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Winged creatures

Among cryptids, winged creatures are some of the most unsettling: the Mothman of Point Pleasant, the Owlman of Cornwall, the Jersey Devil of New Jersey. Witnesses describe a man-sized figure with a wingspan of several meters and red, glowing eyes. Zoologists usually point to large owls, herons or cranes seen in poor light.

cases
5
years
1909–1994

Disputed: 5

  1. 1900–1909

    1. 1909 Winged creatures · Disputed The Jersey Devil's Week of Terror Delaware Valley: Camden, Haddon Heights and surrounding areas, New Jersey, United States For a week, papers in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey reported hundreds of encounters with a winged, horse-headed beast – schools closed, workers stayed home.

  2. 1920–1929

    1. c. 1923 Winged creatures · Disputed The Kongamato of the Jiundu Swamp Jiundu Swamp near Mwinilunga, northwestern Zambia, Zambia A British colonial official described a flying creature from the swamps of Northern Rhodesia which locals reportedly recognized in a drawing of a pterosaur.

  3. 1960–1969

    1. 1966–1967 Winged creatures · Disputed The Mothman of Point Pleasant Former “TNT area” munitions plant near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States Two couples driving at night past an abandoned munitions plant saw a tall, winged figure with red eyes that reportedly chased their car.

  4. 1970–1979

    1. 1976 Winged creatures · Disputed The Owlman of Mawnan Church Church of St. Mawnan and St. Stephen, Mawnan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom Two girls on vacation in Cornwall reportedly saw a large, feathered “bird-man” above a church tower – and so the Owlman legend was born.

  5. 1990–1999

    1. c. 1994 Winged creatures · Disputed The Ropen Expeditions to Umboi Island Umboi Island, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea American searchers combed Umboi Island in Papua New Guinea for the ropen – a nocturnal flying creature in which they saw a living pterosaur.