Case file · Cryptid
Saola, the 'Asian unicorn'
In May 1992 a joint survey by Vietnam's forestry ministry and WWF found long straight horns in a hunter's home in Vu Quang, leading to the description of the saola, a large mammal unknown to science.
1992 CE · 18.30, 105.40 · status: explained
The account
It was the first new large land mammal described in over 50 years. The saola has been photographed in the wild only a handful of times and is critically endangered.