Jackasslope - Cryptids & Co

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

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.

Black Dogs -

An English ghost, a black dog can be seen as an omen of death and bad luck. They are often described as monstrously large with eyes of flaming red or green, appearing to those who are doomed to die. It is possible for them to have other demeanours though, some black dogs are benevolent and choose to watch over humans, even going as far as to walk women home at night and watch over children while they play. In some stories they are not so friendly, attacking and killing humans where they find them.

A notorious black dog from Suffolk was Black Shuck. This dog burst into a church during a service and killed a man and a boy who were attending church. The claw marks from the dog’s attack can be still seen in the church to this day.

Dartmoor is said to be home to many ghostly black dogs. They inspired the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spend some time there. The story of the hounds of Dartmoor tells of a huntsman who sold his soul to the devil. When he died he became a ghost that rides through the moors with a pack of black dogs running alongside him. 

North America got the massive sasquatch

Mexico got the dreaded chupacabra

Japan got ……. fat snake

Rods

A much overlooked cryptid, rods are believed to be extradimensional creatures. Some believe these undulating, serpent-like creatures move at a rate that is faster than the “framerate” of the human eye, but are sometimes captured on film. Rods have been known to measure from just a few centimetres, to over a mile in length. The largest of rods are believed to be connected to UFOs and alien life. 

Rods are widely discredited as being regular flying insects that appear strange on-camera due to motionblur. However, some sightings are not so easily explained. 

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Ningen Cryptid

Deep sea footage of a cryptid known as Ningen. The Ningen have been rumored to exist in the icy waters of the Antarctic.

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Finally after 40 years my hometown’s crypto comes back. Welcome home buddy