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[knight-elkwarden]

Hehe feesh :)

[mateusboga]

#31: Mothman

[floppyponysart]

Cryptober Day 1 - Flatwoods Monster

Here's another strange cryptid I drew. This is one of the silliest cryptids I have ever seen and imo silliest design ever. It looks like a doll or an old lady in a strange outfit not a monster XD but what do you think? I tried my best to make it scary and then I made a cute one to coz why not? I love learning about these strange stories and creatures ^w^

list credit to @shroomsoft

[deathianartworks]

CRYPTOBER DAY THREE: JACKALOPE

[ganglemybel0ved]

Mothmannnn

[thesquishyrogue]

Cryptober Day 17: Skunk Ape.

The Skunk Ape, or Myakka Ape, is a bipedal humanoid reported in the South Eastern United States. Including Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana, but most notably in the Florida Everglades. It is supposedly a type of Bigfoot, but rather than just mentioning it in my Bigfoot entry I wanted to give it its own, seeing as how the legend of the Skunk Ape is a big phenomenon quite similar to that of the classic Bigfoot.

The Skunk Ape allegedly has black fur and glowing red eyes, which is unusual considering that most primates lack a tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue behind the retina that reflects light. And of course its most obvious characteristic is its terrible odor, which gives it its name. The smell is theorized to be caused by methane released by the swamps it resides in, which absorbs into its fur.

The very first sightings of the Skunk Ape were reported throughout the 1960s and 1970s, primarily in Dade County, Florida. Twenty-six years later, in the autumn of 2000, the police of Sarasota County, Florida received a letter from an anonymous woman. With the letter were two attached photographs of a creature that the woman said had been stealing apples from her back porch for three nights. These photos were later found to be taken near the Myakka River. Though the woman believed it to be an escaped orangutan, after the images were released to the public many cryptid enthusiasts dubbed the creature as the Myakka Skunk Ape, and thus making these photographs some of the most famous when it comes to alleged Skunk Ape sightings.

Most sightings of the Skunk Ape, like Bigfoot sightings, are usually dismissed as black bear sightings. A black bear can stand upright, making it appear like an entirely different animal. Bears are also known to rummage through garbage bins, which could explain the smell so associated with this creature. To the surprise of absolutely no one, The United States National Park Service considers the Skunk Ape to be a complete hoax.

[dreamieate]

Day 8: Hopkinsville Goblins

Grey small aliens with large pointy ears, were the cause of UFO sightings in Western Kentucky that introduced the world to “the little green men.”

[coffeefordrew]

I had never heard of the Mapinguari before tonight...but it sure was a lot of fun to draw. #Mapinguari #cryptober2022 #creeptober #Cryptober #drawtober #inkttober #inktober #drawlloween #cryptid (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkSHwVnL356/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=