Cryptid Sightings in Alaska
5 nightmarks documented
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.
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.
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.
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.