Old Yellow Top

Old Yellow Top is a Bigfoot-like cryptid reported from Cobalt, Ontario, Canada since the early 1900s. Witnesses describe a tall, apelike creature covered in dark hair except for a distinctive patch of yellow-blonde fur on its head and shoulders. Miners first reported it during the silver rush, with stories resurfacing every few decades—often involving startled drivers spotting it at the roadside or workers glimpsing it near tailings piles. Skeptics attribute sightings to bears with partial albinism or simply vivid camp legends that refuse to fade. Still, Old Yellow Top has become a quirky piece of local lore, a distinctly Canadian variation on the hairy hominid theme that links the country’s mining history with timeless wilderness mysteries.