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

Australia has its own version of the Yeti/Sasquatch known as the Bunyip. It is a large mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. Europeans recorded written accounts of bunyips in the early and mid-19th Century.

The mythical Chickcharney is a three-foot-tall creature resembling an owl that according to legends roamed an island in the Bahamas. In common legend, if a traveler meets a chickcharney and treats it well, they will be rewarded with good luck, while treating a chickcharney badly will result in bad luck and hard times. It is said that they make their nest by bringing several pine trees together and making their nest in the middle. Several of these tree formations have been sighted.

The Bonnacon is a mythological creature from European folklore that resembled a bull with inward-curving horns and a horse-like mane. Because its horns were useless for self-defense, the bonnacon was said to expel large amounts of caustic feces from its anus at its pursuers, burning them and thereby ensuring its escape.

In Japanese folklore, there is a yokai called Karakasa kozō who is a bouncing one-eyed umbrella that sneaks up on people and licks them.

Matshishkapeu, the most powerful spirit in Innu mythology whose name literally translates to "Fart Man". After the Caribou Master (Another powerful spirit) refused to give the Innu any caribou to eat Matshishkapeu cursed him with severe constipation, only curing him after he changed his mind.