Cryptids are mysterious and exciting! From cryptid hunters to cryptid enthusiasts, we've got all sorts of original characters here. Some are based on well-known cryptids, while others are totally new creations. Whether you're a fan of the cryptid delirium or just love a good cryptozoological mystery, you'll find plenty to enjoy here. Don't forget to share your own cryptid OCs!

Cryptid OCs (79 characters)

@Nebyoolah
A ray of sunshine, Shanti is a beacon of optimism and determination. She's a very soft person and holds a lot of kindness in her heart for others and can unfortunately be a little naive and too obliging at times, but luckily her best friend...
#cryptid
#cryptozoology
@DearsForFears
Nastassia is a cryptid obsessed ball of energy, who’s as odd and off-putting as they are passionate. They’re obsessed with supernatural creatures like vampires and werewolves, desperate to prove that they’re real to anyone who’ll listen to...
#cryptid
#cryptid hunter
@retrovampz
MOTHER is an entity living with her family outside of the small town of Salem Creek. she is the mother (hah) of 3 children, Ethan, Virginia, and Sviva. she doesn't have a name she goes by, she simply goes by MOTHER. same goes woth her husba...
#cryptid
@MerakiSpaceLich
A pair of walking pants with a little head and eyes??? Sometimes wears a bowtie.
#cryptid
#fresno nightcrawler
#fresno nightcrawler oc
#cryptid oc
@Relamune
Often considered a spitfire and a handful, Ambrose has always been a problem child. He's always been proficient at magic but used it for ulterior motives most of the time. This would eventually lead him to using his abilities to accidentall...
#alternate universe
@ringobingo
A wandering cat beast and a local legend/cryptid for their forest's neighboring town. Locals say Piccolo was once a housecat that travelled into the woods one night and never returned. Piccolo's lantern guides lost spirits to the foggy othe...
#cryptid
@Merriscorner
A little (very tall) lad who loves small animals and picturebooks!
#cryptid
@MerakiSpaceLich
The entity known as Stage Fright is a skittish, shy, rather docile, omnivorous, tall and lanky humanoid.
#humanoid oc
@LiminalLegion
LEGIONLegion the chupacabra was made to help me cope with my inhuman identity. It helps me express my chupacabra-self and has made me feel way more comfortable with myself.Legion is a chaotic cryptid creature that loves being mischievous an...
#Legion
@RadiantzRain
The embodiment of terror, suffering and misfortune itself, The Paradox Demon, or just shortened to 'Paradox', is the Alpha Helicopter - protector of the Dark Forest domain, and the vicious Helicopter Jovians. Depending on who you ask, he's ...
#Deity
@Sheepyxx
One of my secondary sonas, representing my lack of gender identity and connection to nature. They're very chill and calm, usually staying within the woods and clearings, communicating with canine-like noises.
#cryptid
@Neilrad
Mayson is a Trans Indian man that lives with his parents currently in North Carolina. He is best friends with Hecaté and soon Neilrad. He is obsessed with conspiracy theories, cryptids, and any sort of oddity. So when Neilrad came to earth,...
#cryptid
@ShinyHunterKai
Bermuda is an eldritch monster/sea captain. After being locked away at the bottom of the ocean for centuries the curse holding him captive finally broke. There is just one problem. The world has changed a lot in the time he was gone and the...
#octopus
@Lilpumpkin
Soot is a small white cat. She is the 3' feet tall, along with wearing old Victorian styled nightgowns. She coughs up mutated comet moths, that have sharp claws on the end of their wings.
#cryptid
#Comet moth
@Cactuz
Made this Character on my birthday! And I've already made two illustrations for her and omg I love her so much. All of the info Is below :)Plus, I may or may not be making her a love interest :)
#cryptid
##character
##art
@SleepyDeer
• 🌿 ° 🦴 • 💚 . 🦌 . 💚 • 🦴 ° 🌿 •Marrow is my main fursona, and they're just me as an anthro deer. But they're not *just* a deer. He's a "not-deer!" Which is a cryptid that is basically just a deer, but something is off. Marrow isn't an ...
#cryptid
#main
@magpie
OverviewCadan is a spirit who lives in a forest that lies just on the fringes of the faerie realm, such that it is accessible from the human realm on occasion. They are fairly harmless, the worst they could do is give someone a fright!-Appe...
#cryptid
@MicrowaveTree
Ted is a supernatural creature and a main character in my”comic” INFLAMES. He lives in a house in the woods with his two best friends Felix and Alexei.He is a dopamine following streamer with a love for video games. His fan base doesn’t que...
#cryptid
#streameroc
#inflames
@morguemoth
Thorne is quiet and elusive, keeping to himself and sticking to the deepest parts of the forest he lives in. He doesn't interact with people and hasn't in years. As though he is nothing more than a shadow silently lingering just out of your...
#cryptid
#slasher oc
@CluelessCryptid
(CRINGE WARNING😔😔) A runaway cult member. Was a normal shapeshifter for a while, moved in with a florist. got mutated voluntarily, to be able to protect his found family. It went to far and he has forgotten completely forgotten what his l...
#cryptid
##cryptid
##oc
##dark
@LemonBucket
Good-old, home-grown country farm girl; rusty truck and obsession with the moon included. It's true, maybe her teeth look a little ferocious, and perhaps she's a bit hairier than expected, and she does mysteriously disappear once a month......
#cryptid
#pine ridge
#gay mechanic
@Wolfypoof
Unintentional disaster extraordinaire and mascot for the Cryptid Girls
#cryptid
#wings
@Mikey12Games
Originally a smaller version of himself, he was brought into the world with no purpose. He searched and searched for a place and people to call home, after being turned away for so long he grew up in the woods on his own and has come to res...
#cryptid
#oc
#tw body horror
@Ghost_Axanthic
TLDR: Kai is a delinquent student from Sunflower high notorious for getting into fights. He learns the hard way that Flower town is not the boring small town he thought it was when he moved there, and that dark and disturbing things keep ha...
#Cryptid
@PaintSplotch
One of Pandora's "pets", Hawthorne is a bit of a moody fellow. He's loyal to a point though a little lazy at times and a glutton when it comes to his favorite snack, apples. 
#cryptid
#peryton
@ARTXCHE
Slinky is the name he gave himself after hearing a random passerby say it. He simply likes the sound it makes when saying it, specially with that sligh hiss in it's voice.Slinky is a humanoid cryptid of unknown origin, it's theorized he's a...
#cryptid
#Non human
#Unspecified
@rottenred
Unbound Humanoid being of numerous abilities and tricks,travels in the small gaps between realities and dimensions to observe,learn and assimilate informations.
#cryptid
#non human
#faceless
@stilbie
Hana is a cactus cat that serves a mysterious entity to steal goods such as holy water. Despite being born in the desert, she mostly hangs around the forests since that's where the goods are and well, it's less hot. This technically makes h...
#cryptid
#cryptid oc
#cactus cat
@Peachi_Mano
Argon, otherwise known as A15 is a tall, lanky being. She stands at a whopping height of 10'3. She is a dark warm grey color with body marks littering her body in a teal color. She has no eyes on her face, yet the large eye on the center of...
#cryptid
#demon apocolyse
@shunuko
Dirge is a Not Deer, a special type of demon manifested from man's sins. He was created when a couple out in the woods killed their baby, to which he promptly manifested and killed them. He started terrorizing the locals, until he realized ...
#cryptid
#not deer
#oc
@SmoreMonster
Forrester? Or Forester?The SON of Bigfoot.A tall quiet, lonely guy who, like his family has stayed a shut-in yet, enjoys the wilderness. Dislikes people, likes nature. And loves the color green and plants and nature again!His father had the...
#cryptid
##monster
#monster?
#monster oc
@SalemCalprium
Aceedem is from a rare race of creature that are located in a very deadly lake. The lake is called Lake Natron. Due to this lake being very deadly, there as been little no no cases of this race being spotted as they are mostly found roaming...
#cryptid
#deadly
@staticdrone
Malachi's parents went through a messy divorce, handing him over to his grandmother to care for him until he was old enough to move out and start college. He studied English and history but was deeply dissatisfied with the limits of both fi...
#paranroaml
@BouncyBrain
The son of Mothman and leader of the Kryptid Kids (friend group full of cryptid children messing with humans). Natural-born leader and bringer of chaos.
#cryptid
@VibrantBee
Crow is a mutant lepidosapien, an outcast from society. He is timid and solitary, and feeds off of dead things. He rarely speaks, and his voice is shrill.Appearance:Crow's tall, thin body is covered in pitch-black moth scales (looks like fl...
#cryptid