i had an encounter with a skunk ape and
it completely altered the course of my
life
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down
our picks for the top 10 famous monsters
caught on camera
justin says he's seen him before he
describes himself
as a chupacabra hunter this is about my
fourth one that i cited
this is the the second one we've gotten
on on camera the set's the area
nobody to be found not a song take a
look at this viral video from la junta
in southeastern colorado
for this list we'll be looking at the
creepiest alleged photographic
and video evidence of legendary
creatures including those
not from earth we'll be including some
that are generally thought to be hoaxes
but that have nonetheless become iconic
we will however be excluding ghosts
which photo or video do you find the
most convincing
let us know in the comments number 10
mothman
the mothman's window of fame was brief
but left a lasting impact
put them out put them out put them out
put them out put them out i'm saying it
i just say it
its reign of terror only lasted from
november of 1966
to december of 1967 with the first
headline reading
couples see man-sized bird creature
something
said to haunt point pleasant west
virginia it was described by
eyewitnesses
as quote a large flying man with 10-foot
wings
and glowing red eyes however the mothman
may be back in november of 2016 a
resident snapped some pictures of what
looked like an airborne man with wings
and skinny legs
the man insists that the photos are
genuine and he reportedly wasn't even
aware of the mothman legend before
seeing the creature flying in the sky
harris has met many mothman believers
over the years
like the smiths you have eyewitnesses so
you know
yeah it does have potential and and i do
sort of want to believe
number nine ningen stories about the
ningen are relatively recent
originating on the japanese text board
two channel
supposedly it was first sighted by a
japanese whaling vessel off the coast of
antarctica
the crew watched as a pale humanoid
whale-like creature emerged from the
water
descriptions vary with some eyewitnesses
claiming it has arms and legs
while others say it has fins tails and
tentacles
the japanese paranormal magazine moo
picked up the story in 2007.
and even displayed a google earth
screenshot of what appeared to be a
ningen in the south atlantic
unfortunately not much is known about
the ningen at this point but you have to
admit
that is one unsettling photo number 8
skunk ape while tales of foul-smelling
simeons in florida go a long way back
they peaked in the 1960s and 70s
according to eyewitnesses
it was a rusty red color and stank like
a skunk
in 2000 ochopee resident dave shealy
filmed what he claims was a skunk ape
although others counter it was a man
in a gorilla suit later that same year a
photo was anonymously sent to the
sarasota sheriff's department
experts identified it as an orangutan
but that didn't satisfy
everyone i had an encounter with a skunk
ape and it completely altered the course
of my life
in 2012 filmmaker stacy brown caught
what he claims was thermal footage of a
skunk ape during a close encounter at a
night in florida's torrea state park
they saw that the creature had run
through a barbed wire fence that they
were
able to obtain hairs they sent the hairs
to their lab and it came back as an
unknown creature
number seven chupacabra first reported
in puerto rico in 1995
the chupacabra is said to resemble a
small bear with a row of spines on its
back
justin says he's seen him before he
describes himself
as a chupacabra hunter this is about my
fourth one that i cited
this is the second one we've gotten on
on camera it purportedly sucks the blood
of livestock with its name
literally meaning goat sucker in spanish
the legend is mainly centered around
puerto rico
northern mexico and the southern united
states with a supposed sighting in
houston
in 2019 but perhaps it roams further
afield
because in 2016 a video was published
online depicting a bipedal creature with
a stooped back
as voices spoke in portuguese to be
honest it looks very much
animated but it is pretty creepy number
six
trunk oh every now and then a horrific
mass of flesh and organs will wash up on
shore
they're known disgustingly enough as
globsters
in 1924 a globster appeared on the shore
of margate south africa
only this one was a little different
eyewitnesses described the mass
as having snow white fur and a trunk
with one farmer describing it as a
giant polar bear the witnesses also
state that the creature was battling
two killer whales before it washed up on
shore it sat there for 10 days and was
never studied by an expert
photos have since emerged of the
globster showing humans standing next to
a giant white mass
number five yeti welcome to the
himalayas
in 1951 an expedition led by english
mountaineer eric shipton
identified the route later used for the
first successful ascent of mount everest
the expedition also made a more
startling find
with dr michael ward shipton discovered
and photographed alleged
yeti footprints igniting debate that's
continued ever since
each print measured 13 inches long and
was twice as broad as a human foot
why can't they call me the adorable
snowman or or the agreeable snowman for
crying out loud
i'm a nice guy snow cone they also found
claw marks etched in the glacier
these weren't the first such photos
either in 1937
english mountaineer frank smith had also
taken a photo of footprints in the snow
however experts agreed that they
probably belonged to a bear
the yeti might still be around in 2019
the indian army claimed to have found
yeti footprints in the himalayas
number four hook island sea monster
located off of queensland australia
hook island is an uninhabited and rugged
island that serves as a popular tourist
destination owing to its colorful
coral in 1964 the island became known
around the world
owing to a series of photos that seemed
to depict a tadpole like sea monster
the photos were taken by a man named
robert lisarek
who spotted the creature in the island's
stonehaven bay
listerac estimated the creature to be
upwards of
80 feet long various explanations have
been put forth
like the monster actually being a
deflated sky hook balloon or a custom
cut plastic sheet
or it could be a genuine sea monster for
the sake of excitement
we're gonna go with that one number
three the soulway firth spaceman
people have been trying to prove the
existence of aliens for decades
many photos and videos turn out to be
hoaxes like the infamous
alien autopsy video that made waves in
1995
only to be revealed as fake a decade
later debate persists however
around the solway firth spaceman
photographed in 1964.
while relaxing on burr marsh in cumbria
england firefighter jim templeton took a
series of photos of his five-year-old
daughter
one of them depicts a mysterious
astronaut-like figure
standing or floating in the background
some people argue that the figure is
templeton's wife and that her pale blue
dress appears white due to overexposure
others are not convinced he's hoping
that even after all this time
the mystery can still be solved that's
the question who is he where is he from
those are the two questions we want
answered number two
bigfoot there are plenty of supposed
photos and videos of bigfoot out there
some are easy to believe like the photo
of a juvenile bigfoot captured by a
pennsylvania man in 2007.
others like the sasquatch skull
supposedly found on mars
really strain credulity one of the most
debated of all is undoubtedly the
patterson gimlin film
named after its creators roger patterson
and robert gimlin
captured in 1967 the film depicts a
hairy
bipedal creature walking through
northern california's six rivers
nationals forest
it's easily the most famous video
evidence of a cryptozoological creature
and the film has been studied analyzed
and parodied for decades
new york one has just received some
exclusive amateur news footage
that you just might want to follow up on
there seems to be a strange man dressed
as an
elf wandering through central park its
authenticity remains in question but for
many
this is the holy grail of bigfoot
evidence sorry julian we thought you
were
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number 1 loch ness monster photos of
numerous underwater creatures have made
headlines from the aforementioned hook
island
sea monster to raise town rey in
pennsylvania but
none are as popular as nessie said to
inhabit loch ness in scotland
this monster has been inspiring reports
since as far back as the 6th
century although they really only picked
up steam in the 1930s
the monster shot to worldwide fame in
1934
thanks to the infamous surgeon's
photograph supposedly taken by robert
kenneth wilson
sadly most now agree that it was a hoax
however there are dozens of other photos
and videos that have made waves
including the well-known dinsdale film
taken in 1960.
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