Tag: monster
A Time When Giant Monkeys Haunted Our Early Ancestors
In Earth’s grand evolutionary tale, some creatures influenced the lives of our ancestors by sharing their environments, rather than contributing to their direct lineage. On top of that, these creatures may have…
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…