Craziest Humanoid Cryptids by State

Huggin' Molly started in Abbeville, where a restaurant exists.The restaurant is named after her.The legend goes that Molly appears to children at night. She grabs kids, squeezes them tight in her arms, and screams in their ears. People claim she stands seven feet tall and wears black clothes with a wide-brimmed hat or hood.The legend goes that Molly appears to children at night. She grabs kids, squeezes them tight in her arms, and screams in their ears. People claim she stands seven feet tall and wears black clothes with a wide-brimmed hat or hood.Molly appears to children at night. She grabs a hold of the kids, squeezes them tightly in her arms, and screams in their ears. She is purported to be seven feet tall and wears black clothing with a wide-brimmed hat or hood.

The Qalupalik are creatures from Inuit legend.Qalupalik are creatures from Inuit legend. They have long hair, green skin, and long fingernails. The Qalupalik snatch away disobedient children and keep them underwater forever.The Qalupalik snatch away disobedient children and keep them underwater forever.The Qalupalik snatch away disobedient children and keep them underwater forever.

The Mogollon Monster is Arizona's Bigfoot version. It roams the Mogollon Rim, an escarpment near the New Mexico border. The beast stands about seven feet tall, has long, matted hair, and is reported to smell awful.The Mogollon Monster is reported to smell awful.The Mogollon Monster is reported to smell awful.

The Fouke Monster, also called the "Southern Sasquatch," comes from Fouke, Arkansas. Like other Bigfoot cryptids, the Fouke stands about seven feet tall, has hair, and smells terrible. This Arkansas version is reportedly quite violent.The Fouke Monster is reportedly quite violent.The Fouke provided the basis for the film The Legend of Boggy Creek.The Fouke provided the basis for the film The Legend of Boggy Creek.Arkansas: Fouke Monster is listed among the craziest humanoid cryptids by state.

The Fresno Nightcrawlers get their name from a surveillance video.A surveillance video surfaced in 2008, showing a creature with all legs. The creatures are thought to be the same as those in certain Native American folklore.The Fresno Nightcrawlers get their name from a surveillance video. A video surfaced in 2008, showing a creature with all legs. The creatures are believed to match those in certain Native American folklore.The Fresno Nightcrawlers get their name from a surveillance video. The creatures are believed to match those in certain Native American folklore.California: Fresno Nightcrawlers is listed among the craziest humanoid cryptids by state.

Tommyknockers are tiny elf-like beings. In Colorado, they are the spirits of dead miners who make knocking sounds to warn living miners of danger. Other legends say the Tommyknockers are mischievous entities who steal from miners or cause minor mayhem. Stephen King had his own take on the legend.Other legends say the Tommyknockers are mischievous entities who steal from miners or cause minor mayhem.Other legends say the Tommyknockers are mischievous entities who steal from miners or cause minor mayhem. Stephen King had his own take on the legend.

The Melon Heads are one of the few cryptids with some genuine evidence for existence.The Melon Heads have genuine evidence supporting their existence.The Melon Heads are also prominent in Ohio and Michigan. They are large-headed, short beings. They are either shy and reclusive or malicious and aggressive, depending on the legend. Some wild origins suggest the beings are government experiments gone wrong or human-alien hybrids.

The Mhuwe legend comes from the Native American tribe that gave the state its name.Native Languages describe the monster like this:Native Languages describes the monster like this:

Florida's Bigfoot, the Skunk Ape follows where ape-like cryptids are: big, hairy, and stinky. This smell is the Skunk Ape's main trait. Witnesses compare this smell to a skunk, giving it its name. Witnesses often say it smells "rancid" or "putrid," like rotting food or dead flesh.Witnesses often say the Skunk Ape smells "rancid" or "putrid," like rotting food or dead flesh.The Skunk Ape smells "rancid" or "putrid," like rotting food or dead flesh.

Two men claimed to find a dead Bigfoot-like creature near a northern Georgia forest in August 2008. That claim proved to be a big hoax.Georgia: Frozen Bigfoot is listed among the craziest humanoid cryptids by state.but for just a moment, cryptozoologists believed the proof of this urban legend might have finally surfaced.

These mythical little people, who range in height from six inches to two feet, are said to be excellent and industrious buildersexcellent and industrious builders, who can construct and engineer structures overnight.

There have been numerous encounters with humanoid aliens in the Gem State, going back as far as the 1950s. In many of these incidents, strange ""non-human entities" were observed either inside their spacecrafts, or standing near them. The beings in each individual sighting bore a striking resemblance to one another, with anincident in 1967 perhaps being the closest look at these creatures reported:

"Its face was oval and heavily pitted and creased. Two small, round eyes and a straight, slit-like mouth completed the facial features. Large ears stood high on the hairless head."

There were also a spate of sightings in 2013, in which "human-like figures" wearing either white or black suits were observed "in formation" near bright, shining objects.

A small creature, roughly three feet in height, with a small body, small arms, and "pink eyes as big as flashlights," terrorized the small town of Enfield, Illinois, in 1973. The animal was said to have leapt forty feet in just three bounds. A similar creature was spotted in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, forty miles from Enfield, between 1941 and 1942.

In 1988, a boy living in Knox, Indiana, observed a UFO in his yard in the middle of the night. He states that a being emerged from the craft and began walking toward his house:

This ape-like cryptid, not unlike Sasquatch, is mostly associated with Ohio, though he has reportedly made appearances in Iowa as well. He is describedas being seven feet tall, weighing 300 pounds, and leaving three-toed footprints. Grassman is so named because he is most commonly observed walking through tall grass.

Beaman is said to be a kind of hybrid between Bigfoot and a wolf, though not necessarily a traditional wolfman or werewolf - a wereape, perhaps? Beaman hangs out in the forests near Kansas City, meaning he claims dual residency in Kansas and Missouri.

Whether a hallucination spurred by too much moonshine, a randy owl attack, or a genuine encounter with alien beings, we may never know. Regardless, the Kelly-Hopkinsville incident, in which a pair of families was terrorized over a twenty-four hour period by goblin or gremlin-like creatures in metallic clothing that could float, is one of the craziest cryptozoological stories on the books.

This beast roams the greater New Orleans area, and is said to be a variation of the werewolf myth, although while Rougarou has the head of a wolf, his body is said to be human. Among other origin tales, Rougarou is believed tohunt down and devourany Catholics who do not follow the rules of Lent.

A creature similar to Sasquatch, only more the size of a chimp, Argopelter's most distinctive feature are his arms, which are "Argopelter makes muscular whiplashes, snapping dead branches off and hurling them through the air like shells from a six-inch gun.One eyewitness reports this.Maine: Argopelter appears in the list 'Craziest Humanoid Cryptids by State'.

Folklore investigator Mark Opsasnick breaks down the three main origin stories for the Goatman.He explains the origin stories behind the Goatman.Maryland: Goatman appears in the list 'Craziest Humanoid Cryptids by State'.

One story claims the creature was half-man, half-animal, walking on two feet. Another part of the legend says it was a mad scientist. This scientist worked at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, experimenting on goats. The experiment went wrong, and he started attacking cars with an ax. He attacked anyone roaming the back roads of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. The third story says it was an old hermit. He retreated to the woods, seen walking alone at night along Fletchertown Road, and ran away when people approached.

The Dover Demon stands four feet tall. It lacks a nose or mouth. Large, orange-glowing eyes cover its face. Tendril-like fingers grow from its hands and feet.He madeMassachusetts: the Dover Demon has one appearance.The Dover Demon appeared in Dover, Massachusetts, in April 1977. Some people guess the demon might have also scared a gentleman in 1914.

Alison Hudson of Maryland saw the Goatman.Skeptoid describes the Dogman.Skeptoid describes the Michigan Dogman, a creature similar to the famous Rougarou of Louisiana.

The Minnesota Iceman is listed.He first appeared in 1968., when Ivan Sanderson supposedly "discovered" him.Ivan Sanderson wrote about the Minnesota Iceman. Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans called the Iceman the "missing link" between ape and human. The Iceman started circus and fair tours. Exhibitor Frank Hansen charged a quarter per person to see the creature.

A 1991 personal account details a teenager's encounter with a half-man, half-bat creature in Mantachi.The Man-Bat creature appears with a half-man, half-bat form in Mantachi. The beast first looked like a man in a long, black cloak; later, it took on a bat-like form with glowing red eyes.

Several encounters with Momo, short for Missouri monster, were reported between 1971 and 1972.Reports of the Momo were made between 1971 and 1972.Momo has a large, pumpkin-shaped head. Its body and face are covered in fur. It also makes unpleasant growling or gurgling sounds and emits a very bad odor.

The Greys began in June 1959 and lasted twenty days. wave of sightings, stalkings, and abduction attempts.The famed "greys" made these sightings. They are the most common form of extraterrestrial beings. The time these greys appear is strange, as they usually show up only a few times.

Some kangaroo sightings across the nation likely involve escaped zoo animals or pets. Descriptions of a giant kangaroo, similar to the prehistoric pNebraska features the rocoptodon.appearing in the Midwest suggests something much stranger.

Penelope is a thin woman with long arms and long legs. She looks like a witch or a zombie, with long, light-colored hair. She haunts the Sierra Nevada area.She haunts the Sierra Nevada areaNevada: Penelope emits a piercing, high-pitched scream. Locals know nothing about the woman's name or her origin.

Another Sasquatch-like creature exists.The Wood Devils are described as very skinny and covered in gray fur. These creatures also appear to be pack animals, often grouping together, unlike the single Bigfoot sightings common in most encounters.The Wood Devils appear in groups, showing they act like pack animals, unlike the single creature sightings typical of most Bigfoot encounters.

The Pinelands Preservation Alliance states: "Designated in 1938 as the country’s only state demon, the Jersey Devil is described as a kangaroo-like creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, bat-like wings, horns and a tail. For over 250 years, this mysterious creature prowls the marshes of Southern New Jersey and emerges periodically to rampage through towns and cities."

Spring-Heeled Jack, though mostly an English urban legend, has appeared globally, even in...it shows upSpring-Heeled Jack appeared in Silver City, New Mexico in 1938. Sometimes described with devilish traits, other times as a tall, thin man, Spring-Heeled Jack is known for leaping high into the air and traveling long distances by jumping.

The Cardiff Giant was later proven to be a hoax.The Cardiff Giant was discovered near Cardiff, NY.The Cardiff Giant held the nation's imagination for a time. It claimed to prove Bible statements about giants walking the earth. No archaeological evidence ever found this; the giant was made of gypsum.

These beings are.dwarf-like and possess large, round eyes.They get their name from this. The Moon-Eyed people build house-like mounds in the woods. These mounds serve as shelter and sources of great power and energy.

From North Dakota comes the Miniwashitu.These are Cryptidz.: "...also known as the"This is the Water Monster of the Missouri River., is a terrifying hairy beast that supposedly travels the Missouri River in central North Dakota.The Miniwashitu stands 7-8 feet tall. It has tough bison-like hide and fur. It has one eye and a single bison horn above it. It features elk-like hooves, human hands, and a jagged, spiny backbone like a Chupacabra's.

Half-man, half-frog. The Loveland Frogmen showed up in two reported encounters.In the two encounters reported with the Loveland Frogmen, the creatures did not seem hostile. In 1955, a group of Frogmen approached a local citizen on the road, causing him to call the police. The Frogmen vanished before the man returned with the authorities.The Loveland Frogmen, named for their looks in Loveland, Ohio, did not seem hostile to the creatures. In 1955, Frogmen approached a local citizen on the road. This made the citizen run to the police. The Frogmen vanished before the man returned with the authorities.

Stikinis are a legend from Seminole folklore. This legend reached Oklahoma when the Seminole people moved from their home in Florida. The video game Final Fantasy includes a version of the Stikini, so thewiki pageThe wiki page for the game features a solid breakdown of the creatures' origins:

"Stikini look like normal humans during the day. At night, they change into owls or other animals. They sneak into the woods and vomit their internal organs, which hang in a tree or hide somewhere. The Stikini then turns into an owl and flies to eat human hearts, ripping them from sleeping people through their mouths. The Stikini must get its organs back and swallow them to become human again. A Stikini's cry signals that death is near.

On December 30, 2013, aA video surfaced.It showed a strange creature resembling a hybrid of a man and a goblin. The creature in the video looks computer-generated. Still, an animal with this description could exist in Oregon woods with Sasquatch.

A strange, all-white Bigfoot creaturepeople have spotted it many timesaround the Carbondale, Pennsylvania, area. Some think this creature might be a young Sasquatch or a different type of cryptid. A famous video shows this creature.videoof this creature exists; though likely fake, it is well-made.

Rhode Island'sown version of Bigfootlacks features that set it apart from other Sasquatch creatures. It even has its ownblurry videocaptured by two men in the woods. Some legends are too good to change.

This Lizard Man is not linked to Lizard People, the race that controls the world by posing as politicians and officials. This guy stays in the swamps around Lee County and scares people in their cars, among other things.

Outside Eagle Butte, SC, a man driving home late saw a group of glowing red orbs circle his car. Then, he found a translucent being by the road. The entity reached through the man's windshield and touched his head. Hedescribes the creature this way:

"It was glowing like a real dim light bulb; you could see through it. Its eyes were human-sized, and its nose was long. It had a large mouth. Its arms looked like sticks, parallel and glowing. The two sticks appeared to shine. It stood about four feet tall, but its arms stretched."

Another creature stood next to this being:

"The other one, on the left side of the road, had a beastly, ugly face that looked wrinkled. It walked low like a goat about the size of one. It glowed too, reddish-brown, wide and narrow."

Theorized to be the escaped "ape man"specimen from a traveling freak showThe Tennessee Wild Man, possibly the ancestor of the Bigfoot race, first appeared in McNairy County during the 1800s. Descriptions show he is tall and hairy, yet much more human than his ape-like relatives.

The legend of El Chupacabra exists.This legend began in Puerto Rico.The creature moved through Latin America. It finally started appearing in southwest U.S. states, especially Texas.

A couplefaced an unknown creature's attack.In November 2010, they pulled over during an argument. The man stepped out for air and saw a figure like a bear charging toward their car fast. The animal looked hobbled, suggesting injury.

The man rushed back into the car, telling his girlfriend to speed up. She did, but the animal caught them easily. Closer inspection showed the creature was covered in thick black fur. Only its eyes showed, which bulged from its head like a praying mantis.

The Pigman of Northfield, VT, has a name: Sam Harris. Harris supposedly vanished the night before Halloween in 1951. Though never found, many suggest Harris became possessed by Satan that night, forcing him to stalk the woods forever. According toCryptids:

Sightings in 1966 and 1967 established Virginia's Mothman legend. It appears as a brown or white figure, possessing a man's body and moth wings. Its eyes glow red under light. Hollywood made this cryptid in 2002 with the Richard Gere film Tthe Mothman Prophecies.

The original Bigfoot was spotted across Washington state more times than anywhere else in the U.S. In 2014, there were573 encounters reportedpeople saw old Sasquatch. There are evenguides for Sasquatch sightings in Washington. The Cascades Mountains area offers the best place to catch Bigfoot in action.Sasquatch sightings occur in Washington. The Cascades Mountains region offers the best chance to catch Bigfoot.

On September 12, 1952, Flatwood, West Virginia, residents entered the woods to check a bright red flash they saw moments before. While shining a flashlight through the trees, one boy's beam hit an unknown figure.

Joe Nickell of Skeptical Inquirer writes:

"The light showed a tall, man-like figure with a round, red 'face' surrounded by a 'pointed, hood-like shape.' The body was dark and seemed colorless, but some later said it was green, and Mrs. May reported drape-like folds. The monster appeared only briefly; it suddenly made a hissing sound and moved toward the group. Lemon screamed and dropped his flashlight, causing everyone to run."

This creature, named after him, first showed near Bray Road, a country road outside Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in 1936. It shares traits with Michigan's Dogmen legend.It is described as a bear-dog hybrid.He appeared again in the '80s and '90s. This drew journalist Linda Godfrey to follow the story, and she wrote a book about the town's scary meetings with this cryptid.

Shoshone legend from Wyoming states the Nimerigar were a fierce race of people, standing under three feet tall, who attacked people with poisoned arrows.