monster sightings

Alleged beast encounters

Monster sightings are reports of encounters with creatures whose existence is unverified—Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest, the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, chupacabras in Latin America.

The term carries built-in skepticism; confirmed animals don't generate "sightings." Monster sightings spike whenever a new documentary airs.

The phrase suggests something glimpsed but never quite proven.

Related

legend · local legend · blurry · blurry photo · photograph · trail cam · night vision · eyewitness · eyewitness account · hoax · tall tale · folklore · unexplained · darkness · swamp · woods · shadowy · glimpse

Categories
Opposites
subject matter

monster sightingsbird watching

Observing wild avians recreationally

epistemological status

monster sightingsscientific observations

Facts gathered through experimentation

scientific consensus · empirical evidence

Family

monster, sighting, monsters, monstrous, monstrosity, sight, sights, sighted, sightings

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G