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Back again with part 2 of my cryptozoology drawings and this time we have the other six cryptids that I hinted at last time. I’m continuing the trend of making cryptids aka unknown folkloric animals and turn them into actual animals that could justify their existence. These are The Yeti, The Thunderbird, Mokele-Mbembe, Werewolf, Mothman and the Bear Lake Monster. like the last drawing, I’ll go by each cryptid in detail, so let’s begin:
1. Yeti: similar to Bigfoot, I think the yeti along with the hominid cryptids are the most likely to exist, as there’s enough sightings, videos and evidence (not all of them are real mind you) that could suggest an unknown species of primate is out there. Such as the case with the Yeti, in which I didn’t really change it that much since a large primate living in the Himalayas isn’t too far fetched, but there’s still not enough to support the yetis existence.
2. Thunderbird: this cryptid is probably the most animal outta all of them on this list since it’s basically an abnormally large bird. The Thunderbird is of Native American folklore, in which it’s said to be supernatural and god like. Many of claimed that the Thunderbird could be a group of pterosaurs that have survived extinction and living in the western United States today, though because the Thunderbird is said to have feathers and is more bird like. I don’t think pterosaurs are responsible for the sightings of Thunderbirds, but who knows. I’m still sticking with the Thunderbird being a very large eagle or hawk that somehow grew up to be larger than a plane....
3. Mokele-Mbembe: this creature is difficult to interpret or really get an understanding of what people in the Congo are really seeing. The locals describe it as looking like a sauropod Dinosaur, and while that would be amazing and monumental to see a living dinosaur in Africa today, it’s still very far fetched and unlikely that a sauropod is still roaming around today. Thus I interpreted the Mokele mbembe as an undiscovered monitor lizard with a long neck, and double the size of a Komodo dragon. While this again, is still a little too out there, this seems more plausible since monitor lizards can grow to enormous sizes and some species do have long necks, not sauropod long, but long necks nonetheless. Admit it though, you would be terrified if You encountered a monitor lizard that large and with a long neck like that!
4. Werewolf: this cryptid is a more supernatural and legendary than the other ones on this list, since it involves shapeshifting. I decided not to go that route and instead interpret the werewolf as an abnormally large wolf. I don’t think a literal man transforming into a wolf is the only definition of a werewolf, as a large species of wolf either unknown or known to science, could’ve inspired the legends of werewolves.
5. Mothman: I think we’ve all heard of the Mothman, thanks to the 1966-1967 sightings and the collapse of the sliver bridge at point pleasant, West Virginia. Instead of going with a literal half man, half moth creature to avoid any supernatural or alien like design, I came up with the idea of the Mothman instead being a giant owl with glowing eyes, since owls do match the descriptions of some mothman sightings. Yes, I know there’s already another cryptid that’s similar called the owlman, but mothman is more well known.
6. Bear Lake Monster: the final cryptid today is another lake monster, and one of the many Cryptids here featured that have appeared on lost tapes (2008-2010). The Bear Lake monster is often described as a mosasaur or giant crocodile that waits near the surface of the water before attacking its prey on the shore like an orca or a real crocodile would. For the Bear lake monster to be a real animal, it would have be a crocodile, an abnormally large one, but still a crocodile for it match the claims of it attacking people on the shores and since crocs do live in the southern USA, it’s not far fetched to assume people brought crocodiles to the Bear lake and they escaped into the lake, adapting to the environment and thus explaining the sightings and the legend. While I’m not saying that’s how it originated from since I’m no expert trying to say with 100% certainly, it’s still fun to speculate how such a legend was created and how a seemingly nonexistent lake monster could be real.
That was part 2 of my cryptozoological drawings and i plan on doing more of these in the future. Stay tuned for that.

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Back again with part 2 of my cryptozoology drawings and this time we have the other six cryptids that I hinted at last time. I’m continuing the trend of making cryptids aka unknown folkloric animals and turn them into actual animals that could justify their existence. These are The Yeti, The Thunderbird, Mokele-Mbembe, Werewolf, Mothman and the Bear Lake Monster. like the last drawing, I’ll go by each cryptid in detail, so let’s begin:
1. Yeti: similar to Bigfoot, I think the yeti along with the hominid cryptids are the most likely to exist, as there’s enough sightings, videos and evidence (not all of them are real mind you) that could suggest an unknown species of primate is out there. Such as the case with the Yeti, in which I didn’t really change it that much since a large primate living in the Himalayas isn’t too far fetched, but there’s still not enough to support the yetis existence.
2. Thunderbird: this cryptid is probably the most animal outta all of them on this list since it’s basically an abnormally large bird. The Thunderbird is of Native American folklore, in which it’s said to be supernatural and god like. Many of claimed that the Thunderbird could be a group of pterosaurs that have survived extinction and living in the western United States today, though because the Thunderbird is said to have feathers and is more bird like. I don’t think pterosaurs are responsible for the sightings of Thunderbirds, but who knows. I’m still sticking with the Thunderbird being a very large eagle or hawk that somehow grew up to be larger than a plane....
3. Mokele-Mbembe: this creature is difficult to interpret or really get an understanding of what people in the Congo are really seeing. The locals describe it as looking like a sauropod Dinosaur, and while that would be amazing and monumental to see a living dinosaur in Africa today, it’s still very far fetched and unlikely that a sauropod is still roaming around today. Thus I interpreted the Mokele mbembe as an undiscovered monitor lizard with a long neck, and double the size of a Komodo dragon. While this again, is still a little too out there, this seems more plausible since monitor lizards can grow to enormous sizes and some species do have long necks, not sauropod long, but long necks nonetheless. Admit it though, you would be terrified if You encountered a monitor lizard that large and with a long neck like that!
4. Werewolf: this cryptid is a more supernatural and legendary than the other ones on this list, since it involves shapeshifting. I decided not to go that route and instead interpret the werewolf as an abnormally large wolf. I don’t think a literal man transforming into a wolf is the only definition of a werewolf, as a large species of wolf either unknown or known to science, could’ve inspired the legends of werewolves.
5. Mothman: I think we’ve all heard of the Mothman, thanks to the 1966-1967 sightings and the collapse of the sliver bridge at point pleasant, West Virginia. Instead of going with a literal half man, half moth creature to avoid any supernatural or alien like design, I came up with the idea of the Mothman instead being a giant owl with glowing eyes, since owls do match the descriptions of some mothman sightings. Yes, I know there’s already another cryptid that’s similar called the owlman, but mothman is more well known.
6. Bear Lake Monster: the final cryptid today is another lake monster, and one of the many Cryptids here featured that have appeared on lost tapes (2008-2010). The Bear Lake monster is often described as a mosasaur or giant crocodile that waits near the surface of the water before attacking its prey on the shore like an orca or a real crocodile would. For the Bear lake monster to be a real animal, it would have be a crocodile, an abnormally large one, but still a crocodile for it match the claims of it attacking people on the shores and since crocs do live in the southern USA, it’s not far fetched to assume people brought crocodiles to the Bear lake and they escaped into the lake, adapting to the environment and thus explaining the sightings and the legend. While I’m not saying that’s how it originated from since I’m no expert trying to say with 100% certainly, it’s still fun to speculate how such a legend was created and how a seemingly nonexistent lake monster could be real.
That was part 2 of my cryptozoological drawings and i plan on doing more of these in the future. Stay tuned for that.