Cryptids

Bigfoot

The Hairy Giant of North America's Forests

Most strongly associated in modern popular culture with the Pacific Northwest and northern California; reported across North America

Bigfoot is North America's best-known cryptid, a large hair-covered humanoid shaped by footprints, eyewitness reports, a famous 1967 film, and much older regional traditions.

Fouke Monster / Boggy Creek Monster

Fouke and the Boggy Creek area, Miller County, southwestern Arkansas

Reports of a tall, red-eyed, hair-covered creature around Fouke, Arkansas became nationally famous after a 1971 encounter and the film The Legend of Boggy Creek.

Grassman

Ohio, especially eastern and southeastern Ohio; strongly associated in modern lore with Salt Fork State Park and Guernsey County

Ohio's Grassman is the state's regional Bigfoot tradition, centered on reports of large hair-covered bipeds in the wooded hills around Salt Fork and eastern Ohio.

Skunk Ape

Florida, especially the Everglades and Big Cypress region; reports also extend through parts of the Southeast

Florida's Skunk Ape is described as a large, foul-smelling, hair-covered biped roaming swamps and forests, a humid southern counterpart to the Bigfoot legend.