Rumor or Reality: 35 Mysterious Cryptids That May (or Might Now) Exist

In Japanese folklore, there is a demon named Akaname that will come out at night and lick up the filth and grime from dirty bathrooms.

Chichevache is a mythical monster from European folklore that is said to devour only obedient wives and is therefore thin and starving. Its counterpart, bicorn, feeds on obedient and kind husbands and is said to be reputedly fat and plump.

According to Japanese urban legends, Aka Manto is an evil spirit that appears in public restrooms and asks people to choose between red or blue toilet paper after which it kills you depending on your choice, lacerations for red and strangulation for blue.

There is a terrifying creature in American Folklore called a “hidebehind” that was used to explain the disappearance of early loggers of North American forests.

A Chilean cryptid called the Huallepen is a chimera resembling that of a cow/seal/sheep that can allegedly cause physical deformities of infants born to mothers who see it.

Krasue is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests itself as a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs hanging down from the neck, trailing below the head.

A Shachihoko is an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp. It was believed that this animal could cause the rain to fall, and as such, temples and castles were often adorned with shachihoko roof ornaments in order to protect them from fire.

Trickster is a cryptid figure in Native American folklore that according to legend has such a long penis that he keeps it in a box which he carries on his back.

There is a mythical creature from Scottish mythology called a Nuckelavee. It is a sea demon that resembles a man's torso fused to a horse's back, and it has the ability to destroy crops and spread disease with its breath.

There is a fearsome creature in North American mythology named Axehandle hound that's basically a little puppy in the shape of an ax, and it hops about from camp to camp to eat the axehandles belonging to inattentive lumberjacks.