Jackasslope - Cryptids & Co

This grainy image has very little information surrounding it. All that is said about it is that it was taken in 1923 in Cobalt, Ontario, and is supposedly of Old Yellow Top - a Bigfoot-like creature that is said to roam Ontario. Old Yellow Top is said to be called such because, unlike other Bigfoot sightings, this one always has blond colored hair on its head. It is thought to be the oldest known photograph of a Bigfoot-like creature.

Convergent evolution: Dasyuromorphia and Carnivora

The Encyclopedia of Animal Evolution, 1987

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Cryptid of the Day: Wanjilanko

Description: The Wanjilanko is a massive feline seen in the Casamance Forest of Senegal. It’s described as reddish with faint stripes, long fangs and a negligible tail. Cryptozoologists think that the creature is a living Saber Tooth Tiger.

This is the most famous photo of Champ, the Lake Champlain monster. It was taken in 1977 by Sandra Mansi who was out with her family on the lake. As her sons waded in the water and she and her fiancé looked after them, Sandra noticed what she thought was a school of fish about 150 yards from the shore. After a little bit “the head and neck broke the surface of the water” and when her fiancé quickly ushered her sons out of the water, she snapped the photo with her camera. Sandra estimates the creature surfaced for four to seven minutes as they watched it. The original photo has been looked at by several experts and they can find no evidence of tampering with the photo to fake it. As of now, this is the most solid evidence of a monster in Lake Champlain.

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.

Dino sketches