What are Some Cryptids That Turned Out to Be Real?
Cryptids are animals whose existence is implicated by witness reports or anecdotal evidence but for which there is an absence of hard evidence. The cryptids you hear about most are the Loch Ness Mosnter and Bigfoot, but it seems very likely that these animals are purely fictional and their skeletons will not be seen in museums. Other animals were once considered cryptids but are now known to exist. These include the giant squid, platypus, okapi, grizzly-polar bear hybrid, and the Komodo dragon. Similar cases include animals thought to be extinct which were then found to exist, such as the coelacanth (a fish), or animals which exist mythologically and similar fossils were subsequently found, such as the “Hobbit,” Homo floresiensis, which is thought to have gone extinct only 13,000 years ago. The giant squid is quite possibly the most famous cryptid that turned out to exist. Giant squids have been mentioned in natural history books since the time of the ancients, and both Aristotle and P
