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Cryptid videos
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Patterson–Gimlin film (unedited)
Roger Patterson and Bob GimlinThe original 1967 Bluff Creek footage – the most famous and most debated minute in Bigfoot history. Marked public domain on archive.org.
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Loch Ness Monster 1960 News Report (BBC Panorama, 13 June 1960)
BBC Panorama (archive.org upload)The original television report from 1960, made in the wake of Tim Dinsdale’s famous film of a hump crossing the loch.
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Sojourners Along the Way: Mothman – The Investigation
ACTV (community television)Talk by Jeff Wamsley, founder of the Mothman Museum and author of books on the sightings, about the witnesses and events of 1966–67.
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El Chupacabras, a Modern Mystery
Monstrum | PBS StoriedFolklorist Emily Zarka traces both the Puerto Rican and the Texas chupacabra and the real explanations behind them.
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Daily Mail Yeti Expedition Newsreel (1954)
Daily MailPeriod newsreel in which members of the 1954 Snowman Expedition present their findings to the press. License not stated on archive.org.
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Gable Film
Mike Agrusa (hoax creator; Internet Archive upload)The notorious 2007 “found footage” of a creature charging a cameraman – later confessed as a hoax made by fan Mike Agrusa. Worth watching as a case study, not evidence.
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Police Search for Ape-Like Creature (1974 news segment)
Associated PressOriginal January 1974 footage of the search in the Miami-area swamps during the 1970s wave of sightings. (Associated Press newsreel archived on archive.org.)
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Cryptid Review Show Episode 1 – Champ
UVMtvA light student-TV overview of the Champ legend made in Burlington, on the lake’s shore.
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John Huffer Thunderbird Footage
John Huffer (Internet Archive upload)The original July 1977 Illinois film of large birds that many cryptozoologists cite – judge for yourself whether they are vultures.
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The Legend of Ogopogo: The history of lake monster sighting claims in BC
Global NewsA short news feature tracing the history of sighting claims on Okanagan Lake.
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The Bray Road Beast (featurette)
Small Town MonstersA four-minute preview of Seth Breedlove’s 2018 documentary, which features Linda Godfrey and local witnesses.
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Cryptid Review Show: The Flatwoods Monster
UVMtv (University of Vermont student TV)A light-hearted student-TV look at the case and its explanations.
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The Bishopville Lizard Man with Lyle Blackburn
Radio WastelandAn interview with the author of the most detailed book on the case.
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The Hunt for Australia’s Mythical Half-Ape, Half-Human, the Yowie (1976)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (This Day Tonight)A vintage ABC report from the moment the Yowie became a national story, featuring Rex Gilroy’s claims.
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The Bunyip
Murray Bridge News (re-uploaded to the Internet Archive)Short clip about the bunyip legend and Murray Bridge’s famous riverside bunyip; marked public domain by the uploader.
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Mokele-Mbembe 1992 Footage
Tokyo Broadcasting System (archived copy)The famous blurry aerial footage of a wake on Lake Télé – the clip most often cited as evidence.
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Last Known Thylacine Footage (1935)
Sidney Cook (uploaded to the Internet Archive)Clip from the 1935 travelogue <em>Tasmania the Wonderland</em> – the last known moving images of a living thylacine, rediscovered in 2020. Historic footage, generally regarded as public domain.
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Who Is This Japanese Yōkai That Is Obsessed With Your Butt?
Storied (PBS) – MonstrumFolklorist Dr. Emily Zarka and Japanese studies scholar Yoshiko Okuyama trace the kappa from feared river demon to cute mascot.
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The Mongolian Death Worm
Ben G ThomasA folklore-focused explainer on the legend, Roy Chapman Andrews and the expeditions that followed.
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Cryptid Review Show Episode 5 – Loveland Frogmen
UVMtvA lighthearted student-TV rundown of the Loveland frogmen story.
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Cryptid: Goatman
Small Town MonstersFeature-length documentary on American goatman legends from an independent cryptid documentary studio.
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Yeren, Almas, and Yeti: Cryptid Hominoids in Asia
Think AnomalousAn overview of Asia’s many “wild man” traditions, from the almas to the yeren and yeti, and how they appear in old art and literature (license not stated).
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Apakah Orang Pendek di Hutan Sumatera Ada
Mongabay IndonesiaShort Indonesian-language report from the conservation news site Mongabay on the evidence and the people searching for the orang pendek.
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Rougarou Awareness Month
Terrebonne ParishA short piece from Terrebonne Parish government on the festival and the bayou folklore it celebrates.
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Pope Lick legend draws trespassers to dangerous trestle
WHAS11Louisville TV news report on the legend and the very real danger of the active trestle.
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Cryptid Review Show Episode 3 – The Snallygaster
UVMtvShort student-television explainer on the snallygaster’s German roots, barn stars and 1909 newspaper flap.
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Momo The Documentary (The Missouri Monster)
Ronald LichlyterIndependent short film about the 1972 Louisiana, Missouri, scare, described by its maker as a documentary based on actual events; licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Evening Magazine: Chesapeake Bay monster (1979)
WJZ-TV BaltimoreA 1979 Baltimore TV feature on the Bay’s sea monster, from the early years of the Chessie craze. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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The Search for the Honey Island Swamp Monster: Bigfoot Beyond the Trail
Small Town MonstersDocumentary episode that visits the swamp and retraces the Ford story with locals.
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Folk Zoology Conference 2024
Floe Foxon (Folk Zoology Society)Academic conference on folklore and zoology; from 1:31:20 anthropologist Gregory Forth discusses Flores ‘ape-men’ and <em>Homo floresiensis</em>. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.