creatures of myth and legend have astounded our ancestors for thousands of years whether they’re larger than normal animals weirder than normal animals or serve a special place in a religion or folklore stories of these creatures make us wonder if they might be real these are five mythical creatures caught on camera and spotted in real life let’s begin number five skinwalker historically skinwalkers were a sacred part of Navajo lore Jen Walters were believed to be powerful witches who could transform into animals and people some people believe that the wendi-go a Canadian cryptid and creature of lore may be one famous example of a skinwalker that transcends cultural boundaries due to its strange human yet animal-like appearance with the age of the internet other reports of skinwalkers have been made skinwalkers are believed to want to harm people and will steal the appearance of campers or hikers in order to get into their group these photos captured by the reddit user kinky PISA may be the only physical evidence of these strange monsters number four the sheikah washi youkai yokai are the demons of Japanese folklore yokai and Japanese means bewitching attractive calamity Spectre apparition mystery and suspicious while you may be familiar with the concept of yokai from the video game yokai watch yokai have traditionally been much more terrifying and troublesome in Japanese folklore yokai began as early animist spirits in Japanese culture which were believed to be responsible for a number of minor losses or accidents yokai are often considered to be ghost-like spirits with the intent of scaring or harming their victims one such yokai dashiki warashi is a childlike spirit that haunts home the shakeela Rashi is said to inhabit every house and frightens or annoys its inhabitants by running through the house at night making noise or moving objects this video may capture the spirit [Music] number three sea serpent in Alaska fear of the water and the monsters that may dwell within it is a cultural Universal that transcends time we may fear sharks or jellyfish now but it was sea serpents that our ancestors feared they told tales of giant snake like Dragons capable of killing people destroying ships or even totally entire towns while today we believe that any number of possible creatures might be responsible for the sea serpent myth including oarfish sperm whales or sharks could it be possible that sea serpents as they were believed to have existed actually may have sightings of sea serpents have continued to this day and some claim to have evidence of these monsters this video captured by the United States Bureau of Land Management captures what seems to be one large serpent in the icy waters of Alaska [Music] number two Krakens spotted off Antarctica in google.maps the Kraken is a giant sea monster of Norwegian lore that has become one of the most prominent mythical figures thanks to appearances in films such as Clash of the Titans and Pirates of the Caribbean the Kraken is said to be a giant octopus or squid and is believed to be a monstrously sized cryptid with the size and power to destroy or even swallow entire ships in recent years scientists have believed that rare and elusive giant squid may be responsible for the myth of the Kraken due to their immense size believed to be as big as 15 or even 20 meters while it’s simple to assume that ancient fishermen who spent their entire lives near or on the sea were so naive as to confuse a 15 meter squid with a 16 kilometer island it may be possible that the Kraken may have just been lost in time this image taken by Google Maps seems to identify a large island sized squid or octopus breaching in the waters of Antarctica number one fairy fairies are believed to be small humanoid creatures with wings and have been subjects of European folklore for hundreds or even thousands of years fairies are believed to live in societies like ours hidden away in forests but generally the perception of fairies have changed through time historically they’ve been believed to be evil spirits that steal children but with the New Age movement they became positive spirits that help people this video may capture one fairy in the forest at night [Music] and there you have five mythical creatures caught on camera and spotted in real life if you enjoyed the video make sure you drop a like and share it and if you haven’t already subscribe down below to get notified almost every single day with new videos from top 5 finest thank you so much for watching and until next time we are out