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A BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VISITED, BROUGHT IDEAS, FAVORITED AND DOWNLOADED AS WELL AS THOSE TO COME! PROJECT CRYPTID CONTINUES TO GROW
Artist's Note: I get a lot of questions about adding the Mongolian Death Worm - it is already a part of the collection and has been for a long time now, right between the words in the title. I don't know if it's because people don't see, aren't looking, or just like to mess with me, so I'm putting up this note to assure any and all that the death worm is there.
Last Update: Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 (Placeholder Yeti, fixed up the shoulders and legs a little bit; new links and sources)
Behind the Scenes: a look at the process over the years: synapticboomstick.deviantart.c…
Added: New Altamaha-ha
Scheduled Alterations: Buru
Upcoming: -PENDING- (Many informative sites have changed over the years)
Scheduled Next Submitted: Burrunjor, Nahuelito, U-28 Creature
Deviants who have contributed (that have been added so far!):
TFhybrid (Mothman, Tatzel wurm)
LapisBufonis (Marozi),
GreatSaiyaKirby (Hodag, Jackalope, Nandi Bear, Fur-bearing Trout, Flatwoods Monster)
eternalsaturn (Cadborosaurus)
fractalxavier91 (Relic Population sub-category)
HungryCowrie (Alternate Yeti colors)
Attention: :
There's big change ahead for the project, whatever it may be.
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The current layout for Project Cryptid
! I'm always working to better the look and basic design of each creature so suggestions and constructive criticism are always a help. What you see now is composed of five different generations of art style; some have been left unaltered to serve as a visual history of the constant evolution of this project since its initial start.Not everything here may be real, I won't argue the point of demon bats and such, but if it's mentioned in myth and lore or anecdotes and reports I'll probably draw it.
For more on cryptids and cryptozoology, check out some of these links:
Cryptopia (formerly American Monsters)
NewAnimal.org
Unexplained Mysteries
Cryptozoology.com (7/27/2016, site is back up)
Cryptid Wiki
Wikipedia Cryptids
The Cryptozoologist
The Project Cryptid Directory
Rare pigment mutation - so far unique to the Blue Tiger and Marozi- both felids, interestingly
Avians - Cryptids that are described as being capable of flight or are reported on the wing.
Chimera - the reported creature blends the features of many different species.
Confirmed - genuine physical proof has proven this creature to be flesh and blood.
Corpses - Unidentified corpses that, for whatever reason, were not properly examined or provided inconclusive information.
Fresh Water - Cryptids sighted witin or in proximity to bodies of fresh water such as a lake or river.
Hoaxes - Those cryptids that have been undeniabley proven to be fraudulant.
Homonids - Cryptids that are typically reported to be man-like, of immense size, and covered in hair.
Hybrid - creature is a blend of two distinct creatures.
Inverterbrates - Cryptids that fit the descriptors for unclassified inverterbrates.
Beyond Mythology - Creatures that are believed to be mythical yet have unusually consistent reports.
Outsiders - These cryptids do not fit into any one category- be they from other dimensions or outer space, these entities are enigmatic to the core.
The Oceans/Oceanic - Cryptids reported while at sea or from vantage points ashore.
Relic Population/RelicPop - Cryptids classed as extinct animals that some believe are not totally gone from the world.
Unknown Mammals - Unclassified mammals
Unknown Herptiles - Unclassified reptiles and amphibians.
Cryptids Cataloged
[updates always in progress, thank you
. Bold equals recent]1) Ahool - [Avian] - Unconfirmed flying creature, Indonesia [reported as being "monkey-like"]
2) Almasti - [Hominid] - Russian wild man [aka Alma, Almas]
3) Altamaha-ha - [Fresh Water] - River creature, Georgia, US [aka Altie]
4) Beast of Bosnia - [Corpse] – unidentified corpse, Europe
5) Beast of Gevaudan - [Unknown Mammal] – Large canid, possibly a dire wolf or mutant
6) Bessie - [Freshwater/Outsider] - Unidentified Lake Eerie creature with unusual features
7) Bigfoot - [Hominid] - North American ape-man
8) Blue tiger - [Rare Pigment Mutation/Confirmed] - Asia [aka Maltese Tiger]
9) Bunyip - [Beyond Mythology/Chimera] - Monster from the Aboriginal Dreamtime, Australia
10) Buru - [Unknown Herptile] – unidentified Tibetan crocodilian, extinct according to natives
11) Cadborosaurus – [Fresh Water] [aka Caddy]
12) Cavney Island Monsters - [Corpse]
13) Chupacabra - [Outsider/Avian/Chimera]
14) Coelacanth - [Ocean/Confirmed]
15) Colossal Squid - [Ocean/Confirmed] - the largest known living species of squid
16) Con-Rit - [Unknown Invertebrate]
17) De Loy’s Ape - [Hominid] - unknown primate/hominid identified only by a single photograph and exploration report
18) Dohber-chu - [Fresh Water]
19) Dover Demon - [Outsider]
20) El Lobizon - [Unknown Mammal/Outsider]
21) Emela Ntouka - [Beyond Mythology]
22) Enfield Horror - [Outsider]
23) Flatwoods Monster - [Outsider]
24) Fouke Monster - [Hominid]
25) Fur-bearing Trout - [Hoax] - a North American tall-tale
26) Giant Anaconda – [Unknown Herptile] - reports of enormous snakes emerge from the remote tropics
27) Giant Owl - [Avian] - surprisingly giant owls or owl-men reported in the UK
28) Gigliolis’ Whale - [Ocean/Unknown Mammal]
29) Hibagon - [Hominid]
30) Hodag - [Hoax] - an American tall-tale creature with sharp horns, spines, glowing eyes, and legs that don't bend
31) Hogzilla - [Unknown Mammal/Confirmed] - an aberrantly large wild hog shot and killed in the Southeastern US
32) Jackalope - [Hoax/Mythology/Chimera] - an American tall-tale critter, desert hare with antlers
33) Kasai Rex - [Hoax]
34) Khemr Stegosaur - [Hoax]
35) Kongamoto - [Avian]
36) Lizardmen - [Outsider]
37) Loch Ness Monster - [Fresh Water] - the famous lake monster of Scotland!
38) Loveland Frogmen - [Outsider/Fresh Water]
39) Lusca - [Ocean]
40) Mamlambo - [Fresh Water]
41) Mammoth - [RelicPop/Unknown Mammal]
42) Mapinguari - [Outsider/Unknown Mammal]
43) Marozi - [Unknown Mammal/Confirmed]
44) Megalania - [Unknown Herptile]
45) Michigan Dogman - [Outsider/Unknown Mammal]
46) Minhocao - [Unknown Invertebrate]
47) Mngwa - [Unknown Mammal]
48) Moa - [Avian]
49) Mokele-mbembe - [Beyond Mythology]
50) Morag - [Fresh Water]
51) Mothman - [Outsider/Avian]
52) Naga - [Fresh Water]
53) Nameless Horror of Berkley Square - [Outsider/Fresh Water/Unknown Invertebrate]
54) Nandi Bear - [Unknown Mammal]
55) New Jersey Devil - [Outsider/Chimera]
56) Ogopogo - [Fresh Water]
57) Popobawa - [Outsider/Avian/Hoax]
58) Quagga - [Unknown Mammal/Confirmed]
59) Rods - [Avian/Outsider]
60) Ropen - [Avian]
61) Shunka Warakin - [Unknown Mammal]
62) Tatzel Wurm - [Outsider]
63) Texas Chupacabra - [Unknown Mammal/Confirmed]
64) Thunderbird - [Avian, Beyond Mythology] – giant predatory bird, North America
65) Thylacine - [Confirmed, Relic Population, Unknown Mammal]
66) Trunko - [Corpse/Ocean]
67) Tsuchinoko - [Unknown Herptile]
68) Veo - [Unknown Mammal]
69) Vietnamese Night Fliers - [Outsider/Avian]
70) Wendigo - [Outsider]
71) Yeren - [Hominid]
72) Yeti - [Hominid]
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Yes, if it shows up on Destination Truth or Monster Quest I will add it
Coming Soon (with increased size!):
-Information Blurbs on each covered cryptids, including cryptid type and location
Cryptids
Nahuelito
Black Shuck
Ohio Grassman
British Big Cat
El Petizo
Jba Fofi
Tokelosh
Pennalgalan
*The color scheme for Fouke Monster is giving me headaches.
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Nessie will always be my #1 favorite cryptid
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I am disapointed that I only knew about half of these.
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For every one of them there are ten I have yet to get to. The main site I got my information and details from updated and started their humongous list afresh so I lost a lot of valuable insight.
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I wouldn't even know what to call it and I'd just be drawing a pair of pants.
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That's why it's classified as "Confirmed".
I know the Description has gotten more than a bit unwieldy over time.
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I wonder if anybody believes some of these are tulpas?
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That idea has been passed around lately in regards to places with any kind of local legend that people suddenly report to have seen. The Michigan Dogman would be a great example of a modern cryptid springing up from an originally fictional song played on the local radio station.
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Nice work on this!! You incorporated so many and I am such a Cryptozoology fan that this is exciting to me!!
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Glad to still be getting folks excited with this collection.
I've been pushing myself for years to pick it up again but I'm still learning the fine art of balancing old and current projects with life.
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This is beautiful. Are these sprites?
If so, wouldn't a Pokemon-ish game with cryptids be awesome?
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I've gotten a few comments about pokemon and cryptids. I've actually been outlining a project just for that complete with evolution lines and mega-forms. 
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That would become my favorite game ever. XD
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Cryptids greatly fascinate me! Are these all the cryptids known to cryptozoological records, or are there more to be seen?
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This represents only a small collection of the world's total reported creatures, beasties, and local living oddities and I've been getting an increase in questions about where or why a given example hasn't been listed. The only reason is procrastination with rough waters. Interest has picked up so much that I really should get back into just doing it and not worrying about the perfect placement of each pixel.
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Well said, sir! Well said.
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It's shorter legs place it on the back of the image, it needs to turn around.
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great
I love cryptids and I think that most of them are real
and what about the mermaids(<- no with hair and fish tail), orang-pendek or ennedi tiger? o.o
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Keep seeking the fantastic!
A lot of critters belong on here but are missing simply because I've been a big mope for a while now. A bunch of new additions have be in indefinite development, sitting in the folder, but just aren't finished. Moping breeds artistic pickiness.
I've been given several creative kicks in the butt but they haven't stuck yet. I'll be in the right environment at some point though, life's a rollercoaster.
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Do you believe in cryptids or aliens, or what if there' both?
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I believe in a few cryptids; the more outlandish the story becomes, the more I need to be convinced.
While I believe life exists elsewhere in the universe, and can see some similarities between our own concept of what that life might be like and a few cryptid reports, I don't find the idea very likely. An alien would have to be very bored to come all this was just to wander around and spook us.
However, if I were said alien, I'd probably do it.
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Have you watched Lilo and Stitch?
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The coelacanth and colossal squid aren't cryptids, anymore. Anyway, great picture!
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That's why they're confirmed.
Several of the creatures depicted here were originally part of an old commission and were meant to serve as map markers for where different creatures had been reported or discovered. So while I might not have gone for them back when this project started, I had them by the time it really started building up so I thought I might as well include them.
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just as a suggestion...what about the U-28 creature?...or the bear lake monster?...anyways...great work
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The U-28 mystery is one of my favorite "weird carcass" reports from years past, the only thing keeping it from the list was the sparse information on it at the time this project started up; the less description there is of a given creature, the tougher it is for me to make. I'm too visual for my own good.
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I know how you feel 
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That's pretty handy.
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there is also this (which was believed to be drawn by one of the crew members) blogs.forteana.org/system/file…
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Now that's good, it looks like a nothosaurus or some sort of primitive crocodilian. 
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it does indeed look like a nothosaurus (cant believe I forgot about that...) also...have you by any chance heard of the Bear lake Monster or the white river monster? (or heck...what about the slide-rock bolter?)
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I don't remember the slide-rock bolter but a quick search makes me think that I'd read about it at one point. Leave it to old lumberjack tales, that would be a weird addition.
I have heard of the Bear Lake Monster but the descriptions never agree on a head. I would have to put them into a hat and pick one. Hmm...
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those lumberjack tales really make you question what was in there diet
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There could be an entire series just on Things Wot Look Like Crocodile.
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suggestion: Cherokee devil
or wampus beast
also i think you l eft out the jersey devil in your description!
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Cherokee deathcat is great too and also the ohio grassman
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I did forget it. Huh
Thanks for pointing that out. More critters to look up as well
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