#atmospheric beasts

[basementnaw]

Alien creatures I drew for potential ideas for my work’s Halloween cutouts

[jovian-d-ragon]

Mildly hilarious headcanon for the backstory of Jean Jacket, spoilers for Nope. Also warning for horror-ruining shenanigans.

At first I thought there was a spooky aspect to the idea that JJ really is an alien. Like how did it get to earth? Clearly it could not have flown there itself. It’s a living organism, needs to eat and breathe, and is clearly non sapient.

Someone or something would have had to bring it here. But why?

Then immediately in my mind I ruined the spooky feeling by imagining it was brought to earth by alien conservationists.

Maybe JJ’s species isn’t from their home planet, but it’s still from one similar enough to Earth that Earth would be a suitable environment for it. So maybe these aliens pretty much set up a secret alien zoo somewhere on Earth where they bring various animals whose home planets have gone or are going to shit. Because they’re not so short sighted to let the things run loose on purpose.

Long lived beings, they’ve probably been doing this for thousands of years. Every now and then one of the animals gets out and some of the sapient aliens have to scramble to get them back. Sometimes it takes them a while.

Now just imagine two alien ranchers (relatively new to the job) accidentally letting one of the vore roombas loose and having to frantically go around the world hunting it down. Praying to whatever they believe in it doesn’t eat a whole damn city. But they CANNOT FIND JJ FOR MONTHS because it decided to make its nest out in bum fuck nowhere.

They only manage to find out what happened because they see the photos -- and JJ’s popped remains -- on the news.

Fired as fuck.

[aftout]

I was an actual idiot when I made this post. I didn’t know what I was talking about. So here’s an updated November 2020 version of my Favorite Cryptid List from Least Favorite to Most

8. Squonk: Now, this is not to say that the Squonk is bad. I love that fucker, but mainly because it has a silly little name and cries all the time. I don’t actually find it to be that interesting. In fact, I pity it more than anything, and that has too much of an emotional toll on me.

7. Atmospheric beats: Although I’m not 100% captivated in them, the overall aesthetic and vibe that these things have is so... pleasing to me. Like I want to hold one. It just seems like such a wonderful, ethereal experience.

6. Dwayyo: Now this one’s a kicker. It’s just a tall dog man thing that has BEEF with a fucking DRAGON that EATS KIDS. Nowhere is it stated why this is the case. NOWHERE. That’s just how it is. This Maryland dog bastard wants to brutally fight a Snallygaster. And people say that West Virginia is out of pocket when it comes to the paranormal.

5. Jersey Devil: A classic. Love this guy!!! He has a genuinely intriguing story that is so fairytale like that it’s quick to pull you in. The people who saw him had a fucking blast. A horse OR a goat head? With a snake’s tail and a goats body? Paired with bat wings, acidic/fiery breath, AND mommy issues? Sign me up. Apparently he stole a gardener’s berries?

4. Mothman: Once again, a classic. Probably the face of tumblr’s little Cryptid community. Although some people probably consider him to be arguably overhyped, this oversized bug will always hold a place in my heart. He’s what got me into this mess in the first place. He also chases stoners and eats dogs!

3. Fresno Nightcrawlers: I just find them funky. Sentient pairs of lone pants who mean no harm and do no harm. I can’t name a single malicious thing about these little wanderers. They walk funny! What more can I say?

2. Gef the Talking Mongoose: I’d still actually trade my life for his. What a sweet little jerk. He’s a fucking mongoose! He lives in the fucking walls! They fed him pieces of chocolate and chopped up bananas! He’s a spoiled little brat! Constantly reminiscing about his past, pretending he doesn’t care about those he’s staying with, and handing out empty threats that are mostly just lies and bluffs about his own power. A total theatre kid, but he’s been separated from his group. Yes I still plan to give all of my possessions and my family to him.

1. Indrid Cold: My seething rage and hatred over this man has become nothing but a blinding obsession. I say “I think about this every day” when talking about a lot of things that I show interest in, but I 100% mean it when it’s about Indrid. This was character development on my behalf that I never saw coming. I read the book Woodrow wrote. In that, I was basically proven right that Indrid IS handsome and everyone just loves doing him dirty. Little cult man. Little world peace enthusiast. Little ‘unaware of personal space I will telepathically communicate with you every five seconds’ bitch. All I’m saying is that when I turn 18, Kimi better watch the fuck out.

[who-the-fuck-just]

Atmospheric Beast Check

I saw this big huge beast (bigger irl) and it was going at a weird upwards angle much faster than clouds

Then on the other side of my house I saw these

Then they morphed into this

And now this

Oh! Hello my huge fast moving friend! (again, much bigger irl)

You can't see it in-video but it's now moving up and down (like a sideways eel swimming)

[labete-du-gevaudan]

Atmospheric Beasts are strange semi-solid creatures that are able to fly through the air without the need for visible wings. There are many different kinds of atmospheric beasts such as “skyfish” and “flying rods” which can usually be debunked as fast moving insects caught on film. Some of these creatures can sometimes be so large they can be misidentified as UFOs. The most famous case of an Atmospheric Beast was of the Crawfordsville Monster. This Monster had two major sightings: the first being by Reverend G.W. Switzer, his wife, and two other men, the second sighting was when it supposedly flew over a town and was seen by over 100 people.

[unicornado]

Tame

[secretsofthematrix-blog]

Atmospheric Beasts

Atmospheric beasts are allegedly creatures native to the skies that possess the ability to fly without the use of wings. Eyewitness accounts describe them as being able to alter their density, from small and metallic in appearance to larger and more cloud-like (left). The more dense creatures are sometimes reported as having a form completely alien to us, while others report creatures with fins, eyes or mouths. Less dense creatures are often distinguished from clouds by their unusual movements and appearance.  

Many people believe atmospheric beasts are low density creatures native to the skies (a theory supported by cryptid author Ivan T. Sanderson), while others theorise that they are aliens without a native planet, having originated in interstellar clouds of gas or in the atmosphere of another planet. Similar beings have also been part of folklore, being described as animate fog.

Atmospheric beasts are also often thought to be the cause of ‘star jelly’ (right). It is theorised that the creatures become even denser upon death, causing them to fall to the earth and decay into a gelatinous mass, known as ‘star jelly’. Explanations for the existence of star jelly include regurgitated frogspawn, fructified slime mould and the products of cyanobacteria. Attempts to find DNA in star jelly by scientists has proven unsuccessful.

Sources: Cryptid Wiki, Wikipedia

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