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Cryptids
Cryptids are animals presumed by followers of the cryptozoology pseudoscientific subculture to exist on the basis of anecdotal or other evidence considered insufficient by mainstream science. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumour. Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, or Mokele-mbembe. Some dictionaries and encyclopedias define the term "cryptid" as an animal
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Ironically, this was not the first time Bill had nearly shot a mythical creature out of the night sky.
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― Mountain Tales and River Stories
― Mountain Tales and River Stories
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Humans are narcissists and we like a cryptid that resembles us. Sea monsters, globsters, out-of-place animals, the potentially not-extinct, and mythic beasts do not hold a candle to an ape-man.
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― Holidays with Bigfoot
― Holidays with Bigfoot
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