reason number 7384 why i hate the town i live in:
there is a local cryptid here called the Altamaha-ha.
i found out it existed only as an adult, by accident, because i visited the vistor’s center one town over where there is a statue. just a statue. no merch. no explanation. just a big ole plesiosaur with a name tag.
i know people who have seen loup garou. i know people who have seen swamp apes and squatches. i know people who have seen ufos. i know dozens of people who spent half their lives on the river.
i’ve met one 1 ONE person that is not my father who knows what the hell the Altamaha-ha is. i know people who have seen the damn statue and have no idea what the hell it is and assume it’s a dinosaur found somewhere round here.
it’s not. it’s a damn nessie and nobody who lives here knows about the nessie and it’s a giant disappoint to me.