Dr. Carl Sagan once stated that the absence of evidence does not mean that evidence is absent. Thought processes like this give hope to people seeking to find things that aren’t yet proven by science.

Cryptozoology has long fascinated people by exploring the possibility that mysterious creatures might exist beyond what our science has documented. In a world where it can feel like everything has ...

Tales of mysterious creatures have long been part of southern Illinois folklore. Now those legends are finding new life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late 1880s, a mysterious creature haunted Clark Alley in York, disguising itself as a horse thief, a boy selling newspapers ...

Bue, who works a day job as a technical writer and is a certified volunteer naturalist through the Ohio State University, traces her cryptozoology origins back to one fateful day in 2012.

On Nov. 2, a hunter in Newberry County claimed he encountered a giant, hairy beast while traipsing through the woods. It was at least 7 feet tall, with long arms a-swinging. It wasn't one of those ...

Cryptids are animals that some people claim are for real but rarely have tangible evidence to prove it. Humans are gullible creatures, choosing to believe lots of stuff that can’t be proven. Go to ...

Sometimes we see the things that go bump in the night, sometimes we don’t. But does that mean they don’t exist? For cryptozoologists, pondering the existence of mysterious creatures is a modus ...

Among the 50 cryptid animals and beasts introduced in this guide are some that actually do—or once did—exist. Alongside the real creatures (the extinct aquatic coelacanth and the squirrellike isothrix ...

Whether it’s Bigfoot, the Big Muddy Monster, creatures from the watery deep among urban legends, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Sharp Museum wants all artists to put their best ...