The Paranormal Database

Wild Man

Location: Sproughton (Suffolk) - General area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 16th Century
Further Comments: The wild man is thought to have been a hermit rather than a large hairy hominid. A local pub was named after the man.

Pure White Monster

Location: St Andrews (Fife) - Off the coast close to the castle
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 01 November 1903
Further Comments: Fishermen spotted a pure white creature swimming eastwards close to the castle. The creature was four foot (1.2 metres) wide with only twelve foot (3.7 metres) of its width visible at any one time. A flock of seagulls and two fishermen followed the creature, but it eventually escaped.

Crocodile

Location: St Asaph (Clwyd) - Cefn Caves
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1870
Further Comments: Measuring around one hundred and forty centimetres in length, a crocodile was said to have been killed by a local man in this cave.

Rabbit Hunting

Location: St Audries (Somerset) - Unnamed area near the town
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: February 1994
Further Comments: John Corbett reported seeing a wolverine hunting rabbits close to St Audries.

A Welsh Water Horse.

Large Water Horse

Location: St Brides Bay (Dyfed) - Shore line
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After being caught by a ploughman, the water horse allowed itself to be used as a plough horse on nearby fields for a few weeks. Once it grew tired of the work, the creature dragged both plough and man into the sea from which they never emerged.

Tarbh-uisge

Location: St Kilda (Outer Hebrides) - Small loch
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This mythical water bull was said to live in a lochan on St Kilda until it was killed by the islanders. It was said that any calf born with small or deformed ears was thought to be from a union between a Tarbh-uisge and a cow.

The Great Auk. Obviously a witch.

Great Auk

Location: St Kilda (Outer Hebrides) - Stac-an-armin
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1840s
Further Comments: The last known Great Auk sighting in the UK took place on the little island of Stac-an-Armin. The unfortunate bird was beaten to death by three men who mistook the creature for a witch that had summoned a storm.

Blocked Door

Location: St Levan (Cornwall) - Pendower Cove
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Having just dropped anchor in the bay, the captain of a ship was surprised when a mermaid stuck her head out of the sea and asked if the anchor could be moved, as it had landed on the entrance to her home. The captain was happy to comply.

Long Sea Beast

Location: St Margaret's Bay (Kent) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1912
Further Comments: This sea serpent was observed moving swiftly through the water, vanishing from view after a sailing boat moved too close to it.

Howling Creature

Location: St Pierre du Bois (Guernsey) - Rocquaine Bay
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: prior to a storm
Further Comments: Heard but never seen, a creature was said to howl close to the reef when a storm was due.

Cow Bone

Location: Stanion (Northamptonshire) - Church
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: The church is home to a bone just under two metres in length, which is claimed to have come from a giant cow. The cow would provide free milk for the whole village until approached by a jealous witch who made the creature try to fill a perforated bucket - the cow dropped dead of exhaustion.

Goat Man

Location: Staverton (Northamptonshire) - Layby along A425
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 20 February 2022
Further Comments: The occupant of a car reported seeing a thin bear-like creature standing on its hind legs (also described as a man-goat) that briefly became illuminated in their headlights. The creature stood six foot (1.8 metres) tall, had short legs, and crossed the road before disappearing from sight.

An old postcard of Stonehaven.

Bluish Creature

Location: Stonehaven (Aberdeenshire) - Sea
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: October 1898
Further Comments: A skipper of a fishing boat reported seeing a creature which resembled an upturned boat with fins and a small hump. The visible part of the body was some 68 foot (21 metres) long, although the tail was not visible, and while resembling a whale, the skipper said the head was much flatter than a whale.

Brown Creature

Location: Stonehaven (Aberdeenshire) - Sea near Dunnottar Castle
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Late September or early October 1906
Further Comments: A large crowd witnessed a huge, brown creature in the sea. Short fins could be seen emerging from the water and the creature, some 46 metres long, moved at around six miles per hour.

Black Creature

Location: Strandhall (Isle of Man) - Coastal road
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large black thing was seen emerge from the sea and cross the road. It was blamed for causing nearby wooden gates to shake even though there was no wind.

Talking Horse

Location: Strathcoil, Isle of Mull (Argyll and Bute) - Lake north of Aird a' Chaoil
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man passing through the area spotted a saddled horse by the loch but decided against riding the animal. Shortly after, the horse passed the man and spoke to him, stating that the man would have drowned if he had tried to ride the horse, and also bestowed the date that the man would die.

A kelpie takes the form of an older man.

Grazing

Location: Strichen (Aberdeenshire) - Deep pool near Braco Farm (likely to no longer exist)
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Faced with crossing a flooded stream by foot, one man spotted a black horse nearby and mounted it. Unfortunately, the horse was a kelpie, and dived into the deepest part of the stream, drowning the man. On another occasion, the kelpie took the form of an old man, only revealing its true form when bashed on the head (not a recommended procedure to determine whether someone is really a kelpie).

The Stronsa Beast

Location: Stronsay (Orkney) - Beach
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1808
Further Comments: This grey, seventeen metre long creature was first seen floating dead in the sea, before a storm washed it on the beach. It reportedly possessed six legs and had a mane along its back and tail. Another storm which hit the island soon after the discovery destroyed the corpse. The creature was finally declared to be a rotting basking shark carcass, though the body was five metres longer than the largest basking shark ever recorded.

Python?

Location: Strood (Kent) - Carnation Road area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: There were reports of a large snake, presumed to be a python, observed in people's gardens along this road and the nearby wooded area. One witness observed the creature swimming in her pond.

Black-Browed Albatross

Location: Sula Sgeir (Outer Hebrides) - General area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: Named Albert, the Black-Browed Albatross spotted on the island was considered lost, as he was several thousand miles from his normal habitat.

Loch Broom at the Summer Isles in Scotland.

Ninety Foot Long Creature

Location: Summer Isles (Highland) - Loch Broom
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1906
Further Comments: Two excise officers reportedly fired at a ninety foot (thirty metre) long monster as it charged towards them at some sixty miles per hour, resulting in the creature diving. Local fishermen also spotted the monster, and it was also claimed that a 100 tonne yacht was lifted out of the water when it encountered the beast.

Crocodile

Location: Swansea (West Glamorgan) - Pluck Lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 27 April 2008, and July 2015
Further Comments: In 2008, a witness reported seeing a one metre long crocodile in this body of water. The location was checked by a member of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Gwilym Games. Seven years later, video footage caught a bird being attacked by something in the water, with various people claiming the creature more likely to be a terrapin or a pike rather than a croc.

Long Necked Creature

Location: Tenby (Clackmannanshire) - Bottom of a cliff / off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: June 1876
Further Comments: A witness spotted a creature with a three-foot (ninety centimetre) long neck at the base of a cliff. The creature swam off at tremendous speed. The witness was familiar with the usual objects mistaken for sea serpents.

Bear

Location: Thetford (Norfolk) - A1066 at Snare Hill
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: June 1979
Further Comments: Several witnesses reported seeing a bear on the outskirts of the nearby forest.

Strange Animals

Location: Thornaby-on-Tees (North Yorkshire) - Bassleton Woods
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Perhaps more legend than cryptozoological, but this wooded area is said to be home to strange water creatures and colourful non-native birdlife.