The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times (Part 1)

THERE ARE CREATURES that lurk out there in the dark, that haunt the isolated forests of the world, that hide in the icy depths of the deepest lakes. They appear unexpectedly and inexplicably, then vanish just as mysteriously, usually leaving witnesses dumbfounded, frightened and, unfortunately in most cases, without a shred of evidence. Yet the eyewitness stories of these creatures persist, haunting the darkness as well as our imaginations. Here, for your consideration (and in no particular order) are the top 10 most mysterious, unexplained creatures of all time. Some are more likely to really exist than others, but we'll leave that judgment up to you.

Bigfoot / Sasquatch / Yeti

• taller than an average man (seven to eight feet)
• covered with long brown or auburn hair (or white hair in the case of the Yeti)
• a strong, repugnant odor
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  large feet, as evidenced by castings of footprints
  
• an aversion to man
  
• a piercing, eerie howl
  

Loch Ness Monster (and other Lake monsters)

• a large creature with a long neck
• a horse-like head
• a humped back

                                                      Chupacabra

• about the size of a chimpanzee
• hops about like a kangaroo
• large glowing red eyes
• grayish skin and hairy arms
• long snake-like tongue
• sharp fangs
• quills running along its spine that seem to open and close like a fan
• some believe it may even have wings

                                                         The Jersey Devil

• about three-and-a-half feet high
• a head like a collie dog and a face like a horse
• a long neck
• wings about two feet long
• back legs like those of a crane
• horse's hooves
• walks on its back legs and holds up two short front legs with paws on them

Mothman

• approximately seven feet tall
• a wingspan over 10 feet wide
• gray, scaly skin
• large, red, glowing and hypnotic eyes
• able to take off straight up in flight, traveling up to 100 miles an hour
• liked to mutilate or eat large dogs
• screeched or squealed like a rodent or electric motor
• caused radio and television interference
• had some mind control powers.