Cryptid Sightings in Alaska
5 nightmarks documented
5 cryptid sightings in Alaska
Thunderbird of Alaska — giant Nanuq raptors stalk the Arctic from Utqiagvik to the Yukon
Since at least 1849, witnesses across Alaska have reported black birds with 14-foot wingspans. In 2002, residents of Togiak described one the size of a small plane.
Portlock — the Alaska ghost town abandoned after a cryptid began killing residents (1949)
By 1950, residents of Portlock, Alaska fled the village after a decade of deaths they blamed on Nantiinaq, the Alutiiq 'Hairy Man.' The cannery ruins still stand.
Iliamna Lake Monster — the giant unidentified creatures of Alaska's largest lake
Alaska's largest lake harbors a dark, 30-foot creature documented in bush-pilot sightings since the 1940s. Audubon offered $100,000 for proof; still unclaimed.
The Ketchikan Bigfoot photographs — Southeast Alaska Sasquatch encounters
From Ketchikan north to Yakutat, more than 40 Sasquatch reports have accumulated since 1920, backed by Tlingit and Haida oral tradition and trapper sightings.
Tizheruk — the sea-serpent of the Bering Strait
Iñupiat sea-serpent of the Bering Strait — 15-20 feet long, with a single tail flipper. Credited with dragging ice-edge hunters below since the early 1900s.