Cryptids

io9 Will Give You $2000 for Authentic Photos of Cryptids

This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. [More] https://gizmodo.com/io9-offers-2000-bounty-for-authentic-photos-of-cryptid-5812013

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io9 Offers $2000 Bounty For Authentic Photos Of Cryptids

This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. And that’s just the beginning of Cryptid Summer. Illustration of Sasquatch by Rick Spears (get his book about cryptids here!); photograph of the beach by Pichugin…

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Chinese lake monster flashes its white belly for tourists

Last Tuesday, a lake cryptid exposed its gleaming white belly to 30 tourists at China’s Kanas Lake. This isn’t the first time this saucy monster’s been seen in Kanas. Back in 2007, the beast made headlines too. Here’s that footage. [International Business Times via Cryptomundo]

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Mysterious dog creatures harassing pets (and their owners) in Vietnam

According to anecdotal reports, dog-like cryptids have been running rampant in Quang Ngai, Vietnam this month. Eyewitnesses claim that these strange and slender canines have been picking off pet dogs and roaring like the dickens. Says Vietnam.Net: [N]o one has seen the strange creature that could have caused such large footprints measuring almost 12-15cm. Over…

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India to build a road through yeti territory

India’s Border Roads Organisation plans to build a road through a region in Bhutan rumored to be inhabited by the Abominable Snowmen. Picking up hirsute hitchhikers on this new highway is not recommended. From The Hindustan Times: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is developing a road through Bhutan to have faster access to the western…

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Indian neighborhood terrorized by cat-dog-mongoose cryptid, the Bhootbilli

There’s been a rash of sightings of a creature known as the Bhootbilli, or “ghost cat” in a neighborhood near Pune, India. This large feline cryptid has consumed 45 pigeons (and one goat) belonging to one unlucky resident. The sightings of the creature have been in the Sanjay Park neighborhood ~100 miles outside of Mumbai.…

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Chupacabras are just coyotes with scabies, says biologist

When a photo of a chupacabra appears in the news, it tends to be a shriveled, hairless, canine-looking corpse. According to University of Michigan biologist Barry OConnor, these chupacabra corpses are simply coyotes with sarcoptic mange (a.k.a. scabies). The scabies mite is an annoyance for humans and domesticated dogs but can be devastating for wild…

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It’s officially chupacabra season in Texas

Hood County, Texas has had a rash of chupacabra sightings lately. Two mysterious, mammalian corpses have been found since last week, perplexing animal control officers and raising the hopes of chupamaniacs everywhere. It’s the most cryptacular time of the year! David Hewitt shot one of the creatures on Friday after it began moseying towards his…

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The Bridgewater Triangle, Massachusetts’ epicenter of weirdness

Massachusetts’ Bridgewater Triangle is ground zero for all manner of pseudoscientific phenomena, such as ghost hitchhikers, black helicopters, and Indian burial grounds. In short, the area is the entire oeuvre of Stephen King in the wrong state. [Boston via Cryptomundo]

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Mysterious “crazy bird” harasses Florida pedestrians

In the post ‘The art of bird sketching,’ Kees Moeliker of Improbable Research writes about an unknown avian menace that’s been recently assailing unsuspecting West Palm Beach pedestrians. Witness local news reenactments at their finest. Wpbf.com reports: “Some dog walkers in downtown West Palm Beach [Florida] claim they have been attacked by a ‘crazy bird’…

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Reporter Joins Freelance Bigfoot Investigators For A Night In The Woods

In December 2009, a homeless couple in San Antonio called 911 after witnessing a mysterious creature carry away a deer. News 4’s Delaine Mathieu recently joined Dallas-based Bigfoot investigators TBIG for an evening of man-ape hunting. What did they find? Delaine Mathieu of News 4 recently joined TBIG’s team in the woods near Leakey, Texas.…

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Man Finds Mysterious Fluid-Secreting Skull; Local News Anchor Baffled

Years ago, Tony Richardson found a strange skull on the sea floor. After 15 years of silence (and keeping the skull in his garage), he’s demanding answers. Luckily, reporter Bill Green’s on the case! Can you help solve the mystery? 15 years ago, Tony Richardson of Manchester, Maine found a curious finned skull while dredging…

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Creative Taxidermy Fuels Your Cryptozoological Nightmares

While some taxidermists are meticulously preserving our animals for future generations, others prefer to color outside the lines of their chosen art form, creating bizarre and monstrous creatures better suited to nightmares than museums. https://gizmodo.com/natural-history-museum-stuffs-animals-for-climate-chang-5065732 Crappy Taxidermy, the latest on the ever-growing list of one-note Tumblr blogs, logs the most egregious crimes against dead animal…

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io9 Will Give You $2000 for Authentic Photos of Cryptids

io9 Offers $2000 Bounty For Authentic Photos Of Cryptids

Chinese lake monster flashes its white belly for tourists

Mysterious dog creatures harassing pets (and their owners) in Vietnam

India to build a road through yeti territory

Indian neighborhood terrorized by cat-dog-mongoose cryptid, the Bhootbilli

Chupacabras are just coyotes with scabies, says biologist

It’s officially chupacabra season in Texas

The Bridgewater Triangle, Massachusetts’ epicenter of weirdness

Mysterious “crazy bird” harasses Florida pedestrians

Reporter Joins Freelance Bigfoot Investigators For A Night In The Woods

Man Finds Mysterious Fluid-Secreting Skull; Local News Anchor Baffled

Creative Taxidermy Fuels Your Cryptozoological Nightmares

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