[aardwolfpack]

Speculative depictions by Oberon Zell of the Loch Ness Monster as a giant mollusc.  Read the rationale behind the theory.

[bestcryptids]

A photograph of bigfoot taken in the 1970s near Fort McMurray Alberta. A man had been snowmobiling in the area when a creature crossed the road in front of him. He was able to take this photo of the beast using a Kodak camera.

[hecatesdelights]

The Black Dog, a Spectral Hound originating in English Folklore, seen in many old stories,it is mainly seen as malicious, or a harbinger of death, depending on which version you encounter

[crow--teeth]

fuck it [decomposes]

[thelenroman]

Polaroids from a Flatwoods monster encounter

[plaguedocboi]

Im weighing in on the discourse. We need to start putting sea monsters on maps again.

[thegorgonist]

Last new art of 2023 is another cryptid piece--the Fresno Nightcrawlers taking a late-night strut! I love that they're an urban/suburban legend in contrast with all the creatures in the woods...Prints available in my shop!

[rosarrie]

drew that thing from scotland

[bestcryptids]

A map of Japanese cryptids

[dawatcher]

[marisashorror]

CRYPTID IN JULY DAY 1. Jersey Devil

A little jersey devil guy I did a few years ago, thought I'd bring him back for Cryptid In July 2023.

[gosssheridan]

the devil of the pines

[tizooky]

A set of stamps based on various North American cryptids

[labete-du-gevaudan]

On April 23rd, 2019, Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s twitter page announced that they have officially added “Cryptid” to the dictionary. Their official defintion of cryptid is “an animal (such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster) that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist”. They credit the first use of the word to have happened in 1983. 

[joelpersels]

[jmfenner91]

[bibo-deactivated20240915]

[gorps]