Cryptids and scary pictures

[tyrannosaurs]

I have created this thread because I want to see some interesting footage on this topic. Pictures of bears or other animals ect ect that can be considered as scary or mysterious WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION provided would be very welcomed.

[Gorilla king]

What kind of pictures you are looking for though? Give us an example.

[tyrannosaurs]

It could be anything really. I am searching for various interesting things that are out of the norm, deformation could be one example. Mysterious creatures caught on camera could be another example. I hope this is good enough:
photos.app.goo.gl/GJVvt6jF7qjf2krK8
Everything you can regard as "scary".

[Gorilla king]

Will this qualify? Lol, not sure. Its just a normal pic, no deformation, but its sure scary:

[tyrannosaurs]

Does anybody has any further information on this?:
photos.app.goo.gl/Az6zjXcotfVbnwXUA

Security cameras help to ensure home safety. They can prevent crimes from happening and quickly provide material evidence in cases of vandalism and burglary. But sometimes, the footage security cameras capture leave homeowners with more questions than answers.

A video posted on Facebook by Vivian Gomez has gone viral, not because someone was hurt, not because property was damaged, but because no one knows "what the heck" was caught wandering around the neighborhood.


'What the heck' is that? Security camera captures odd creature, and viewers have theories
Dalvin Brown
USA TODAY
Screen grab from the myserious video.
Security cameras help to ensure home safety. They can prevent crimes from happening and quickly provide material evidence in cases of vandalism and burglary. But sometimes, the footage security cameras capture leave homeowners with more questions than answers.

A video posted on Facebook by Vivian Gomez has gone viral, not because someone was hurt, not because property was damaged, but because no one knows "what the heck" was caught wandering around the neighborhood.


The clip shows a short, scrawny figure with wobbly legs and floppy ears joyously galavanting down a driveway.

"So I woke up Sunday morning and saw this on my camera and am trying to figure out...what the heck??" Gomez captions the black and white security footage. "First I saw the shadow walking from my front door then I saw this thing....has anyone else seen this on their cameras?? The other two cameras didn’t pick it up for some reason."

The video has gotten over 9 million views since it was first posted on Thursday. Naturally, social media has since run rampant with theories about the origins of the mysterious creature.

Some think it's alien.

"They are among us," writes Facebook user Michael Douglas. "E.T. ??" guesses Facebook user John Pineda. "What on earth is that? Dobby?" Tweeted @static_Security on Twitter, referencing an elf character in the Harry Potter series.

Others joked about the creatures mysterious movements.

"I hate it. why’d it do the chicken dance?" asks Twitter user @amberellaaa. "It looks like someone's drunk uncle doing the chicken dance in an elephant mask," said Twitter user @acultoffashion.

Regardless of what it is, some people are freaked out by the prospect of unknown creatures wondering around.

"Everyone joking that this Dobby but i'm here deciding not to go outside at night ever again," writes Twitter user @fancymcgriddles. "This is creepin me out but I can't stop watching and now I have to try to get to sleep" writes Twitter user @whitney_cat.

"I think I'm never going out again!" writes @fyrekatz1.

Some people suspect that the video may be doctored, while others say that someone could have created an elf-like puppet. But Gomez insists it's real.

"If anyone tested it or whatever they do, it would confirm it’s not altered," she wrote in a comment.

www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/06/11/bizarre-creature-caught-on-security-camera-viral-video/1411177001/

Similar thing:


From this source: www.popculturetragic.com/creepy/the-nightcrawlers-are-here-creepy-af-creatures-caught-on-camera

Honestly I think this is whole BS but I am glad I can keep it somewhere...

[Gorilla king]

Ok i see what you want, weird things, sort of like cryptids correct?


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids

[tyrannosaurs]

Yep.

[Gorilla king]

SEA SERPENT:





User with this ability either is or can transform into an sea serpent, a mythological and legendary sea monster either wholly or partly serpentine, invariably described as huge and fierce beings that terrorizes the seas.


powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_Serpent_Physiology

[Gorilla king]

THE MOST FAMOUS CRYPTID

BIGFOOT

Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch in Canadian and American folklore, is an ape-like creature that is purported to inhabit the forests of North America. Supposed evidence of the existence of Bigfoot includes a number of anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video and audio recordings, photographs, and casts of large footprints.[2] Some of these are speculated or known to be hoaxes.[3] Bigfoot has become an icon within the fringe subculture of cryptozoology and an enduring element of popular culture.[4][5]


Frame 352 of the Patterson–Gimlin film, alleged to depict a female Bigfoot.[1]


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot

[tyrannosaurs]

Good you corrected this thread.

[oldindigosilverback]

Yowie.

[oldindigosilverback]

[arctozilla]

Cryptology started captioning me as 13 yrs old boy. I do may believe the existence of aliens and Saquatch but not Loch Ness monster. Even if it exists then we would see it very often considering that aquatic reptiles have limits staying underwater, also most photos are hoaxes and most sightings are probably whales, dolphins, seals and greenland shark.

[tyrannosaurs]

Aug 15, 2021 16:27:06 GMT -5 arctozilla said:

Cryptology started captioning me as 13 yrs old boy. I do may believe the existence of aliens and Saquatch but not Loch Ness monster. Even if it exists then we would see it very often considering that aquatic reptiles have limits staying underwater, also most photos are hoaxes and most sightings are probably whales, dolphins, seals and greenland shark.

Nice.

[Gorilla king]

The Skunk ape, also known as the Swamp ape[1] and Florida Bigfoot,[2] in American folklore, is an ape-like creature that is purported to inhabit the forests and swamps of some southeastern United States,[3] most notably in Florida.[4] Supposed evidence of the creature's existence is based on a number of anecdotal sightings as well as disputed photographs, audio and video recordings, and footprints, etc.[5] The majority of mainstream scientists have historically discounted the existence of the Skunk ape, considering it to be the result of a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal.[6]




A depiction of the Florida Skunk Ape based on a purported 2009 sighting, drawn by Matthew Ellis. (Public domain)


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape


Man Claims He Spotted Florida's Elusive Skunk Ape





miami.cbslocal.com/2013/06/14/man-claims-he-spotted-floridas-elusive-skunk-ape/?amp

[tyrannosaurs]

Can I break the PURELY for animals role because I have something with ACTUAL quality here:

The disturbing tale of Mr Fritz – the haunted ventriloquist dummy of Stalag IIB -

Halloween and Remembrance Day are a mere eleven days apart so it seems only fitting that I post this story regarding two of the most terrifying things a person should never have to encounter during their life – war and ventriloquist dolls.

The private collection of alternative entertainer Michael Diamond is home to some of the rarest sideshow exhibits and apparatus in the UK. Oddities such an elephant headed boy from Brading Waxwork Museum, real execution swords and axes, Houdini's handcuffs and shrunken heads are all on display in his 'Freak Room'. But tucked away in the corner, shrouded in a blanket is a display cabinet with a firmly locked door. The 'Freak Room' is now the final resting place of Mr Fritz, a haunted ventriloquist doll, who has struggled to find a home since 1945.

Not much remains of Mr Fritz. A solitary head, mounted on a piece of wooden pace stick, his face peeling and warped. As dead as he looks, some would argue that he is very much alive. Unlike most of the exhibits in Michael's collection which were acquired through considerable financial investment, Mr Fritz was given to him for free. Michael admits though that this was not initially unusual,

“Most people find dolls, especially ventriloquist dolls far too creepy. The unlucky ones end up being thrown out or locked in attics for years while others get given to collectors like myself”.

A well know WWII Militaria dealer in Liverpool approached Michael at a festival they were both working at over the summer. He had seen Michael’s travelling exhibition of oddities and thought that Mr Fritz would fit in perfectly. Mr Fritz was discovered in an Antiques Mall in Myrtle Beach, USA and once the dealer heard of the connection with a German POW camp he felt compelled to buy him and bring him to the UK. It was then that things started to happen.

The dealer, who wishes to remain anonymous, first started to notice something strange when he put Mr Fritz on display in his showroom. He would lock up for the night and come back in the morning to discover that Mr Fritz's display case door was wide open, even after it had been firmly shut. Every night it would be shut, yet every morning it would be open again. Things then started to take a more uncanny turn. Mr Fritz would sometimes have his eyes open, when they were normally closed. His mouth would also change position. The dealer tried to think of obvious explanations such as humidity, a breeze or even going as far to think that a mouse may have made a nest in his head. On closer inspection, he discovered it was neither of these things. Day after day the door continued to open so he finally taped it shut. The following day he returned to find the tape peeled back and the door open once more. He finally removed Mr Fritz from the showroom and placed him in the garden shed where he stayed for another six months. His children then reported hearing laughter from the shed as they played in the garden and nobody would dare go near it.

Mr Fritz had to go.

As soon as Michael adopted the lonesome remains of Mr Fritz, he placed him in the 'Freak Room' and immediately things started to happen. The door started to open. At first it was once or twice a week but soon the door opened every night without fail. He even discovered one morning that the display case was not only open but had moved six inches across the table. Curiosity finally got the better of Michael and he set up a GoPro camera to monitor Mr Fritz. As you might imagine, a doll that was made to entertain people was not camera shy and the following footage was shot over two nights in September 2019.

But what is the story behind Mr Fritz?

A small hand written note that accompanied the eerie doll explained that he was originally a ventriloquist doll who was used to entertain Allied POWs during WWII in Stalag IIB between 1943 – 1945.

Stalag II-B was a German POW camp situated 2.4 kilometres west of the village of Hammerstein in Poland. In 1933 it was established as one of the first Nazi concentration camps and was used to house German communists. In late September 1939 the camp was changed to a POW camp to house Polish soldiers and in August 1943 the first American prisoners arrived, having been taken prisoner in the Tunisian campaign. Over 600 US POWs were held in Stalag IIB and life was harsh, consisting of long days of hard labour on neighbouring farms with meagre rations.

Prisoners tried to overcome these hardships by educating themselves and staging entertainments such as musicals and comedy. Among the prisoners with enough energy to entertain was Private 'Billy' Booth who had been a children's entertainer and puppeteer before the war started. He had made Mr Fritz with German newspapers soaked in potato starch and painted him with a smuggled pot of pink gloss that a Polish farmer had given him which had been used to paint his daughter's cot.

For almost 18 months Billy Booth and Mr Fritz entertained the prisoners of Stalag IIB with 'in' jokes and songs. He was so good that even some of the German guards found him funny. But unfortunately on 14th January 1945, 2 weeks before the camp was liberated, Billy and nine other US POWs were taken into a field, made to dig a large pit and shot for not working hard enough.

When the camp was finally liberated on 28th January 1945, Mr Fritz was taken back to the US by a fellow prisoner and given to Billy Booth's family as a reminder of their son's fortitude and his ability to raise morale in the harshest conditions.

Lest we forget.

How Mr Fritz ended up in a US antiques mall is not know, did Billy Booth's family give him away or was he thrown out for being too 'lively'? These things we will never know. All we do know is that what remains of Billy Booth's creation is safely tucked away in Michael Diamond's 'Freak Room' where he shall remain for the unforeseeable future. And if Billy wants to open Mr Fritz's cabinet every now and again to reminisce days gone by, then Michael doesn't have a problem with that.

Source: www.danbaines.com/blog/the-disturbing-tale-of-mr-fritz-the-haunted-ventriloquist-dummy-of-stalag-iib/15/10/2019

The video -

Here is what the cite has to say: www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/10169262/ventriloquist-doll-comes-to-life-caught-camera/amp/

Images of the damm doll: photos.app.goo.gl/xRBWzGboQ5aXqkeKA

Why would he still keep the thing in his house? I would honestly bash it with a hammer! Seems to be currently unsolved, I am not into ghosty stuff, but this is something else... It doesn't come by that sometimes you have stories that are ACTUALLY strange! Also, not low quality camera bullshit this time.

[Gorilla king]

Reply #15, that is a very interesting story, i never knew about it. In the comments of the first link, some people believe it and some think its just a hoax. To be honest, that video looks pretty scary, when he opened his eyes and moved his mouth, looks like he was saying "help me".

[tyrannosaurs]

Oh god...

[Gorilla king]

MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM


The Mongolian death worm (Mongolian: олгой-хорхой, olgoi-khorkhoi, "large intestine worm") is a creature alleged to exist in the Gobi Desert.


An interpretation of the Mongolian death worm by Belgian painter Pieter Dirkx.


The creature first came to Western attention as a result of Roy Chapman Andrews's 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man. The American paleontologist described second-hand tales of the monster that he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials: "None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all firmly believed in its existence and described it minutely."[1]

In 1983 a specimen of Tartar sand boa (Eryx tataricus) was shown to locals who claimed to have seen "olgoi-khorkhoi" and they confirmed that this was the animal they called so.[2][3]

Appearance

In On the Trail of Ancient Man, Andrews cites Mongolian Prime Minister Damdinbazar, who in 1922 described the worm:

It is shaped like a sausage about two feet long, has no head nor leg and it is so poisonous that merely to touch it means instant death. It lives in the most desolate parts of the Gobi Desert.

In 1932, Andrews published this information again in the book The New Conquest of Central Asia, adding: "It is reported to live in the most arid, sandy regions of the western Gobi." Andrews, however, did not believe in the creature's existence.

The worm is said to inhabit the western[4] or southern[5] Gobi. In the 1987 book Altajn Tsaadakh Govd, Ivan Mackerle cites a Mongolian legend which described the creature as travelling underground, creating waves of sand on the surface which allow it to be detected.[6] It is said it can kill at a distance, either by spraying a venom at its prey or by means of electric discharge.[5][7] It primarily lives and burrows underground, only rarely coming to the surface.[5]

Investigations

The animal was the base of a short story Olgoi-Khorkhoi [ru] by Russian science fiction writer Ivan Yefremov (1940s), written under the impression of Andrews's book. After WWII Efremov travelled several times to Gobi desert and wrote that he heard the legend of olghoi-khorkhoi many times, but nobody claimed to have seen it.[8]

In 1990 and 1992, Ivan Mackerle led small groups of companions into the Gobi Desert to search for the worm. Inspired by Frank Herbert's novel Dune, in which giant fictional sandworms could be brought to the surface by rhythmic thumping, Mackerle constructed a motor-driven "thumper" and even used small explosions to try to find it.[6]

In 2005, zoological journalist Richard Freeman of the Centre for Fortean Zoology mounted an expedition to hunt for the death worm but came up empty-handed. Freeman's conclusion was that the tales of the worm's powers had to be apocryphal, and that reported sightings likely involved an unknown species of worm lizard or amphisbaena.[9]

Reality-television series Destination Truth conducted an expedition from 2006 to 2007.

A New Zealand television entertainment reporter, David Farrier of TV3 News, took part in an expedition in August 2009[9][10][11] but came up empty-handed as well.[12] He conducted interviews with locals claiming to have seen the worm and mentioned on his website that the sightings peaked in the 1950s.


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_death_worm

[Gorilla king]

To be completely honest, this one is very intriguing to me for the simple fact that the zoologist (Sten Bergman) who examined the hide gave it a scientific name, Ursus arctos piscator.


BERGMAN'S BEAR





The Bergman Bear, Irkuiem, God Bear, or Ursus arctos piscator, is a possibly extinct bear cryptid native to Russia.

In 1920 Swedish zoologist Sten Bergman was given the opportunity to examine the hide of a giant, black furred variey of the Kamchatka pie bear. Bergman, who had spent two years studying the wildlife of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, noted that the pelt was far beyond the size of other bears found in the area.

Attributes

The Bergman's bear is a very large, short-furred bear with baggy, short hind legs. This earned it the name 'Irkuiem' or 'trousers pulled down'. It also has very large paws.

Sightings

1920

In 1920 Swedish zoologist Sten Bergman was given the opportunity to examine the hide of a giant, black furred variety of the Kamchatka bear. Bergman, who had spent two years studying the wildlife of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, noted that the pelt was far beyond the size of other bears found in the area. The hair covering the skin were short, in contrast with the long hair associated with normal bears of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Bergman also described huge paw prints that he found in the area measuring 14.5 inches by 10 inches suggesting a monstrous bear he called Ursus arctos piscator, more commonly referred to as Bergman’s Bear.

Other

However, some suggest that Bergman’s Bear may be alive and well living in remote areas of Kamchatka. In Bears of the World, published in 1988, author Terry Domico observes that a vast majority of the Kamchatka Peninsula has been closed off since the cold war for military reasons.

A former Soviet official who had access to the area told Domico that black giant bears were still reported in the region.

Interest in the bear was revitalized in the 1960s. Hunter Rodion Sivolobov reported claims by Kamchatka natives of an unusually large bear they called either the Irkuiem (roughly meaning "trousers pulled down" due to the appearance of the bear's hind legs), or the "God bear" due to its large size.


allcryptid.fandom.com/wiki/Bergman_Bear