My grandfather claimed to have seen it as a boy, serpent-like and scaly and swimming very quickly across the lake. ‘Old Ned,’ they call him, and sightings go back into local indigenous folklore. “Apparently there’s a monster in that lake. If you want read about more local cryptids, or tell us about a favorite unknown creature of your own, head to the Community forums and join the conversation! The truth is out there… but the myths are a lot more fun. You can see some of our favorite responses below. We recently asked the readers in our Community forum to tell us about their favorite local cryptids, and to paraphrase a great (fictional) person, the responses make us want to believe.įrom a creature that’s more rabbit than human, to a herd of extremely local Bigfoots, to a mad scientist’s escaped “Melon Heads,” our readers (and staff!) told us about a wide variety of incredible beasties from their regional folklore. I’m well aware of how utterly unlikely it is that cryptids and other folkloric creatures exist, but I’m certainly not alone in my blinding enthusiasm for them. ![]() ![]() ![]() I like the idea that there are strange, undiscovered creatures hidden in the shadows of our world. Full disclosure: I choose to believe in the possible existence of cryptids.
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