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Secret Grasp is a podcast all about the mysterious and difficult to explain aspects of life. We cover topics relating to the paranormal, occult, psychic, spirituality, conspiracy theories, urban legends, cryptids, UFOs, aliens, ghosts, demons, and other strange occurrences. Visit us at www.secretgrasp.com
This episode is part 2 of the Cryptid Iceberg chart created by Reddit user Jimboseth: https://old.reddit.com/r/IcebergCharts/comments/mvuwh0/saw_a_few_cryptid_icebergs_decided_to_make_my_own/
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Outro music:
Half Mystery by Kevin MacLeod
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Show Notes:
Cryptid Iceberg
Secret Grasp is a podcast all about the mysterious and difficult to explain aspects of life.
We cover topics relating to the paranormal, occult, conspiracy theories, urban legends, cryptids, and other strange occurrences.
You can find us on all of the major podcasting apps, and we’ve got a video version of the podcast available on Youtube.
In this episode we’re going to cover Part 2 of the Cryptid Iceberg. If you haven’t watched the first episode yet, go check that out.
This is based on a chart created by Reddit user Jimboseth. I’ll put a link to the original chart in the description of this episode.
https://old.reddit.com/r/IcebergCharts/comments/mvuwh0/saw_a_few_cryptid_icebergs_decided_to_make_my_own/
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Andean Wolf – The Andean wolf (previously described as Dasycyon hagenbecki, though this now not an accepted taxon) is a purported south american canine that is falsely labelled a wolf.[1] Various tests on the singular pelt have failed to provide a conclusive identity.
In 1927, Lorenz Hagenbeck bought one of three pelts from a dealer in Buenos Aires who claimed that they had come from a wild dog of the Andes. The pelt ended up in Munich where the German mammalogist Ingo Krumbiegel examined it in 1940.[2] Krumbiegel published two papers describing the animal and giving it the scientific name of Dasycyon hagenbecki.[3][4] The American zoologist Howard J. Stains supported Krumbeigel’s new genus Dasycyon.[5][6][7] Other mammalogists believed that the skin was that of a domestic dog.[7]
In 1954 Fritz Dieterlen published results comparing samples of hair taken from the Munich pelt with hair from various canids. He found that there were significant similarities between the Munich pelt hair and German Shepherd hair.[8]
Skull
In 1935 Krumbiegel is said to have studied a skull supposedly similar that of a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) but larger and reportedly obtained from outside of the range of the maned wolf. This gave him confidence in his description of the Munich pelt as a new genus.[9] The whereabouts of the skull are unknown.
In 2000 DNA analysis of the pelt was attempted but the samples were found to be contaminated with human, dog, wolf and pig DNA.[9]
Cockatrice – A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a rooster’s head.
Haimushi – Haimushi is a tiny moth-like creature with a segmented body and four wings. They live in the lungs most of the time, but occasionally leave the body and fly through the air. They have red faces with a triple-forked mouth, and white bodies like that of a maggot. They have colorful, feathery wings. They feed mainly on cooked rice.
Haimushi infect the lungs and cause various health problems. If a haimushi leaves its host and gets lost, the person will die and the haimushi will transform into a fireball and burn up.
A haimushi infection can be treated with byakujutsu, a traditional remedy made from the powdered root of the herb Atractylodes japonica.
Big Muddy Monster – The story of the Big Muddy Monster is one of the most well known legends of Southern Illinois, and it originated in Murphysboro.
I couldn’t actually find a huge amount on this. It seems like maybe a bigfoot that lives in a swamp?
Oklahoma Octopus – The Oklahoma octopus is a cryptid generally said to inhabit some freshwater, man-made lakes of Oklahoma, including Lake Thunderbird, Oologah Lake, and Lake Tenkiller, where it attacks and kills unsuspecting swimmers. There is no existing footage of it.
Although no physical evidence exists in the case of the Oklahoma Octopus, many point to the high mortality rate and a large number of unexplained drownings in the Oklahoma lakes as a clear sign of its presence. There have also been numerous reported sightings.
The Oklahoma Octopus is most likely a cephalopod, more specifically an octopus according to the description of the creature. This would make the Oklahoma Octopus the only freshwater dwelling cephalopod species. This would not make this animal entirely unique as numerous members of the typically marine requiem sharks live in freshwater environments exclusively, including the Ganges River shark.
Some skeptics doubt the existence of such an oddity. However, octopi have been recorded, at least for brief periods of time, living in freshwater environments. One such case involves a common octopus being caught at Lake Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas [1] The animal was most likely a released pet that survived long enough to cling onto the gates of the lake’s dam [2].
Description
According to the rumor, this freshwater Cephalopod is about the size of a horse and resembles an octopus, with long tentacles and leathery, reddish-brown skin.
Dark Woods Demon – From what I can tell, this is just a creepypasta.
Dingonek – The dingonek is a creature said to have been seen near Lake Victoria in 1907 by big game hunter John Alfred Jordan and members of his hunting party, as recounted by fellow big-game hunter Edgar Beecher Bronson in his 1910 memoir In Closed Territory. This account was followed by an article published in 1913 in the East Africa Natural History Society by Charles William Hobley, in which he claims to have encountered further accounts of similarly described creatures. In 1918, an article published by MacLean’s declared that the beast was a newly discovered animal species.
Read in Australian accent:
“Then there’s the infernal horror of the reptilian ‘bounder’ that comes up the Maggori River, out of the lake the Lumbwa have christened Dingonek. And it’s real prize money that beauty would fetch, five or ten thousand quid at least, and you bet I’ve got my Wanderobo and Lumbwa always on the lookout for one when the Maggori is in flood.”[2]
“Presently I heard the bush smashing and up raced my Lumbwa, wide-eyed and gray as their black skins could get, with the yarn that they had seen a frightful strange beast on the river bank, which at sight of them had plunged into the water as they described it, some sort of cross between a sea serpent, a leopard, and a whale. Thinking they had gone crazy or were pulling my leg, I told them I’d believe them if they could show me, but not before. After a long shauri palaver among themselves, back they finally ventured, returning in half an hour to say that IT lay full length exposed on the water in midstream.”[2]
Ucumar – The Ucumar, sometimes called Ucu or Ucumar-Zupai is a Sasquatch from Argentina
. It is a hairy, mammalian ape-like beast similar to the Sasquatch of North America, Yeti from the Himalayas and the Yowie of Australia. This mysterious creature terrorized many areas in Argentina and Chile.
Description
Described as 5-7 feet tall, with thick hair, small eyes, and huge arms and legs. Some people reported it as half-bear humanoid.
According to local people, the ucumar loves to eat plant called “payo”, a plant with an inside similar to cabbage. This creature also emits sound uhu, uhu, uhu, which Ivan T. Sanderson compared to the noises reported by Albert Ostman, who claimed to have been held captive by a family of Sasquatch in 1924.
Dire Wolf – The dire wolf is an extinct canine. It is one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, along with its extinct competitor Smilodon. The dire wolf lived in the Americas and eastern Asia during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs.
Xexeu – Xexeu is mythical giant bird from Cashmawa in South America. It resembles the Thunderbird of North America, it is said to have the ability to gather storms and is responsible for weather control.
Yuki-Onna – Yuki-onna (雪女, “snow woman”) is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation.[1]
She may also go by such names as yuki-musume[2] (“snow daughter”), yuki-onago (“snow girl”), yukijorō[2] (雪女郎, “snow woman”), yuki anesa (“snow sis'”), yuki-onba[3] (“snow granny” or “snow nanny”), yukinba[3] (“snow hag”) in Ehime, yukifuri-baba[2] (“snowfall hag”) in Nagano.[3] They are also called several names that are related to icicles, such as tsurara-onna, kanekori-musume, and shigama-nyōbō.
In legends from the Ojiya region of Niigata Prefecture, a beautiful woman came to visit a man and became his wife from the woman’s own desire. This woman was reluctant to go into the bath and when she was made to go in anyway, she disappeared, leaving only thin, fragmented, floating icicles (see also tsurara-onna).
Yuki-onna appears on snowy nights as a tall, beautiful woman with long black hair and blue lips. Her inhumanly pale or even transparent skin makes her blend into the snowy landscape (as famously described in Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things). She often wears a white kimono,[10] but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow.[11] Despite her inhuman beauty, her eyes can strike terror into mortals. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints (in fact, some tales say she has no feet, a feature of many Japanese ghosts), and she can transform into a cloud of mist or snow if threatened.
Bunnyman – The Bunny Man is an urban legend that originated from two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1970, but has been spread throughout the Washington, D.C., and Maryland areas. The legend has many variations; most involve a man wearing a rabbit costume who attacks people with an axe or hatchet.
Melon Heads – In the American folklore of Ohio, Michigan and Connecticut, Melon Heads are beings generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. Different variations of the legend attribute different origins to the entities.
Deer Man – Deer Man is a cryptid whose legend originates in the folklore of North America. Sightings of the Deer Man have been reported from several U.S. states, although there is some variation in the descriptions given.
A hybrid animal, Deer Man has the antlered head of a great stag, a human’s torso, and legs described as similar to either those of a man or deer. In addition, it is usually said to be well muscled, and surprisingly fast for its size. Other accounts gift the beast with the power to transform itself from a regular deer into the form described above.
Sandown Clown – The Sandown Clown was a strange being encountered by two young children vacationing at Lake Common, Sandown, Isle of Wight (UK) in May of 1973. Following a sound like an ambulance siren, the children wandered across a footbridge over a stream, and met a curious, unidentifiable being that has been described as “a cross between a clown, a robot, and an alien”. It was a shy, but friendly being, and spoke kindly to the children for almost half an hour before they returned to their parents. It seemingly vanished after the encounter, and has never been seen again.
Giant Grasshoppers – Giant Grasshoppers were popular subjects for tall-tale hoax postcards, particularly in the Great Plains during the 1930s, when grasshoppers were a common pest.
Moon-eyed People – The moon-eyed people are a legendary group of short, bearded white skinned people who are said to have lived in Appalachia until the Cherokee expelled them. Stories about them, attributed to Cherokee tradition, are mentioned by early European settlers in America. In a 1797 book, Benjamin Smith Barton explains they are called “moon-eyed” because they saw poorly during the day.[2] Some stories claim they created the area’s pre-Columbian ruins, and they disappeared from the area.[3]
Black Bird of Chernobyl – Beginning in early April 1986 the people in and around the little known Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant began to experience a series of strange events revolving around sightings of a mysterious creature described as a large, dark, and mutated man with gigantic wings and piercing red eyes. People affected by this phenomena experienced horrific nightmares, threatening phone calls and first hand encounters with the winged beast which became known as the Black Bird of Chernobyl.
Basically Mothman of Chernobyl
Rougarou – The rougarou is a legendary creature in French communities linked to traditional concepts of the werewolf.
Bullebak – Dutch folklore. There’s two different versions of the Bullebak (also known as the Bulleman or Bollebak). In Gelderland it was believed the Bullebak was a creature that came out at night to scare people with its loud roaring noises. In Utrecht and a large portion of Holland[1][2] however, the Bullebak was known to be a Child Terror. The water demon came equipped with a big hook, which he used to grab children from the waterside in order to drown them.[3] It is said though, that once children got into the water, they could see a palace and countless of beautiful lights and stars.[4] The creature was also known in Drenthe and Overijssel. [5]
Catalonia Fallen Angel – The Catalonia Fallen Angel was a strange humanoid cryptid that was on film in a forest near Catalonia, Spain. looks like a man with open wounds on his back, who turns and looks at them, catching a reflection in his eyes.
The video is a very well produced hoax by some Spanish horror film fans who used to explain their process at a now-defunct making of site.
4chan Grey Alien – On November 21, 2018, an anonymous user on 4chan had posted an image to the paranormal board /x/ of what was claimed to be an alien. The image was accompanied with the following text:
“This was a picture that was taken from inside a car that I was working on. Full story was that I was working on it about at 11pm and I heard a bang on the front of the car. I thought it was a raccoon so I took a picture with flash to scare it off, But when I took a picture I got this. Having seeing this I turned on my flashlight only to see that it had disappeared. I had matched up the picture next to the car and the wall behind it and measured how tall it would be, and it was about 8 feet. Can anybody tell me if this was a prank on me or if this was real. Honestly I think it’s real.”
After extensive digging by fellow users of the board, it was determined to be a hoax.
Snallygaster – In American folklore, the snallygaster is a bird-reptile chimera originating in the superstitions of early German immigrants later combined with sensationalistic newspaper reports of the monster.
Mogollon Monster – The Mogollon Monster, also known as the Arizona Bigfoot, is purported to be an ape-like creature, similar to descriptions of Bigfoot, reported to dwell in central and eastern Arizona along the Mogollon Rim.
Miami Beach Scorpion – The Miami Beach Scorpion is a large scorpion-like animal seen off of Miami Beach in Florida. It could well be a surviving eurypterid, the gigantic “sea scorpions’ which ruled the sea before the first jawed fish evolved.
(I think this one could be real. Doesn’t look that much more strange than a giant isopod.)
Hippogriff – The hippogriff, or sometimes spelled hippogryph, is a legendary creature with the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a horse. It was invented by Ludovico Ariosto in his Orlando Furioso, at the beginning of the 16th century.
Cave Children – Creepypasta. These demon-children are said to slay any who attempt to make passage through the caves, which were sealed off until roughly a thousand years ago
Door Dogs – Door Dogs are small canines which appear as premonitory omens of death in folklore collected from Tangiers, Morocco.
They are described as small, silent dogs with pointed noses like a Schipperke, which are seen following individuals in the weeks before their death. They are seen specifically when the doomed person is passing a threshold, such as a doorway, and can only be seen by others – no one can see their own door dog before they die.
Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain – “Crazy Critter” of Bald Mountain are alleged insect-like creatures confronted by several shocked motorists during the evening of 17 November 1974 on Bald Mountain.
“…it was horse-sized, covered with scales and standing on four rubbery legs with suckers like octopus tentacles. Its head was football-shaped with an antenna sticking up…The thing gave off this green, iridescent light.”
Hopkinsville Goblins – The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter was a claimed close encounter with extraterrestrial beings in 1955 near Kelly and Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
Giant of Kandahar – The Giant of Kandahar was an enormous humanoid creature allegedly encountered and killed by a group of American army soldiers on a mountainside in Afghanistan.
The events allegedly happened in 2002 in a desert part of Afghanistan, when a U.S. Army squad went missing. A “special ops task force” (branch unknown, possibly Rangers considering that the missing squad was Army) was sent to find out what had happened, and the soldiers walked along a ragged, mountainous trail until arriving at the entrance of a large cave. Pieces of broken U.S. military equipment and gear were scattered all around the clearing. The task force was about to enter the cave to explore its recesses when a ~12-15 feet, red-headed, six-digit, double-toothed humanoid emerged and attacked the soldiers. The giant impaled ‘Dan’ with giant spear and proceeded to attack the rest of the squad. The witness states that it took 30 seconds of continuous fire to down the giant.
Mutant Muppet – The Mutant Muppet is a strange creature(s) discovered by a shooting party in Namibia, Africa. Witnesses state that the creature was spotted apparently foraging for food, one of the shooting party wounded it with his rifle and it escaped into the thick brush.
The locals tracked it to a nearby lair or nest where they found three more creatures of similar size. The wounded creature attacked one of the shooting party and it was shot dead, the others escaped into the brush.
The creature resembles a small humanoid creature, almost human in nature. It appears to be 5-7 inches in height. It has large ears, thin eyes, and a somewhat-flattened nose. It has very longer fingers and light brown skin.
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Bat Beast of Kent – In 1963, four British teens saw a UFO land in a nearby forest, but what would haunt them for the rest of their lives was the bizarre bat-like beast that apparently came out of it!
On the chilly autumn evening of November 16, 1963, 17-year old John Flaxton, 18-year old Mervyn Hutchinson and two other youthful friends were walking home from a party on Sandling Road in the county of Kent — a region apparently rife with cryptozoological and paranormal activity — when they saw a silent, glowing, orb-like object descending from the heavens.
The unusual, self illuminated, ovoid object, which was described as being just a few meters in diameter, hovered above a field. It eventually made its way behind the trees and settled into the shadow infested foliage of the woods at Sandling Park.
While the teenagers were still reeling from their astonishing sighting, something even more inconceivable would soon grab their attention. Moments after the extraordinary craft apparently landed behind the trees, the teens noticed a shaking in the brush and what emerged was one of the most unique “varmints” ever to be chronicled in ufology.
Later the four horrified eyewitnesses would explain that an erratic, shambling, quasi-humanoid figure emerged from the woods and waddled towards them. The beast apparently looked like a headless bat that was approximately 5-feet tall, with large webbed feet and wings protruding from its back. In Hutchinson’s own words:
“It didn’t seem to have any head. There were huge wings on its back… like bat wings.”
The group of friends, understandably overwhelmed with terror and adrenaline, sprinted away from the freakish bat-thing and made their way to the nearest police station. Once there they related their tale to what one must assume were highly skeptical officers. Flaxton would later state that he had “felt cold all over” during the episode.
Parque Forestal Alien – The Parque Forestal Alien sighting is a extraterrestrial sighting that took place in 2004. The witness was a civil engineer by the name of Germán Pereira, who was taking a few snapshots of the state police on horseback in Chile. After downloading the photos and examining one of them, he noticed a small figure that was making a quick dash between the two officers. The figure resembles the typical “grey” variety of extraterrestrial. It appears to be between one and two feet in height.
Grecian Dolphin – The Corfu Island Creature, also called Grecian Dolphin, is a strange, mutated, dolphin-like animal sighted two times off the coast of Greece by tourists.
The picture was posted on Twitter and caused big discussions, calling on some Cryptozoologists. Many theories abounded, one saying a hoax, another a mutated dolphin from nuclear waste, another one said it was an alien. Some people suggested it to be some type of pike fish or long snout manatee/dugong. It highly resembles the Zeuglodons ancestor, Ambulocetus. The creature was later determined to be a plastic freeboard fender.
Kushtaka – Kushtaka or Kooshdakhaa ( lit. “land otter man”) are mythical shape-shifting creatures found in the folklore of the Tlingit peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America.
They are similar to the ‘Watsa of the Ts’msyen people, Nat’ina of the Dena’ina Native Americans of South Central Alaska, and the Urayuli of the Yup’ik in Western Alaska.
Physically, Kushtaka are shape-shifters capable of assuming human form, the form of an otter and potentially other forms. In some accounts, a Kushtaka is able to assume the form of any species of otter; in others, only one. Accounts of their behaviour seem to conflict with one another. In some stories, Kushtaka are cruel creatures who take delight in tricking poor Tlingit sailors to their deaths. In others, they are friendly and helpful, frequently saving the lost from death by freezing. In many stories, the Kushtaka save the lost individual by distracting them with curiously otter-like illusions of their family and friends as they transform their subject into a fellow Kushtaka, thus allowing him to survive in the cold. Naturally, this is counted a mixed blessing. However, Kushtaka legends are not always pleasant. In some legends it is said the Kushtaka will imitate the cries of a baby or the screams of a woman to lure victims to the river. Once there, the Kushtaka either kills the person and tears them to shreds or will turn them into another Kushtaka.
Legends have it Kushtaka can be warded off through copper, urine, dogs, and in some stories, fire.
Since the Kushtaka mainly preys on small children, it has been thought by some that it was used by Tlingit mothers to keep their children from wandering close to the ocean by themselves.
It is also said that the Kushtaka emit a high pitched, three part whistle in the pattern of low-high-low.
Ahuizotl – The ahuizotl (from the Classical Nahuatl: āhuitzotl for “spiny aquatic thing”, a.k.a. “water dog”) is a legendary creature in Aztec mythology.[2] It is said to lure people to their deaths.[3] The creature was taken as a mascot by the ruler of the same name, and was said to be a “friend of the rain gods”.[4] The ahuizotl is most likely a water opossum, which possesses dexterous hands “like a raccoon’s” or a monkey’s, as well as a prehensile tail (the hand most likely represents this prehensile nature), waterproof marbled black and grey fur, and small pointed ears.
The conquistador Hernán Cortés once reported to the King of Castile that one of his men had been killed by an ahuizotl.[1]
The creature is described as being the size of a small dog, with waterproof fur. Its name comes from the propensity of its fur to spike when it leaves the water.[citation needed] The ahuizotl has hands similar to a monkey’s, which are capable of manipulation, both on its arms and on its tail.[2]
The ahuizotl was included within Book 11 of the Florentine Codex, which describes it as:
“…very like the teui, the small teui dog; small and smooth, shiny. It has small, pointed ears, just like a small dog. It is black, like rubber; smooth, slippery, very smooth, long-tailed. And its tail is provided with a hand at the end; just like a human hand is the point of its tail. And its hands are like a raccoon’s hands or like a monkey’s hands….”
Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf – Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf was a mutilated cetacean corpse that was found by Russian soldiers on the Sakhalin shoreline. Sakhalin area is situated near to Japan, it’s the most eastern part of Russia, almost 5000 miles to East from Moscow. The creature’s origins are unknown.
According to a scientific survey, the bones and teeth are not of a fish. According to its skeletal remains, it was not a crocodile or alligator; its skull resembled that of a canine, while the creatures rear coincides with that of a fish. However the real identity can be concluded by looking at the skull, it’s most likely some type of whale; particularly a beluga or an orca, with the skull matching that of such creatures (the little notch in the skull being seen in one of the photos).
Dark Watchers – The Dark Watchers is a name given to a group of entities in California folklore purportedly seen observing travelers along the Santa Lucia Mountains.
The Dark Watchers are described as tall, sometimes giant-sized featureless dark silhouettes often adorned with brimmed hats or walking sticks.[citation needed] They are most often reported to be seen in the hours around twilight and dawn. They are said to motionlessly watch travelers from the horizon along the Santa Lucia Mountain Range. According to legend, no one has seen one up close and if someone were to approach them, they disappear.[1]
Green Clawed Beast – The Green Clawed Beast was an unseen cryptid that is rumored to live in the Ohio River near Evansville, Indiana. On August 14, 1955, an unseen “claw-like hand” grabbed Naomi Johnson and pulled her beneath the water. Her friend, Louise was wading in an inner tube nearby when she heard her friend yelp, and turned to see her pulled under. The hand released Johnson who swam to the surface only to be grabbed, and pulled under again and again. The attack only ended when Louise moved her inner tube directly over the monster. A short time later, a man claiming to be an air force colonel came to the Johnson’s house and instructed Naomi to never speak of the incident. There have been no reported sightings since.
Nightmarchers – In Hawaiian mythology, Nightmarchers are the deadly ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors. The nightmarchers are the vanguard for a sacred king, chief or chiefess
Solway Firth Spaceman – The Solway Firth Spaceman is a figure seen in a photograph taken on May 23, 1964 by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton. The picture was taken on Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth in Cumbria, England.
Large Antarctic Sea Mammal – The Large Antarctic Sea Mammal is a cryptid reported by a Japanese research ship in 1958 in Antarctica. The captain of the Soya nicknamed this creature “Antarctic Godzilla,” as he likened its appearance to Godzilla. Some indicate that the creature is of the same species as the Kabagon.
Almas – In Mongolian folklore, an almas, alma or almasty, among other variants (Mongolian: Алмас, Chechen: Алмазы, Turkish: Albıs/Albız or Albastı), is a cryptid, folk creature or deity said to inhabit the Caucasus and Pamir Mountains of Central Asia and the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.[1][2]
We were told that it had a flat face like that of a human being, and that it often walked on two legs, that its body was covered with a thick black fur, and its feet armed with enormous claws; that its strength was terrible, and that not only were hunters afraid of attacking it, but that the inhabitants removed their habitations from those parts of the country which it visited.[7]
Mapinguari – In Brazilian folklore, the mapinguari or mapinguary, also called the juma, is a monstrous entity said to live in the Amazon rainforest. Depictions of the mapinguari vary. Sometimes it is described as a hairy humanoid cyclops. Other people claim that it is based on a cultural memory of the giant ground sloth, a long-extinct animal that it is said to resemble.[1][2] The creature is often said to have a gaping mouth on its abdomen.[1]
Water Babies of Massacre Rocks – State park in Idaho. It is said that the river is haunted by supernatural beings called Water Babies, which are the spirits of drowned babies.
Okay we’re about halfway through Part 2 of the cryptid iceberg. I’m just going to stop and take a sip of water for a moment.
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Spiteful Mermaid of Pyramid Lake – Exactly what it sounds like
Solar Plexus Clown Gliders – Solar Plexus Clown Glider (SPCG) is the collective name given to a broad range of paranormal phenomena attributed to a corruptive entity which infects weak and vulnerable people through the Solar Plexus chakra. Originally used by 80s New Age practitioners, the phenomena was linked to a horrorthemed email forwardable in the late 90s, which claimed that simply reading or hearing the words “Solar Plexus Clown Glider” made one susceptible to infection. Others claimed that one became infected through viewing a set of spooky black and white images circulating online.
Rather than a material cryptid SPCG is ephemeral and operates at the level of language. It makes itself known through images and words. The SPCG appears to feed off human misery, bombarding its host human with realistic hallucinations, Glitches in Reality and weakening them emotionally. [1] They then simply drive the host beyond their fullest capacity for psychological pain.The ‘sickness’ that comes with SPCG contact is described as similar to meth addicts experiences of withdrawal paranoia symptoms, up to and including near-constant full body hallucinatory experiences, and actual psychosis.[2] The reported effects are also similar to delirium states.
As per the most well known image and the name, SPCG has occasionally physically manifested as a daemonic jester figure, but its form is ultimately fluid, capable of infiltrating and deforming any visual surface once it has enough power over its victim. Its “body” is more often said to resemble oozing forms of slugs or snakes.[5] It can often appear to be made of a substance outside of the normal laws of three dimensions, similar to Black Stick Men.
Highway Beast – The Highway Beast was the name given to a strange carcass found on the side of a highway in Alexandria, Minnesota on August 1, 2011. The carcass is white, with a small lower body and a thick upper body with an almost-nonexistent neck. The muzzle is dog-like in structure, and the creature’s front paws possess five clawed toes each.
Crawfordsville Monster – The Crawfordsville monster refers to an alleged creature reported by residents of Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1891 and subsequently identified as a flock of killdeer. The story, “among the most fantastic of all UFO reports,” contributed to early theories of UFOs as airborne organisms.
Moha Moha – The Moha Moha is a turtle-like sea creature supposedly inhabiting the area of the Great Barrier Reef near Queensland, Australia.
Goody Cole – Eunice Cole (c. 1590, England – October 1680, Hampton, New Hampshire, United States), maiden name unknown, was a woman from the coast of New Hampshire. Better known as “Goody Cole”, she is the only woman convicted of witchcraft in New Hampshire.[1]
Oregon Bandage Man – The Bandage Man is said to terrorize young lovers who park at overlooks on Highway 101 along the Oregon Coast.
Pig-Faced Women – Legends featuring pig-faced women originated roughly simultaneously in Holland, England and France in the late 1630s. The stories tell of a wealthy woman whose body is of normal human appearance, but whose face is that of a pig.
In the earliest forms of the story, the woman’s pig-like appearance is the result of witchcraft. Following her wedding day, the pig-faced woman’s new husband is granted the choice of having her appear beautiful to him but pig-like to others, or pig-like to him and beautiful to others. When her husband tells her that the choice is hers, the enchantment is broken and her pig-like appearance vanishes. These stories became particularly popular in England, and later in Ireland.
Kovahsi Creature – The Kovahsi Creature was a strange carcass found on the banks of the river Kovahsi in the town of Sosnovy Bor in western Russia. A woman named Tamara told reporters that she found the creature on the Kovashi River, which flows into the Gulf of Finland. The creature appears to be between 3-4 centimeters in length and blackish-brown in color. The creature has an oddly-shaped skull, a long-neck, and a long leg-like appendage. The witness Tamara also claimed that it appeared to have what resembled wings.
Shug Monkey – In the folklore of Cambridgeshire, the Shug Monkey is a creature that shares features of a dog and monkey, which reportedly haunted Slough Hill Lane. The creature, believed to have the body of a jet-black shaggy sheepdog and the face of a monkey with staring eyes, was believed to be a supernatural ghost or demon.
Deogen – The Deogen, also known as the De Ogen or The Eyes, is an evil spirit said to haunt the Sonian Forest in Belgium, often seen in fog form and followed by smaller shadow figures. The story, which is based on a series of true events, has become more of a campfire tale or urban legend with virtually no sightings in recent years.
Flying Rays – Mobula rays are sometimes called flying rays, thanks to their acrobatic leaping. But scientists are not sure exactly why they do it. The rays have large, flat, diamond-shaped bodies and long fins, allowing them to glide through water – and also through the air.
Argentina Gnome – Residents of a small town in Argentina have been spooked after several sightings of bizarre-looking figure that was captured on video in the middle of the night. Locals claim the ‘creepy gnome’ stalks the streets at night.
Gnome of Girona – Many experts believe that the creature was a fetus of a local animal. It appears to have blue skin, spots around its neck and face, rabbit like ears, and a nose similar to a rabbit.
Sea Monk – The sea monk (also monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It was described as a “fish” that outwardly resembled a human monk in his habit. A 2005 paper concluded that the animal was most likely an angelshark.
Giant Penguin – Palaeeudyptinae, the giant penguins, is a paraphyletic subfamily of prehistoric penguins. It includes several genera of medium-sized to very large species, such as Icadyptes salasi, Palaeeudyptes marplesi, Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi, and Pachydyptes ponderosus. Icadyptes reached 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in height, while members of Palaeeudyptes and Anthropornis grew even taller and were some of the largest penguins to have ever existed. The massive P. ponderosus may have weighed at least as much as an adult human.
Sewer Humanoid – The Sewer Humanoid was a strange humanoid cryptid that was caught on film in the sewer systems of the northwest side of England. The video was recorded in April of 2011.
The creature is evidently humanoid. The creature is very thin and possesses extremely long arms that nearly reach the ground. The creature’s eyes appear to be luminous, and it is capable of moving at incredible speeds.
The picture and video is confirm to be a hoax by United Utilities themselves. It was first part of an April fools joke about warning people to be careful what they flush down the toilet.
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Flannel Shirt Sasquatch – The term Flannel Shirt Sasquatch denotes a rare sub-category of North American hominid sightings in which the mysterious creature appeared to be wearing human clothes, most consistently a ragged flannel shirt or otherwise animal skins.
Con Rit – Con Rit is name given to a Cryptid from Vietnam, it is an enormous oceanic centipede which lives in the south east Vietnam sea. Its body is made of segments of bony plates and it employs fish-like fins to swim.
Kting Voar – The kting voar, also known as the khting vor, linh dương, or snake-eating cow is a bovid mammal reputed to exist in Cambodia and Vietnam. The kting voar’s existence as a real species should be regarded as questionable.
The kting voar is normally described as a cow-like animal with peculiar twisting horns about 50 cm (20 inches) long and spotted fur. It often has some sort of connection with snakes, varying between stories.
Killer Cactus – The Killer Cactus is a type of possible cryptobotanical creature often reported in the Southwestern United States, particularly Arizona. Much like the normal jumping cholla cactus, this variety easily latches onto clothing and flesh. However, many people who have encountered this creature claim that they were standing at least several feet away from any cactus when they were attacked.
Veggieman – West Virginia has played host to an extraordinary number of unusual creatures. They range from the widely known Mothman of Point Pleasant to the Flatwoods Monster in Braxton County. Few, however, even within the state itself, have heard the strange case of West Virginia’s own Vegetable Man.
The Vegetable Man was said to be very tall, arguably over 7 feet, thin with a semi-human shape. It also appeared to be partially plant based, and possessed large ears with striking eyes that oscillated in colors.(Going from red to yellow rapidly.) Its arms were thin and gave the impression of reeds by a river bank. On the ends of its long fingers were suction cups which had thorns protruding from them.
Cameraheads – a lost Creepypasta, that revolved around a character’s descent into madness after discovering the existence of entities known as the Cameraheads.[1] The story and associated characters supposedly predate other Creepypasta characters such as Slender Man, The Rake, Smile Dog, and Jeff the Killer.[2]
The Awful – The Awful was a winged cryptid reportedly sighted in the towns of Richford and Berkshire, Vermont, by several people. The first sighting involved two sawmill workers who were crossing a bridge when they saw the beast glaring menacingly down at them from a rooftop. One of the men was so frightened that he immediately had a heart attack.
Appearance
The Awful was often described as being similar in appearance to a Griffin with grayish-wings and a 20-foot wingspan. It had a very long, serpentine tail and enormous claws.
Six-Legged Rape Centaur – “Six-legged rape centaur” is a name given to a bizarre-looking unidentified creature that somewhat resembles a centaur from Greek mythology. It appeared in the following eye-witness account posted by an anonymous user on 4chan on November 2008.
Carnivorous Pink Cloud – he Carnivorous Pink Cloud is a strange ghostly phenomenon that has supposedly been observed in the woods along the Tomoka River, west of Daytona, Florida. It has been blamed for numerous disappearances and the appearance of many carcasses.
The cloud has been described as being pink in color and hanging low to the ground, like morning fog. Other witnesses describe the cloud as being orange in color. Regardless of its color, the cloud has been blamed for many deaths and carcasses found in the woods. Legends state that the cloud is carnivorous and will suck the flesh off a person’s bones.
Pennine Pteryodactyl – The Pennine Pterodactyl was a flying pterosaur-like creature allegedly witnessed by several people in the Pennines moors and valleys near West Yorkshire.
Old Saybrook Blockheads – The Old Saybrook Blockheads sighting was an extraterrestrial sighting that took place on December 16, 1957, near Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Retired teacher Mrs. Mary M. Starr reported that a bright light awoke her around two to three in the morning. Peering out her bedroom window, she thought at first that she was looking at a downed airplane until she realized that the object was hovering above her clothesline. (bogleech.com)
Through the craft’s large, square windows she witnessed two strange entities pass by one another with their right arms in the air. Their featureless appendages had no hands, their “heads” were transparent cubes with bright red cores and their rubbery bodies flared out like skirts. She could not see if they had any legs, but guessed that they were less than four feet tall. (bogleech.com)
Squonk – The squonk is a mythical creature that is reputed to live in the hemlock forests of northern Pennsylvania in the United States.
Kabagon – The Kabagon (カバゴン) is a cryptid first spotted by a Japanese fishing ship 28th Konpiramaru Nihongo (第二十八金毘羅丸) in 1974 off Lyttleton, New Zealand. Most notable features of the creature are very large eyes and nostrils, and large head measuring 1.5 meters in height from under the nostrils to top of the head. Coloration is grayish. In general, the head of the creature somewhat resembles Umibōzu.
Wuhnan Toads – The Wuhnan Toads were said to be gigantic albino amphibians that lived in the remote Hubei Province of China in Bao Fung Lake. They are known for their atrocious appetite, and their size.
Local fishermen believed these toads lived in Bao Fung, along with several other lakes. Other than what they believe, and may have seen, there have been 2 major sightings.
Metepec Creature – The Creature of Metepec is a strange animal found by a Mexican farmer in a trap. The farmer stated that the Creature was still alive and very aggressive when he found it. The UFO-Journalist Jaime Maussan bought the dead body of the Creature from the farmer, because he thought it was an alien. It’s unknown what it actually is.
Later the creature was revealed a hoax as taxidermist Urso Moreno Ruiz confessed to making it from a Buffy Tufted Marmoset corpse.
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