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Cryptids and UFOs in Utah

Utah Lake Monster, Bear Lake Monster, North Shore Monster and more: the creatures, UFO files and strange history of Utah, all in one place.

  • 6 creatures with famous cases
  • 47 Air Force UFO files
  • 2 old newspaper reports

Creatures reported in Utah

Utah Lake Monsteraka Utah Lake serpentA hound-headed, snake-like animal reported by Utah Lake settlers in the 1860s and 1870s, and now and then since.Bear Lake Monsteraka Bear Lake serpentA serpent of Bear Lake that started with an 1868 newspaper story.North Shore Monsteraka Old Briney, Great Salt Lake monsterA 75-foot beast with a crocodile's body and a horse's head that saltworks men said came bellowing out of the Great Salt Lake in 1877.Moon Lake Monsteraka MoonieA dark, serpent-like creature said to swim in Moon Lake, high in Utah's Uinta Mountains.Skinwalker Ranchaka Skin walker, Sherman RanchA Utah ranch famous for claims of UFOs, orbs, strange animals and cattle mutilations.Skinwalkeraka Skin-walker, Yee naaldlooshiiA harmful witch figure in Navajo belief; the name has since been taken up widely by outsiders.

Famous cases

  1. 1864Isaac Fox is chased to shore
    Utah Lake Monster · Utah Lake, Provo, Utah
  2. 1868Deseret News articles
    Bear Lake Monster · Bear Lake, Utah
  3. 1871Bishop Price's stovepipe serpent
    Utah Lake Monster · Goshen, Utah
  4. 1877The Monument Point sighting
    North Shore Monster · Monument Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah
  5. 1903The salt dragon story
    North Shore Monster · Stansbury Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah
  6. 1921A seal-shaped animal near Mosida
    Utah Lake Monster · Mosida, Utah
  7. 1994A zigzag ripple through binoculars
    Moon Lake Monster · Moon Lake, Duchesne County, Utah
  8. 1996Sherman family story published
    Skinwalker Ranch · Ballard, Utah
  9. 1996Bigelow buys the ranch
    Skinwalker Ranch · Uintah County, Utah
  10. 2005Book Hunt for the Skinwalker spreads the name of a Utah ranch
    Skinwalker · Ballard, Utah

UFO files

From the old newspapers

Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in Utah papers before 1927.

  1. 1891The ten-cent wild man was a fake
    Salt Lake City
  2. 1904A flying monster on Stansbury Island
    Grantsville

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