Lesser Known Cryptids

Two photos of a tree with a pride flag wrapped around the trunk. A Halloween decoration of a skeletal figure in a tattered white cloak hangs from the tree's branches in front of the flag.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the LGBTQIApparition

A book titled "Ghost Cats II", by Jaycee Clark, Michelle M Pillow, and Mandy M Roth. Cover art depicts two nude bodies embracing one another on a black background beneath a large, ghostly, superimposed photo of a leopard's face. Text above the book's title reads: "Return to the world of the ghost cats... immortal lovers of fierce passions and deadly legacies."

Today's lesser known cryptids are: Ghost Cats II

cunning, vicious and adaptable: what you need to know about the strange clowns walking out of the pacific ocean

Spring rain spirit

A display of planters in the shape of jack-o-lanterns, each containing a green succulent plant. Sign affixed to the front reads "Spooky Jack Succulent - $7.99".

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Spooky Jack Succulent

A package of watermelon hot candy labeled "Lucas Skwinkles Salsaghetti". Illustration on package is of a white anthropomorphic duck mascot, wearing sunglasses and a red shirt and standing with arms crossed.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Lucas Skwinkles

(Sighted by @quickboot.bsky.social)

Oh my god they're growing and multiplying
( @kcg.bsky.social I love this ridiculous little troublemaker so I made a "life sized" one!)

A logo depicting a silhouetted person in a wide hat, holding a fishing rod on the end of which is a large fish. Text running along the length of the rod reads "Older Fisherman".

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Older Fisherman

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Mermaid. A regular mermaid. Reverse mermaid. A mermaid with the fish half on top and the lady part on the bottom. Composite mermaid. Upper left quarter is woman, upper right quarter is fish. Right bottom corner is woman. Right left corner is fish. Fish. A regular Fish.

A book titled "Whimsy the Talking Pony", by Sandy Duval. Cover illustration depicts a blond-haired youth, startled awake in bed by the head of a gray horse, smiling and sticking in through an open window.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Whimsy the Talking Pony

Your deep-sea submersible freezes in the cold blackness, scaling lasers and spotlight honed on a pale denizen. Half shark, half man, half abyssal terror, and very horny; the Helicoprion rubs a gigantic fishing hook against his tooth whirl, staring clean into your soul.

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A stack of white cardboard boxes with an image printed on the side of a red cartoon alligator, standing upright in a hands-on-hips pose with a grumpy facial expression. Text on boxes reads: "South Florida Agri Gator Brand New Spring Potatoes".

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the South Florida Agri Gator

I think about this moment from a Japanese movie I watched back in 2022, called Lizard Baby, at least once a month.

An illuminated sign reading "Slurping Turtle", beneath an image of a pink-skinned, red-shelled cartoon turtle. Chinese characters are printed on the turtle's shell, and it is winking toward the viewer.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Slurping Turtle

(Sighted by @quickboot.bsky.social)

skinamarink (2022)

sound off: how would YOU treat the Toilet Goblin?

A box of "Water Boy" brand electrolyte drink mix. Package illustration depicts a cartoonish yellow droplet of liquid with arms, legs, and a smiling face, running while giving a peace sign with two fingers.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Water Boy

i cannot express how much i love a flute-playing devil

If this bundle hits $10k before Monday, I will record myself making and drinking a Malört-based cocktail I dreamed up: The Werewolf UTI

Beneath a tree with branches hung with glowing lights is a Chinese dragon made from strings of illuminated LEDs. Next to the dragon is a glowing LED sign which reads "Presented By Toyota".

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Toyota Dragon

A red lawn chair covered in snow. A smiley face has been drawn in the snow on the chair's backrest.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Charismatic Chair

(Sighted by @maxtothek.bsky.social)

watercolor portrait of a black and white cat with yellow-green eyes sitting in front of a background of ghostly white trees. the cat's chest fades out into the background, showing dark ground covered in simple crosses and gravestones. text at the top reads "Stephen King's Pet Sematary" (it's a fan-made poster depicting the commissioner's cat as the one in the movie).

pet portrait I enjoyed doing recently!

Figure 28. This geode was serendipitously cut at a perfect angle, resulting in halves resembling the famous Cookie Monster (top). Coincidentally, the geode also showed blue fluorescence under long-wave ultraviolet light, reminiscent of teh character's blue fur (bottom). Photos by Robert Weldon: courtesy of Mike Bowers.

i often think about how eons before cookie monster was conceived, or indeed before there were minds capable of conceiving, cookie monster was already there, waiting

The tongue of a boot, with a patch sewn to the front of a circular logo containing an image of a bull's head, circled by the words "Brahma Boots - The Name to Trust".

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Brahma Boots

a photo of a mario koala I edited into a triceratops. Marioceratops

Fondly reminiscing about the time I made this image and how genAI slop has cheapened this art form in the time since 😔

A crocheted potato with small arms, a thin smile, and bead eyes, holding a slip of paper that reads "Positive Potato - I may be a tiny potato, but i believe in you. Go do your thing!"

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Positive Potato

Koichi Hayashida, director of Super Mario 3D Land, speaking at Game Developers Conference 2012: "Long Mario! He has long arms and long legs... sort of scary. I would like to give this idea to the Luigi's Mansion 2 team." Long Mario reconstructed from footage seen at GDC 2012. He is never seen on screen all at once and was stitched together from multiple frames. Source: gdcvault.com/play/1015833/Thinking-In-3D-The-Development

At the Game Developers Conference 2012, Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida revealed a concept for "Long Mario" that he found "scary" and suggested that it should be used in a Luigi's Mansion game instead.

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A business card, pinned to a corkboard, which reads "Don's Lawn Care" next to an illustration of a black and yellow striped worm with a human-ish face, with spiky hair, wide set eyes, and a crooked smile from which a row of jagged teeth are protruding.

Today's lesser known cryptid is: Don

(Sighted by Instagram user pi.x./ie)