAM
— Wayback Machine

Fearsome Critters Omline Archive

General

Altamaha-ha

Albatwitch

Annepogo

Blush spider

Bungonia Bear

Canadian Spiderbat

Carmel Area Creature

Chupacabra

Cobra Chicken

Coleman Frog

Coos Bay Cow-Whales

Dahu

Dingbat

Drop Bear

Elbegricksel

Flying Jackalopes

Four-eared Jackalope

Fresno Nightcrawlers

Freshwater Octopus

Fur-bearing Fish

Fur Herring

Giant Sky Clams

Giwoggle

Glawackus

Green Squirrel

Amble, Michigan

Guffin

Gumberoo

Gyascutus

Hoop snake

Illinois

Monsters of Illinois: Mysterious Creatures in the Prairie State

Indiana

Invisible Snake

Jackalope

KFC 6-legged Chicken

Kickle Snifters

Mayfly Squid

Mountain Creature Caught Running Behind Google Car

Mount Vernon Monster

Mucket

Ogopogo

Ohio

Haunted Ohio

Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper

Ozark Howler

Pickaliker

Rhinogradentia

Pacific Tree Octopus

Plastic Bag Jellyfish

Ray cat

Sea Rabbit

Sewer Alligator

Smeet Frog

Snawfus

Shovel-Tailed Snow Snake

Skvader

Snallygaster

Splintercat

Split Dog

Spoon-bill

Squonk

Tailypo

Tizzy-Whizie

Tuttle Bottoms Monster

Wmpahoofus