Farmers claim a terrifying creature is attacking their children. Destination Truth s4e4
An outbreak of violent incidents along the River Nile just west of Luxor near the village of Armant. Witnesses blame these attacks on something they call the Sal’awa, Arabic for scary wolf. ibid.
Josh and his team brave the icy frontier of Southern Russia on their global quest to find evidence of Bigfoot. Following new sightings of this Siberian snowman the team races across this frozen wasteland. Destination Truth s4e5
The untamed island nation of Madagascar where local villagers say a small but terrifying creature is on the attack. Destination Truth s4e6
Eye witnesses across Madagascar have reported run-ins with a small hideous creature called the Kalanoro. ibid.
Eye witnesses describe the creature as short, hairy and humanoid. Standing just three feet tall. ibid.
A legendary massive monster bat called the Fangalobolo – believed to swoop down and scalp unsuspecting villagers at night ... Up to four feet tall with a more than six foot wingspan. Destination Truth s4e8
A news report from Buenos Aires stated that an unknown creature has been spotted multiple times across the Argentine countryside, dubbed the Ucumar. Destination Truth s4e10
Heavy, multi-coloured fur keeps the animal warm in high elevations. ibid.
In 2009 a mysterious creature came out of nowhere and created a massive international buzz ... In the remote Panamanian village of Cerro Azul a group of boys had a terrifying face to face encounter with a slimy hairless beast that emerged from a riverside cave near where they were playing. Destination Truth s4e11
The photos found their way online. ibid.
The Embera [tribe] have told tales of this creature for generations. ibid.
An ancient sea monster has turned into a modern-day menace. Destination Truth s4e13
Below the surface of its crystal clear waters swims a mystery thousands of years old. Ancient mythology is rich with tales of sea monsters that dragged sailors down to a watery grave. Now a recent spate of sightings has many terrified that a timeless legend has re-emerged as a modern-day reality. ibid.
In the jungles of Thailand locals believe in a creature known as the Naree Pon ... With recent reports of villagers disappearing into the jungles after the Naree Pom the legend was ripe for investigation. ibid.
Tales of the Naree Pon are for ever interwoven into Buddhist philosophy ... These undeniably physical remains are worshipped by the faithful. ibid.
As human we are curious ... We have almost a drive to explain things. Professor Gale Kenny UCLA
As a cryptozoologist you start usually with the stories. Scott Norman, president Crypto Safari
Cryptozoology is such a great attraction because it has it is at the cutting edge of zoology. Richard Freeman, The Centre for Fortean Zoology
What could be more interesting than discovering new species of animals? Richard Freeman
Lake Kolowna [British Columbia] ... And apparently the abode of one of the world’s most frequently glimpsed monsters: Ogopogo. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
Oddly, almost all of the world’s Monster Lakes lie away from the tropics. ibid.
Does this film shot in 1936 show the Loch Ness monster? Did it surface once more forty-one years later, captured again by the camera? Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
R Kenneth Wilson snapped the most famous Loch Ness monster of them all. Also in 1934 this strange photograph – is it a flipper? And does this 1977 picture show the monster’s head and neck? ibid.
Then came the startling head, neck and flipper shots of 1975. ibid.
Over the centuries there have been reports of the so-called Great Sea Serpent. Scores of captains have recorded such sightings in their ship’s logs. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
Precise drawings were made of the Stronsay Beast at the time, and its dimensions were carefully measured. More than fifty witnesses swore to what they had seen. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World, Rothiesholm Head, Stronsay, 1808
The Holmes family believe they came face to face with the legendary Serpent of the Sea. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
In 1951 photographs of footprints were taken on the borders of Tibet by the late Eric Shipton and Dr Michael Ward. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
We were going along and all of a sudden we heard a disturbance in the water and we saw this mound come up out of the water. Well you’ve seen these motorway tractor units with their very large tyres ... Well if you can imagine one of those being released from out the water and then shooting up under its own propulsion. Bramwell Holmes, televised interview
We could see that it had two shallow humps three or four feet long. And then it had a small head. It had a thin neck and a small head which was dipping in the water and looking around. It was like some sort of prehistoric monster that you see. A huge size. Absolutely huge. Incredible. Andy Holmes, televised interview
I guess it looked pretty much like a long snake-like thing with fins on it. And at first sight of it I saw a head about a foot and a half long, about eight, nine inches wide. And it had large cat-like eyes ... John Andrews, Vancouver, Canada
We noticed something big caught in the nets. It was a red fleshy object which smelt very strongly. We didn’t know what it was. Captain Akira Tanaka
We’ve seen whales and we’ve seen dolphins and all that sort of thing, but this was nothing like that at all. This was a like a prehistoric monster. John Cox, televised interview
This animal showed no signs of rotting; it was absolutely complete, unmarked. The monster measured approximately twenty-eight feet from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail; the body as it lay on the ground was approximately five to six feet deep ... The animal had teeth. Charles Rankin, Gourock, River Clyde Scotland, borough surveyor who ordered destruction and burial of Beast during war-time
There’s been sightings around these shores for hundreds of years. And a lot in this century, particularly in the first decade of the century when the early steamships were around. Sheila Bird, author Tales of Old Cornwall
There was this gigantic sea creature with a small head, a long neck, and an enormous hump. Sheila Bird, sighting with brother
A small head that rose up on a long neck and then one hump behind it, two humps, third hump came up ... People accused me of inventing it. Except that a lot of other people were seeing it as well. Tony Doc Shields, Parsons Beach, Cornwall
In 1876 the West Briton newspaper reported that fishermen from Falmouth had found a huge sea snake curled around their lobster pots but had thrown it back into the sea ... Witnesses continue to come forward. Strange But True?
A most terrible creature, resembling nothing they saw before. The monster lifted its head so high that it seemed to be higher than the crow's nest on the mainmast. The head was small and the body short and wrinkled. The unknown creature was using giant fins which propelled it through the water. Later the sailors saw its tail as well. The monster was longer than our whole ship. Hans Egede, Dano-Norwegian missionary, sighting off Greenland 1734
Loch Ness: For centuries it’s been home to one of the most enduring legends. Hundreds of eye witnesses have reported a monster moving through these waters, yet countless scientific studies have failed to find it. Philippe Cousteau, The Loch Ness Monster Revealed, Discovery Science 2015
It’s the perfect place for a monster to hide. ibid.
The Loch Ness monster is famous all over the world ... It’s a timeless brand because the monster has been around for ever. It’s a prehistoric dinosaur; it will be around for some time to come. Dr David Martin-Jones, University of St Andrews
The Loch Ness monster has a great deal to do with the international, the global, identity of Scotland. Dr David Martin-Jones
Here is the most unusual film of recent years. It proves the existence of a monster in Loch Ness ... We saw the grey water suddenly heave and the monster cut through them at lightning speed. Scottish Films Productions, Things That Happen: The Loch Ness Monster, September 1936