Jackasslope - Cryptids & Co

Cryptid of the Day: Javan Tiger

Description: Tigers were hunted to extinction in the mid 1970s, but only declared extinct in 2008. Despite this, reports of the tiger’s survival were recorded in that same year. Many beilve there’s a some tigers alive around Mount Merbabu National Park, in Central Java. The latest sighting was recorded in August of 2017.

Midnight Monster Bestiary • 4/? - Church Grim 

 A black dog spirit that guards church graveyards and is an embodiment of demonic and spectral energy.  

A selection of works from Artimalia’s 2017 thylacine tribute, 81 años sin Tilacino (81 years without thylacine).


Artists from left to right: Jaume Marco, Guiomar González, Jorge Ochagavía, Sol Álvarez and Amaya Oyón.

Thylacines from a German illustration of marsupials from 1890.

Target Practice

Dino sketches

Tasmanian wolf woven blanket design by MarcoNavarro on Threadless. I wish this had actually been made!

The Cù Sìth (ku-shuh) by Manecoon

According to Scottish folklore, the cù-sìth is said to be the size of a young bull with the appearance of a dog. Its fur is shaggy, and usually cited as being dark green though sometimes white. Its tail is described as being long and either coiled up or plaited (braided). Its paws are described as being the width of a man’s hand.

The cù-sìth was feared as a harbinger of death and would appear to bear away the soul of a person to the afterlife, similar to the manner of the Grim Reaper.

I went to a book fair today and bought a bundle of book plates depicting marsupials and relatives. I will be scanning these and posting them.

P. Mahler