Gods, Ghosts & UFOs

What even is a "cryptid"?


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In Part Two of the RSS-warming series...

Let's talk about cryptids, baby - Mal introduces her research on lesser-known cryptids from wildlife expert Forrest Galante

Mokele Mbembe: The Congo Dinosaur - A sauropod-like creature with sightings dating back to a German captain in 1913

The Ozark Howler - Mal describes a nine-foot beast with "the tail of a cat and the body of a dog" and a horrifying howl that sounds like "an elk and a wolf that ends in a woman's scream."

Screaming Mr. Potato Head - Tom describes the Jersey Devil, "an awful amalgam" with bat wings and a horse’s head that screams at people

Misidentification of rare species - Many so-called cryptid sightings may actually be rare, endangered species

We don’t know what we don’t know - Jordan: "Is it too much of a leap for us to think that maybe there are species that we haven't discovered yet that are also going extinct and are rare?"

Cryptids and UFOs - Just like UFOs, it’s not a question of whether cryptids exist, but what they are

Boring Cryptids - Tom points out most cryptids aren't exciting: "It's like, here's a little deer... it's just a damn little grass eating guy."

The Coelacanth - a six-foot prehistoric fish thought extinct for millions of years until rediscovered in the 1930s.

When does a cryptid graduate? - Jordan: "How does something go from being a cryptid to not a cryptid anymore?"

Creatures that don't want to be found - Jordan: "If something doesn't want to be documented or found... it's not going to be.”

Even the photographers struggle - Mal notes how "nature photographers have to sit in a bush for five weeks" just to get one picture of an elusive animal

Cognitive closure is a hell of a drug - Tom: “for most people... the idea that things are wild and unpredictable is too scary."

Fiction bleeding into…”fact”? - Mal shares how the first chupacabra witness had "very recently watched the film Species"

A desire to be decentered - Mal likes to think maybe we badly want “to have life be this big, beautiful thing that you're just witnessing."

The Whale Penis Theory - You’re gonna have to go find out.

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