Hi, ChupaKing speaking. I've made friends with an exchange-student from South Korea and introduced him to cryptozoology. I can't find anything about cryptos from South Korea on Google, can you folks help? Thx.

(btw, he mentioned a Crocodile Man...any more info on it would be nice, too)

I don't know of any South Korean cryptids. I HAVE heard of a crocodile man, but only as a figure from Aboriginal myth who held the secret of fire.

Try some of these:

Nagas, Cynocephaly, Ezo Wolf, Saola, Tengu, Zeuglodon.

I found this one not much info on it though.

Tzuchinoko
Unknown species of snake sighted in the upper elevations of Korea and Japan.

You could always discuss the laughable urban myth that is persistent in South Korea, the whole Fan-death thing -- where they think sleeping with a fan on in the room will give you hypothermia... I have slept with a fan on in my room for a good two years so that cannot be true.

I have heard of some ghost hauntings but nothing that I can recall about cryptids in South Korea. x.x



Zeuglodon? Since when? Where?

Oh great, they are going to go home and tell everybody that Canadians are a bunch of nutjobs who believe in monsters!

I've heard of the crodile man, but I would consider that more of a myth than anything.

I dunno Nena, I just rattled off a few names that I believewere Asian-related, and possibly Korean.

I only know of the vietnamize wild man.

I only know of the vietnamize wild man.

I didn't know Vietnam was in South Korea.
Anyways, here's a list of pretty much every cryptid. I was too lazy to go through it myself, but most have their own articles and the general continent/country they're sighted in is always listed. Happy hunting.

Here is a nearby cryptid for you:

I'm of South Korean origin, and I have heard of no cryptids. Dragons, sure, but nothing else. Most of the names given here sound Japanese. I don't know about the crocodile man though, never heard of him. Oh, and snakes that go through trials to become dragons, but I don't know if they count as cryptids...

The Ezo wolf and Tengu are Japanese for sure. Don't worry about them unless you decide you want a broader area to look at

There's one actually, it's the Blue Tiger (Yes, blue colored tiger). The accounts said that this animal was sighted as far as Korea, while the original sighting areas are China and India.

Tengu and Kappa are Japanese, Tengu is a long nosed goblins and Kappa is the water deity, sorta Kelpie-like. While Vietnam is not in Korea, it is true, they have the wildman, just like here in Indonesia we have the Hobbits and the Orang pendek (which might actually the hobbits themselves!).

While Naga(s) is the original Indian name of Dragon. We also call dragons "Naga" here in Indonesia.
Tsuchinoko is a flat snake...yes it's a snake but has a flat, rug like body (strange, eh?)...

This is the only thing close to it that i could find.....I hope it help some's.....



Vu Quang is a remote forested region of Vietnam, in which several new species of deer and antelope have been discovered since the 1990s. Some are so new that scientific description is still pending, although most have local names.

Vu Quang, in Ha Tinh province, is an area of steep mountains and dense rainforest. It is a very wet, hot area, whose mountains trap moisture coming in from the South China Sea. This creates a very stable, but inhospitable climate. It rains continually in the rainy season, and in the dry season there is much fog; consequently most surfaces are algae-coated and slippery. The local hunters prefer to stay out of the forest, setting snares and using dogs to chase animals into more accessible areas

LMAO! Not a cryptid, but very "ronery"...