“Driftwood Thylacine” By Fiona Francois, Done In Pencil And Charcoal. [x]

Ghosts from the past! Dodo, Tasmanian Tiger, Quagga, and Great Auk

Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus Source: Here

A rare glass plate photograph of two thylacines at the Beaumaris Zoo, taken in 1924. [x]

Thylacine family

Inktober Day 20 - Jackalope

“The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore (a fearsome critter) described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns”

Manipogo is a lake monster living in Lake Manitoba in Canada. Manipogo is described as a giant creature with flippers a sheep-like head, and razor sharp teeth. Many think it could be a thought to be extinct Mosasaur. The town of St. Laurent holds a Manipogo festival every year during the first week of March in honor of the legendary lame monster. People claim to have been seeing the Manipogo since the 1800′s but still with no concrete evidence of its existence.

Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus Source: Here

Fun Fact: The Tasmanian Tiger was the largest carnivorous marsupial in modern times.

The Headline That Started It All

It all started in September of 1958 in a remote logging camp nestled near Bluff Creek, California where loggers were being terrorized by what they called “Bigfoot.” Each morning their camp would be covered in 16 inch tracks, and fruit was stolen from their worksites. The workers felt as if they were being watched at all times from within the forests. The strange occurrences even caused some of the workers to quit their jobs. The logging business in Bluff Creek started to slow due to a lack of workers.

Although the local police department ensured the workers and the townsfolk that it was all just an elaborate prank, the workers insisted that this was all too real. In fact some of the logging veterans had even said they’ve experienced strange activity in the forests for years. The activity in the area slowly escalated until Rey Kerr and Leslie Breazeale saw the creature responsible. In the early morning on their way to work the two loggers spotted a bipedal ape run out in front of their vehicle. They described it as an 8 foot tall creature with long arms, broad shoulders and covered in dark fur. After the creature disappeared into the forest they got out only to see the same sized footprints that had been seen all over the logging site.

On October 15, 1958 the Eureka Humbolt Standard released an article titled “Eyewitnesses See Bigfoot.” The article got a lot of attention and the creature known as Bigfoot gained a lot of popularity. The creature would claim worldwide fame 9 years later when Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin would capture the legendary Bigfoot on film for the first time in the same area.

Cryptid Hometowns:

Rhinelander, Wisconsin: Home of the Hodag

Taken early March 2017