Also called Altie, the Altamaha-ha is an aquatic cryptid reportedly found in the Altamaha River in southern Georgia. First discovered by native Americans, the Altamaha-ha is described as having front flippers, but no back limbs, swimming like a dolphin or porpoise.
The Gloucester sea serpent is a cryptid seen around and off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts and Cape Ann area. It is described as a giant serpent-like creature with humps along its back.
The "Demon Cat" (or "D.C.") is a famous Washington, D.C. ghost story—a menacing, spectral black cat reportedly seen in the U.S. Capitol basement before national tragedies. Witnesses describe it as starting as a normal-sized cat before expanding to an enormous, monstrous size with glowing yellow eyes, often vanishing or lunging.
The Mothman is a legendary winged creature, described by 1966-67 West Virginia witnesses as a 7-foot-tall, gray or black, humanoid figure with massive, moth-like wings, slender/muscular build, and glowing red eyes. It is known to fly over 100 mph, often without flapping, and is associated with premonitions of disaster.
The Boojum is a 1900s-era Appalachian cryptid inhabiting the Balsam Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina. Described as an 8-foot-tall, shaggy grey creature with a human-like face, it is similar to Bigfoot but known for hoarding mountain gems (rubies/emeralds) in stolen liquor jugs and lurking near mountain laurels to watch women
The Wampus cat (or "cattywampus") is a fearsome, cat-like cryptid from Appalachian folklore and Cherokee legend, often described as a six-legged, shadowy, or half-human, half-panther creature with glowing green/yellow eyes. Known for chilling screams and destroying livestock, it is largely considered a cautionary tale or "boogeyman" figure that has occasionally caused, and often been associated with, mass hysteria or sightings.
The legend of the Cape Fear mermaids centers on Mermaid Point in North Carolina, where the Deep and Haw rivers meet to form the Cape Fear River. Dating back to the 1700s, tales told by Revolutionary War soldiers describe mermaids sunning on sandbars, combing their hair, and singing, having traveled over 100 miles inland to wash seawater from their hair
A two-headed fish said to inhabit the freshwater surrounding Roscoe, New York. Characterized as a hyperintelligent aquatic creature, Beamoc has become an important figure in the folklore of the Catskill Mountains region.
A small humanoid cryptid reported in Dover, Massachusetts. It has a large head and a small thin body. It can be bipedal, but also travel on all fours or switches back and forth between the two modes of movement. It's eyes glow orange, or sometimes green. It does not wear clothing.
