GM Inspiration: An illustrated guide of contemporary monsters

Looking for a modern day monster you can terrorise players with? Want to avoid classics like werewolves and vampires but want to draw on contemporary myth and legend?

The work Vladmir Stankovic put into the Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology might appeal then. These are all monsters that people still whisper about today, at least in some parts of the world and in some households, but for which there are no real evidence. Could one of these contemporary monsters stat up nicely to become your players’ next foe?