The "Unidentified Amarillo Object" (UAO) remains one of the most viral modern cryptid mysteries. Captured by a game camera outside the Amarillo Zoo in Texas at 1:25 a.m. on May 21, 2022, the grainy photograph sparked massive global interest when city officials released it that June to ask for the public's help in identifying it.
The image depicts a bipedal figure with sharp, pointed features standing outside the fence line. Public theories and official considerations split cleanly down the middle between the mundane, the supernatural, and marketing genius.