Cryptid

Cryptids are creatures from folklore or legend.

Background
Cryptids were part of local superstitions and the topic of folklore, serving as town and school mascots. In Point Pleasant, a museum was dedicated to a cryptid known as the Mothman. The Vault-Tec University named their sports team the "Fighting Wendigos."

A group called the Truth Seekers were dedicated to cryptid hunting in Appalachia before the war, meeting monthly to discuss their current progress. Their reports included a "lumbering hairy beast" near Grafton, which was debunked as an old mine cart filled with dirty laundry and a sighting near Uncanny Caverns that ended up being an albino bear.

The Beast of Beckley


An albino wolf roaming Appalachia since before the Great War. A "shredded bear" and a "pale monster" near Beckley were reported, resulting in Janelle and Raymond Priblo attempting to trap the creature.

Mothman


The Mothman was a creature in Appalachian folklore that was described as "a terrifying half-man, half-moth hybrid."Point Pleasant.

Sasquatch


Featured on the front of Backwoodsman, the article titled "Hardy as a Sasquatch."

Behind the scenes
Mr. New Vegas mentions on Radio New Vegas that locals have seen a large "object or creature" surfacing on Lake Mead, and that it has been dubbed "The Lake Mead Monster," a reference to the real world cryptid, the Loch Ness Monster.