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Giant Penguin
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A photograph of supposed footprints
Background
Type Cryptid
Continent North America
Country United States
One-Time? No
Theories  ยท Cryptid

The Giant Penguin, also known as the Giant Clearwater Penguin, was a large, unknown, penguin-like bird that was sighted multiple times on Clearwater Beach in Florida in 1948.

Appearance[]

The creature was described as being penguin-like in shape and being at least 15 feet tall. As evidenced by its tracks, the creature possesses large three-toed feet with claws.

Possible Explanations[]

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

  • An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
  • Most likely a hoax

Trivia[]

  • During the same year, people in a boat off the Gulf Coast reported seeing a large penguin-like bird floating on the water.
  • Later, a large penguin was spotted by an airplane pilot on the banks of the Suwannee River in northern Florida.
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Cryptids
North American Cryptids
Airborne Frogman ยท Batsquatch ยท Beast of Bray Road ยท Belled Buzzards ยท Bigfoot ยท Black Demon ยท Black Star Penguins ยท Blue Birdman ยท Boston Lemur ยท Buena Vista Giant Spider ยท Campfire Creature ยท Carmel Creature ยท Champ ยท Charles Mill Lake Monster ยท Chupacabra ยท Coonigator ยท Copenhagen Devil ยท Crawfordsville Monster ยท Crocodingo ยท Deer Man ยท Demon Leaper ยท Deridder Roadkill ยท Dos Palmas Winged Snake ยท Dublin Lake Monsters ยท East River Monster ยท El Verde Creature ยท Enfield Horror ยท Flannel Shirt Sasquatch ยท Flying Horse of Mexico ยท Flying Horse of Virginia ยท Flying Rays ยท Giant Penguin ยท Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room ยท Gow-Row ยท Green Clawed Beast ยท Green Eyes ยท Grunch Road Monster ยท Herring Cove Sea Serpent ยท Highway Beast ยท Jackson Dragon ยท Killer Cactus ยท Kinderhook Blob ยท Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp ยท Lusca ยท Manor Road Pig-Dog ยท Mantis Man ยท Melrose Creep ยท Metepec Creature ยท Michigan Dogman ยท Montauk Monster ยท Moss Man ยท Mothman ยท Mountain Boomers ยท Mud Mermaids ยท Mutant Canine ยท Nightcrawler ยท Octoman ยท Oil Pit Squid ยท Oklahoma Octopus ยท Panama Creature ยท Pennsylvanian Albino Bigfoot ยท Red Devil-Bat of Chester ยท Ripley Ostrich-Horse ยท River Lizards ยท Riverside Monster ยท Rochester Rat-Dog ยท Sewer Blob ยท Sheepsquatch ยท Skunk Ape ยท Snallygaster ยท Sugar Bundle ยท Sun Birds ยท Swift Peter ยท Texas Big Bird ยท Texas Stiltwalkers ยท The Awful ยท Tick Canyon Giant Rabbit ยท Tumor Seal ยท Whatzit ยท Wood Devils
South American Cryptids
Arica Monster ยท Atlantic Ocean Winged Abomination ยท Beast of Macachรญn Airport ยท Brazilian Werewolf ยท Calama Creature ยท El Cuero ยท Gargantuan Globulous ยท Huallepen ยท Kap-Dwa ยท Manta Man ยท Mapinguari ยท Minhocรฃo ยท Parana Creature ยท Sawtooth Dolphin ยท Telepathic Football
Asian Cryptids
Ahool ยท Buru ยท Con Rit ยท Ebu Gogo ยท Gilled Antelope ยท Inflatable Hedgehog ยท Iranian Toothed Bird ยท Jodhpur Baby ยท Kting Voar ยท Maltese Tiger ยท Man Dragon ยท Masbate Monster ยท Rock Apes ยท Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf ยท Sukotyro ยท Wuhnan Toads
European Cryptids
Awd Goggie ยท Beast of Bosnia ยท Beast of Bodmin Moor ยท Beast Of Tenby ยท Black Bird of Chernobyl ยท Boneless ยท Canvey Island Monster ยท Catalonia Fallen Angel ยท Chudinov Organisms ยท Crimean War Monstrosities ยท Flying Worm of Prague ยท Freiburg Shrieker ยท Gnome of Girona ยท Grampus ยท Grass Monster ยท Grecian Dolphin ยท Highway Humanoid ยท Hollingworth Lake Monster ยท Kovahsi Creature ยท Loch Ness Monster ยท Octosquatch ยท Owlman ยท Pennine Pterodactyl ยท River Thames Monster ยท Sea Monk ยท Sewer Humanoid ยท Shug Monkey ยท Singing Spiders of Paris ยท Sussex Serpent ยท Vampire Caterpillar ยท Wolfie ยท 1856 French Pterodactyl
African Cryptids
Ambize ยท Dingonek ยท Emela-ntouka ยท Ennedi Tiger ยท J'ba Fofi ยท Kongamato ยท Manatee of Helena ยท Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu ยท Mokele-Mbembe ยท Mutant Muppet ยท Ngoubou ยท Spiny-backed Chimpanzee ยท Trunko
Australian Cryptids
Burrunjor ยท Elephantman ยท Hairy Lizard ยท Hook Island Sea Monster ยท Kabagon ยท Landsborough Gangle ยท Moha Moha ยท Pukehina Predator ยท Queensland Tiger ยท Tusked Yowie
Miscellaneous Cryptids
Antarctic Godzilla ยท Bermuda Beast ยท Ningen ยท Qupqugiaq ยท Rhinoceros Dolphin ยท Sky Jellyfish ยท Sky Serpents
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North America
North American Cryptids
Airborne Frogman ยท Batsquatch ยท Beast of Bladenboro ยท Beast of Bray Road ยท Belled Buzzards ยท Bigfoot ยท Black Demon ยท Black Star Penguins ยท Blue Birdman ยท Boston Lemur ยท Buena Vista Giant Spider ยท Campfire Creature ยท Carmel Creature ยท Charles Mill Lake Monster ยท Chupacabra ยท Coonigator ยท Crawfordsville Monster ยท Crocodingo ยท Deer Man ยท Demon Leaper ยท Deridder Roadkill ยท Dos Palmas Winged Snake ยท Dublin Lake Monsters ยท East River Monster ยท El Verde Creature ยท Enfield Horror ยท Farmer City Monster ยท Flannel Shirt Sasquatch ยท Flying Horse of Mexico ยท Flying Horse of Virginia ยท Flying Rays ยท Giant Penguin ยท Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room ยท Gow-Row ยท Grampus ยท Green Clawed Beast ยท Green Eyes ยท Grunch Road Monster ยท Herrington Lake Monster ยท Herring Cove Sea Serpent ยท Highway Beast ยท Jackson Dragon ยท Killer Cactus ยท Kinderhook Blob ยท Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp ยท Manor Road Pig-Dog ยท Man in the Plastic Bag ยท Mantis Man ยท Melrose Creep ยท Metepec Creature ยท Michigan Dogman ยท Montauk Monster ยท Moss Man ยท Mothman ยท Mountain Boomers ยท Mud Mermaids ยท Mutant Canine ยท Nightcrawler ยท Octoman ยท Ogopogo ยท Oil Pit Squid ยท Oklahoma Octopus ยท Panama Creature ยท Pennsylvanian Albino Bigfoot ยท Red Devil-Bat of Chester ยท Riverside Monster ยท Rochester Rat-Dog ยท Sewer Blob ยท Sheepsquatch ยท Snallygaster ยท Sugar Bundle ยท Sun Birds ยท Swift Peter ยท Texas Big Bird ยท The Awful ยท Thetis Lake Monster ยท Tick Canyon Giant Rabbit ยท Tumor Seal ยท Werewolf of Defiance ยท Whatzit ยท Wood Devils
North American Alien Sightings
Aliens in Aisle Five ยท Ausso One ยท California Fetus ยท Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain ยท Crescent ยท Cycloptic Aliens of Harrah ยท Dade City Flowers ยท Falkville Metal Man ยท Farmersville Green Man ยท Flatwoods Monster ยท Gaffney Aliens ยท Garson Invaders ยท Georgia Stalks ยท Gliders ยท Hopkinsville Goblins ยท Long Prairie Cans ยท Medford Shmoos ยท Newport Stumps ยท Nuevo Laredo Alien ยท Old Saybrook Blockheads ยท Pancake Bakers from Space ยท Pascagoula Creature ยท Prospect Monoliths ยท Ririe Carjackers ยท Sorrento Crawler ยท Space Brains of Palos Verdes ยท Space Penguins of Tuscumbia ยท Syracuse Giant Insects ยท The Purple Glob ยท Tripod Creature ยท Van Meter Visitor ยท Veggieman
North American UFO Sightings
4th of July UFO ยท Butterfly UFO ยท Lubbock Lights ยท Warren UFO
North American Hauntings
Annabelle the Doll ยท Arlington Attic Ghost ยท Avon Haunted Bridge ยท Bassett Ghost Cars ยท Bell Witch ยท Blue Albino Woman ยท Bobby Mackey's Music World ยท Boy Scout Lane ยท Demon's Road ยท Demon Cat ยท Demon of Brownsville Road ยท Devil Baby of Hull House ยท Eunice Welsh's Mausoleum ยท Faceless Figure of Dead Man's Curve ยท Fantasma Colorado ยท Ghost Bus of Highway 93 ยท Ghost Cow ยท Ghost Deer ยท Ghost Mammoth ยท Ghost Moose ยท Ghost Wolf ยท Ghosts of Disney ยท Ghosts of the Charles Haskell ยท Graceland Cemetery ยท Grant Park ยท Green Lady of Wahiawa ยท La Belle Cemetery ยท Mandy the Doll ยท Moody's Light ยท Old Man Weary ยท Old Woman in the Crawlspace ยท Purple Bubble ยท Purple Head Bridge ยท Ring of Children and the Banshee ยท Robert the Doll ยท Seaweed Charlie ยท Stiffy Green ยท Tall, Dark, & Gruesome ยท Tanaka the Drowned Ghost ยท Vincent Hitchcock the Doll ยท Waverly Hills Sanatorium ยท Wyoming Woman in Black
North American Phenomena
Black Aggie ยท Black Mist of Casa Grande Mountain ยท Bleeding House on Fountain Drive ยท Blinking Crucifix ยท Carnivorous Pink Cloud ยท Coke Mystery Vending Machine ยท Cursed Grave of Carl Pruitt ยท Dancing Underpants ยท Death Valley Sailing Stones ยท Face in the Courthouse Window ยท Flying Mist Mattress ยท Fountain Cloud ยท Handprint of the Carbon County Jail ยท Handprint of the Chicago Firehouse ยท John Lawson Mannequins ยท Kokomo Hum ยท Michigan Blue Hell ยท Moodus Noises ยท Polybius ยท Smiling Stones ยท St. Louis Light ยท Swirling Basement Thing ยท Taos Hum ยท The Black Angel
North American Beings
Axeman Of New Orlรฉans ยท Bandage Man ยท Bunny Man ยท Black Flash ยท Butterfly People of Joplin ยท Cloak Man of Clifton Heights ยท Danbury Frog People ยท Dark Baby ยท Donkey Lady ยท Grinning Man ยท Harlequin ยท Houston Batman ยท Invisible Man of Palmetto ยท Mad Gasser of Mattoon ยท Maryland Goatman ยท Mauston Birdman ยท Melonheads ยท Mercy Brown Vampire ยท Mexican Being of Light ยท Muppet Clown ยท NASA Gargoyle ยท New England Faceless People ยท Northfield Pigman ยท Ohio Bridge Trolls ยท Pedro the Pygmy ยท Phantom Barber ยท Phantom Clowns ยท Phantom Sniper of Camden ยท Phantom Whistler of Louisiana ยท Pig Lady ยท Pope Lick Monster ยท Porterville Gnome ยท Richmond Vampire ยท Santa Lucias Dark Watchers ยท The Smiley Face Killer ยท Stroudsburg Rain Man ยท Subway Man ยท The Green Man ยท Third Eye Man ยท Toronto Tunnel Monster ยท Toxic Lady
North American Events
Battle of Los Angeles ยท Beaumont Blackout ยท Disappearance of David Lang ยท Disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde ยท Disappearance of Oliver Lerch ยท Massacre of Doc Johnson ยท Max Headroom Broadcast ยท Philadelphia Experiment
North American Locations
Anjikuni Village ยท Bennington Triangle ยท Bermuda Triangle ยท Blood Bowl ยท Bremen Troll Bridge ยท Bridgewater Triangle ยท Clown Motel ยท Devil's Gate Reservoir ยท Devil's Kettle ยท Devil's Tramping Ground ยท Disney's River Country ยท Doveland, Wisconsin ยท Helltown ยท House of Blue Lights ยท Island of the Dolls ยท Langville, Montana ยท Shirtwood Forest ยท Spider Gates ยท Stairway to Hell ยท Urkhammer, Iowa ยท Zone of Silence

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