Strange monsters. monsters of the world

Our world is full of wonders. They surround any of us from the first minutes of our birth. If you think more deeply, then the very fact of our life with you is already an incredible and supreme miracle. Scientists have calculated that the birth of a person is one chance in a billion billion that has fallen to the lot of people who have ever lived, are living and have not yet been born into this world. But if the birth of a person has long been explained biologically, then snow people, UFO, brownies, crop circles, Chupacabra, Nessie, Bermuda Triangle These are unexplained facts to this day! We will tell about them.

Place 10. Crop circle

Crop circles are geometrically correct circles with a diameter from 1 to several tens of meters. but a fact! As a rule, they are formed by ears of corn growing in the fields, involuntarily laid on the ground in one single direction. It should be especially noted that the ears do not break, but simply press down, continuing their natural growth. Crop circles are a mass phenomenon, usually there are from 3 to 70 of them within one section of the field.

The incredible stories of farmers associated with the appearance of crop circles, as well as various observations, have more than once made ufologists doubt the natural origin of this phenomenon. After all, not a single person, with all his diligence and desire, can lay the ears so accurately and not damage their stems. Of course, crop circles are a mysterious and still inexplicable phenomenon of either Mother Nature, or third-party forces.

Ufologists put forward several versions that somehow explain these inexplicable facts. Some say that this is the result of an overdose of fertilizers or a peculiar effect of a fungal infection on them. Others suggest that crop circles are formed due to the effect of air vortices on field vegetation. Some farmers even say that these are traces of mating games arranged hedgehogs and badgers.

The military is also getting involved in this issue. They are considering a version with a field test of some secret weapon new type. In general, the phenomenon of the appearance of crop circles is still a mystery of mankind. It is worth noting that in 1980 the record for the number of circles that occurred on the field was set: in the UK, more than 500 circles were recorded at that time!

Location 9. Bermuda Triangle

Once upon a time, a Spanish navigator named Bermudez discovered islands in the Atlantic, surrounded on all sides by reefs and shoals that pose a danger to ships. He was lucky: he passed them safely, calling them the Devil's Islands. Later they were called Bermuda. Currently, this place has a bad reputation: it is a dangerous area for navigation and air travel. Yes, and its boundaries have expanded significantly.

Currently, a whole area located in the Atlantic Ocean between these same islands is considered a danger zone: Puerto Rico, the Florida Peninsula and Bermuda. This zone got its name - the Bermuda Triangle. This is where the disappearances of ships, planes and people take place. It has been noted that it is in the region of the Bermuda Triangle that the conditions of sea and air navigation bring people significant difficulty.

We repeat, this place found its sad glory because of planes, ships and inexplicable death of people. For example, in December 1945, a whole flight of US Air Force patrol planes fell into this zone at a time. The commander of this link only managed to transmit the following on the radio: “All the instruments on board failed! Our planes are off course! God, the ocean looks strange!” After that, communication with the crews of all these aircraft was cut off.

The investigation carried out turned up absolutely nothing. The Bermuda Triangle has remained an eternal mystery of mankind. In the future, there were more and more cases of the disappearance of ships and aircraft that fell into the zone of the mysterious triangle. In the second half of the 20th century, this natural phenomenon began to be taken seriously. The inexplicable things happening in the Atlantic between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico force scientists to come up with new hypotheses.

However, there is still a sign of mystery in this place. And this is due either to a lack of facts, or to a deliberate distortion of certain evidence. Be that as it may, but scientists do not exclude manifestations in this zone of still unexplored natural anomalies. Some experts believe that the Bermuda Triangle is a giant pathogenic and uncomfortable zone in which hurricanes are born, as well as unusual atmospheric phenomena, generating electrical interactions of water and air.

Location 8. The mystery of the Egyptian pyramids

Pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs who once ascended the throne. The richer and more powerful the ruler was, the more majestic was his tomb. The inexplicable facts of history are primarily associated with the mysterious construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. According to historians, their construction lasted from 2700 to 1800 BC. But the mystery lies not at all in this! Scientists say that mere mortal people in those days would not have been able to build such serious and practical structures.

The total weight of stone blocks specially processed for the pyramid and laid in it was calculated. This weight is equal to 6.5 million tons! While some scientists believe that the construction of one such tomb took 20 years with the participation of 100,000 people, others refuse to believe it at all. According to the second, even such a huge army of builders without special equipment would not have been able to cope with such a task in two decades.

Skeptical scientists claim that such a task would be too much for them, saying that all this is just incredible facts. In addition, it is assumed that the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids was not carried out all year round, but only during those intervals when the Nile River overflowed, suspending the work of builders associated with agriculture. Today, many hypotheses have been put forward, but none of them stand up to criticism and testing for strength.

Location 7. Bigfoot

Many incredible stories that excite the imagination of the inhabitants are associated with their meetings with the so-called yeti, or Bigfoot. It is definitely one of the most amazing riddles cryptozoology - the science of unusual animals and people ever seen on our planet. At present, a great many different testimonies have been collected about the meetings of people with these huge and shaggy humanoid creatures.

A lot of indirect evidence of the existence of the yeti has been collected, all kinds of prints of allegedly his paws on snow and soft ground. Some witnesses even brought pieces of wool allegedly torn from Bigfoot. Scientists have already created a whole database based on the classification of certain evidence (not evidence!) of the existence of Bigfoot. Many of them are so picturesque that scientists have little doubt about their authenticity.

But, oddly enough, the more reports of meetings with the yeti appear, the more doubts arise in scientists about its existence: some seemingly inexplicable materials of the meeting with the yeti are, it turns out, fakes! Casts from the footprints of these creatures turn out to be artificial, and photo and video filming is made through editing and special effects. Even pieces of wool, allegedly belonging to the Yeti, after appropriate laboratory tests and analyzes, are recognized as gross fakes. Therefore, the sensation has not yet happened.

Location 6. Nessie

"Unbelievable, but it is a fact!" - so say cryptozoologists about the legend associated with the existence in one of the Scottish lakes of a certain monster from prehistoric times. This lake is called Loch Ness, and it is located in the north-west of Scotland among many mountain ranges. originated approximately 300,000,000 years ago. Its maximum depth is 300 meters. According to urban legend, in its depths settled strange creature huge sizes. Scientists dubbed this monster a very cute name - Nessie.

This problem was attended not only by cryptozoologists, but also by paleontologists, because the Loch Ness monster is not a monster from fairy tales, but just a plesiosaur, which miraculously survived to our times. Messages about meetings with Nessie accumulated at a tremendous speed: someone watched the monster go ashore, someone saw his head sticking out of the water along with his neck. There are also such eyewitnesses who allegedly saw Nessie with a whole brood of cubs. The mystery of Loch Ness attracted and continues to attract tourists from all over the world.

Inexplicable cases of people meeting with Nessie still fuel the professional interest of scientists in this legendary lake. Until now, paleontologists and cryptozoologists come there, they take samples of soil and water, trying to catch at least some relationship with Nessie. Currently, scientific expeditions are conducting serious research, fixing undersea world lakes on video cameras and with the help of sonars. A video filmed in one day showed only the water column with indeterminate moving objects, which in most cases turn out to be

In fairness, we note that sometimes objects that vaguely resemble flippers attached to some huge carcass fall into the camera lens. On the shore, traces are also visible from time to time, similar to those that a massive animal leaning on flippers can leave behind. The surface of the lake is monitored around the clock, data are verified, and reports are compiled. But all this cannot be called irrefutable facts, so the mystery of Loch Ness has not yet been solved.

Location 5. Chupacabra

Inhabiting our planet, are not limited to Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. A good example of this is the Chupacabra. The first part of this word is translated as "suck", and the second - "goat", literally - "goat vampire". There are already legends all over the world about this mysterious animal: this creature kills domestic animals (sheep and goats), sucking blood from them.

Currently, the Chupacabra has become the heroine of books, various feature films, TV shows and cartoons. Outwardly, this animal resembles either a dog or a jackal. Often, evidence proving the existence of the Chupacabra turns out to be photographs of some mutated animals: wolves, foxes, dogs. There is currently no reliable information about the existence of this inexplicable animal.

Place 4. Evil spirits

Not every one of us, of course, has come across this, but we have all heard more than once that sometimes some inexplicable things can happen in the house: spoons fall from the tables, dishes that are evenly standing on the table break, some sounds are heard, etc. .d. It is generally accepted that all this is the tricks of the brownie. How he looks, of course, no one knows for sure, but his image has firmly entered Russian folklore, which made him such a sweet and charming "old man".

From the point of view of scientists, a brownie is a paranormal phenomenon concentrated in an invisible clot of energy. Parapsychologists are sure that the brownie is a thinking creature that can read the thoughts of the owners of the house in which it lives. One of the brownie phenomena is inexplicable cases of his meetings with young children. Psychics say that in a house where there are children, this bundle of energy can take the form of some big toy. Children often see it, but cannot explain anything to adults.

Place 3. Dreams and dreams

Inexplicable mysteries lie not only in nature, but also in the mind of man himself. Such are, for example, our dreams. In the old days, a person believed that his soul at night embarks on some kind of journey through outside world. There she allegedly receives either Divine revelation or a corresponding warning of danger. Today, such dreams are called prophetic, or prophetic. Scientists still cannot explain this nature of dreams. Most likely, our brain is very well intuitively developed, which allows it to “draw” warning dreams in our minds.

Often dreams are of some kind of chaotic character: a person who wakes up after this remembers only a certain episode or passage from what he dreamed about. In this regard, there is an inexplicable, but rather frequent phenomenon: often in a short moment between dream and reality, we, without realizing what is happening, attract some phantasmagoric image to everyday problems, and vice versa. As a result, we get a real "vinaigrette" from reality and illusion.

Location 2. UFOs and aliens

Many unexplained facts of the world do not have (and never will have) such popularity as UFOs, or unidentified flying objects. Someone jokingly remarked: “While the scientific minds of the whole world are tracing the paths of the evolutionary development of organisms, studying meteorites and taking samples of lunar soil, ordinary people habitually watch UFOs.” On the one hand, objects of extraterrestrial origin are fiction, but on the other hand, where do their photographs come from, published on the pages of magazines, newspapers and on the Internet?

According to the concept outlined in the popular television series: “NASA. Unexplained Materials, for recent decades world researchers, together with ufologists, have done a tremendous job: they have compiled a catalog of possible representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. This allowed them to divide all space aliens into two groups:

• humanoids,
• non-humanoids.

What is the difference between them? As the name implies, the representatives of the first group are similar to earthly man. They are considered anthropomorphic and their growth ranges from 0.7 to 3.5 meters. Parts of the body do not always have a proportional shape: the head is large, the limbs are thin and long. They can be dressed in both ordinary and strange clothes and have a habit of imitating the person they like in everything.

According to the data presented in the same series “NASA. Inexplicable materials”, researchers include all other extraterrestrial beings to the representatives of the second group. These aliens can have a completely different appearance, and their body can take any form. It was these creatures that were the favorite characters of many famous Hollywood directors who shot such blockbusters as Alien, Critters, etc.

Incredible facts about UFOs and aliens constantly excite the minds of not only ufologists, but also the inhabitants of the entire planet Earth. After all, it may turn out that our “neighbors” fly to us in the galaxy, and possibly throughout the Universe! But is it worth it to blindly believe the numerous eyewitness accounts, more than half of which are empty fakes? We will probably disappoint you, but so far earth scientists do not have authentic evidence of the existence of aliens.

Place 1. Life after death

The afterlife, or the life of the soul after the death of a person, is a philosophical and religious idea of ​​the continuing conscious life of people after their death. Unexplained facts and related situations are today, perhaps, the most important topic of the spiritual existence of man. In principle, people from century to century have been interested to know what will happen after their physical death.

At present, this aspect of the spiritual being of a person is strictly prescribed in each of the existing religions. The curiosity associated with the afterlife never ceases to excite our minds and tickle our nerves. In the overwhelming majority of cases, all ideas about a new life are due to a person's belief in immortality and the reincarnation (transmigration) of his soul, in resurrection from the dead, in posthumous retribution. It is these inexplicable facts that are reflected in religious and philosophical-religious worldviews.

The well-known phenomenon to all of us is closely connected with clinical death. Scientists and physicians give him Special attention. Many people who have suffered so-called clinical death talk about certain visions that visited them at that moment. Here's what's important: all of them are characterized by a spot of light in front and a feeling of flying / falling towards it. The question of the nature of the origin of such near-death visions is still the subject of scientific disputes and discussions among scientists to this day. There is an opinion that all these are processes occurring at the moment of clinical death directly in our brain. However, even this today is only a hypothesis.

Nearly two percent of the Earth's surface is covered fresh water. It is not surprising that much of what the lakes hide in themselves began to be covered with a touch of mystery, from which legends and myths were born. Now we can easily remember, perhaps, only Nessie - the famous Loch Ness monster. But folklore has preserved stories of much more scary creatures from lakes. And this collection is just a few of them.

A terrible beast from the myths of the Mayan and Aztec peoples. It looks like a cross between a small dog and an otter. Auistol has two head stripes, small ears and a very long strong tail that ends in a human hand. According to legend, ahuizotl hunts from ambush: he lies in wait for his prey, plunging into a lake or stream, and at the sight of a person begins to moan plaintively and cry like to a small child or a frightened girl. A passer-by hears screams and immediately rushes to the aid of the "victim". When approaching the water, the hand on the tail of the ahuizotl strangles the "savior", and he himself pulls out the victim's eyes, nails and teeth and eats them. Then he throws a lifeless body ashore and waits for the next traveler.

Mishipispis

In the mythology of the Indians of many of the Great Lakes and the northeastern Woodlands, the misipishu is one of the most important aquatic creatures. Mishipeshu translates as "great lynx". It has the head and legs of a giant cat and is covered in scales and spikes on its back and tail. More detailed sources describe him as having the head of a mountain lion or lynx with stag or bison antlers; its spine to the tip of the tail is covered with scales, spikes and sometimes bird feathers. Being a spirit, mishipushu can enter the human body and control it. He can be both a protector and an avenger who will not stop until he achieves his goal. Typically, the mishipushu kills its victims by biting on the throat. The behavior of mishipu is generally reminiscent of a cat: so he licks his hands and laps the water with his tongue.

Emela-ntouka

From the Lingala language, the name of this creature is translated as "killer of elephants." According to legend, emela-ntouka lives in shallow marshes and lakes of the Congo Basin, especially in the marshes of Likuala and possibly Cameroon. It also presumably inhabits the Bangweulu Lakes in Zambia. They say that Emela-ntouka has a bay or gray color, the dimensions of a large elephant, a tail like a crocodile and one but powerful horn on his nose. Traces of a strange beast are like elephants. Emela-ntouki has three thick clawed toes on each paw. The “elephant killer” lives in a swamp, can breathe underwater and has a habit of gutting any forest elephant that voluntarily or unwittingly crosses the boundaries of the territory “staken out” by a strange bloodthirsty creature. At the same time, the main food product of Emela-ntouki is malombo fruits and leaves of various plants. The archives of periodicals mention the only case of a man's victory over Emela-ntouka, but then, in 1934, the shot beast was not studied by scientists and ingloriously rotted in the forest.

El Cuero

From Spanish "el cuero" is translated as "cow's skin". This is a Chilean mythical monster that lives in the mountain lake Lakar in the Andes. They say that it looks like the skin of an animal without a backbone. Such a legend, most likely, could arise from observations of large freshwater electric stingrays, although, unlike stingrays, El Cuero has eyes on the "horns" and has claws. In the middle of the torso, El Cuero has a face with a retractable mouth, with which the monster sucks the blood of its victims - to the last drop.

Dobharchu

A kind of semi-aquatic predator, allegedly living in the rivers and lakes of Ireland. It is described as a large creature that looks like a half-wolf, half-fish. Dobhar-chu means "water dog" in Gaelic. The old people told about the beast that lives in the lake, and that a certain daredevil with his wolfhound once met such a beast; and after a long struggle he fled from the man and his dog; and then he was found dead and decomposing in a rocky cave, when the water in the lake subsided. Some researchers suggest that dobhar-chu is a distorted description of a giant river otter. And although otters do not attack humans, they can grow to a considerable size, which is why a person watching a fast-swimming otter may misunderstand its size and mistake it for a dog-like creature.

Faun

Reports of sightings in several US states tell of a strange hominid, which is most often observed in Louisiana, Maryland and Texas. He is described as a hybrid creature that has the lower body of a goat and upper part parts of a human body with ram's horns growing from the head. Some claim he is related to the vicious New Orleans Chupacabra. Urban legends about them often say that the monsters, on a whim, kill young couples in parked cars or kill pets in the neighborhood. They are also said to break into people's homes and tend to rape their victims. They usually live in forests with large lakes.

Grutslang

Grutslang, or in translation "a huge snake" - a mysterious water monster, supposedly living in the flooded caves of the Richtersveld, mountainous area deserts in northwestern South Africa. In local mythology, Grutslang was a creature with the head and half of the body of an elephant and with the other half of the body and tail. huge snake. According to legend, Grutslang possessed such strength and cunning that the gods - the creators of the Earth decided to split it into two certain types- an elephant and a snake. But some Grutslang survived the transformation and hid in the deepest caves, where they have survived to this day. Reliable evidence of the existence of Grootslang has not yet been found. Although according to the natives, the monster reaches 20 meters in length. It is also believed that the cave where Grutslang lives is full of diamonds, but no one can get close to them, as the monster guards them day and night.

shell rock

The original English name for this creature is Shellycoat, literally translated as "thin coat". In the Russian version, it is often called a shell rock. This is a harmful water bogle from the Lowlands that lives in streams and running water. He got his name from the fact that he often appears in a tattered cloak hung with shells that rattle with his every movement. There is a story that tells how late one night two people, having heard in the distance drawn-out plaintive cries: “Lost! Help!" - for a long time they walked towards the voice along the banks of the Ettrick River. And only at dawn did they understand who was calling them: a shell rock jumped out of the stream and galloped away along the hillside, bursting with laughter. The "thin coat" loves nothing more than to tease, deceive and amaze people without actually harming them, and then laughs out loud at his own jokes.

Divers

This is the name given to these creatures, which were first seen in 1955 in Loveland, Ohio. There were three of them, and they looked like small (1 meter high) humanoid humanoids. Their skin was similar to that of frogs or lizards, and their hands and feet were webbed. The creatures lived in rivers and other small bodies of water, but they also moved well on land. Many eyewitnesses said that most likely they were aliens.

The Beast from Busco

Mysterious giant vulture turtle from Indiana. The first mention of this cryptid dates back to 1898, then the farmer Oscar Falk, said that giant turtle lived in the lake, not far from his farm. Half a century later, in 1948, two fishermen on Falk Lake in the area reported seeing a huge turtle 4.5 meters long and weighing over 200 kg. According to legend, after this turtle destroyed almost the entire livestock on neighboring farms, it still managed to be caught. True, as soon as the police turned away, the turtle broke the chains and disappeared in an unknown direction at an unthinkable speed.

Incredible Facts

These photos of strange and sometimes creepy creatures have made many people shudder and wonder: "What the hell is this?".

Their images have spread all over the Internet, which has given many people the opportunity to express their incredible assumptions about the origin of these creatures.

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Here are some of the most amazing creatures that have been discovered and who they actually turned out to be.

strange creatures

1 Montauk Monster

The story began when an unknown creature washed ashore in the Montauk area of ​​New York in 2008. Local youth photographed the carcass and sold the pictures to newspapers.

Since the Montauk monster was discovered, other carcasses have been found in the same area. There have been speculations that this is a turtle without a shell, a dog, a large rodent, or a scientific experiment that was carried out at a government animal testing center.

In fact:

Experts concluded that the creature was a raccoon corpse, which matched the shape of the teeth and paws, but which was missing the front jaw. The strange appearance is due to the fact that his body began to decompose.

2 Louisiana Monster

In December 2010, a deer-hunting camera caught something frightening.

The picture shows a thin, clumsy, fast-moving and, apparently, nocturnal creature that seemed to want to swallow your soul.

In fact:

The mystery of this creature has not been solved, although many believe that the picture was processed using Photoshop. Two companies attempted to use the image for viral advertising.

For example, the Playstation company stated that the creature was in the game Resistance 3.

There were also those who claimed that this is a "fallen angel" captured on video in the forest, appearing at 45 seconds.

3. Alien child from Mexico

In May 2007, a Mexican farmer Mario Moreno Lopez(Mario Moreno Lopez) discovered a strange creature in a rat trap. He tried to drown him, killing him only the third time.

The creature was small - about 70 cm long with an elongated head, which led to speculation that it was a child of an alien with a high level of intelligence.

However, skeptics have stated that it could be a skinless reptile or squirrel monkey, which explains the presence of a tail and spine, as well as a large head and eyes.

The farmer himself mysteriously died in the car during an abnormal high temperature some time after he drowned the creature, which many ufologists considered the revenge of the aliens for the child.

In fact:

Scientists have argued that the teeth of the creature are not located like human teeth, and it itself has a unique tissue that has not been changed, which refutes the theory of a monkey.

Later, after all, the farmer's nephew and part-time taxidermist admitted that the creature was the corpse of a monkey, which was skinned and ears removed and placed in the fluids of various animals.

4. Blue Hill Horror

In September 2009, four teenagers playing in the village of Cerro Azul in Panama discovered a strange creature that ran out of a cave. According to them, the monster began to pursue them, and the teenagers began to throw stones at him until they killed him, and then threw the body into the water.

In the newspapers, the creature was nicknamed Gollum (the hero from The Lord of the Rings), as it lived in a cave, and also the Blue Hill Horror.

In fact:

Scientists have discovered that the teenagers' story was a fiction, and the creature turned out to be the body of a sloth, which began to decompose. Due to his long stay in the water, his vegetation disappeared, giving him a bloated, rubbery appearance.

5. Alien corpse at a ceremony in Thailand

In 2010 in in social networks appeared a series of photographs taken in 2007 at the funeral ceremony of a strange creature that looks like an alien in Thailand. It had a large round head, gray skin covered with white powder, resembling a satyr with tiny hooves and a tail.

Some claim that the ceremony was held to get rid of the evil spirit associated with the creature, while others considered that the inhabitants worshiped the creature as a deity.

In fact:

There were suggestions that the creature was a disfigured cow, although it looked very much like a humanoid. Many point to big number anomalous animals appearing all over the world and believe that the aliens are experimenting on animals, creating strange hybrids that will one day take over the world.

Mysterious Creatures

6 Humanoid From Chile

In October 2002, during a trip with his family to Chile Julio Carreno(Julio Carreno) discovered a tiny humanoid 7.2 cm long in the bushes.

The creature had a large humanoid head, nails and opened its eyes, and died 8 days after discovery. When he was alive, he had pink skin that darkened and his body remained warm before rapidly mummifying on its own.

In fact:

The body of the humanoid was examined by veterinarians in Santiago, who were divided as to who the creature was. They confirmed that it was not a human fetus or the remains of a feline, but physical characteristics more suited to the mouse opossum. However, the creature did not have small sharp teeth or a possum tail, and the head was twice as large.

7. Chupacabra from Texas

The creature known as the "yeti" Latin America seen several times in Puerto Rico and the USA, namely in Texas. According to legend, the Chupacabra (which translates from Spanish as "goat bloodsucker") kills livestock and drinks their blood.

According to the descriptions, this creature had no hair, its skin had a bluish-gray tint.

These creatures have been seen and shot several times in Texas for suffocating dozens of chickens.

In fact:

DNA tests showed that the animal belonged to a hybrid of a wolf and a coyote, bald due to scabies. Although the ability to suck blood from chickens and goats has remained unclear.

8. Huge boar from A labamas

In May 2007, 11-year-old Jemison Stone from Alabama, USA, shot a huge wild boar weighing almost 480 kg and 2.80 meters long. A boy who hunted with his father shot the animal eight times and chased it for three hours. When the boar was shot, trees had to be cut down to get it. The head of the animal was left as a trophy, and about 200-300 kg of sausages were made from meat.

In fact:

Many people signed the petition accusing the boy of animal cruelty. Skeptics, on the other hand, consider the whole story to be fiction, and the boar was, in fact, raised on a farm and fattened in order to make a sensation out of history. Also, many thought that this one was just the result of Photoshop processing.

9. Eastern Yeti caught in China

In April 2010, hunters caught a bald bear-like mammal with a kangaroo tail making cat noises. The creature became a real sensation and was called the "Eastern Yeti". According to legend, the yeti had the figure of a bear, which towered far above the man. This creature was no more than 60 cm long.

In fact:

Experts came to the conclusion that it was an ordinary musang, which had scabies. The animal was sent to Beijing for examination, but the results were never made public.

10. "Alien" from Chelyabinsk

This creature was discovered in an abandoned pit in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He had a hard shell, several limbs located one above the other and a tail. Some have suggested that this monster is a huge shield, horseshoe crab, or trilobite that died out before the dinosaurs.

In fact:

Apparently, these creatures are shield crustaceans, which are one of the oldest animals, a species that is more than 200 million years old. Usually its size does not exceed 6-7 cm, while the discovered animal reached about 60 cm.

The unknown has always captivated our minds. Someone believes that most of the creatures that will be discussed below are just fiction, while someone is actually sure of their existence. One way or another, but these creatures are capable of inspiring fear. Many cultures mention them in their legends, many stories have been written about them and broadcasts have been filmed. Now it's our turn to wonder if these creatures are really real or just a figment of someone's imagination. The Yeti and the Loch Ness monster are not included in our list for the simple reason that there are at least some plausible photos with their participation. All of the creatures on the list below have either been discovered or photographed by humans.

10 Jersey Devil

Stories about the devil from New Jersey have been passed down by word of mouth since the 19th century, so this creature can be attributed more to myths. Evidence of its appearance peaked in the 2000s, when the police received a huge number of complaints about a creature with hooves, a horse's head and wings, like a bat. In addition, strange tracks and sounds that arose in the area were attributed to this creature.

9. Black Panthers


Yes, yes, the well-known panther to all of us is not a mysterious creature at all. They exist in the same way as jaguars, leopards and cougars. But there is one thing, they are not all found in Illinois. According to numerous testimonies, a huge black cat, presumably a panther, roams the vastness of Illinois. To date, it has not yet been caught, but this does not mean that it does not exist.

8 Farmer City Monster (Salt Creek)


Again Illinois, again secrets. Rumor has it that in the vicinity of the town of Farmer City in Illinois, a strange monster wound up that hides in the local forests. The state police received so many reports of strange burning eyes that they were forced to start an investigation. The latest evidence dates back to the 1970s, when a truck driver saw it run across the road in front of headlights.

7. Monster Cohomo


This creature is covered in white fur and has only three fingers. Between 1970 and 2000, the police received so much evidence of the existence of this monster that, again, they were forced to start an investigation. Despite numerous witnesses, the police never found anything like him.

6. Monster Pope Lick


This monster is considered a mixture of man and goat. He accounts for a lot of eyewitness accounts, in addition, he is credited with the murders of missing people. On the this moment there is no further evidence for its existence.

5. Creature from the Flatwoods


This creature was discovered in West Virginia in 1952. His height was 3 meters, his head was oddly shaped, decorated with bulging eyes, the body was green, and the hands ended in very long claws. Someone even considered him an alien, but his origin remains a mystery to this day.

4 Lake Michigan Monster


If the Loch Ness monster scares you, then this monster is definitely for you. The Lake Michigan monster reaches over 15 meters in length, has a long neck, gray scales and a small head. According to numerous testimonies, it makes a loud roaring sound. The most popular story was one fisherman who said that the monster swam only 6 meters from his boat. The man described the monster in incredible detail and made a sketch that completely matched other descriptions.

3 Lizard Man


Evidence of the existence of a certain lizard-like creature has been appearing since the 1980s. He was described as being 2 meters tall, with green skin and three fingers. Everyone who has encountered him claims that the lizard man wrecked their cars and then fled the scene. In addition, one family even noticed him in their yard. This creature should not be discounted, because there were too many witnesses, and, importantly, a pile of broken cars.

2. Monster from Canvey Island


The Canvey Island Monster is a corpse that washed up on the coast of England in late 1954. A year later, people found another similar corpse on the coast. Both carcasses were about 60 centimeters long, had a thick skin, gills and bulging eyes, and the forelimbs were absent. The hind legs resembled those of a horse, only they had 5 toes. The creatures weighed 11 kilograms each.

Unfortunately, both carcasses were burned before they fell into the hands of scientists. One photo was taken, but nothing really could be seen on it.

1 Montauk Monster


The body of the Montauk Monster washed ashore in New York City in July 2008. This incident has generated a lot of controversy and attempts to identify the creature. The monster was found by four surfers on a local beach. Initially, most scientists believed that the body belongs to a raccoon, but the hind legs were too disproportionate to the body. Another theory was that the carcass belonged to some mutated specimen from the nearby Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Two more similar carcasses washed up on the shores of New York in 2011-2012. It is not known at this time what the further fate these remains.

We often hear that now more and more more species animals are dying out or are on the verge of extinction, and their complete disappearance is only a matter of time. Hunting, destruction natural environments habitats, climate change and other factors have led to the fact that the rate of loss of animal species is 1000 times greater than the rate of restoration of the natural background. And although the extinction of animals is always sad, sometimes for us humans, it can even be beneficial.

From 40-foot-long mega-snakes to giraffe-sized flying creatures, check out this list of 25 animals you wouldn't be happy to be around.

1. Pelagornis Sandersi

With a wingspan of around 7 meters, Pelargonis Sandersi was apparently the largest flying bird ever to have lived on Earth. She appears to have been able to fly only by pushing off a cliff, and has spent most of her life above the ocean, relying on the currents of wind rising from the ocean to keep her "afloat". Although compared to pterosaurs, whose wingspan was almost 12 meters, this bird was still quite "moderate" in size.

Similar to modern centipedes in form and behavior, Euphoberia had one major difference - it was over 90 cm long! While scientists aren't entirely sure what it actually fed on, we do know that some modern centipedes feed on birds, snakes, and bats. If a 25 cm centipede could hunt birds, imagine who a nearly meter long centipede could hunt!

3. Gigantopithecus

The Gigantopithecus lived between 9 million and 100,000 years ago in present-day Asia. It was the largest species of monkey on Earth. It is believed that this creature up to 3 meters high and weighing up to 540 kg walked on four legs, like gorillas and chimpanzees, but some believe that they could walk on two limbs, like people. The properties of their teeth and jaws suggest that these animals were able to chew through coarse, fibrous food by cutting into and grinding it.

4. Andrewsarchus

This cutie lived during the Eocene, about 45-30 million years ago. Andrewsarchus was a huge carnivorous mammal. Given the found skull and several bones, paleontologists suggest that this predator could weigh up to 1800 kg, which makes it the largest land mammals predator in history. However, the feeding behavior of this animal is not well understood, and some theories suggest that the Andrewsarchs may have been omnivores or even scavengers.

5. Pulmonoscorpius

The scientific name of this creature translates as "breathing scorpion". He lived in the Visean era (c. 345-330 million years ago) of the Carboniferous period. Based on fossils found in Scotland, scientists believe that this species reached 76 cm in length. He lived on land and probably fed on small arthropods.

6. Megalania

Megalania lived in South Australia. It was a huge lizard that became extinct about 30,000 years ago, which means that the first Aborigines of Australia could well meet it. Scientists disagree about the size of this lizard - it may have reached 7 meters in length, making megalania the largest land lizard in history.

7. Helicoprion

One of the prehistoric centenarians (310-250 million years ago) - helicoprion - is a genus of extinct shark-like creatures with an interesting jaw. Reached 4 m in length, but its closest living relatives - chimeras - can reach only 1.5 m in length.

8. Entelodons

Unlike their modern relatives, entelodons were boar-like mammals with a special gourmet attitude towards meat. Arguably one of the scariest-looking creatures in history, the entelodon walked on all fours and was almost human tall. Some scientists believe that entelodons were even cannibals. Well, if they ate each other, do you think they wouldn't want to eat human flesh?

9. Anomalocaris

Probably lived in all the seas of the Cambrian period. In translation, its name means "abnormal shrimp." This is a genus of marine animals, close relatives of arthropods. Scientists believe it preyed on solid bodies marine life, including trilobites. They had unique eyes with 30,000 lenses - believed to be some of the most "advanced" eyes in the history of the species.

10. Meganeura

Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period. Reminds modern dragonflies (and is related to them). With a wingspan of up to 66 cm, it is one of the largest flying insects in the history of our planet. Meganeura was a predator, and its diet consisted mainly of other insects and small amphibians.

Attercopus was a genus of arachnids with a scorpion-like tail. For a long time Attercopus was thought to be the prehistoric ancestor of modern spiders, but scientists who discovered traces of it soon came to a different conclusion. It is unlikely that Attercopus wove a web, although it may have used it to wrap eggs, lay a gimp, or build the walls of its burrow.

12. Deinosuchus

Deinosuchus is an extinct relative of modern alligator crocodiles that lived 80-73 million years ago. Although he was larger than any of modern species He looked pretty much the same. In length, it reached 12 meters and had sharp large teeth that could kill and devour sea ​​turtles, fish and even large dinosaurs.

13. Dunkleosteus

lived at the end Devonian period about 380-360 million years ago, the dunkleosteus was a huge super-predatory fish. Due to its terrifying size (up to 10 m in length and weighing almost 4 tons), it was the apex predator of its time. This fish had strong armor, which made it a relatively slow but very powerful swimmer.

14. Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus larger than a tyrannosaurus rex Rex is the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all time. It reached 18 m in length and weighed up to 10 tons. They ate tons of fish, turtles and even other dinosaurs. If this horror lived today, we most likely would not live.

15. Smilodons

Smilodons lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene era (2.5 million - 10,000 years ago). This is the best example of a saber-toothed cat. An excellent predator with especially well developed forelimbs and incredibly long sharp fangs. The largest individual could weigh up to 408 kg.

16. Quetzalcoatl

The wingspan of these creatures could reach an incredible 12 meters. This pterosaur was the largest ever flying creature, including among modern birds. However, it is very difficult to estimate the size and weight of these huge animals, because. no existing animal has the same body structure, so published results vary greatly. One of the characteristic features of these animals was that they all had unusually long and hard necks.

17. Hallucigenia

The name comes from the idea that these creatures are very strange, almost like a hallucination. These worm-like creatures were 0.5-3 cm long and lacked some of the sensory organs on their heads, such as eyes and nose. Instead, the hallucigenia had seven tentacles on each side of its body, as well as three pairs of tentacles behind them. To say that this is a strange creature is to say nothing.

18. Arthropleura

An inhabitant of the Upper Carboniferous period (340-280 million years ago). Lived in what is now North America and Scotland. It was the largest land invertebrate species in history. Despite their enormous length of almost 2.7 meters, Arthropleura were not predators, they fed on rotting forest plants.

19. Short-faced bear

The short-faced bear is an extinct species of bear that lived in North America during the Pleistocene era to 11,000 years ago, making it the "most recent" extinct creature on our list. However, its size is truly prehistoric. Standing on two hind legs, the bear reached 3.6 m in height and 4.2 meters if he raised his front paw up. It is believed that these giants weighed more than 1360 kg.

20. Megalodon

The name of this toothy monster is translated as "big tooth". This is an extinct species of huge shark that lived about 28-1.5 million years ago. Due to its incredible length of up to 18 meters, it is considered one of the largest and most powerful predators that have ever lived on Earth. Lived almost all over the world and looked like a larger and more terrifying version of the modern great white shark.

21. Titanoboa

Living approximately 60-58 million years ago, during the Paleocene era, the titanoboa was the largest, longest and heaviest snake in history. Scientists believe that individual representatives of the species reached 12 meters in length and weighed about 1133 kg. Their diet consisted of giant crocodiles and turtles, with whom they shared what is now South America.

22. Fororakos

Also called "terrible birds", these prehistoric creatures are an extinct genus of large birds of prey that were largest view in South America during the Cenozoic period, about 60 million years ago. The largest flightless bird of prey ever to roam the earth. Reached 3 meters in height, weighed up to half a ton and, presumably, could run as fast as a cheetah.

23. Cameroceras

Lived during the Ordovician period 470-460 million years ago. It is the giant ancestor of modern squid and octopus. most feature this mollusk had a huge cone-shaped shell and tentacles with which he caught fish and other marine life. It is believed that the size of its shell varied from 6 to 12 meters.

Carbonemys is an extinct genus of huge turtles that lived about 60 million years ago, i.e. they survived mass extinction dinosaurs. Fossils found in Colombia suggest that they had a shell that reached almost 1.8 meters. Turtles were carnivorous, with huge jaws powerful enough to eat large animals such as crocodiles.

25. Jaekelopterus

Jaekelopterus, without a doubt, can be called one of the largest arthropods in the world - its length reached 2.5 meters. Sometimes it is called the "sea scorpion", but in fact it refers more to lobsters living in freshwater lakes and rivers of modern Western Europe. it terrible creature lived about 390 million years ago, earlier than most dinosaurs.