#cryptid-tober

[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 11th, 2023

JAPAN'S TEKE TEKE

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The noises she makes while moving closer to you are revolting.

You can't really associate them with other sounds. Wet bones hitting the soil, covered in blood... maybe, it's not like you ever heard such a sound.

You inhale and exhale, trying to calm down.

You don't have to turn around, towards her.

You don't have to acknowledge her existence.

Just move on, walk, ignore her, wait for her to get tired of uselessly follow you.

Pray.

You need to pee.

You really, really do, your bladder reacting to the panic, but with that angry ghost following you... well, getting in one of the train station's bathroom stalls means death.

Especially because you don't remember what train to name when Teke Teke will ask you where her legs are.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 14th, 2023

ISLE OF MAN'S MODDEY DHOO

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The beast snarled and growled.

Red eyes piercing, keeping you frozen in place.

Fear making your breath laboured.

Your heart barely keeping up with its own rhythm.

You made the fatal mistake to stumble backwards.

Those red eyes were the last thing you saw.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 10th, 2023

MARYLAND'S GOATMAN

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People had been scared of him for ages.

Decades.

He was the one you whispered about while taking the long route, trying to avoid the bridge.

He was the one you thought about when another dog went missing.

He was the one kids talked about while doing shitty horror challenges to see who was going to chicken out.

He was Goatman.

And yet, he was now angrily looking at a scared human accompanied by an high ranked demon, and he felt oh, so humiliated and terrified himself.

«Goatman! I'm dancing on your bridge, it's MY bridge now!» the Demon yelled, doing a stupid dance to make the human laugh. «If you want me off, you'll have to KILL me!» the Demon humored Goatman, knowing full well he's too strong.

Goatman had been scaring people for ages, only for a damn ghost hunter to own his bridge thanks to the tall Demon co-hosting his show.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 26th, 2023

AUSTRALIA'S GUNNI

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Australia had pretty dangerous animals.

The deadliest ones.

And yet, the only cryptid you encounter while Cryptid Hunting is a fucking Gunni.

A wombat with antlers.

Is this a fucking joke?

You wanted a cool sea monster, or that weird dog thing, or the Yow-something.

No.

A Gunni.

Fuck this shit, you're out.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 22nd, 2023

CROATIA'S SÛMSKE DEKLE

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My mother used to leave offers to them, to the forest women.

She always told me that those women needed warmth and food, especially during the war, and that she was more than happy to provide that for the creatures that helped her own mother oh, so much.

The forest women used to help my mother too.

Despite the initial fear their shriek gave me at night, I started to find comfort in them, an in how clean the house was in the morning.

They even baked us fresh bread, one night, those creatures.

But World War I was unforgiving.

When it started, the forest women started to disappear from Croatia.

After a bombardment the meals left for those benevolent creatures started to be left on the window, and the nights were silent.

No one usually saw them, but I did.

It was after yet another bombardment, me and mom were running away from our house, in the middle of the night,looking for a safe shelter, and for a second, illuminated by my mother's lantern, I saw a woman dressed in leaves and flowers, with inhumane features and pointy ears, long, thin limbs.

She was dead.

Croatia never heard of the forest women again.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 20th, 2023

THE DOVER DEMON

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They said it was an alien.

The Mutual UFO Network was looking into the case.

Ufo.

Bullshit.

Billy didn't see an alien.

He didn't know why that couldn't be an alien, Billy just knew it wasn't.

That thing was ancient.

Deeply rooted into this stupid planet called Earth.

Billy felt it.

He didn't see an alien.

That thing was a damn demon.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTIDTOBER

October 7th, 2023

THE FLATHEAD LAKE MONSTER

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The lake should be calm.

It feels calm.

Feels like a bright summer morning, a sweet Sunday with young kids having their fun, running around, laughing.

The calmness of childhood.

And yet you freeze in place when that enormous thing makes itself be seen.

Now, a cold chaos brings you he calmness to an ends.

No child should play here.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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[anxious-local-cryptid]

CRYPTID-TOBER

October 3rd, 2023

THE JERSEY DEVIL

He looked around, eyes piercing through the woods.

His hooves clicked against some rocks, his wing shielding by the lights taking away the comfort of darkness.

Why did those humans roam around his home?

Why was he abandoned by the one human that was supposed to love him unconditionally?

He didn't know.

He will never know.

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After many failed Inktobers, I decided to stop trying to follow prompt lists that always end up boring me, so I'm challenging myself to draw a cryptid per day for all the month of October!

No lists, no prompts, just me drawing random creatures I like!

How fun is that?

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