#cryptid lore

[sapphicseasapphire]

Zelda when the Shrine of Resurrection doesn’t even work

[sheep-turtles-and-pizza]

Well, since I made Cryptid boys, I guess it's only fair to add their favorite human to the game, right~?

They're not childhood friends, the turtles didn't live in the city. Her college friends invited her to a camping trip, far from the city.

She wandered too far, too deep in the forest, to gather woods for the fire, and accidentally crossed a runestones gate, that transported her completely in another unknown, luguburious, mystic looking place.

She wasn't in some woods anymore. Hell, there's no trees for miles, besides mangroves being choked out by the swampwater, cane reeds tall as they come... Mounds of old, grass covered hills against a steel grey sky, with the roll of thunder in the far distance.

Mist and low fog clings to everything

The sharp crags of ancient mountains stab jagged peaks into the thick clouds above. Their faces stand in judgment. They all say the same thing

You should not be here.

Au in collab with @fauxinsox

[cryptid-in-the-apocalypse]

🧟🧙🧛Horror Memes🧛🧙🧟

[dept-of-monster-affairs]

Hello, it's the sorta-shapeshifter again, Vasquez is letting me borrow their cellphone.

Thank you for sending your team over so quickly, we've been talking and they've been very kind and helpful. They asked all sorts of questions, asked for some of my tissue, had me mimic a bunch of different things and even touched me, I had a great time and if I understand correctly it might help you humans here too. They seemed surprised when I explained that I don't have magical abilities (I guess they had a certain preconception in mind of what a shapeshifter is?), but they understand it better now after I showed them my capabilities and limits.

On the topic of my stay here, I'm not sure about the hotel. I am familiar with those, and they tend to be pretty well-lit. While I can pass as a mothman (still haven't met any) because of their black fur and I can mimic the shape and voice of a human pretty well, anyone who gets too close will be able to see that my tissue is not skin and feel that my body is not warm.

If you have any place a bit more hidden where I could stay that humans don't visit I think that would be best. I don't strictly need to eat or sleep if that helps.

I have questions about what a "monsterfucker" is but Vasquez says they need to call their mother so I'm giving them their cellphone back

Thank you for contacting the Department of Monster Affairs.

It is good to hear that you were able to meet up with the agents easily and that you found the interactions tolerable. There are some monsters that do not appreciate our questions and note-taking. If the agents did not explain completely, one of the tasks of DOMA is to categorize monsters based on their abilities and the types of needs that they have. This allows us to navigate interactions in situations like yours and help humans to better understand monsters.

As you might know given your hesitancy to let humans see that your tissue is not skin humans have not always reacted well to things that they do not understand. While many humans today are much more accepting than the past, DOMA studies and research into monsters furthers our understanding reducing fear and negative responses.

As for the hotel, this is temporary accommodation that is common in the human realm. You may stay in your room if you desire, simply place the little card on the door that says do not disturb. The room has a television, this is a form of human entertainment, like an arcane projection of a play that enables you to view many of our stories. However, if this is still uncomfortable please speak with the agents currently with you. Unfortunately, I am not aware of the other current options in the town but they might be able to arrange a secluded area for you to reside in.

Checking your case file it appears as if a DOMA mage will be out there to try and banish you back home in three or four days. Do know though that many humans today are very comfortable with monsters and strange creatures. I would recommend meeting a few to see how they react, I am sure one of the agents will be happy to tag along for your safety, but there is no pressure to do so.

Regarding Mothman. Mothman is what is known as a cryptid. Even after magic returned to the human realm and many other spirits and monsters were confirmed as real, mothman never has been. Humans have very active imaginations and it is seems that we created a legend around mothman from mundane animals. Of course, it is also possible that mothman or a humanoid moth species does exist and this story does have a grain a truth (just like many other human legends) but again that has not been confirmed. The story of mothman originates long after the Division so it is extremely unlikely that whatever people saw back then was a real monster.

Finally, monster fucker, also known as teratosexuality is a description of people who are sexually attracted to monsters. Humans, like most species, reproduce by having two individual exchange genetic information in an act known as sex, typically this is a very pleasurable affair. Another word for sex is fucking. Therefore, monster fucker term for a human who has sex with monsters. I am unsure of the context how this was brought up, but it is not derogatory to you in any way.

Thank you again for contacting the Department of Monster Affairs. I hope you can enjoy your time in the human realm before you return.

[nor3cord]

It’s just a little guy

Idk wanted to make a cryptid or smth. It’s called the Muse.

Quick summery if anyone wants to read ig;

The Muse comes from the depths of human rubbish (garbage for u Americans) the mold and damp welcomes the Muse into existence. It is formed from the sad and unwanted rot of discarded fruit, bread or other moldy material. It is , in not better words, a super organism of mold. Sadly the Muse is not a happy creature, it’s not angry but just very hurt by the fact no one wants its slightly “gross” origin.

Now what does it do? Well the Muse is often seen gathering scraps from bins and dumpsters in the hope the mold and rubbish in those bins feel wanted by it and don’t become sad. Yes very cute. Because of this they often make lots of noise in suburban bins and can be blamed for the random clanging in your bins at night ( don’t blame the poor raccoons and foxes they did nothing wrong). The muse hopes no rubbish feels the way it does.

Thanks if you read that . Have a good day!

[cryptidwithaninternetconnection]

Hey- hey I’m gonna give y’all some *Cryptid lore*

I’ve got Greyromantic swagger, which for me means that the romantic attraction I feel is decently strong when it’s strong, and just “hm, this person is cute, I could kiss them” is the kind of spectrum I have. I’ve only had a few crushes in my life and I’ve never felt intimate attraction period, and the only crushes I’ve had have almost always fizzled out into strong friendships! Aromantic doesn’t exactly feel right, neither does alloromantic, and most quizzes gave me greyromantic :]

I’ve taken a few quizzes, asked myself some questions and I think this feels right ^^

I’m also gender-fluid which was.. a pain to figure out, my gender fluctuates a lot, as of making this post I’m currently feeling somewhere between boy and enby :D

Sorry if I offend people but I’m pretty sure this is what feels right as of now :DDD

[trinrose3]

Text version in ID/ALT (first time doing that hope its okay/good 😬)

Here’s some lore on how the difference between a werefolk and a shifter works in my story cause they can be pretty similar

[cryptid-geek]

the loch ness monster

alr so im uk based and therefore i am a huge fan of nessie, shes up there in one of my favourite cryptids so i figured shed be a good first one of these posts so the style night change for the first couple posts like this until i get into the swing of it but lets fuckin go lads (all used sources will be listed at the end or linked when using a direct quote <3)

Nessie (also known more professionally as The Loch Ness Monster but whom I will solely refer to affectionately as Nessie) is a creature within Scottish folklore who inhabits Loch Ness. There are varying depictions of Nessie, however commonalities remain such as the typical long neck and one or more humps that show up from beneath the water. The existence of Nessie has never been proven (unfortunately) and is primarily anecdotal, with many debated photographs and sonar readings accredited as proof.

The first written account of Nessie existed in literally 565AD (that is fuckin wild). It occurs in a biography of St Columba, however, earlier local stone carvings of the creature by the Pict depict a flippered beast. In the biography of Columba, it is stated that the creature bit a swimmer and prepared to attack another man when Columba intervened, sending the creature away.

The story of Nessie really developed in 1933, a road alongside Loch Ness had just been developed, providing people driving along with a clear view of the lake. In the April of that year a couple saw a creature there which they compared to a "dragon or prehistoric monster" also claiming it crossed their car's path before disappearing into the water. This was reported in a Scottish newspaper and numerous sightings were claimed to have followed. In the December of that year, the Daily Mail then commissioned Marmaduke Wetherell, who was a big game hunter, to locate Nessie.

Along the shore of Loch Ness, Wetherell found large footprints that he believed belong to “a very powerful soft-footed animal about 20 feet [6 metres] long.” The footprints were then investigated by zoologists at the Natural History Museum and were believed to be made with an umbrella stand or lamp that had a hippopotamus leg as the base. There is no clear information of Wetherell's role in the hoax. Once this was proven and casts had been made, Wetherell was publicly ridiculed by the Daily Mail for this.

The news of this hoax, however, only seemed to motivate more efforts to look for and find evidence of the existence of Nessie.

The infamous "Surgeon's Photograph" of Nessie was reportedly taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson and depicts the trademark long neck associated typically with Nessie as seen below. This hoax was aided in no small part by the Daily Mail themselves, who published the photograph incredibly zoomed in, making it seem as though the alleged "creature" was somewhat bigger and to the scale witnesses had described Nessie to be. Wilson's photograph was actually revealed to have been lead by a vengeful Wetherell, the subject of the photograph actually being a plastic and wooden head tied to a toy submarine.

side by side of the "Surgeon's Photograph", the one on the left being the one published by the Daily Mail and the one on the right being the original picture

As a result of the "Surgeon's Photograph," it was speculated that Nessie may be a plesiosaur. A plesiosaur is a type of prehistoric, long-necked marine reptile of which fossils were found from between the late Triassic period to the late Cretaceous period (i.e. from 255 mil years ago to 66 mil years ago.)

Thanks to the popularity of Nessie, the area of Loch Ness has attracted many cryptid hunters. Many sonar searches have been committed in Loch Ness, notable ones being in 1987 and 2003, however none have turned up any proof of Nessie.

In 2018 researchers did a DNA comparison of creatures within the loch to determine the organisms that live in the water and by comparing with their database, seem to have ruled out the possibility of a plesiosaur, or any similar large creature, however a new theory was posed that Nessie may be a giant eel. The aim of this study was to determine the wild life that does reside in Loch Ness, rather than trying to determine if Nessie does, but it does remain beneficial to the cause.

The theory of Nessie being a giant eel has some merit as Juvenile eels (known as elvers) arrive in Scottish lochs and rivers after migrating from the Sargasso Sea where they typically lay eggs. Professor Neil Gemmel, a geneticist from the University of Otago in New Zealand who worked on the DNA comparison said, "Eels are very plentiful in Loch Ness, with eel DNA found at pretty much every location sampled - there are a lot of them." Therefore the likelihood of Nessie possibly being an eel is quite high. Later in the article, Gemmel goes onto say however that they are unaware the size of the eels in the loch however. Therefore, while Nessie could be a giant eel, unfortunately there is still no way of knowing.

While I have covered the history of Nessie and possibilities of what Nessie could be, a whole new post could be dedicated to just sightings of Nessie, so for now I'm just going to drop the link to the official log of sightings

(Side note: Nessie makes up a lot of money regarding Scotland's Tourism and on behalf of Nessie I am very sad she doesn't get any)

If you want to request a cryptid, send me more info or correct any info, or even just say hi, send me an ask, if you have a post submission or something similar, my submissions box is open <3

I do this for fun in my spare time so if you liked this and/or learned something pls like and/or rb <3

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