Results: Curious Canadian Cryptids. Part 2 of 2.
Published on 05/12/2025
In Canadian folklore and cryptozoology, several cryptids, or creatures whose existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science, are notable, including the Wendigo, Sasquatch, and lake monsters like Ogopogo and Igopogo. Misfits & Mysteries is my source for this series.

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In St. John, New Brunswick, there is a unique cryptid known as Ug Wug, said to live in caves near Reversing Falls, where the tides change flow twice daily. Ug Wug, described as a 30-meter long seal-salmon hybrid, is often spotted in the waters but has also been seen on land. The name means "The Friendly animal" in Inuit, though Inuit people never lived in New Brunswick and there exists no oral history of the creature prior to 1950 when it came to light from a director of tourism for the area. Does this story sound like a ploy to attract tourists to you?
Yes
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No
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495 votes
Undecided
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Unlike the Ug Wug, the Adlet is an Inuit legend about a woman who lived with her father and refused to marry. Anyone human, that is. Instead, she married a giant dog with white fur and red spots, and they had ten offspring: five dogs and five Adlet. The Adlet are bipedal dogs that became their own tribe after the woman's father tried to kill them forcing them to escape into the Arctic wilderness. They are said to be cannibalistic and skilled at running on snow, with stories of bipedal wolves reported in the Arctic. Have you ever heard of this curious cryptid before this survey?
Yes
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185 votes
No
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Maybe... I've heard of the dog man of Michigan...
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Mishipeshu, also known as the underwater panther, is a powerful water spirit in the folklore of several Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region, particularly the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe). Translated as "the Great Lynx," Mishipeshu is depicted as a feline-like creature with scaled, often spiky bodies, and is believed to live in Lake Superior, specifically around Michipicoten Island, where they guard their hoards of copper. Have you ever visited any of the Great Lakes?
Yes
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631 votes
No
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I'm from an area by one of the lakes.
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No traveling for me.
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The Beaver is Canada's national animal known for its industrious nature but in Manitoba, there are whispers of a fearsome water rodent of enormous size. The Giant Beaver is said to stand around five feet tall on all fours, and weigh as much as an average adult male. While sightings are scant at best, we do know that the region was once home to a species of giant beaver some 10,000 years ago that matches these descriptions. However as far as we know, these animals became extinct around the same time as the Wooly Mammoth. Do you think that it's possible that these enormous creatures could still exist?
Yes
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No
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Hmm... I dunno, there have been "rediscoveries" of animals believed to be extinct before. So, maybe?
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The Snow Wasset is a large weasel like cryptid that is said to migrate between both Northern Canada as well as the Great Lakes region of the United States. In the warmer months, the Snow Wasset migrates to warmer climates to hibernate in a cranberry marsh; during this time its fur is green and it has teeny little legs to help it sneak about in the shade avoiding the light. When it feels the first snow storms approach it sheds its legs, turns white and starts getting a bit hungry. Four times the size of a wolverine but 40 times hungrier, it starts with the rabbits and birds, before moving on to wolves and then, ultimately, people. Have you ever picked cranberries?
Yes
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No
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Well, I'm not going to now!
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Does picking up a can or two for holiday meals count?
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