Child-eating legendary creature.
Sunday, 27 April 2025
GREAT MEADOWS REPTOID
An upright reptilian creature covered in green scales but generally humanoid. Its eyes were compared with those of a frog. It was seen in New Jersey in 1974.
XIAO - THE NOISY ONE
A term in Chinese zoological lore applied to a kind of ape or similar creature. It is also applied to a cryptid bird. The word indicates something that makes a great deal of noise. It is described as having long arms.
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Friday, 25 April 2025
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
BARSOOM BEFORE BURROUGHS
Barsoom novels set at a time before Mars dried up, when it was a green and fecund planet.
GIANT BLUE EELS
Reputed in ancient times to be found in the Ganges. These creatures, it was said, could reach a length of 300 feet. They don't seem to be there any more, if indeed they ever existed.
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
URINE AND JELLYFISH
There is an old belief that urinating on a jellyfish sting makes it better. Be not deceived! It doesn't. In fact, it may make the sting more painful. Avoid this procedure.
Monday, 21 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF MYSTERIES
Including the number of Ann Boleyn's fingers, did Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane have a child? How can some animals survive by eating only grass?