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Thylacine at Hobart Zoo, c. 1928. Photograph by H J King, Hobart.

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Kelpie

Powerful shapeshifting equine, lure people into the water, usually in the form of a horse or a beautiful young woman, in order to drown them and feast on their corpses.

Jackalope: A North American cryptid that has been talked about since American colonial times. The real origin of this creature was a 1930s taxadermied hare with antlers grafted on. Since then, hundreds of similar mounts were created by several people, even into the 21st century. Due to the commonality of these mounts, many people were fooled into believing that jackalopes really existed. They aren’t cryptids in the same way that lake monsters are, but horned rabbits have existed in various cultures for centuries.

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Let’s say you’re being chased by a demon. Your first instinct is to run to a church because evil beings can’t step foot on holy ground, right? Well, that rule doesn’t apply to hellhounds. These black canines have been spotted across the world, and while some think they’re Satan’s attack dogs, others say they’re the devil incarnate. And despite their hellish nature, churches offer no sanctuary.

The most infamous hellhound attack took place on Sunday, August 4, 1577 in Suffolk, England. As the citizens of Bungay prayed inside St. Mary’s Church, a thunderstorm rocked the countryside. Hail pelted the church, and lightning flashed outside its walls, when suddenly a giant dog appeared. The canine leaped into the congregation and began ripping out throats. Just the heat emanating from the beast vaporized anyone who got too close. Some even say it used its front paws to strangle worshipers. By the time it was done, the hellhound had killed three churchgoers, but the night was still young! The black dog ran towards Blythburgh Church where it continued its carnage, claiming more souls before disappearing into the night.

So did a hellhound really attack Bungay and Blythburgh? Records show there was a thunderstorm on August 4, 1577, and that St. Mary’s steeple was struck by lightning. Further, the Churchwarden’s records indicate that two men died in the belfry that night. So was it a natural occurrence? Perhaps. But an old verse claims, “All down the church in the midst of fire, the hellish monster flew. And, passing onward to the quire, he many people slew.” And if you visit Blythburgh, you can still see where the hellhound supposedly scorched the church door.

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Bessie (Lake Erie Cow Monster or Lorain Ocean’s Lake Monster)

Described as looking like a cow and having multiple heads in some sightings (yes you read that correctly). Sightings around Lake Erie started in 1907 and have continued ever since with sometimes basic or stranger description of the creature. One of the weirder descriptions was made by two brothers in 1937 as a creature made up of a hundred cows combined into one with arms.

In 1981, under Scotland’s Wildlife and Countryside Act, the Scottish government made it illegal for anyone to attempt to capture, snare, or shoot at the Loch Ness Monster.

Unicorns are the creatures of fairytales,  commonly horses with one horn atop their head. But a unicorn is technically any creature with just one horn growing out of their head. It is agreed that a two horned animal that has lost its horn is not a unicorn. 

The Rhinoceros, commonly referred to as a Rhino, is a real life unicorn. They are a creature with one horn growing out of their head in the midline of their body. Though some people wonder if the fabled unicorn of fiction actually exist outside of one’s imagination. 

There have been many sightings over the years, but nothing has come from them except the attention of scientists and cryptozologists. But many people say that such commotion and “hoopla” could not be for nothing and believe there may be some truth to those sightings. 

Cryptid of the Day: Snow Worm

Description: In Spring of 1978, in California’s San Gabriel Mountains, two cryptozoologists found a worm-like creature wiggling along a bank near a creek. They took it home and kept it for three months without feeding it. Miraculously, it lived. They believe the worm was a new species, since no worm expert could identify the species.