May 19, 2025
This is a cryptid I learned about recently. Not-a-deer. It has deer-shape, but it doesn't move like one and, if you look more closely, it doesn't actually look like one. I like this one a little better since it conveys the feeling I'm looking for (not fully, but a bit better).
#not a wendigo#look up indigenous north american folklore and learn something for once in your shitty life#I like the story of how the mosquito was created#not-a-deer#not a deer#it's a creepy cryptid of appalachia#appalachian cryptid#appalachia#not a traditional cryptid of appalachia folklore#cryptid#cryptids#folklore#old gods#art#blog#scary stories to tell in the dark#apparently it was a 4chan creepy pasta (at the time un-named) and was given a name some 5 years later in other posts#the wikipedia entry for cryptids list it#with a citation to an investigator named Autumn Sword#https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/not-deer-or-a-deer/#keep learning!
