Aquabeasties

Patagonia

Austin Whittall, a self-made expert on Patagonian monsters, has generously allowed Aquabeasties to use the vast library of information he has gathered on the subject. On his blog, Patagonian Monsters, Mr. Whittall regularly posts meticulously studied and analyzed information about cryptids in Patagonia, and over a couple years he has built a veritable encyclopedia on hidden animals in the region. We owe him a million thanks for providing this knowledge which one can only find through diligent research in multiple sources (the internet doesn't come close to providing such information). Through a lifetime of experience in and obvious deep appreciation for the beautiful South American region of Patagonia, Mr. Whittall has given armchair cryptozoologists and field explorers alike the opportunity to search for hundreds of monsters in the jungles of deep South America.

Patagonia is a region covering the southern parts of Chile and Argentina. It stretches from the southernmost section of the Andes, east along the Río Colorado and all the way down to the tip of South America. Patagonia is full of stark, rocky mountains and huge deep blue lakes--and it seems almost every lake in Patagonia has its own monster. Lake serpents and plesiosaur-like monsters abound in the region, but Patagonia's most unique hydrocryptozoological attribute is its water bulls. For centuries villagers have reported seeing bulls that inhabit the region's lakes. One wonders what's so unusual about a bull that's standing in a lake, but often these bulls have unusual horns or even the hindquarters of a fish.

Water horses, or Calimayos, are also found throughout Patagonia, and the landmark lake cryptids of South America--El Cuero and Nahuelito--abound.

One of the oddest creatures to inhabit Patagonia is a leftover from thousands of years ago--the giant marine ground sloth. Giant ground sloths died out several thousand years ago, but many believe that some still stalk the jungles of Latin America, and in Patagonia Austin Whittall alleges that there may be a marine variety.

Chiloé Island Sea Horse

Chiloé Island Sea Monster

Creature of Lago Buenos
Aires / General Carrera

El Cuero

Culebrón

Fañanito

Gable Island Cave Monster