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I'm an illustrator working with a poet friend of mine to put together a book about cryptids. Our working title is C is for Chupacabra, and below is an example of our work based around the desert southwest's Yucca Man cryptid. Yucca Man Yucca man Walk in the night Yucca man Talk but he not fight Yucca man Stalk until first light Yucca man Got to stay out of sight Yucca man Won’t hurt..just a bite Yucca man Don’t cause no fright Yucca man Ain’t no bloodsucca man He just trying to get by alright Anyways, we're working on putting together a pretty comprehensive list of cryptids for this book, and that brought up the question of what actually is a cryptid? My personal opinion is a weird creature we haven't proven the existence of yet, with a contemporary source, therefore Bigfoot is a cryptid but Medusa would not be. That definition leaves a lot to be desired though. Here are some other questions I have: Does there need to be some sort of corroborating evidence for it to be a cryptid? eg. Bigfoot and the Patterson-Gemlin film or Nessie and the surgeon's photograph Is a local legend a cryptid? If so, what about La Lorrona? She's basically a boogeyman, but also possibly a ghost or a demon as well. If we count her, are ghosts/demons also cryptids? Is a cryptid any creature of legend that has captured our cultural imagination? If so what about things that have been debunked like the Feejee Mermaid? That's just lovely taxidermy that is now a proven hoax, but would it still count? Also, who are your favorite cryptids? The more obscure the better. I'm glad to do a lovely pencil and sharpie drawing of your local weird creature-of-legend. I did one the other day for a friend of mine Dog-face Woman, a creature that haunts a bridge in Indiana after a horrible car accident that killed her and her dog. Don't ask me why she has a rolling pin. I do not know. 
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Jan 22, 2020 20:24
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IMO individual pieces of evidence are allowed to be debunked without discounting the cryptid as a whole. Therefore the Fiji mermaid is not a cryptid, but mermaids are. The Surgeon’s Photo is a hoax, but Nessie lives.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:26
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it's a cryptid if a bunch of sad, lonely dorks regularly meet up to try and prove its existence
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Jan 22, 2020 20:27
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Cryptid of the gaps if you will 
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Jan 22, 2020 20:27
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a cryptid is a creature that some people believe exists but has not been proven to exist there
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Jan 22, 2020 20:28
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Mother fucka coming around here with all that? I'm a Bloodtid, get outta here with all this Cryptid bullshit.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:29
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*runs into thread out of breath* Your....You...Your mom! boom roasted!
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Jan 22, 2020 20:30
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this creeps me out on a weird way
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Jan 22, 2020 20:33
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star eater posted:this creeps me out on a weird way Find a rip of beyond man book it changed my life.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:36
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Those are intense, but I like their... style? Hazo posted:IMO individual pieces of evidence are allowed to be debunked without discounting the cryptid as a whole. Therefore the Fiji mermaid is not a cryptid, but mermaids are. The Surgeon’s Photo is a hoax, but Nessie lives. I've been trying to decide whether or not to include mermaids as well. It's not like there are any contemporary accounts of them that aren't "I went to a mermaid bar in FL and watched a lady in a fake tail swimming around." At least there aren't any I know of. I do like this answer to the Feejee mermaid though.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:44
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something about the faces and the way its written is unnerving
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Jan 22, 2020 20:45
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I would assume that it's the ID you need to be admitted into the crypt.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:50
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Chomp8645 posted:I would assume that it's the ID you need to be admitted into the crypt. I like the way you think.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:51
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Do Ogopogo and no, not just because of the Venture Bros thing. (Though also because of it.) I was big into cryptids as a kid and Ogopogo was one of my favourites solely due to reading about one incident where a bunch of different people around the lake saw it at the same time.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:53
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i liked Ogopogo because it was a stronger palette swap of Leviathan in Final Fantasy 2
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Jan 22, 2020 20:57
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I feel like ghosts could be cryptids if it's a specific ghost, or we're not sure what it is, but one of the possibilities is a ghost. See: duendes
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Jan 22, 2020 21:07
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Aliens are the ultimate cryptid
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Jan 22, 2020 21:08
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uh oh
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Jan 22, 2020 21:10
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kazr posted:uh oh nothing new under the sun  
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Jan 22, 2020 21:13
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A cryptid is a man who does not pay taxes
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Jan 22, 2020 21:13
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tar squid is real tasty
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Jan 22, 2020 21:21
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Mordja posted:Do Ogopogo and no, not just because of the Venture Bros thing. (Though also because of it.) As requested. I hosed up the tail, but I did only promise lovely drawings. I was like that as a kid too. My parents used to read me Ogden Nash's The Wendigo as a bedtime story sometimes.  Cubone posted:nothing new under the sun There really isn't. That's just our cutesy working title for it though. My collaborator is doing beat-style poetry for a bunch of different creatures, so not an alphabet book. numberoneposter posted:tar squid is real tasty Tell me more....
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Jan 22, 2020 21:34
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got a big squatchin weekend planned with the boys
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Jan 22, 2020 21:36
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animals that at one point were considered cryptids: platypus pandas
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Jan 22, 2020 21:56
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theories that at one point where considered crackpot: plate tectonics germ theory of disease
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Jan 22, 2020 21:57
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Telebite posted:theories that at one point where considered crackpot:
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Jan 22, 2020 21:59
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Jasus Christ posted:I feel like ghosts could be cryptids if it's a specific ghost, or we're not sure what it is, but one of the possibilities is a ghost. I like this! I've never heard of a Duende before. Telebite posted:animals that at one point were considered cryptids: Don't forget gorillas.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:01
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 I think crypt fiends are cryptids? If they're not maybe they could be?
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Jan 22, 2020 22:15
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Nah crypt fiends are real, all you have to go is go to the barracks and ask for one.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:16
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super natural beings do not exist
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Jan 22, 2020 22:16
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Zoesdare posted:I like this! I've never heard of a Duende before. Tata Duende is the one I'm most familiar with. Big Daddy Spider Monkey.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:23
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Play Disco Elysium, it is a documentary video game about cryptids
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Jan 22, 2020 22:24
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numberoneposter posted:super natural beings do not exist Yeah man I ain't ever heard of a supernatural sasquatch. These 'squatches are all 110% natural I guarantee it
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Jan 22, 2020 22:27
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Does Mothman count as a cryptid? Because if he does he's the best one.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:50
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star eater posted:this creeps me out on a weird way 
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Jan 22, 2020 22:51
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Whoria Discordia posted:Does Mothman count as a cryptid? Because if he does he's the best one. He does, he is. I love all things Mothman.  steinrokkan posted:Awesomeness This is like a creepy version of a Gruss vom Krampus card. Zoesdare fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 22:55
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A ghost is not a cryptid because it is not an animal or creature. Demons in general are also not cryptids. however, the jersey devil, which is a specific creature like demon is a cryptid
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Jan 22, 2020 23:02
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In the future, everyone is either Shrek or Farquaad, and they have to fight.
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