Cryptozoology
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Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular
Tombstone of Bernard Heuvelmans, the "father of cryptozoology", at Le Vésinet cemetery
A frame from the Patterson–Gimlin film (1967), whose filmmakers claimed to feature Bigfoot in Northern California. Bigfoot is a popular figure in cryptozoology.
Jersey Devil
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In South Jersey and Philadelphia folklore in the United States, the Jersey Devil, also known as the Leeds Devil, is a legendary creature, or cryptid, said to inhabit the forests of the New Jersey Pine
Cryptozoology
…existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the mokele-mbembe. Cryptozoologists refer to these entities as cryptids, a term coined by the subculture. Because it does not follow the scientific…
The board game Fearsome Wilderness depicting the Jersey Devil
Japhet Leeds House on Moss Mill Road in Leeds Point, New Jersey, c. 1937