Really Stupid Cryptids

A video all about cryptids, but not your average Flatwoods Monster or Mothman, but REAL horrors, like, uh, The Fur-Bearing Trout! Or the Hoop Snake! This is a dumb video, so don’t take it too seriously.

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[crowbaby]

Imagine seeing a Leopard and just being like 'Ah yes, a bastard"

[musicsheep]

My favorite dumb cryptid is this "ghost cow" from some backwater town. It turned out to be a real cow wandering around, but that means that people saw a cow and instead of going "Weird, there's a cow wandering around town, " people instead jumped to "IT'S A GHOST COW. IT HAS COME TO HAUNT US"

[TrumpImmortal]

Hoop snake really is kinda scary. Imagine being chased by a cobra rolling after you like a wagon wheel.

[RisingSunfish]

Spring-Heeled Jack is basically the same M.O. as the Killer Clown Scare of '16. Humans never really change, I guess.

[laranjaghirga]

Jack the Ripper : Who are you?
Spring Heeled Jack : Im you but cheaper.

[fallout_flame]

I like to believe that at least one Spring-heeled Jack was just an affair that was almost caught.

[lauriepenner]

I saw an ancient mural in Japan that had lions and leopards chilling out together. This is because they believed lions and leopards were really the same species. It's not so crazy if you've only seen house cats, which come in all different colors. In 1962, a Japanese zoo would breed the first leopon, an actual leopard-lion hybrid.

[jackdaw]

I recently read about the axe-handle hound, being another "fearsome critter"; a hound with an axe-like body shape that eats the handles of any axes left unobserved.

[ordisraru]

My favourite stupid cryptid has to be the "Dip", a vampire dog with one leg shorter than the other three.

[whichhatte-persomi]

Hoop Snake sounds like the best made up creature ever conjured by a lumberjack.

[joshclark]

Once upon a time, there was a Bigfoot named Fred who lived in a cozy cave deep in the forest. Fred loved to dance, and he would often put on a show for the other animals in the woods. One day, a group of humans stumbled upon Fred's cave and were so impressed by his dancing skills that they invited him to join their traveling dance troupe. Fred was hesitant at first, but he eventually agreed and became a star in the human world. He traveled the world, dancing on stage and even appearing in movies. But eventually, Fred grew tired of the spotlight and decided to return to his peaceful life in the forest. The humans were sad to see him go, but they knew he belonged in the wilderness with his Bigfoot family. And so, Fred returned home, where he continued to dance under the moonlight, delighting his forest friends with his graceful moves.

[mediumfast]

Actually the Pard is literally just a leopard. The myth is that cheetahs are the offspring of lions and pards. Pard is just an arcadic short for leopard. There was some mysticism about them but that was true of pretty much every animal in Africa since people writing about them hadn't actually ever encountered them.

Edit: I found what you were talking about and I think that Atlas obscura was confused by the word lepardos when they were doing their research. Leopardos means cheetah in Greek not leopard. It's actually the combination of Leo from lion and pardos meaning leopard.

[ZinTyPhoon]

Imagine seeing a leopard, and your first thought is "Oi, this thing can't possibly be its own species, it's got to be half lion half god-cat."

[dericktcg]

Me trying to explain to the skinwalker following me into the woods that he’s not real and needs to stop speaking to me in my mothers voice

[eternalvibe]

One of the theories on how spring heeled jack came to be was that he was a combination of mass hysteria and the industrial chemicals and smog that was around in the Victorian era. He is sometimes thought of as a monster or demon that would kill women or children. He may be silly as a cryptid now, but the reality of his myth is pretty sad.

[eg_manifest]

I had to write an essay about Spring-Heeled Jack, and I loved the one account where they caught somebody who fit the description to a tee, except the lady who was attacked said that Jack could breathe fire, so they went to the suspect and he was just like "idk man I don't remember ever spitting fire" so they just let him go since he didn't show and fire-breathing potential

[lagilad]

Honestly I think the staticky microphone, and the constant use of stock images with watermarks adds to the whole cheap museum schtick. I love it.

[EnderCorePL]

"Pard" Sound like something an angry 4Chan dweller would call me as an insult

[TheNightWatcher]

Didn’t expect the Oklahoma Octopus to be mentioned. Thought it was a rather niche bit of local folklore around here. Even most Okies haven’t heard of it, in my experience.

[prairierailproductions]

I love how the old ragtime music is a reference to the fictional freak shows and museums of the late 1800s and early 1900s