There are many reports of dinos in Africa, the Kasai Rex was, unfortunately, not one of them. A man named John Johnson claimed to have seen a T-Rex-like animal attack and kill a rhino in the Kasai Valley of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A picture was taken of the attack

You hear something swinging from the trees above you. What could it be? Birds? Squirrels? Or the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus! No, it’s probably a bird. This internet hoax was created by Lyle Zapato in 1998, and claimed the Washington State Olympic Park was its home

One thick snake. This is the Tsuchinoko, a wide snake that appears in the folklore of Western Japan. Not only is it venomous, but it has the ability to jump. It shows up in multiple Japanese media, including Castlevania, Yo-kai Watch, and the Metal Gear Solid series.

In 1978, a man known only as Mr. Matsubara claimed to have photographed a creature in Lake Ikeda. In 1991, another visitor shot footage of the lake monster. Dubbed Issie, the creature’s origins can be traced all the way back to Japanese Mythology.

The Japanese Bigfoot, Hibagon was first seen in the 1970s, around Mount Hiba in the Hiroshima Prefecture. It was described as 5ft tall, black furred with white skin, and in one 1972 report, having a chocolate-brown face.

The Ryukyu Kingfisher, a 9 1/2 inch bird, lived in Japan’s Miyako Island, but only one specimen was ever collected back in 1887. It’s believed the bird went extinct due to rats. However, some have reported seeing the bird and believe it is still alive

On February 23, 1975 at around 7pm two grade-school boys in Kōfu, Yamanashi Japan saw a pair of orange UFOs followed by a long arm metal fanged alien that exited from a spaceship that had descended. After the event some claimed to have found radioactivity where the UFO landed

Throughout the 1970s, people around Lake Kussharo, Japan reported seeing a large, horse-like creature with silver eyes called Kussie. On several occasions, groups of people have seen the monster, such as in 1973, when 40 school kids & their teachers saw it.

The Crested Shelduck was last seen in 1964, around the Sea of Japan, though reports were collected in 1985 & 1991. Though it is listed as critically endangered, some have presumed it extinct. It’s only known from specimens collected from the early 1900s.

The Honshu Wolf and the Hokkaido Wolf were two subspecies of grey wolves that lived throughout Japan until their extinctions in 1905 and 1889, respectively. But ever since their extinctions, people have reported seeing and hearing wolves in the countryside of Japan

A foreign teacher named David Nardiello was biking down a rice paddy in Osaka, Shikoku, Japan, when he saw a creature emerge from a nearby lake. He described it as having the face of a snake, eyes like a shark, and a cat's body. Not only that, but it had wings and was able to fly

Missie was a semi-aquatic, rodent-like animal seen in Mizumoto Park in Tokyo, Japan, during the 1970s-1990s. While some described it as a giant muskrat, others described it as a 9ft reptile, probably an escaped pet.

The Hexham Sheepman, a spirit that terrorized a family in England, after their neighbors unearthed carved Celtic heads, though these were later proven to be fake. Other tellings described the creature more like a Goatman than a Sheepman.

On April 6 2016, a video was uploaded to YouTube of a large creature swimming in the Thames River. The filmer speculated that it could have been a whale or a weird submarine. Others speculate that it could be a relative of Nessie, or any of Britain’s other lake monsters

In the 1950s, a motorcyclist driving in the Peak District in England saw a large, black slug crossing the road. He said it was as big as a whale with a massive eye. According to the motorist, other people have seen this slug as well

In 1984, Kevin Chippendale was walking down Braemar Road in Brentford, England, when he saw a strange creature flying near the Green Dragon tower. He described it as a dog with wings & claimed to have seen it again in 1985, this time describing it as a griffin

In 1802, villagers from Parkend, England, took part in a hunt for a massive boar & 200 years later, a large wild boar was killed in the woods. Boars have been extinct in the British Isles since the 13th century, though populations have been restored since the 1950s

According to one man, back in 1953, he saw a large black cat in Abbots Bromley, in Staffordshire, England. To his horror, the cat rose on two legs, standing around 5ft tall. It then dropped back to the ground and ran off.

Nottingham, England, back in July of 1976, a lioness was seen there. The ABC was seen by 65 people, yet police could never capture the beast. Instead, they insisted that what people were seeing was a very big dog.

A five-foot, 1000-pound elk with 12 foot span of antlers, the Irish Elk was one of the largest deer to ever live. The animal went extinct 11,000 years ago, yet Celtic mythology told of giant elk coexisting with humans.