Tag: cryptid
The Wendigo: Native American Stuff of Nightmares
(The following article contains spoilers for the 2022 movie Prey) In 2022 the seventh movie in the Predator franchise was released. The movie, Prey, was in many ways similar to the 1987…
The Jersey Devil: Unpicking the History Behind the Mystery
Everybody’s heard of the Jersey Devil, the crazy-looking cryptid which haunts the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. Said to resemble a screaming, flying kangaroo with an oversized horse’s head, for almost…
The Beast of Set, the Unknown Creature at the Heart of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian pantheon of gods is among the most familiar to the modern world. Although perhaps not as well known as the gods of Hinduism, or the ancient Greek pantheon and their…
Something Hiding in the Jungle? The Rock Apes of Vietnam
Generally speaking, cryptids are easily disproven. Such fantasy creatures belong entirely in the imagination of the more creative sections of humanity, but such secret, unknown species do not exist. There is no…