If I were a Cryptid
If I was going to be a cryptid, I think I would pick Sasquatch. Besides the really big feet that can squash anything, that dude is really good at hiding. Hiding is an important feature for a cryptid to have because well, let’s face it, if they can’t do that, then they won’t remain a cryptid for long! I would bet they all like to wear that badge of honor and when they get back to their cryptid crib, they ring a bell or make a mark on the wall for another successful trip into our world without getting caught. It certainly never happened on any episodes of The X-Files even though cryptids were often blamed for many of the strange occurrences.
For those of you who are not sure exactly, a cryptid is an animal such as Bigfoot, yeti or the Loch Ness Monster that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist. This is different than a mythical creature where it’s less animal and more magical entity. That category includes elves, gnomes, and fairies but also things like dragons, goblins and trolls. And then the really wild creatures from Greek myth like centaurs (human and horse combo), griffins (a lion and eagle smashed together), and Pegasus which is a horse with wings. There are plenty of others in the mythical category that we are all aware of from movies and TV like vampires, werewolves (these are different than the question, “where wolves?” ;-), mermaids and even unicorns (sorry kids, unicorns are probably not real).
If you go to the Wikipedia for cryptids, you will see that there are land, water and even air type cryptids on record. I would bet they will add a space category of cryptids once we have a lot more people in space, on the moon and on Mars. Not surprisingly the land category has the most at twenty-three. Bigfoot and Bigfoot’s shivering Himalayan cousin Yeti are land cryptids obviously but did you know that it also includes more exotic creatures like the goat-sucking chupacabra? It originated from Puerto Rico but is “seen” mostly in central and South America – and yes, even in southern United States. It should be obvious anyway. I mean how many goats do you see in the south? This is why. And if you were curious, there are about fourteen water cryptids including Loch Ness but only three that fly in the air category.
I don’t mean to make lite of the existence of ‘el chupacabra’ or any other ‘I swear I saw it’ type creature. But I now know many of these are just mis-remembered stories, frayed nerves coming up with anything to explain something close to what they thought they saw, or just plain made up. Now don’t get me wrong. I am not saying every cryptid is fake. I actually believe a few of them are most likely real – starting with Bigfoot (check out our Products page for some incredible Bigfoot & Yeti puzzles). I actually starting writing a story about Bigfoot while I was in Saudi Arabia for the first Gulf War. More than 23,000 words of a story! I suppose I should finish that sometime…
The fictional story aside I think one plausible explanation for how Bigfeet (more than one) have been able to evade capture is they are slipping through portals to another connected world or to another spot on Earth. And I would put them as intentionally doing it since I think they are intelligent.
When you evaluate whether or not you think a cryptid or anything that’s unknown to you is real, you should always try and follow a logical path that explains most, if not all, of how the thing came to be. There are a lot of things in this world to swallow your time so don’t waste what you have on trickery or someone’s poor judgement. For instance for Bigfoot, there are news articles from the late 1800s and early 1900s about giants who interacted with people. There were also pictures of bones where the skeleton measured ten feet or more! The fact that it was recorded in a time when the news actually reported the news gives the stories credibility.
Bigfoot is real. So if you meet one of them, be nice.
Author: Bill Claman 1/28/22 Blog #00002