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 (95 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
@dovebugxoxo
An experiment made in something of an evil-scientist race for The Ultimate Monster, Tithe was everything his creator wanted in terms of abilities, at a point ... but a somewhat funny accident resulted in the scientist's death before he coul...
#cryptid
#collar
@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
@dovebugxoxo
The head of the Cryptid Protection Agency, which he founded a very long time ago. The agency sends specialists to deal with cryptid issues and is kind of like a "home base" for several teams who have formed on accident over time. Hunter's d...
#cryptid
#cryptid hunter
#48 and divorced
@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
@dovebugxoxo
A god of the sea, Nautica spent most of his time out on the cold water fishing for crabs. When the seasons end, he finds himself on land and pining to return home --- but this time around he learns of an entirely different sort of pining.En...
#cryptid
#babygirl moment
#lgbt
@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
@Merriscorner
A little (very tall) lad who loves small animals and picturebooks!
#cryptid
@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
@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
@MerakiSpaceLich
The entity known as Stage Fright is a skittish, shy, rather docile, omnivorous, tall and lanky humanoid.
#humanoid oc
@Ghost_Axanthic
TLDR: Dakota is an outcast in the small, rural town he lives in- and things get much worse for him when he makes a deal with a demon, unintentionally inviting it into his life, and even into his body as a host.ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢDevils Backbone- Ci...
#Horror oc
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@Kibbycarnival
It's the 80s.Finley is a shapeshifting cryptid from another realm.It was summoned by Sasha and took the form of one of her clown dolls.
#cryptid
#Entity
@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
@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
@Strawbunni
(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
@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
@Wolfypoof
Unintentional disaster extraordinaire and mascot for the Cryptid Girls
#cryptid
#wings
@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
@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
@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
@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
@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
@DnDweeb
#cryptid
#fresno nightcrawler
#fresno nightcrawler oc
@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
@LoW_Tide_Habitz
“Worm off the string, the sins are innumerable…”Vermis is an eldritch being with the power to devour the universe as we know it. They can chew through anything physical and non-physical, conceptual and non-conceptual. They can and will eat ...
#cryptid