Mysterious Creatures

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This cat-like creature was thought responsible for the death of over 200 farm animals over a 5 month period in England in 1987.  The creature pictured above was sighting numerous times and was clocked running up to 35 MPH.  The creature was also able to leap over 6 foot high fences without a problem.  There aren't supposed to be any large cats still living in regions where this animals was sighted.

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The Mongolian Death Worm, aka Allghoi Khorkhoi, was first sighted in 1926 in the Southern Gobi Desert in Mongolia.  It is described as a thick-bodied worm about 2 to 4 feet long.  The creature is reported to be able to spray a acid like substance that causes death instantly.  It is also claimed that this creature has the ability to kill from a distance with some sort of super charged electrical charge.  Numerous Mongolians have reported seeing this creature including a Mongolian Premier.  The creature is reported to hibernate during most of the year except for June and July when it becomes active.

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This creature was killed on the Venezuela/Colunbia border in 1917 by Francois De Loys and his party.  This creature appears to be a very man-like ape.  It has never been identified as a known species.  De Loys group was attack by these creatures and they shot and killed one of them.  The creature was about 5 ft tall and had a very human like appearance and movements.  The size and shape of the creatures forehead show that it isn't even closely related to known primates of South America.    Could this creature be the missing link between man and ape ?  Is this creature or one of it's relatives responsible for the bigfoot/yeti sightings ?

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The picture above was taken in 1959 by a Belgium helicopter pilot, Col. Remy Van Lierde, while on patrol over the congo.  The snake he saw measured approximately 40 to 50 feet in length, dark brown/green with a white belly.  It had triangle shaped jaws and a head about 3 ft x 2 ft.  Experts have analyzed the pictures and have verified them as authentic.  They also have verified the size of the creature by matching ground features to the snake.  As the helicopter flew in lower the snake raised up 10 feet and looked as if it would strike at the helicopter if they flew any closer.

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This unknown animal washed ashore after a 3 day violent storm in Ataka, Egypt in 1950.  The creature has yet to be identified by marine biologists or zoologists.

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In 1976, the US navy caught this unknown species of shark.  The 1 ton shark was dubbed "Mega Mouth" due to it's rather unique jaws.  This animal is now considered a new species of shark that has been previously unknown to man until it's discovery in 1976. Another Megamouth shark  has been caught off the Philippines on 20 Feb. 1998.  This is the 11th one of these sharks to be caught since 1976.

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The creature that has been sighted in Canada's Lake Okanagan is known to the locals as Ogopogo.  This creature is considered the Nessie of North America.  The numerous sightings date back to 1850 and still continue to this day.  The creature is described as a large, dark colored animal with a long neck and a humped back.  In 1968, Art Folden video taped Ogopogo while it swam across the lake.  In 1976, the above photo was taken of Ogopogo by  Ed Fletcher of Vancouver.  On that day he chased the creature up and down the lake for several hours taking pictures of it.

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Scientists have identified what they believe is the largest octopus ever seen, a 13 foot long giant hauled from the depths near New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands.

The dead specimen, caught in a trawler's net, was badly damaged but it was clearly a massive animal, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)marine biologist Steve O'Shea.

"It would easily have been four-plus meters in total length and a weight of 70-75 kg (154-165 pounds), if not more -- it's a very big octopus, the size of a fully mature male giant squid." O'Shea had provisionally identified the specimen, caught at a depth of more than 3,000 feet, as Haliphron Atlanticus, a bright red, jelly-like species of octopus not previously found in the South Pacific.

Juveniles of the species had been found in shallow northern waters, with adults believed to live at a depth of around 250 meters so the discovery (news - web sites) was unusual, he said.

"It's extremely deep, it's extremely large, it's the first recorded in the South Pacific, it may not even be the species we've attributed to it at this point in time -- I've got a lot more work to do on it."

People had been amazed when he relayed the details of the creature, O'Shea said.

"But down here in New Zealand, this is an area which is so poorly explored that its not surprising that we're getting all these weird and wonderful animals.

"The frightening thing is that we are getting an animal like this newly reported in New Zealand waters today...so new and large, you've got to sit down and ask yourself 'What is it we know about the deep sea environment?'," O'Shea said.

Octopuses are one of the most diverse creatures on earth, with several hundred species worldwide and more than 40 species found in New Zealand waters alone.

The Chathams are a windswept group of islands around 530 miles east of Christchurch, home to around 800 people engaged in sheep farming and fishing.

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The Lusca is a creature that the people of the Bahamas have seen for years.  It matches the description of a giant octopus.  Is that possible ?  Pictured above are the remains of a unknown species of giant octopus ? While we know that giant squids do exist, it has never been confirmed that a giant octopus does, in fact, exist.  The octopus would be more likely to attack ships and sailors than a squid would, so if there is a giant variety of the species, this could add credibility to stories of giant squid/octopus' attacking ships.  The Kraken was a sea serpent that was seen by thousands of sailors.  The Kraken description matches that of the giant squid.  How many "Kraken" attacks were the work of an giant octopus ?  An estimate on the size of the corpse in the picture if it was an octopus would make the octopus 150 to 200 feet tip to tip of the tentacles. The cell samples of the corpse were taken to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and tested.  The cells of the creature were not identical to, but very closely resembled the octopus more than any other type of sea creature.