Crittertongues Past: unsolicited makeover edition

Origin of the phrase "cryptid?"

That’s just the name of the very first known cryptid, the “cryptid.” It lived in crypts, farmed bitcoins, and had a very small, weak superego. This was rare back in the 1600s but now it describes most business school graduates.

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Cryptid of the Day: Gianmarco Zagato’s Monster

Description: Gianmarco Zagato claimed to have seen a sea monster off the coast of Zante, Greece. Not much else is known about the sighting, though it’s important to note, Zagato has a history of making paranormal-baited videos for his YouTube channel

The Last Jackalope

If I ever get to draw an official Hellboy and Moth-Man comic I’m going to demand this scene be in it

The funniest thing about all the speculation regarding the origins of the Bigfoot myth is that we know where it came from. It was a prank carried out by a guy named Ray Wallace who vandalised a couple of logging camps in California in 1958 while wearing fake feet to conceal his identity. They literally found his collection of giant wooden feet in his basement after he died in 2002, his involvement has been corroborated by multiple accomplices, and the timing of the incidents precisely lines up with when interest in Bigfoot exploded in American popular culture. We've known all this for twenty years, and everybody just quietly ignores it because it's no fun, I guess.

Mythical Beasts of Germany

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Cryptid fish that has only been seen once and never again that may or may not exist but well never know my beloved

Cryptid of the Day: Blancaneaux Creature

Description: Naturalist Francois Blancaneaux claimed to have seen one of his guides killed by an unknown creature near El Cayo, Belize. He described it as an odd devil that left behind tracks that resembled a human hand but with claws. He followed them to a cave, where he lost the creature