Does it exist? (video)
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
MOOSE REPORTED IN NEW ZEALAND
Moose were once imported to New Zealand - maybe some of their descendants have survived.
CYNOCEPHALUS
This is the ordinary Latin word for a baboon. However, in ancient times it was used as a name for a dog-headed human. According to legend, the Roman emperor Diocletian appointed one to serve in his army. In another legend, St Christopher once had a dog's head. Aelian, the Roman scholar and the first person to mention fly fishing, placed the cynocephali in India. He said they were good people, who could not talk but understood human speech. Pliny placed them in Ethiopia. However, in Roman times, the terms India and Ethiopia were used somewhat interchangeably.
Monday, 28 April 2025
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.