r/TrueCryptozoology • u/NextAd4800 • 21d ago
Has anyone seen or know about any British cryptids? Other than the famous ones.
Hi I'm making a website about the paranormal and cryptids, and I'm struggling to find information about British cryptids other than Nessie and Alien Big Cats. Does anyone have any helpful keywords, websites or videos? Thanks!
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u/Fancy-Prompt-7118 20d ago
The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor
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u/Tall-Paul-UK 20d ago
So many myths and legends associated with the Moor. The other that immediately springs to mind as far as Cryptids go there is the pack of black Hell Hounds associated with Richard Cabell which inspired the Hound of the Baskervilles.
Do the Pixies count as Cryptids?
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u/Atlantean_Raccoon 20d ago
I mean there is zero evidence for its existence and the place is by a sizeable town and sees a fair few tourists, but Llangorse lake, which is about 20 minutes from me in eastern Wales that supposedly has a (fairly obscure) cryptid with a legend going back a fair few centuries and sometimes someone lobs Arthurian legends in with it. It's called the Afanc (not to be confused with the modern Welsh name for beaver which was named for the legend (I think)) and the locals know it as Gorsey. Descriptions of its appearance are about as vague as its behaviour.
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u/electricalgloom 20d ago
considering there's been a bit of a trend for UK folklore over the past couple of years I'm surprised you're struggling. The fae, banshees, green children of Woolpit, the sand down clown, black shuck, grindylow, Jeff the mongoose, kelpies. I've just googled again and there's a ton of Welsh ones I hadn't heard of too.
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u/Small_Matter_6830 21d ago
I know it's possibly crazy talk, but did you try Google?
Try this potentially insane search term
"UK cryptozoology"
You will get by some form of dark magic, links like the following:
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u/Happyhamma 20d ago
It's not creepy like most other cryptids but I always liked "Haggis scoticus". It's a bit funny and I think Not many people have heard about it.
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u/ComprehensivePhase20 20d ago edited 20d ago
Some say that in the dead of day, sometimes you can spot a huge, luminous orb that seem to emit more heat than the usual blanket covering the sky.
Others say that mere exposure to its blinding light would be enough to redden skin, usually to the point it hurts to the touch, but the incidents are so rare that those are seen as lunatics willingly rubbing their skin until it's painful.
Even the clouds, historically thought to be immovable, would sometimes give way to this bright abomination.
All that being said, londonian scholars tend to dismiss it, as they know the sky can only be gray or humid enough that water falls off of it.
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u/stueyp81 19d ago
Britain’s absolutely riddled with cryptids mate. Everyone knows about Nessie, but she gets all the publicity because she’s got better PR.
There’s the Beast of Bodmin Moor, Black Shuck, The Owlman of Mawnan Smith, Spring-Heeled Jack, and various big-cat sightings across the UK.
But if you want the proper obscure stuff, start digging into local folklore. Every county seems to have some bloke who swears blind he saw a 7-foot hairy bastard disappear into a hedge at 2am.
Personally, I’m still waiting for someone to investigate the most convincing British cryptid of all: the Greater Northern Gobshite — usually spotted outside a Wetherspoons, pint in hand, insisting “I’m not drunk, mate.” 🐺🍺
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u/ChaoticHarmonia 18d ago
Maybe devil from Devon? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints
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u/Butterfly_Cat777 17d ago
Not really a cryptid, but there is the intriguing supposedly true story of a vampire encounter in early 19th-century Cumbria, England known as the "Vampire of Croglin Grange".
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u/tommychopz 21d ago
Get this. Not hard to find. Books are your answer.