Third one for #Cryptoctober, based on the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social . Rock Apes were reported during the Vietnam War. They were described as monkey, ape, even hominidlike. Rock Apes had the habit of throwing rocks, hence the moniker. #cryptozoology #art #sketchbook

Cryptoctober Day 4: El Cuero Known as the "hide", el cuero is a South American lake monster described as a large blanket with claws along its outer edges that it uses to drag humans underwater. Theories on what it is range from an octopus, a ray, a jellyfish, and a eurypterid.

First entry for #cryptoctober . I used the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social as they feature lesser known #Cryptids. Like Cleary's Fish, a Deep-sea Fish claimed to have been witnessed by a diver in a dive bell. #cryptozoology #art #drawing

Cryptoctober Day 3: Rock Apes. Contrary to popular belief, rock apes are a diverse group of cryptids/animals. Reported mostly during the Vietnam War, they were named due to them often being reported throwing rocks. Some describe them as known monkeys, others as big unknown apes

Cryptoctober Day 2: Pach-an-a-ho In the 1970s, a group of Yakima Native Americans allegedly saw a model of an extinct terror bird and excitedly compared it to an animal they had recently seen called the "pach-an-a-ho". There are no other known sightings. 🎨Robert Woodard

Cryptoctober Day 1: Cleary's fish Although he would not talk about his experience for some years, diver Mike Bell had an encounter with a strange fish off of the coast of Japan in 1992. While inside a diving bell, a 25 ft long elongated fish with "webbed limbs" swam past him

Official Cryptoctober drawing inspiration list for those artists amongst us. Tried to go with more obscure interesting cryptids for this one, let me know if you want more information on any of them!

Almost 50 years after it was initially taken, a lost bigfoot photograph has finally been found, but with a twist: it was hiding in plain sight this whole time. Why was it missing? The answer involves an infamous and crazy bigfoot hunter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5bq...

Artwork of Rawicz encountering two snowmen during his escape from prison in 1941. Illustrated by Gary Krejci in 2005

Terrible news today about the most prolific bigfoot academic of the modern day, Jeff Meldrum has died. His work was immensely helpful in my own videos and he was well known as a nice guy in the cryptozoology world. A very sad day

A photograph of Rex Gilroy and Greg Foster holding plaster casts of alleged Australian big cat footprints. For some reason it seems Gilroy photoshopped Foster's head on

A satirical article from Australia about a mysterious monster seen prowling the land

Featuring @tetzoo.bsky.social, Darren talks about cryptid topics including the difference between zoology and modern cryptozoology, hoaxing, and being critical of claims of unknown animals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Luo...

On this day, one of the strangest sagas in iowa history began. We are currently preparing works related to the Ottosen bigfoot flap of 1978. #bigfoot #sasquatch #paranormalinvestigator #vanmetervisitor #iowalegends

The "bigfoot trap" of Oregon, a small structure set up by the North American Wildlife Research Firm in the 1970s. It was supposed to lure a bigfoot inside before trapping the living squatch. Baited with deer carcasses and other animals, the trap has thus far failed to catch him.

They were going to put the yeticide in the new Superman movie

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Latest book acquisition: 'A Natural History of Sea Serpents' 🐉 by Loch Ness legend Adrian Shine, in which he re-examines classic sightings but (spoiler alert) sadly doesn't conclude that unknown species lie behind them. www.whittlespublishing.com/A_Natural_Hi...

Question for biologists/paleontologists/zoologists: are there any semi-large predatory that will specifically eat the head and brain of their prey while leaving the rest of the body somewhat alone? The nandi bear is sometimes said to do this

The quagga was a zebra subspecies that lived in South Africa before going extinct in the wild in 1878. There have been sporadic reports of its survival, including strange ones several miles away in Tanzania. A pair of South Africans claimed to see a group of quaggas in 1956

What do 3D printers, r/Cryptozoology, and pudding have in common? They all help a skeleton solve a murder mystery! A series of seriously silly short stories about a skeleton whose gone a little bananas. books2read.com/3dske... #ShortStory #3DSkeleton 📚 #SomethingSilly

Of the hundreds of pieces of alleged cryptid evidence online, a handful have little to no backstory to them. What are these mysterious pieces of evidence, and do they show legitimate cryptids, or clever hoaxes? youtu.be/Fbxn4g7ZYUs

Mawas are a Malaysian cryptid said to be hairy, upright hominoids about as tall as a man. Their coat is said to be black or brown, unlike the more reddish orangutan.

52 years ago today! #Momo #Missouri #MissouriMonster #Bigfoot #UFO #HairyHominid #Cryptid #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #Creepy #Bizarre #Weird #LouisianaMissouri #Monster #MonsterSightings #WeirdMissouri #WeirdHistory #AmericanMonsters #MysteriousCreatures #Paranormal #Legend #Folklore

Newly uncovered photograph allegedly shows an unidentified primate on the coast of Malaysia.

The nguema-monene is a Congolese cryptid described as a long serpentine reptile, up to 40 feet (13m) in length. It moves low to the ground, and one eyewitness described it having a serrated back. Another witness was in a river when the animal emerged and flicked its tongue at her

The old cryptozoology.com website had a massive now lost section for art and cryptid photos. Any chance anyone may have a copy or an archive somewhere?

Like the passenger pigeon, the Eskimo curlew once numbered in the millions before going extinct in the 1960s. Also like the pigeon, there have been sporadic reports of the species survival. One sighting in 1982 in Saskatchewan spotted a sole survivor amongst a flock of plover birds

One of my favorite weirdly re-occurring cryptid encounters

During a 1819 expedition in Greenland, reports of an animal called the "amarok" were heard. It was described as a giant striped wildcat that lived in caves and feeds on small mammals. Incredibly, Greenland has no known native wild felines at all.

One interesting cryptid uncovered by Tyler Greenfield is the under-billed swordfish. Called the eieheraha by some locals, it's "sword" was on the lower jaw instead of the upper jaw like most swordfish.

Around the time of World War One, a mysterious lizard was reported near Yazd, Iran. It inhabited the desert, and locals said it was able to eat a man as fast as a smaller lizard gobbles a fly. A reporter pointed out that the region was mostly uninhabited and unexplored.

"Pevensey Marshes Animals. Before the Second World war, grey creatures, which some said were the hybrids of wolves and foxes, were reported in this area. Some said they were werewolves." Further Cryptozoology 2007. "Spotted beast" & "'Panther' on the prowl." Bexhill Observer 8.9.1995. #FolkyFriday

Across North America come reports of impossibly large snakes. These serpents are said to prey on animals as large as horses, and have even attacked humans before. Are these serpent stories real, or simply tall tales? The Giant Cryptid Snakes of North America youtu.be/jjyDh94PaEw

Just found out that there was an alleged great auk photo taken in Cornwall back in 2014

In Horn Pond Massachusetts an out of place animal was witnessed by a father and son. They had been fishing when the father spotted a fin. They threw a dead fish as bait, and the cryptid shot up out of the water to grab it. They said it looked like a red shark with two dorsal fins

According to the Cryptid Archive, In 1609, a monkey with "a beard and moustaches as well made as a man's" was caught in Peru. The most likely identity, the emperor tamarin, was discovered in 1907, leaving a gap of 298 years between this animal's probable first sighting and its discovery.

The barmanou is a Pakistan cryptid said to be a large, upright hairy primate similar to the yeti. Spanish zoologist Jodri Margraner searched for the cryptid in the 90s, even hearing its odd guttural voice. Unfortunately he was killed while looking for the animal in Afghanistan

King Lewanika of Barotseland (now apart of several South African countries) once heard about a peculiar giant reptile called isiququmadevu in the marshes of his country. After one was spotted, the king went to the spot. There he saw an imprint in the reeds as wide as a wagon.

In the late 1700s ships reported a massive ocean going creature at least twice as long as the largest whale on earth. "Speckles" had varying decryption, but one common feature were strange eye or barnacle like objects covering the creature.

Two photos of an alleged yeti skull taken in the foothills of Nepal by reddit user lensmo1

NEW VIDEO: After over fifty years, the long lost Marvin sea serpent footage and the cryptid TV show Fabulous Animals have finally been found. Here is the story of how they were tracked down after decades of being lost, link below! youtu.be/nE3o62ztPpk

My first nonfiction book, Modern Monster Hoaxes: Chronicles of Lies, Mistakes, Misconceptions and Monster Hunts, will be out soon! (In Korean, of course.) Thanks to @tetzoo.bsky.social and @bestcryptids.bsky.social for helping me here in Bluesky.

The long lost footage of Marvin the sea serpent has finally resurfaced.

American cryptozoologist Herman Regusters poses next to his photograph of the mokele mbembe of the Congo. Unfortunately his photo was underexposed so it didn't show many details. He did go on to interview multiple local eyewitnesses, including Colonel Emmanuel Mossedzedi

A strange bigfoot photo found on an old website alongside a colorized version. Does anyone recognize this one?

This photograph was found on a Polish website with the label "Unknown species of fish, seen on the shores of Florida (USA)". Does anyone know more about this one?

New article claims that a coelacanth was spotted near San Diego! If true, this would almost certainly be a third species of coelacanth and even possibly back up a cryptid coelacanth sighting in California from the 20th century If false, I will be sad www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/scientists-d...

Around December of 2015, a man was fishing in the Delaware river when he was attacked by a strange animal. Years later he saw a model of tiiktaalik at a museum and said that it looked exactly like what attacked him. (He was drinking)