Wildlife Expert Investigates 5 Infamous Cryptid Animals 

Really glad my 20-year-old editor doesn't know the difference between lock and loch, make sure you all comment and give him a hard time about it!

The moonshiners inventing a creature to keep people away is basically an episode of Scooby Doo

"Whether it's whale penis, or waves" Well done, you've said something that has never been said before.

I love the documentaries where you discovered that the Spectacled Bear and the Red Wolf were behind the stories about mysterious creatures. Neither of those animals are talked about as often as they should. So I'm grateful that someone like you put a spotlight on them.

I live in the Ozarks and we still hear reports of The Ozark Howler being spotted! Most descriptions seem to relay a large black hyena with a long cat-like tail. Also, I've personally seen the non-existent "black panther". Twice!

I like the theory that the Chupacabra is the missing breading pairs of Thylacine lost after a ship carrying them to a zoo in the Americas ran aground. Mostly because I want the good ole Tazzi Tiger to still be out there!

I like that cryptozoology isn’t really the study of “magical animals” but is actively trying to apply real species to these stories.

I'd love for you to come to Vancouver Island and do a Sasquatch search. I've lived here for over 20 years, am an avid outdoorsman and spend months every summer and fall off-the-grid, deep in the rain forest. It isn't even that I believe in bigfoot, but I do find it remotely plausible. Based entirely upon the fact that we have a large, healthy cougar population, and in all my years here, have only ever seen one once. One other time, I jumped off a fallen tree into some grasses, heading out fishing, and a cougar was within 10 feet. I never saw it, but it made a yowling noise I'll never forget, and then I just heard the grasses whooshing as it took off. I've never found skeletons, and only rarely find tracks or droppings. If a wild animal with just slightly more intelligence than a cougar lives here...well...it would just never be found, and only very rarely sighted. Like the Sasquatch seems to be.

Bro, just bring back this show. I loved this show

Do I care about cryptids? No. I will I listen to anything this man says? Absolutely!

Sturgeon is another possibility for Loch Ness. They can get huge, their heads are equally big and sturgeon do go in and out of the loch via rivers.

The Oklahoma octopus is a creature you must check out.

When I was a kid my grandmother lived outside of Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a couple of years. One time visiting, she said she was going to be moving soon. When we asked why, she said she heard something howl in the woods behind the house one night and it scared her. She said she had never heard anything like that before. And she grew up in a log cabin on a 200 acre farm in east central Missouri.

“Mokele-mbwmbe” when translated means “I don’t understand”. Only once shown sauropod pictures did they start saying “yep that’s it”. Being paid to guide eager explorers around on a wild goose chase isn’t such a bad way to make a living.

I want you to go on Joe Rogan and explain your Loch Ness monster theory to him.

Love your work! Keep it up

Had no idea there were bears in South America.

How the hell do you not have more than a million followers?! I’ve never listened to someone so happy and knowledgeable about every aspect of their job. I also love when your accent sneaks out on words like can’t.

I had an experience with the dog man of Michigan, at the time I was confused and thought I was tripping. I had no clue about the “dog man” till couple years later I saw a video about it and it’s sent goosebumps across my body.

The logness monster 😂

An interesting theory about the Loch Ness monster being Whales or Greenland Sharks but Loch Ness is a freshwater loch and has a couple of wiers (low-head dams) downstream making it impossible for a Shark or Whale to make it as far as the loch. I think Seals or debris is the most likely answer. Great video as always Forrest, looking forward to the next one!!

I'm pretty sure I remember watching a documentary about Nessie that talked about the eels in the Loch specifically. When they took water and soil samples from all over the Loch to test for animal DNA in the water, the researchers said there was so much eel DNA in their samples that the only way they could have found more was if they actually caught an eel in their samples

I love how you debunk all of these in a very considerate and scientific way. Great video!

12:37 - "I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those darn kids".

About Chupacabra: a) Madeleine Tolentino was not one of the first witness, she actualy was one of the last when the Chupacabra attacked in Puerto Rico, the reports came from at least one year before she even was known and her testimony has always been tainted due to that species movie. Well, she is an "early" witness if, and only if you count the reports outside Puerto Rico, but that was more likely mass histeria. b) About necropsies. Is not clear: They where done by both, public and private entities wich obviously contradicted each other, however they did found no blood sucking was performed. Still, something killed those animals, public entitie blamed dogs but no evidence of canine attacks where found. c) About the Chupacabra going international: NO. The chupacabra was just a Puerto Rico thing wich lasted for about 1 or 2 years. The world has claimed they´ve seen it in the U.S and every country in the americas, even as far as Russia, but the reports of clearly manged dogs, coyote or foxes do not match. however, is the international chupacabra what keeps the fire going despise the original cryptid disappering almost 3o years ago. d) In Puerto rico: It was not the first time, they had the vampire of mocca in the 70´s and it was doing the exact same thing as whatever the chupacabras was, just the media did not covered it. Now. I´m not claiming the Chupacabras is real, as a matter of fact, out of the many modern cryptids a kangaroo like reptile is in the more unlikely spectre. But the reasons people debunk this cryptid are also wrong. Truth is, something in puerto rico killed hundreds of animals in the 70´s and did it again in the 90´s, no blood sucking done though, no noise or struggle either, so Dogs are ruled out. So what killed them? Well, very likely to be humans themselves.

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The explanation of the lochness took a sharp right turn lol

I’ve been watching you on RU-vid for a long while now and recently found out my grandparents actually watch your show on I can’t remember if it was discovery travel or animal planet but I came over and low and behold they were watching you 😂❤

In the MalaysiancNational park Taman Negara I spoke to our local tour guide about the Orang Pendek. He said that supposedly a soldier of the malaysian army got lost while being on a trip and was helped by the forest people Orang Pendek.

You should look at the Aztec Ahuizotl and the water opossum that lives in that area, they're a perfect match, and I think more people should know about them!

Forrest bring back the extinct or alive series

Ohh come on forrest its loch ness not lock ness 😭 loch is only accessible through a canal system, so a whale would be unlikely.

In terms of Loch ness monster type animals i have seen similar in Canada. I spend a lot of time on the water fishing and over more than forty years i have seen five sightings. Two were atypical water disturbances, three were actual sightings . Six if i count a very large sonar contact. The best sighting i had was a long neck bent in a swan configuration. Animal was black, eyes were shiny like a walleyes, teeth appeared conical like a dolphin. Inside of the mouth was red. Looked like it was trying to eat a bird out of a tree next to the lake. Neck was long , more than six feet. You can doubt until you actually see something and i am very familiar with most fish so it wasn't that.

The knowledge this man has is fascinating.

Awesome video you should write another book on this!

That Lockness is easily the funniest cryptid and then Whether it's whale penis, or waves" that was GOLD man

Thank you for all you do for nature ❤

I commented on the howler video you made. I swear on everything I seen a texas redwolf in 2006 in Baxter County Arkansas. Right off the Buffalo River.

I'm half Congolese and I have met some pygmées and older people who confirmed me that the Mokele Mbembe story is true however the beast is not a common animal but a spirit that can be summoned....🤷🏾‍♂️

I do miss when the world was more mysteries and everything was not explained away

Jeremy Wade of River Monsters also said the same thing its the greenland shark

I personally think it is a giant eel. The environmental DNA from the lochness suggests eels. Plus even now we don't even really know all of eels reproduction cycle, but if I recall correctly they way eels grow is kinda like Axolttles if a certain environmental trigger doesn't get met it can cause them to grow an adapt differently. If the eels can't get out of lochness to head to the sargaso sea then this trigger what ever part of their growth cycle to make them keep growing. Thus giant eels.

I’d be willing to bet that the Chupacabra stories are based on a Xolo dog (Mexican hairless dog) with mange or some other kind of skin infection.

I love cryptids

I don’t disagree with your conclusion. But it does not dismiss everything! May God bless you.

Love your stuff Forrest! One note though, Oklahoma/Arkansas/Texas aren’t part of the USA’s Midwest. Missouri tends to be included, but is usually the western & southern most state included

I think Nessie WAS real, but to say she's still alive hundreds of years after the original sighting is insane. Nobody wants to think about the fact that Nessie still being alive implies two things: 1. There's a breeding population of massive dinosaurs living in a relatively small area that absolutely Nobody has ever seen a single fragment of past a wave/head. 2. Dinosaurs are in fact immortal and can live for thousands of years.

Thanks Forest! I requested this video awhile back! Great insight into the world of cryptids! Notice you didn't talk about sasquatch tho! 🤔 Personally I feel that's the only cryptid that could be real.

Loch Ness is a fresh water lake not a sea loch. So whales, seals and sharks can be ruled out.

Guys the lochness photo is clearly an orca and the neck is the top fin which with age do fall a bit Please help forest see this!!!

Really good fun video. Thank you.

Moca,PR! My hometown...didn't know this legend/stories will still carry until this day.

So using “moonshiner logic” maybe the Ozark Howlers are just “Breaking Bad” folks coming out and screaming at night to scare people away. *Makes sense.* 🥴

I’ve seen a Sasquatch I really believe he exists

Awesome vid!

can you research the "mythical" creatures of Australia, especially the Bunyip (my favourite). love your knowledge, insight and presentation

Isn't Loch Ness fresh water? How would a whale or shark live there?

Bigfoot?

The Greenland sleeper shark in Loch Ness? Can Greenland sharks survive in fresh water? Whales in the Loch? To get into the Loch via the Sea, the whale would need to navigate through very narrow water ways that also contain Loch gates. Its no way a whale or a shark.

Do a series about this mithical creatures everyday like this

I like the theory that chupacabra are Tasmanian Tigers that escaped captivity.

Famous qoute: "If the search for the Loch Ness monster was a jury trial, there had already been a 'guilty' verdict many years ago".. The Guildford four concur..

Forrest can you have two Matamata turtles in a 3000 g pond

Can you investigate the Vietnamese big foot?

Love your channel Forrest.

Now do the Lusca, the “sharktopus” of the Bahamas. possible unknown large octopus in the Atlantic.

Most long, narrow, deep landlocked lakes have similar legends. One of the most likely theories - vegetation sinks to the bottom, which is an anaerobic environment, where methane forms. When it bubbles up it sometimes pushes such things as tree trunks to the surface at speed. You see a tree trun with a branch speeding along just under the water’s surface you ARE going to think ‘sea monster’ !

I had no idea Loch Ness had such direct access to the ocean and its wildlife. That makes a lot of sense.

What do you think of the tale of the Beast of Gevaudan?

There's no whales in the Loch Ness.

When I was a kid, my grandpa used to raise goat and sometimes one or two were found dead, dry with no blood. Sometimes with punctures on the neck hard to spot. But at that time we used to think it was for pumas and jaguars that are common on the region.

Nature has a lot of beautiful mysteries ♥️

To my understanding, Mokele-mbembe is not usually described as having a horn. The body shape and the behaviors such as being aggressive, mostly aquatic and prone to digging into muddy banks are commonly described. It is also said to sometimes have a frill on its neck, appear reptilian and have large, clawed feet. While it has been reported to have the shape of a sauropod, the shape of any sighting is always up for a bit of interpretation. A drawing of a Brontosaurus is not all that different in shape from a drawing of a turtle. All of this sounds like a giant soft-shell turtle, such as Rafetus swinhoei. Perhaps there is a similar, but undiscovered, species living in Congo.

Hi Forrest have you heard of the Almasty? It is humanoid creature said to have lived around remote villages in Caucasus. Some serious work has been made on it and is very well documented, the whole story is truly fascinating. You'll love it for sure

The lochness monster case is kinda funny to me. This surgeon was like "I'm gonna go down in history as the man who proved her existence, haha funny prank!!" but his kids were like "dad thought he'd have a legacy when he died? Nope!"

I believe in the mythical creature and this is why. One night my sister and I went for night walk outside our apartment. Coming around the building towards the parking lot we saw something odd. A pack of 5 dogs eating something of parking lot. When we got closer we noticed that those were not dogs. They had a odd shape to them. The fur was short and bright blood red with black tiger strips starting behind their shoulders down their back to their tail. Their body was slender with very long leg, a skiny tail, and fox like ears, and coyote head. Then the 5 raised their heads and all looked at us. That is when we noticed what they were hellhounds, their glowing red eyes. We looked at each other and ran to the light near by. Standing by the light pose. The hellhounds cry when the light hit them. Then the light begin to flicker, and the hellhounds circle aroung us. When the light died we ran to the building and back to our apartment. In the morning the police were here begging up the torn clothes on the parking lot and the clothes in 1 of the apartment that was found open and picture of the odd claw mark on the door and other sign inside the apartment. All we heard was a men and woman came up missing with wild animals could be the cause.

3:04 I remember hearing somewhere that a ship carrying animals like Tasmanian tiger crashed on the cost somewhere in the Americas and the chupa Cabra are actually Tasmanian tiger

Those whales are going to have to confirm they are 18 and over!

A priest wrote about the Loch Ness Monster a thousand years ago almost. He described a huge serpert beast crossing the path in front of him from one side of the Loch to the other.

What I think is what if the chupacabra is a thylacine

I am pretty sure the mangy coyote who lived near our trailer home when I was posted to AZ deserved his name Chupacabra… but every time my naked cat got out he chased Chup and I swear Chup screamed, “El Chupacabra!” as he ran from my Sphynx in terror. He never did figure out the Sphynx wasn’t a monster.

7:06 I still contend that famous pic of Nessie looks a lot like an elephant swimming, using its trunk as a snorkle. Elephants are awesome btw.

messy was a toy submarine with something glued to it as I recall.

Honestly if you went to the Congo and discovered a new species and locals say you found Mokele-mbembe I think the world would collectively have a heart attack

First time here. You may have already done this, but how aboyt a video of the cryptids, we know, are out there. Such as the rake, night crawlers, werewolves, skinwalkers, even feral humans, although i consider them to be more animal. Ive personally seen 3 cryptids in my life, all by chance. I also search for different ones, but have found nothing to date.

A whale schlong? A whale getting into the loch is *almost* as silly as the plesiosaur idea

A lot of people think the Lochness monster doesn't exist. Now I don't know anything about biology, zoology, geography, marine biology, crypto zoology, evolutionary theory, evolutionary biology, meteorology, history, herpatology, geology, paleontology, phylogenetics or archeology but I think... what if a dinosaur had got in a Loch?

I lived in Puerto Rico in the mid to late 90’s. I’ve had experience with the chupacabra and some of our pets and animals. It’s the only one no one can convince me it’s not real.

I think Mokele Mbembe might exist. That area is huge and wild, basically only pygmies live there.

You should go way deep into the forests in America and look for Sasquatch . Bring night vision cameras for 360 degree coverage, and traps to get foot prints

Ok but Puerto Rico doesn't have wolves nor coyotes.

Forrest, the Lochness Monster is a Stellers Seacow. A giant North Atlantic manatee. Like the Dodo eaten by 18th century sailors. Thought extinct 150 years ago until recently.

The connection beetween the Chupacabra and the sick cannines where a later thing!

About 1900 an elephant hunter john Alfred Jordan shot a creature in the Maggori River, East side of Lake Victoria. It wasn't recovered but he gave a good description. Crocodile like big & long with similar feet, pretty scales like an Arab Cuirass & leopard, rounded head & large fangs, broad like a hippo. The Kavirondo had a legend of the "Dingoek", & his Lumbwa boys were as unfamiliar with it as himself. So whether it was a hoax or something unknown is debatable. This hunter was among the first whites into many places, and his descriptions were good. He hunted Bongo & Okapi when they were rumours, and described herds of 1000 elephants, so had first-hand experience of the mysteries of Africa. It was a notably different description to the Congo cryptid, & he frequented that area also without mentioning the latter.

Forrest what are your thoughts on Bigfoot and Yeti?

Intentional word choice here? 😂 9:46

I also heard a theory that the lock Ness monster is a Elephant trying to swim across and the photo is of its trunk breathing air like a snorkel. Again just a theory though

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Ozark howler= misidentified dogman Nessie= Greenland sharks swimming to Loch Ness through Moray Firth

I’ve always wondered about if it’s multiple animals at the same time that people are hearing sometimes when they describe the sounds of cryptids like the Ozark Howler. Like a predator and a prey species fighting. Or possibly 2 predators encountering each other and defending territory. If you’re far away and they both vocalize at the same time, that could sound pretty nutty. Like nothing you’ve ever heard before.