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Stories people have photographed, investigated, argued over and never quite buried. Some have reasonable answers. Some still leave just enough room to keep looking.
06 open casesLast reviewed 23 Aug 2026
Case 001 // Scotland
Lake cryptid · Unconfirmed
The Loch Ness Monster.
The modern search started in 1933. Photographs, sonar returns and eyewitness reports have kept it alive ever since, but none have confirmed an unknown animal.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
- Modern record
- 1933–present
- Recorded reports
- 1,177
- Case status
- Open / Unconfirmed
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Case 002 // Seattle
Contemporary folklore · Identified animal
Jimothy.
A short-bodied raccoon became Seattle's living urban legend in July 2026. The species is known, the suspected condition is not diagnosed and the folklore is unmistakably real.
- Location
- Ballard, Seattle
- Public emergence
- July 2026
- Species
- Common raccoon
- Case status
- Identified / Active
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Case 003 // Ohio
Regional folklore · Evidence disputed
The Loveland Frog.
Three grey figures, four little men and one likely tailless iguana became a single Ohio legend. The reports survive. Physical evidence of an unknown animal does not.
- Location
- Loveland, Ohio
- Historical record
- 1955–present
- Physical evidence
- None located
- Case status
- Disputed / Active
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Case 004 // Northern Woodlands
Indigenous tradition · Modern image transformed
Wiindigoo / Wîhtikow.
Before the antlers, this was a living warning about winter, hunger, greed and broken obligations—not an unknown animal waiting to be discovered.
- Context
- Northern Woodlands
- Traditions
- Community-specific
- Zoological evidence
- Not applicable
- Case status
- Living / Reclassified
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Case 005 // Wyoming
Tall tale · Origin documented
The Jackalope.
A taxidermy mount became the American West's perfect impossible animal. The folklore is real, the origin is traceable and the species remains unsupported.
- Modern center
- Douglas, Wyoming
- Modern origin
- Early 1930s
- Physical objects
- Composite mounts
- Case status
- Explained / Cultural
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Case 006 // West Virginia
Sighting wave · Prophecy separated
The Mothman.
Four witnesses and a man-sized bird entered the newspaper record in November 1966. The encounter remains unidentified; the Silver Bridge prophecy came later.
- Modern center
- Point Pleasant, WV
- First report
- 15 Nov 1966
- Physical evidence
- None verified
- Case status
- Documented / Unconfirmed
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How the archive works.
01The report
What was claimed, when it entered the record and who recorded it.
02The evidence
Photographs, testimony, instruments and scientific work kept in separate categories.
03The reading
What holds up, what does not and what honestly remains unresolved.