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Come with Australian Geographic on a voyage like
                          no other through our planet’s amazing habitats to see
                              how living things adapt to their environments.

                           This remarkable book will take you all around the world – from the
                                 lightless world of the ocean abyss, over the cold peaks of
                            the Himalayas, to the chilly Arctic circle. Discover what life is like
                            for raucous howler monkeys atop trees in the Amazon rainforest,
                              or for fennec foxes in the relentless heat of the Sahara Desert.
                                  Explore the surprising diversity of life hidden around the
                             wildflowers and deciduous trees of a British woodland and also
                             the concrete footpaths and steel skyscrapers of New York City.          Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
                           Traipse across the temperate grasslands of the Russian steppe and
                          venture across the marshy landscape of the Everglades. Dive through                Written by Lauren Smith
                                   the colourful sponge gardens and coral wonderlands of
                              the Great Barrier Reef and dare to tread underground through
                                        the sprawling, dark caves of South-East Asia.

          Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
                  Written by Lauren Smith
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About the illustrator
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He undertook artist residencies all over Europe and most recently has
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Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
               Written by Karen McGhee

Come with Australian Geographic on a voyage like no other through our planet’s
amazing habitats to see how living things adapt to their environments.

This remarkable book will take you all around the world – from the lightless world of
the ocean abyss, over the cold peaks of the Himalayas, to the chilly Arctic circle.
Discover what life is like for raucous howler monkeys atop trees in the Amazon
rainforest, or for fennec foxes in the relentless heat of the Sahara Desert. Explore
the surprising diversity of life hidden around the wildflowers and deciduous trees of a
British woodland and also the concrete footpaths and steel skyscrapers of New York
City. Traipse across the temperate grasslands of the Russian steppe and venture
across the marshy landscape of the Everglades. Dive through the colourful
sponge gardens and coral wonderlands of the Great Barrier Reef and
dare to tread underground through the sprawling, dark caves of
South-East Asia.

About the illustrator
James Gulliver Hancock is a well-travelled illustrator known for his
playful illustration style. His obsession with drawing everything
in the world has led him to work on major projects around
the globe, seeing his work appear on everything from
billboards, to TV commercials, ceramics, books, and
board games. He undertook artist residencies all over
Europe and most recently has been living in New York
where he has worked for a wide variety of high profile
clients and taken to the city with his personal project
www.allthebuildingsinnewyork.com

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 Audience Children 8–12 BIC YNM / YNN
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                for grabs if you find Nessie and get proof
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 that she exists. If you run the Loch Ness              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           APPEARANCE                                                                       SIGHTINGS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     HOMINID

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Marathon and manage to get a selfie with                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 & BEHAVIOUR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   This photo was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                her, race organisers will give you £50,000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         taken near Mt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Yetis are rumoured to live in the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Everest in 1951
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Himalayan mountain region of Asia,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      by Eric Shipton,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          across Nepal, Tibet and India. They                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          an English
                                                                                                                                         (A.K.A. NESSIE)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  are muscular, enormous versions of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1832 B.H. HODGSON and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    his local guides (known as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1953 SIR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        EDMUND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ENORMOUS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mountaineer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          apes, covered in shaggy fur. Sightings                    Sherpas) see a tall, two-           HILLARY and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Some consider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          usually pin yetis about 180cm tall,                                                           TENZING
                                                                                                                                                                              SIGHTINGS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    legged creature covered in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   this photo the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                though reports are varied. Their                                                              NORGAY, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        WAT E R
                                                                                                          APPEARANCE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    long, dark hair.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ENORMOUS           PREHISTORIC                                                                                                                               first climbers to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    best evidence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MONSTER            colour is described as being from grey                    1899 LAURENCE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of the yeti, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Loch Ness, Scotland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                reach the top
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to reddish-brown. Yetis are usually
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    WADDELL and his guides
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        of Mt Everest,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             others see it as
                                                                                                                & BEHAVIOUR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               sighted foraging for food in shrubs                       find enormous footprints
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    near Darjeeling in India. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        report seeing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     LAND
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MONSTER                                                                                                          just an oddly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and bushes. There are a few reports                                                           large footprints.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  melted footprint.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    guides tell Waddell they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          of the yeti interacting with humans –                     belong to "hairy wild men",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1983
                                                                                                         Nessie has a long, tapering, snake-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              sometimes saving, following and even

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    though Waddell believed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DANIEL TAYLOR and
                                                                                                         like neck, a small head and one or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               attacking people.                                         they belonged to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ROBERT FLEMING JR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Himalayan brown bear.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        lead an expedition into the
                                                                                                         two large humps. She’s between 10-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Barun Valley and discover
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1925 N.A. TOMBAZI,
                                                                                                         15m long, with sleek, rubbery skin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               BAFFLING                                  a member of the Royal               footprints, large nests in

                                                                                                         and some fins, or stocky feet. Some                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              BEARS?                                    Geographical Society, sees          trees, and gather reports
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        from Nepalese villagers on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    a shaggy, two-legged
                                                                                                         sightings of her mention small horns,          565 AD SAINT COLUMBA            1993 EDNA MACINNESS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             local bear species.

                                                                                      B IG F O O T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    creature wandering near
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Could all yeti sightings be traced
                                                                                                                                                        and a group of men see a        and her boyfriend watch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the Zemu Glacier in the
                                                                                                         but this isn’t consistently reported.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 back to local bears? Endangered                                                          2003 YOSHITERU
                                                                                                                                                        monster in the River Ness,      Nessie for 10 minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      eastern Himalaya. When
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Fact

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ELEMENTALS/SS; KEYSTONE/STRINGER/GETTY; MICHAELTAYLOR3D/SS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TAKAHASHI claims to have

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ANDRES MONCAYO/SS; ED VEBELL/GETTY; POPPERFOTO/GETTY;
                                                                                                         She’s definitely elusive – despite             just upstream from the Loch.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Himalayan brown bears, Tibetan                       Tombazi reached the spot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        seen a yeti from a distance of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               blue bears and Asiatic black                         where the creature had
                                                                                                         thousands of sightings, she seems to                                           2011 MARCUS ATKINSON                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        been, there was nothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        about 200m.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               bears all live in the region.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ILLUSTRATION: VALDIMIR STANKOVIC; INSET: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1950s government
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the Nepali
                                                                                                         shrink from humans and prefers the             ABOUT 1871 DR. D.               photographs a sonar image of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               There’s even some speculation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    left but footprints.                2009 JOSHUA GATES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        government
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          began issuing  cashed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            yeti

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ILLUSTRATION: VALDIMIR STANKOVIC; INSET: POPPERFOTO/GETTY
                                                                                                                                                        MACKENZIE sees something        a long, wide object following                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   discovers hair samples in the
                                                                                                         private life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         that the sightings are linked to                     1938 CAPTAIN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Himalayas. When tested the                                                                                                                                                                                                     in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       licenses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           on theinincreasingly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the 1950s,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      JOHN MOCK/GETTY; DE AGOSTINI PICTURE LIBRARY/GETTY
                                                                                                                                                        churning up the water.          his boat under the water.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   D’AUVERGNE became
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the extinct ape                                                         samples are found to contain                                                                                                                                                                                                    popular
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         requiringYeti
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     would-be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        myth by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    snowblind and ill due to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Gigantopithecus                     exposure while travelling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        an unknown DNA sequence.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        expeditioners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        issuing Yeti-hunting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to buy
                                                                                                                                                        1934 ROBERT
                                                                                                                       PLESIOSAUR                       KENNETH WILSON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 – a giant creature                 by himself in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Held in a temple in Nepal,                                                                                                                                                                                                   licenses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a permit,priced
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    to promise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           at £400
                                                                                                                       PLEASE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    that would have                    mountains. He                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        per
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          notYeti.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               to kill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   To the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       dateyeti
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              no-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          this purported 'yeti' scalp
                                                                                                                                                        takes the iconic photo of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   claims to have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 stood about 3m                                                             is believed to be made                                                                                                                                                                                                    (except
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       one hasinsucceeded
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   self-defence)in
                                                                                                                                                        Nessie – although most                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   tall and weighed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    been rescued
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from the skin of a
                                                                                                              A whole range of options have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         by a 2.7m                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          capturing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and to report
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    a specimen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the
                                                                                                                                                        people believe that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      up to 540kg.                                                                  Himalayan antelope.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    tall yeti.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            discovery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            dead, orat  alive.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          once.
                                                                                                              been offered for the Nessie               it is a hoax.
                                                                                                              sightings. Some people believe
                                                                                                                                                        1943 C.B. FARREL
                                                                                                              that it’s a misidentification                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               4    MYTHICAL MONSTERS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    THE YAWPING YETI       5
                                                                                                                                                        sees a large-eyed, finned
                                                                                                              of known species, maybe a                 creature with a long neck
                                                                                                              bird, or an eel or a seal. Others         stretching out for about 10m.   2014 DAVID ELDER sees
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     American Dan Taylor
                                                                                                              are hopeful that it’s a                                                   and films a large black object                                                                                                                                                                                                sits in the cockpit of
                                                                                                              plesiosaur, a long-necked                 1954 Sonar readings taken       causing a rippling wave for a                                                                                                                                                                                                   his homemade 6m
                                                                                                                                                        about a fishing boat note a     span of about five minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                   submarine at Loch Ness,
                                                                                                              aquatic reptile that                      large creature following the
                                                                                                              theoretically died out                    boat for around 800m.           2015 GOOGLE STREET
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        during a 1969 search
                                                                                                              with the dinosaurs.                                                       VIEW document Loch Ness,                                                                                                                                                                                                            for the monster.
                                                                                                                                                        1960 TIM DINSDALE films         and one of their images

 Australian Geographic investigates the mad, mischievious, mysterious creatures
                                                                                                                                                        a humped creature crossing      contains an unexplained
                                                                                                                                                        the Loch.                       object.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               THE LAMENTABLE LOCH NESS MONSTER    23

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baddest and oddest monsters in the world.
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                                                                                                         A legendary gigantic octopus, this

In every culture and in every country, there’s always someone with a story to tell about a
                                                                                                         beast is featured in stories all around
                                                                                                         the globe. Reports of its size range
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                G hugeerpent
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                                                                                                         from 12-120m in length. They’re                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               MONSTER                                                                                                                                                                                                         Home
                                                                                                         dangerous when sighted, as they are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 We’ve identified the areas most commonly                                                                   of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          associated with this menagerie of monsters, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Kraken

creature they once saw. Some of these stories are eerie, some are hilarious and some are
                                                                                                         reported to have attacked boats,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             added in a few extras. Best to keep away!
                                                                                                         and create whirlpools when they
                                                                                                         sink down into the depths.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          18   DINOSAURS OF AUSTRALIA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DINOSAURS OF AUSTRALIA      19

                                                                                                                                                        ABOUT 1 AD PLINY THE            1896 A carcass thought to

terrifying! If their stories are to be believed, we live in a world that’s filled with secretive sea
                                                                                                                                                        ELDER, a Greek historian,       belong to a giant octopus
                                                                                                                                                        describes a squid with          washes up at St. Augustine in
                                                                                                                                                        tentacles that reach 9m,        Florida, USA.
                                                                                                                                                        weighing more than 320kg.

monsters, gigantic apes, creepy-crawlies and all manner of mysterious beasts.
                                                                                                                                                        LATE 1200s A Norwegian
                                                                                                                                                        tale references "the hugest
                                                                                                                                                        monster in the sea",

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Weird
                                                                                                                                                        claiming "it is the nature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Waitoreke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The
                                                                                                                                                        of this creature to swallow
                                                                                                                                                        men and ships, and even
                                                                                                                                                        whales and everything
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Fact
                                                                                                                                                        else within reach".
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Some believe that the meat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ILLUSTRATION: VALDIMIR STANKOVIC; INSET: BARRY DURANT/STRINGER/GETTY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The
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                                                                                                                                                        1802 French naturalist          1960 Three men in Tasmania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           SQUIDS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: PIERRE DENY DE MONTFORD/WIKIMIEDIA;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     poisonous – there are tales
                                                                                                                                                        PIERRE DENYS DE                 find a carcass washed up on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of tribes who have died after

We’re pretty sure most of the stories aren’t true. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Just in case,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Below the surface of the ocean you might

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               lé-
                                                                                                                                                        MONTFORT publishes a            the shore that is never fully
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   catching and eating the beast.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mmobkèèmbé
                                                                                                                                                        mollusc encyclopedia that       identified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                find colossal squid (tipping the scales at
                                                                                                                                                        lists the kraken and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   about 490kg), giant squid (reaching about                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (AK A WAITOREKI, WAITORETE,
                                                                                                       Fact

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           WIKIMEDIA; SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY
                                                                                                                                                        the colossal octopus.           2004 A Japanese team take
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   275kg) or giant octopuses (weighing in at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NEW ZEALAND OTTER, NEW ZEALAND BEAVER,
                                                                                                                                                                                        the first photographs of a live                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               NEW ZEALAND MUSKRAT, K AUREKE)
                                                                                                                                                        1878 A gigantic squid           giant squid.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               around 70kg). Scientists think we might

we’ve compiled a handbook for the menagerie of monsters from around the world. As an
                                                                                                                There’s now known to be three           washes ashore in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           find even larger specimens one day!
                                                                                                                species of giant octopuses and          Newfoundland, estimated         2014 A colossal squid is
                                                                                                                      squid in the ocean!               as weighing 2.2 tonnes, with    caught and dissected at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       LAND
                                                                                                                                                        tentacles longer than 10m.      Auckland University, NZ.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MONSTER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SIGHTINGS

extra precaution, we’ve included a map, so you know what places to avoid and a system of
                                                                                                         20   MYTHICAL MONSTERS
                                                                                                              DINOSAURS OF AUSTRALIA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           THE KILLER KRAKEN   21                                                                                                                          ENORMOUS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Congo River,   Republic of Congo

symbols that warn whether the monster is small or enormous, found on land or in water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                & BEHAVIOUR                                          1772 CAPTAIN JAMES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     COOK and his men all see
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        short legs, bushy tail, head
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        between that of a dog and a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a four-footed animal about         cat, lives in holes.”

and most importantly, whether it is deadly.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A small, otter-like mammal believed                      the size of a cat, with short
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1776 ABBÉ LIEVAIN                   1919-1920                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1855 The REVERED
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            to live on the South Island of New                       legs and a mousey colour,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    BONAVENTURE PROYART                 The Smithsonian                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              while in Dusky Sound, NZ. He       RICHARD TAYLOR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    records footprints about            Institute from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Zealand. About the size of a cat, it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                LAND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 said, “I cannot say what kind      interviews a man who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1m in circumference, with           Washington DC,      MONSTER                                                                                                                                                                                                         has brownish fur and white spots.                        [of animal] it is...The most       saw a waitoreke near Dusky
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The creature has short legs and is
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    noticeable claw marks.              UUSA, sends                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  probable conjecture is that it     Bay, who says it looked and
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                                                                                                                                                  The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        an expedition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      often found near or in the water. There

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     is of a new species."              smelt like a muskrat, with a

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    is shown the hide of a mighty       unexplained tracks and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1844 There are reports of

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    beast, and the creature is          documents odd roars that                                                                                                                                                                                                            used to keep them as pets.                                                                  1861 JULIAN HAAST sees

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      beavers living on the east
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    described to him in ways that       don’t resemble the noises                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     side of Lake Wanaka.              tracks in the snow that are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The mokèlé-mbèmbé is an                                   match a giant sauropod.             made by known species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          inexplicable, resembling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          elephantine creature with a long                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1848: WALTER                     those of a small otter. Haast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           There have even

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1909 CARL HAGENBECK                 1959 REVEREND EUGENE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MANTELL records an               writes a friend and tells him
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          neck and tail, and a small head – a

Containing hand-drawn illustrations and profiles of monsters such as Bigfoot, the kraken,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         been reports of the              little bit like an extinct dinosaur. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    hears multiple tales of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    “half elephant, half dragon”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        THOMAS, serving as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        missionary near Lake Tele,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       interview with a native          that he’d met two men who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       man about the animal:            saw a dark-brown creature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         chupacabra from as               herbivore is found in the Congo River                     creature that’s similar to a        tells of a story where a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the length of the animal        about the size of a big rabbit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    brontosaurus. Other sources         mokèlé-mbèmbé burst
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        far abroad as Russia.             basin, particularly near Lake Tele.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    detail a creature that lives        through a spiked fence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        is about [0.5m] from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the point of the nose to        1868 HAAST receives the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The name of the creature means 'one
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Beginning in 2005,
                                                                                                                                                                 (A.K.A. GOAT SUCKER)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    in Lake Bangweulu and kills         and was then killed in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the root of the tail; the      fur of a waitoreke. It is never
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          who stops the flow of rivers' in the                      hippopotami.                        defence by tribesmen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       reports started arising                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           fur grisly brown, thick        formally identified.

the chupacabra, the Mongolian death worm, the yeti and the Loch Ness Monster, as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          local Lingala language.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       from central Russia of
                                                                                                                                                                              SIGHTINGS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              D E A D LY                                                      attacks on livestock.             30    THE MENACING MOKÈLÉ-MBÈMBÉ

                                                                                                          APPEARANCE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              THE WEIRD WAITOREKE         31

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          There were even

                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                & BEHAVIOUR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        two reports of direct

as a collection of mysterious photographs and findings, this book encourages curiousity as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         attacks on humans.

                                                                                                         The chupacabra was first spotted
                                                                                                         on an island off the west coast of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LAND
                                                                                                         Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, although                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MONSTER

well as logical reasoning.
                                                                                                         sightings now spread as far north as                                                       Most sightings
                                                                                                         Maine and as far south as Chile.                                                            and captured

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ng                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Morgawr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 pefyi
                                                                                                         A reptilian, dog-like creature, with                                                       specimens are

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              S eaSerpent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         s
                                                                                                         spiky points running down its back, it                                                   eventually proven
                                                                                                         is generally described as being

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                                                                                                                                                                                                   to be coyotes or
                                                                                                         around 1m tall. It moves by hopping

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  bears with mange,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     UNITED KINGDOM
                                                                                                         about, a bit like a kangaroo.                                                            a skin disease that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Near Falmouth Bay in Cornwall in the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   S
                                                                                                                                                                                                   causes hair loss.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                UK, this sea serpent (Morgawr means
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   sea giant in Cornish), has been sighted

                                                                                                                       CHILEAN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     regularly between 1896 and 1999.

                                                                                                                       CREATURE

                                                                                   W AT E R                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Nahuelito
                                                                                                                                                        1995 Eight sheep are

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Champ
                                                                                                                                                        found dead, drained
                                                                                                              Some cryptozoologists (people                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 WAT E R

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ENORMOUS                 D E A D LY

                                                                                                              who study unproven animals) link
                                                                                                                                                        of blood in Puerto                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 APPEARANCE                                                                                      MONSTER

                                                                                            R
                                                                                  MONSTE
                                                                                                                                                        Rico. A few months
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   osaurus
                                                                                                              the chupacabra to the ‘peuchen’,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   & BEHAVIOUR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cadbor
                                                                                                                                                        later, MADELYNE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ARGENTINA
                                                                                                              a gigantic, shapeshifting, flying         TOLENTINO sees
                                                                                                                                                        the chupacabra in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In Nahuel Huapi Lake in                                                            UNITED STATES
                                                                                                              animal that drinks the blood                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A bit like Nessie, there’s a lot of reported
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Argentina there are reports
                                                                                                                                                        Canóvanas, where                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            CANADA
                                                                                                              of its prey. The legend of the            more animals are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          sea serpents and lake monsters all over
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          the world! Descriptions of them vary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 of a monster that date back                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     CANADA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: KEVIN SAFF/FLICKR; WILSON HUI/FLICKR; BELIZAR/SS
                                                                                                              peuchen is thought to be based            found dead. In 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Nicknamed Caddy, this serpentine monster                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to the late 1800s. Nessie-like
                                                                                                                                                                                        2007 PHYLIS CANION finds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          – some are flippered and humped, like                            has a horse-like head, two sets of flippers, and is                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Nahuelito is said to surface                                                      There have been over 300
                                                                                                              on the common vampire bat,                over 200 sightings are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Nessie and others are longer, snake-                             thought to live around the west coast of Canada.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       only in summer, when the                                                        sightings of Champ in Lake
                                                                                                                                                                                        three strange animal bodies
                                                                                                              which lives in Chile.                     reported throughout Puerto                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                water is still. For a time in                                                  Champlain, on the border of

                                      D E A D LY
                                                                                                                                                                                        near her property in Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       like beasts. They tend to have fewer                            There’s been over 200 sightings in the past century,
                                                                                                                                                        Rico.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               including a number of carcasses that have been                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the 1920s, even the Buenos                                                      Canada and the USA, dating
                                                                                                                                                                                        When one of the samples                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           sightings than land monsters, perhaps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Aires Zoo investigated the                                                     back to the Native American

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS: VLADIMIR STANKOVIC; LINE ILLUSTRATIONS: PAVILA/SS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          because it’s easy for these beasts to                                        found and photographed.
                                                                                                                                                        1999 A woman sees a small       is studied, it’s an unusual                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               possibility of a plesiosaur                                                     tribes that lived around the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          keep to the depths of the oceans and

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Bear Lake
                                                                                                                                                        creature with a spiked back,    kind of coyote with greyish-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   living in the lake!                                                      lake. In 2003, a research group
                                                                                                                                                        hopping and running in          blue, hairless skin and large,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lakes they live in, but are there too                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   recorded sounds in the lake

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ogopogo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          many similar reports from around

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ILLUSTRATION: VALDIMIR STANKOVIC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   that are similar to beluga
                                                                                                                                                        LaBelle, Florida.               fanged teeth.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          the world to ignore?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    whales and yet don’t match

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Monster
                                                                                                                                                        2000 JORGE TALAVERA,            2010 MARK COTHREN,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             any known species.
                                                                                                                                                        in Nicaragua, spots strange     in Kentucky, kills a creature
                                                                                                                                                        creatures attacking his         with large ears and a long tail,
                                                                                                                                                        livestock.                      about the size of a cat.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        UNITED STATES
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         CANADA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sightings and legends of Ogopogo go back
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     From Bear Lake, on the Utah-                                                                                                                                                                                                          to the 19th century and continue up until

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        essie
                                                                                                         10   DINOSAURS OF AUSTRALIA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    THE CHILLING CHUPACABRA    11                                                                                                 Idaho border in the US, this                                                                                                                                                                                                          2011. It is also known as Naitaka, which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     beast has been seen since the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             means 'lake demon' in the local Salish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       19th century, with a report                                                                                                                                                                                                         language. Found in the Okanagan Lake in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     from 1868 announcing: "This                                                                                                                                                                                                          British Columbia, Canada, some believe it to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      water devil has again made                                                                                                                                                                                                                 be a primitive species of whale.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      an appearance. A number of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 UNITED STATES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    settlers declare they have seen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Chessie lives in Chesapeake Bay,                          it with their own eyes. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Maryland. She's a long, snake-                           Bear Lake Monster, as they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                like creature up to 12m long                          now call it, is causing a great
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               that’s been sighted numerous                           deal of excitement up here."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              times between 1943 and 2014.

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