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Cryptid of the Day: Trieste Fish
Description: During the first manned expedition of Challenger Deep, Jacques Piccard, aboard the Trieste, saw a 1ft long flatfish, at around 35k-36k ft deep. If true, this would be the deepest anyone has found fish, though many believe Piccard misidentified sediment stirred up by the vessel  
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cryptid-quest · 2 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Ware Giant Sloth
Description: In 2011, an anonymous man claimed to have seen a giant sloth near Ware County, Georgia. Though the large creature reminded the witness of a bear, he insisted it wasn’t, and reminded him of the cryptid Mapinguari, another giant sloth-like cryptid 
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cryptid-quest · 3 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Domenech’s Goat
Description: In the 1850s, abbot Emanuel Domenech claimed that people had witnessed a cat-sized goat with claws, in Fredericksburg, Texas. The “goat” had rose-colored horns and white, silk fur. The goat was owned by a Comanche woman, who found it in a woods where the animal was abundant 
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cryptid-quest · 4 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Tennessee Multicolored Cat
Description: In 1996, hunters in Tennessee shot a strange-looking cat, described as golden brown with black stripes and spots. The hunters did not go to the police, but instead photographed and skinned the animal. It is theorized to be a jaguar or a jaguarundi 
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cryptid-quest · 5 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Wood Devils
Description: What’s that noise? Probably the wind, right? Or maybe, you’re being followed by a Wood Devil! That is if you live in Coos County, New Hampshire. Since the 1930s, people there have claimed to have been watched & stalked by an unknown force, who disappear behind trees when confronted
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cryptid-quest · 6 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Chicago Mothman
Description: From Nov 1966 to Dec 1967, Mothman terrorized the people of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Then in 2011, it returned, only this time it settled in Chicago, peaking in 2017. Unlike West Virginia Mothman, the Chicago Mothman is more bat-like, with membrane wings instead of feathered
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cryptid-quest · 7 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Quickfoot
Description: In the Summer of 1988, David Colman and his family were driving through Knock Forest, near Cairnpapple, Scotland, when they saw something running 50-70mph down the road. Rumors told of Silver Man, a white figure who haunted those woods, though some think it was Bigfoot
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cryptid-quest · 8 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Dorsal Finner
Description: The Dorsal Finner is one of four cryptids of sea serpents coined by Gary S. Mangiacopra, based on sightings from the North Atlantic between 1878 & 1888. Dorsal Finners are 70-100ft long, alligator-like, sport a pair of front flippers & a powerful back-tail.
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cryptid-quest · 9 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Wichita Flying Snakes
Description: In 1873, residents of Ft. Scott, Kansas claimed to have seen a large, flying serpent eclipse the sun. Then two years later, in Leavenworth, two men claimed to have caught a winged serpent, about the size of a human hand, which they preserved in alcohol. 
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cryptid-quest · 10 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Devil’s Lake Monster
Description: According to folklore, an 80ft snake is living in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota. Described as red-eyed & alligator-like, this beast was supposedly hooked and dragged by fishermen in 1896. Another sighting in 1908 described it as a large fish.
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cryptid-quest · 11 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Naked Bear
Description: The Naked Bear. also known as the Yagesho, is a creature from Iroquois folklore, described as long-bodied, hairless, and ferocious. According to myth, the bears were killed off in the 17th century, except for one who had to be hunted down. 
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cryptid-quest · 12 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Jackalope
Description: In 1930s South Dakota, Kansas, or Wyoming retail outlets, you might see a stuffed Jackalope. Part jackrabbit, part pronghorn. These critters are often joked about, but some think real sightings of rabbits with tumor-like virus that gives them the appearance of being horned
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cryptid-quest · 13 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Devil Dogs
Description: Devil Dogs come in all shapes; dogs, lions, werewolves, and even Bigfoot. Yet they all share the same ghostly white fur. These things have been seen in the mountainous regions of West Virginia, with the first documented sighting reported in 1973, in the TNT area of Point Pleasant
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cryptid-quest · 14 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Milton Lizard
Description: In July 1975, Clarence Cable was walking through his junkyard, when he saw a lizard emerge behind some wrecked cars. On the 27th, Cable’s brother saw it too, underneath a pile of car hoods. The next time Cable saw it, the creature had grown to 15ft long.
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cryptid-quest · 15 days
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Cryptid of the Day: American Elephant
Description: During the early 18th century, interest in the possibility of there being American Elephants thanks to the likes of Thomas Jefferson, who collected accounts from various Indian folktales of massive, five-limbed animals, though these tales were heavily misinterpreted. 
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cryptid-quest · 16 days
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Cryptid of the Day: Ship Island Monster Fish
Description: In summer of 1864, Union soldiers on Ship Island, Mississippi, claimed to have seen eight monster fish swimming into the harbor. One of the fish was harpooned, to which the fish dragged the boat ten miles out to sea. They were described as 18ft long & 15ft wide. 
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cryptid-quest · 17 days
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Cryptid of the Day: American Lions
Description: In 1770, a traveler on the Kanhawa River, West Virginia, claimed a large, cat-like creature devoured half his horse. He reported the incident to Thomas Jefferson, who believed was an unknown species of lion, and not an eastern cougar. 
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