#irl cryptid

[milaek]

Weird son

[ye-olde-tardis]

I have a local cryptid that I've seen about twice. Nobody who believes me can understand what it looks like, and everyone else just thinks I'm crazy.

Before you get super excited, I want to let you know that it's some sort of bug or animal. It's not extra terrestrial or monster-esc, it's just a really weird bug.

TW for vague descriptions of dead animals

Several things to get out of the way before I can describe it to you.... I live in Michigan, so anything that doesn't live around here is out of the question... and I collect bones from dead animals.

Ok, now the describing. About a year ago I was out tending to my maceration station (the place I keep my roadkill so that the bugs can eat away the bits and I can collect the bones once they're done) when I spotted this.... thing.

It was about four inches long, two inches wide. It had wings, and was flying like how a humming bird would do. Sort of hovering and dashing around. It's abdomin had two bright yellow lines and the shape of it reminded me of a wasp. It's face looked like a butterfly's face, with a probiscus and those weird shaped eyes. It had six legs, but when it landed the wings didn't stop flapping. The wings themselves were short and I couldn't get a good look at them because they never stopped moving, but they could have been a different color than the rest of it. I think it's main color was black but I can't quite remember.

I ran inside to grab a jar to catch it, but it was gone when I came back. I remember researching bugs, butterflies, humming bird moths, beetles.... none of them matched what I saw. And if they came close, none of them ate dead things.

That's right. It eats dead things. Today, I saw it again. I didn't have my phone (a mistake I'll try not to make again. I need a picture of this thing.) I watched it scout out the best place to land, and when it finally did, it unfurled its probiscus and started drinking.

I had a jar this time... (I wanted to catch some American carrion beetles to pin) but I was kinda scared of it. When it saw me trying to catch it, it CAME TWARD ME and started loudly buzzing. When I backed off of it, it flew away.

I'll update with pictures if I ever manage to get some. But it could be a year before I ever see the thing again.

[pompatat]

✨him✨

[ranchhands]

a (hopefully) comprehensible list of things I hoard bc i am a cryptid with brainrot who sees smth & hoards it

• jars

• liquids

• teeth

• bones

• teacups

• picnic baskets

• pretty silverware

• candles

• herbs

• rope

• blocks of wax

• crystals

• sewing & knitting needles

• crochet hooks

• yarn

• stuffies

• coffee beans

• black beans

• cool bottles (mostly wine but I also have a gin)

• blankets

• empty med bottles

• cardboard

• various stolen tea sets

• various skeleton decorations

• real actual vine crowns

• paper crowns

• actual silver things

• actual gold things

• blocks of wood

• incense

• a lot of vinyl records my grandparents gave me

• a VHS copy of Super Mario Bros. (1993) that I keep in my first aid kit

• sticks

• various bed frames

• empty picture frames (soon to be filled with kieran duffy)

• cds

• bottle caps

• can tabs

• shells

• knives

• energy drink cans

• spray hair dye

• spray paint

[thecouchidiots]

Shelby and I have been in Toronto for like an hour and already saw lazerhorse walking down the street