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Issie

Issie (イッシー Isshī) is a legendary Japanese lake monster; it is said to lurk in Lake Ikeda, on Kyushu Island. The name is formed in analogy with "Nessie" (the Loch Ness Monster).

Location

Lake Ikeda is a freshwater caldera lake believed to have been formed by an eruption approximately 6,400 years ago. The lake water originates from rainfall, and no rivers flow into it. It covers an area of 10.91 square kilometers and reaches a depth of 233 meters. While biological life is scarce, several species of fish introduced by humans inhabit the lake.

Description

Artwork of Issie from 謎の未確認動物雑学事典（1992）

Artwork of Issie from 謎の未確認動物雑学事典（1992）

It is reported to be black or red in color, 20 to 30 meters long, with a hump on its back and an extremely elongated body shape similar to an eel or snake. No head sightings have been reported since the 1970s, but combining sightings from the 1940s with reports of undated sightings, it appears to have a head the size of an oil drum and a jaw with fangs.

There are Issie statues in the area, but these do not reflect any of the reported Issie features.

A statue of Issie

A statue of Issie

Sightings

The creature was reportedly photographed in 1978, by a man who went by the name "Mr. Matsubara". Twenty other people reportedly also saw the creature, which they described as black and about 5 meters (16.4 feet) long, swimming in the lake in 1978. In 1991, another visitor to the lake caught video footage supposedly of a bizarre-looking creature estimated to be 30 meters (98.4 feet) in length.

Explanations

There is a theory that this is a large eel. Lake Ikeda is home to many giant mottled eels. Some say that when several of these swim on the surface of the water, they look like the silhouette of one giant creature.

When Bintaro Yamaguchi asked local residents if Issie had been sighted yet during his field interviews, a local resident told him, “We stopped insisting that just a big eel is Issie.”

Hoax

Several English-language sources, such as Fortean Japan, claim that local mythology describes a mother mare whose foal was stolen leaping into the lake and becoming Issie. However, while there is indeed a local legend about a mother mare whose foal was stolen leaping into the lake, there is no story about it transforming into Issie. According to the actual legend, the mother mare mistook her reflection in the lake for her foal and plunged in, perishing.[1]

Source and other information

  1. ↑ https://www.city.ibusuki.lg.jp/marugoto/spot/%E5%B0%8F%E6%B5%9C%E3%81%AE%E9%A6%AC%E9%A0%AD%E8%A6%B3%E9%9F%B3/
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Cactus Cat(hoax) • Cadborosaurus willsi • Cafre • Calopus • Calygreyhound • Camahueto • Cameleopard • Cameron Lake Monster • Cameron Village Sewer Blob • Canadian and Cuban Albino Shark • Canadian Chupacabra • Canvey Island Monster • Cape Sable Serpent • Capelobo • Cardiff Giant(hoax) • Carnivorous Tree • Cassie • Cat-Fox • Ccoa • Cehehe • Centaurs . Cerro Azul Monster • Champ • Changshe • Cherufe • Chessie • Chhattisgarh Spacemen • Chickcharney • Chilean Air Rod • Chilean Blob • Chilihueque • Chisaku • Chiye-Tanka • Chuchunya • Chupacabra • Cigau • Ciguapas • Cipactli • Classic Dragons (Non-Western Cultures) • Classic Dragons (Western Cultures) • Cocollona • Cole Hollow Road Monster • Colin's Mega Snake • Colossal Claude • Conakry Monster • Con Rit • Conakry Monster • Cooncat • Coonigator • Corfu Island Creature • Cosmic Tree • Cow-Eating Tree • Crawfordsville Monster • Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain • Creatures of the Deep Sea • Cressie • Crocodile Frog • Crocodingo(hoax) • Crocotta • Cuchivilu • Cumberland Dragon • Cumberland Spaceman (Solway Firth Spaceman) • Cussac Aliens • Cuélebre • Cyclops Shark(explanation) • Cynocephali

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Dahag • Dahu • Dalby Spook • Dard • Dark Faerie • Dark Watchers • Das-Adder • Death Dealing Tree of the Phillippines • Deepstar 4000 Fish • Deer Women • Demons • Deogen • Deridder Roadkill • Devil Bird • Devil Creature of Son Doong Cave • Devil Monkeys • Devil's Lake Monster • Devils Lake Serpent • Devouring Gourd • Dewayo • Dewey Lake Monster • Dey Loy's Ape • DiJiang • Dingbat • Dingbelle • Dingonek • Diplocaulus • Dirawong • Disco Demon • Dobhar-chu • Dodo • Dogigator(hoax) • Dominican Macaw • Domsten Blobs • Donestre • Donkey Lady of San Antonio • Doppelgänger • Dover Demon • Dragon • Dragons • Drekavac • Drop Bear • Du • Dublin Lake Monster • Dundas island blackfly • Dunk Island Carcass • Duphon • Dutch Flying Jellyfish • Dwarves

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Each-uisge • Eachy • Eastern Cougar • Easthaven Sea Serpent • Ebu Gogo • El Cadejo • El Cuero • El Yunque Chupacabra • Elephant Humanoid • Elmendorf Beast • Eloko • Elwetritsch • Emela-Ntouka • Encantado • Enfield Horror • Enkidu • Ennedi Tiger • Euroa Beast • European Wildman.

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Fear Liath Moor • Fearsome Critters • Feathered Serpent • Fei Lian • Feishu • Feiyi • Felixstowe Fire Demon • Fern Flower • Fifolet • 50 Foot Congo Snake • 52-Hertz Whale • Fiji Mermaid(hoax) • Fish-man of Liérganes • Fiskerton Phantom • Five-Striped Abyss Fish • Flashlight Frog • Flathead Lake Monster • Flatwoods Monster • Flying Head • Flying Rays • Flæðarmús • Folly Beach Monster • Fotsiaondre • Four Mile Globster • Frank Shaw's Gargoyle • Freshwater Monkey • Fresno Nightcrawler • Fsti Capcaki • Fu Lion Dogs • Fur-Bearing Trout • Futakuchi-Onna • Fuzhu

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Gajah Mina • Galley-Trot • Gambo • Ganges Giant Blue Eel • Garuda • Gargouille • Garson Invaders • Garta • Gashadokuro • Gator Man • Gazeka • Gbahali • Genderuwo • Genoskwa • Gensou Hyouhon Hakubutsukan • Georgia Raptor • Germakochi • Ghilan • Ghillie Dhu • Ghost Camel • Ghost Deer • Ghostly Scarecrow of Chiang Rai • Ghoul • Giant Acorn Worm • Giant Anaconda • Giant Bats • Giant Bushbaby • Giant Canadian Spiderbat • Giant Catfish • Giant Chinese Bamboo Rat • Giant Dragonfish • Giant Goldfish • Giant Grasshoppers(hoax) • Giant Great South Bay Horseshoe Crab• Giant Indian Bipedal Lizards • Giant Jellyfish • Giant of Castelnau • Giant Pythons • Giant Rat • Giant Rooster • Giant Scuttles • Giant Snake of Mt. Tsurugi • Giant Space Brains of Palos Verdes • Giant Squid(confirmed) • Giant Tongan Skink • Giant Triops • Giants • Gigantopithecus • Giglioli's Whale • Gippsland Phantom Cat • Girona Gremlin • Girt Dog of Ennerdale • Gitmo Bird • Gizotso • Glacier Island Carcass • Globsters and Blobs • Gloucester Sea Serpent • Glyptodon • Goatman • Goayr Heddagh • Goblins • Goeldi's Marmosets • Gog-Magog • Golden Moon Bear • Goliath Frog • Grassman • Great Auk • Green Lady • Gremlin • Grey Aliens • Griffins • Griggstown Cow • Grindylow • Grootslang • Grotte Cosquer Animal • Gruagach • Grunch Road Monster • Gryttie • Guadeloupe Parrot • Gudiao • Gugwe • Gulon • Gumberoo • Gunni • Gurumapa • Gyochu • Ghosts

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Haddock Goblin • Haiit • Haimushi • Haishaku • Hakawai • Halibut Mother • Hamai Beast • Harikikigaki • Hatuibwari • Hawaiian Monk Seal • Hebrides Blob • Helena Manatee • Hellhounds • Herensuge • Hibagon • Hidey Hinder • High-Finned Sperm Whale • Hinosha • Hippocerf • Hippogriff • Hippoturtleox • Hishaku • History of El Chupacabra • Hoan Kiem Turtle(confirmed) • Hook Island Sea Monster(hoax) • Hizo no Kasamushi • Hizo no Kesshaku • Hizo no Mushi • HMS Daedalus Serpent • Hogzilla(confirmed) • Hollingworth Lake Monster • Homo Gardarensis • Homunculus • Honey Island Swamp Monster • Hoop Snake • Hopkinsville Goblins • Hoppie • Horned Demon Cat • Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer • Hrökkáll • Huallepen • Huan Cat • Huay Chivo • Hudson River Monster • Hungry Grass • Hvcko Capko • Hyampom Hog Bear • Hydrarchos(hoax) • Hō-ō

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Iemisch • ‘Ifrit • Igopogo • Iliamna Lake Monster • Imap Umassoursua • Indonesian Coelacanth(confirmed) • Indrid Cold • Ine Weu and Poti Wolo • Inkanyamba • Intulo • Iranian Toothed Bird • Issie • Itzcuintlipotzotli • Ivory-billed woodpecker

J
J'ba FoFi • Jackalope • Jacko • Jaculus • Jake the Alligator Man • Jamaican Macaw • Jann • Japanese Wolf • Javanese Wolf • Jellyfish Anomaly of Petrosavodsk • Jenglot • Jersey Devil • Jiao • Jie • Jimeng • Jimmy Squarefoot • Jinmenju • Jinn • Jinshaku • Jinshin-Mushi • Jumpin' Yuccy • Junjudee

K
Kabagon • Kabandha • Kagemushi • Kaiaimunu • Kaijin • Kaiju of Mt. Bandai • Kakuran no Mushi • Kalanoro • Kameshaku • Kami • Kanmushi • Kansas City Winged Demon • Kanshaku • Kap-Dwa • Kappa • Kapre • Karkadann • Kasa-Obake • Kasai rex • Kataw • Kawuk • Kayeri • Kek Tung • Kellas Cat • Kelpie • Kerguelen Islands Horse • Khaiyr Beast • Kidoky • Kiidk'yaas • Kikiyaon • Kinderhook Blob • Kingstie • Kitsune . Kinnula Humanoid • Kirin • Kishaku • Kiukan • Knucker • Kodama • Kofu Fanged Humanoids • Koguhpuk • Kon Tiki Creatures • Kongamato • Koolakamba • Kor • Koseu • Koshi no Mushi • Koskolteras Rhombopterix • Kraken • Kting Voar • Kumi Lizard • Kushtaka • Kussie

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Labynkyr Monster • Lac Wood Screecher • Lagarfljot Worm • Lake Erie Chomper • Lake Elsinore Monster • Lake George Monster • Lake Herrington Monster • Lake Monsters • Lake Norman Monster • Lake Ontario Serpents • Lake St. Clair Serpent • Lake Tarpon Monster • Lake Tianchi Monster • Lake Utopia Monster • Lake Van Monster • Lake Worth Monster • Lamb of Tartary • Lambton Worm • Large Antarctic Sea Mammal • Lariosauro • Lau • Lautoka Dwarves • Lavellan • Laysan Fan Palm • Le Loyon • Lechuza • Leelanau Lake Monster • Lembuswana • Leprechaun • Leshy • Leviathan • Leyak • Lightning Bird • Lili • Lindworm • Living Dinosaurs in Australia • Lizard Men • Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp • Lizzie • Llamhigyn Y Dwr • Loberno • Loch Awe Monster • Loch Ness Monster • Loch Oich Monster • Lockridge Monster • Lone Pine Mountain Devil • LongZhi • Long-Necked Seal • Lou Carcolh • Lough Foyle monster • Louisiana Thunderbird • Loveland Frogmen • Lusca • Luting Fish • Lynx

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M'kuoo M'bemboo • Macanci • MacFarlane's Bear • Madagascar Tree • Magician's Monster • Mahamba • Makara • Malagasy Lion • Malawi Terror Beast • Mali • Malpelo Monster • Maltese Tiger • Mamba Mutu • Mambabarang • Mamlambo • Manaia and Hei-tiki • Man-Eating Lotus of Nubia • Manaia and Hei-tiki • Manananggal • Manaus Pterosaur • Mande Barung • Mandrake • Maned American Lion • Mangarsahoc • Manhattan Monster • Manipogo • Manman Duck • Manman Otter • Mann Hill Island Carcass • Mannegishi • Manta-Man • Mantahungal • Manticore • Mantis Man • Mapinguari • Marcupo • Maricoxi • Marine Lion • Marked Hominids • Marozi • Martinique Parrot • Maryland Goatman • Masterton Monster • Matagi Carcasses • Matah Kagmi • Mathews Range Starling • Matlox • Matorepo Wera (Green Swamp Demon) • Maumee River Monster • Mayan Mummy • Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu • Mbói Tu'i • Mecheny • Medford Shmoos • Megalania • Megalodon • Megatherium • Melbourne-Hobart Carcass • Melon Heads • Memphré • Men in Black • Menehune • Mentigi Monster • Mermaids • Merman • Mesonychids • Messie • Metal Man • Metepec Creature • Mexican Alien Remains(hoax) • Mexican Flying Horse • Mexican Pet • Miami Beach Scorpion • Michelin Men • Michigan Dogman • Micro-Mermaid • Migas • Mihirung Paringmal • Mike The Headless Chicken • Mimi (folklore) • Minhocão • Miniwashitu • Minnesota Dog-Man • Minnesota Iceman • Minogame • Miraj • Miramar Toxodont • Mirygdy • Mitla • Mngwa • Moa • Moddey Dhoo • Moehau • Mogollon Monster • Moha Moha • Mokèlé-mbèmbé • Moly • Momo • Mongitore's Monstrous Fish • Mongolian Death Worm • Monkey-Man of New Delhi • Mono Grande • Monocerus • MonopodMonster of Bor Lake • Monster of Lake Fagua • Monsters of Indonesia • Monsters of Pinatubo • Montauk Monster • Monuca • Moore's Beach Monster • Mora • Morag • Morgawr • Moss Man • Mothman • Mount Kancing Dragon Snake • Muc-sheilch • Muckie • Muhuru • Muladona • Mulilo Slug • Murex • Murphysboro Mud Monster • Murray • Mussie • Mušḫuššu

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Nabau • Naga • Nahuelito • Namazu • Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square • Namibian Flying Snake • Nandi Bear • Nantucket Blob • Napa Rebobs • Nape • Naree pon • NASA's Jellyfish Anomalies • Nasnas • Neelagiri Kaduva • Nayarit Ruffed Cat • Nesophontid Insectivores • Nessie (or Loch Ness Monster) • New Delhi Celestial Serpent • New Guinean Iguanodon • New Louisiana Swamp Monster • New River Inlet Carcass • New Zealand Globster • Newfoundland Blob • Newfoundland Flamingo • Ngarara • Ngoubou • Nguma-monene • Nguoi Rung • Nguruvilu • Nhang • Nian • Niger Firespitter • Nightcrawler • Ningen • Ninki Nanka • Nissi • Nittaewo • North Shore Monster • Northern Giant • Northern Spoonbill (confirmed) • Northfield Pigman • Norwegian Atmospheric Jellyfish • Not Deer • Nozuchi Tokage • Nuckelavee • Nue • Nuk-luk • Nuppeppo • Nyaminyami • Nymph

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Obojoki • Octo-squatch • Ogopogo • Oggie • Oil Pit Squid • Okapi(confirmed) • Oklahoma Octopus • Ol' Slavey • Old Green Eyes • Old Greeny • Old Saybrook Blockheads • Old Yellow Top • Oldeani Monster • Olitiau • Onza • Ophiotaurus • Oracular Trees • Orang Bati • Orang Gadang • Orang Ikan • Orang Mawas • Orang Minyak • Orang Pendek • Orange Alligator • Orange Eyes • Orobon • Owlman • Owner of a Bag • Ozark Howler

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Paciencia Abductors • Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus(hoax) • Paddler • Pakistan • Pal Rai Yuk • Pallid Sailfin • Pamba • Panther • Panthera tigris sudanensis • Papa Bois • Parandrus • Pard • Partridge Creek Monster • Pascagoula Elephant Men • Passenger Pigeon • Peluda • Penangglan Chupacabra • Pendine Mermaid • Pender County Pale Crawler • Penghou • Pengkalan Chepa Creature • Pennsylvanian Mountain Lion • Pennsylvanian White Bigfoot • Pepie Monster • Peridexion Tree • Peruvian Skeleton • Peryton • Pesanta • Peuchen • Phantom Kangaroo • Phaya Naga • Phoenix • Piasa Bird • Pishacha • Po orangutan • Poaxiao • Pogeyan • Pollo Maligno • Ponik • Pope Lick Monster • Popobawa • Portada • Poskok • Potosi Sheepslayer • Poukai • Prehistoric Cryptids • Prespan lake monster • Pressie • Proctor Valley Monster • Pterodactyls • Pterosaurs • Puerto Rican Chupacabra • Pugot • Pukehina Predator • Pukwudgie

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Qa • Qallupilluit • Qalupalik • Qaxdascidi • Qing Xian Flying Jellyfish • Qiqirn • Qisemn • Qizhong • Queensland Tiger • Questing Beast • Quetzalcoatl • Quetzalcoatlus • Quickfoot • Quinotaur • Qupqugiaq

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Ramidreju • Ranyi • Raskovnik • Ratman of Southend • Raven Mocker • Raystown Ray • Red Cheetah • Red Ghost • Rephaite • Réunion swamphen • Rhinoceros Dolphin • Rijeka Reaper • River Dinos • Riverside Monster • Roc • Roch Ness Monster(explanation) • Rochester Rat-Dog • Rompo • Ropen • Rougarou • Runan-shah • Russian Sirins

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Sabertooth Deer(confirmed) • Sabine Thing • Sachamama • Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf • Sakhalin Island Woolly Whale • Salawa • Salmon mother • Sandwalker • Santa Monica Giant Squid(hoax) • Santer • Sapo De Loma • Sarangay • Sarimanok • Sarmatian Sea Snail • Sasquatch • Sassabonsam • Sea Monk • Sea Monster • Sea Swine • Seal Rock Sea Monster • Seatco • Segben (Werebeast) • Seljordsormen • Serpopard • Sewer Alligator • Shachihoko • Shadow Panther • Shadow People • Sharlie • Sheepsquatch • Shellycoat • Sherman Beasts • Shore Laddie • Shug Monkey • Shunka Warakin • Si-Teh-Cas • Sigbin • Silphium • Silver Lake Serpent • Sipatahunan Cave Horse Serpent • Sirens • Sirena (Philippine mythology) • Sisiutl • Siwil • Siyokoy • Si’lat • Skeljaskrímsli • Skin-walker • Skookum • Skunk Ape • Sky Serpents • Slipperyskin • Slow Down • Smilodon • Smithy • Snake-Headed Dog • Snallygaster • Snawfus • Snoligoster • Snow Snake • Snow Wasset • Solomon Island Giants • Solomon Islands Dragon Snake • Songsi • South American Bigfoot • South American Dinosaurs • South Carolina Thunderbird • Space Brains of Palos Verdes • Spaghetti tree • Sphinx • Spider Grandmother • Spiny-Backed Chimpanzee • Spottsville Monster • Spring Heeled Jack • Squonk • Srayuda • St. Augustine Monster • Sta • Steller's Sea Ape • Stoa • Storsjöodjuret • Strigoi • Stronsay Beast • Suanyu • Sugar Bundle • Šumske Dekle • Sumxu • Surrey Puma • Swamp Stalker of Boggy Creak • Swan Maidens • Swan Valley Monster • Swansea Eel • Sykesville Monster

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Taawi • Tahoe Tessie • Tailypo • Takitaro • Tall White Aliens • Tammatuyuq • Taniwha • Tano Giant • Tapire-iauara • Tarasque • Tasmanian Blobs • Tasmanian Mock Walrus(hoax) • Tatzelwurm • Te Wheke-a-Muturangi • Tecolutla Monster • Telepathic Football • Tengu • Tennessee Wildman • Terror Birds • Thames River Monster • Thanacth • The Buru, Giant Lizards and Giant Crocodiles • The Indian Tree of the Sun and the Moon • The Legend of Sinkhole Sam • The Mysterious Giant Snake Of North-Africa • The Pig-Man of Cannock Chase • The Turner Beast (Mutant Canine) • The Vampire Vine • The Yucca Man • Thetis Lake Monster • Three-Starred Anglerfish • Thunderbird • Thylacine • Tibicena • Tiddalik • Tikbalang • Timor Sea Ground Shark • Tipperary Wolfmen • Tizzie-Whizie • Tlanusi • Tokoloshe • Tornit • Toronto Aerial Jellyfish • Toronto Tunnel Monster • Trasno • Trinity Alps Giant Salamander • Troll • Trotterhead • True Giants • Trunko • Tsinquaw • Tsmok • Tsuchinoko • Tsul 'Kalu • Tullimonstrum • Tumor Seal of Mel’s Other Hole • Tuniit • Turtle Lake Monster • Tuscumbia Space Penguins • Two-toed Tom • Tyleri Yeti Crab

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U-28 Creature • UB-85 Atrocity • Ucu • Ufiti • UFO • Ugjuknarpak • Ular Pendek • Umakan • Umdhlebi • Umibōzu • Unicorn • Unknown Norwegian Creature • Up-island Spider • Upland trout • Upsweep • Urayuli • Urco • Ushi-Oni • USS Stein Monster

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Vadakilla Monster • Vampire • Vampire Beast • Van Meter Visitor • Vanara • Varberg Fortress Moat Monster • Varginha Devil • Vatnagedda • Ved • Veggieman • Venezuelan Hairy Dwarves • Veo • Villaricos Horned Serpent • Vine of Sodom • Vision Serpent • Voronezh Aliens • Vorota Beast

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Wadjet • Waitoreke • Wakwak • Walker County Creature • Wallowa Lake Freshwater Crustaceans • Wallowa Lake Monster • Wampus Beast • Wanderlight • Wapaloosie • Waqwaq • Wasaga Beach Seal Monster • Washington's Eagle • Washoriwe • Water Elephant • Waterford Sheepman • Weeping Date Palm • Wendigo • Werehyena • Weretiger • Werewolf • Werewolves • West Virginian Yahoo • Whale Eater • White Death • White River Monster • White Things (Devil Dogs) • Wild Haggis • Wolpertinger • Wood Booger • Woodwose • Woolly Mammoth • Wucharia • Wuhnan Toads • Wyvern

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Xexeu • Xianfu Zhi Yu • Xiangshe • Xianyang • Xing-Xing • Xixi Zhi Yu • Xuangui • Xing-xing • Xixi Zhi Yu

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Ya-Te-Veo • Yacumama • Yale • Yamabiko • Yamakachi • Yanalik-Adam • Yaoshikepu • Yara Ma Yha Who • Yeren • Yeti • Yggdrasil • Yibimin • Yowie • Yu • Yucca Man • Yukon Beaver Eater

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Zanfretta's Aliens • Zantegeba • Zanzibar Leopard • Zaratan • Zheng • Zhuhuai • Ziphius (Cuvier's Beaked Whale) • Zitiron • Zmeu • Zuiyo-Maru Carcass

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