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The 12 Days of Cryptids
Happy Holidays!
From DecemberPetsJoin me in a special blog event where I explore a cryptid theme every day for 12 days. It will be posted at Modern Cryptozoology or Substack. I present info from my notes, files, and opinions that perhaps you haven’t heard before. Please subscribe to one of these sources so you get the links or content straight to your email inbox. (If you already subscribe here, please use the Modern Cryptozoology site, since Substack is duplicate content of this site. Also, thank you for subscribing!)
The traditional twelve days of Christmas begins on December 25 and ends on January 5. That’s quite a marathon to produce a cryptid-themed post every day. It’s possible that life will get in the way, and I’ll not meet the schedule, but I’ll complete the series for sure, if not on time then eventually.
Each day will be a surprise theme that I will gather on the Index post I put up today on each of those sites (and eventually will list here). Sharing the posts to your own favorite social media site or reblogging is much appreciated.
Cryptid are more popular than ever before thanks to the Internet web pages, groups, forums, email groups, and social media platforms. Cryptid lore can tell us about our relationship with nature, our fears, and our cultural influences. Modern cryptid interest is still zoological for some, but for most, it is cultural – we hear the stories, see the depictions, and find value in socially shared ideas about mysterious creatures. I think you will see in my examples exactly what I mean by Pop Cryptids. For more on cryptids in popular culture, check out Pop Goes the Cryptid.
Here’s to a new year of contemporary legends and mystery animals!
From Ascendant Fire Designs#cryptid #Cryptozoology #legends #Monsters #mysteriousCreatures
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The 12 Days of Cryptids
Happy Holidays!
Join me in a special blog event to explore a cryptid theme every day for 12 days. Follow along at Modern Cryptozoology or Substack as I present info from my notes, files, and opinions that perhaps you haven’t heard before. Please subscribe to one of these sources so you get the links or content straight to your email inbox.
The traditional twelve days of Christmas begins on December 25 and ends on January 5. That’s quite a marathon to produce a cryptid-themed post every day. It’s possible that life will get in the way, and I’ll not meet the schedule, but I’ll complete the series for sure.
Each day will be a surprise theme that I will gather in the list below as they are published. Sharing the post to your own favorite social media site or reblogging is much appreciated.
Cryptid are more popular than ever before thanks to the Internet web pages, groups, forums, email groups, and social media platforms. Cryptid lore can tell us about our relationship with nature, our fears, and our cultural influences. Modern cryptid interest is still zoological for some, but for most, it is cultural – we hear the stories, see the depictions, and find value in ideas about mysterious creatures. I think you will see in my examples exactly what I mean by Pop Cryptids. For more on cryptids in popular culture, check out Pop Goes the Cryptid.
Here’s to a new year of contemporary legends and mystery animals!
- Coming Dec 25
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#12DaysOfCryptids #cryptid #Cryptozoology #mysteriousCreatures #popCryptids
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The 12 Days of Cryptids
Happy Holidays!
Join me in a special blog event to explore a cryptid theme every day for 12 days. Follow along at Modern Cryptozoology or Substack as I present info from my notes, files, and opinions that perhaps you haven’t heard before. Please subscribe to one of these sources so you get the links or content straight to your email inbox.
The traditional twelve days of Christmas begins on December 25 and ends on January 5. That’s quite a marathon to produce a cryptid-themed post every day. It’s possible that life will get in the way, and I’ll not meet the schedule, but I’ll complete the series for sure.
Each day will be a surprise theme that I will gather in the list below as they are published. Sharing the post to your own favorite social media site or reblogging is much appreciated.
Cryptid are more popular than ever before thanks to the Internet web pages, groups, forums, email groups, and social media platforms. Cryptid lore can tell us about our relationship with nature, our fears, and our cultural influences. Modern cryptid interest is still zoological for some, but for most, it is cultural – we hear the stories, see the depictions, and find value in ideas about mysterious creatures. I think you will see in my examples exactly what I mean by Pop Cryptids. For more on cryptids in popular culture, check out Pop Goes the Cryptid.
Here’s to a new year of contemporary legends and mystery animals!
- Coming Dec 25
- Coming Dec 26
- Coming Dec 27
- Coming Dec 28
- Coming Dec 29
- Coming Dec 30
- Coming Dec 31
- Coming Jan 1
- Coming Jan 2
- Coming Jan 3
- Coming Jan 4
- Coming Jan 5
#12DaysOfCryptids #cryptid #Cryptozoology #mysteriousCreatures #popCryptids
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The 12 Days of Cryptids
Happy Holidays!
Join me in a special blog event to explore a cryptid theme every day for 12 days. Follow along at Modern Cryptozoology or Substack as I present info from my notes, files, and opinions that perhaps you haven’t heard before. Please subscribe to one of these sources so you get the links or content straight to your email inbox.
The traditional twelve days of Christmas begins on December 25 and ends on January 5. That’s quite a marathon to produce a cryptid-themed post every day. It’s possible that life will get in the way, and I’ll not meet the schedule, but I’ll complete the series for sure.
Each day will be a surprise theme that I will gather in the list below as they are published. Sharing the post to your own favorite social media site or reblogging is much appreciated.
Cryptid are more popular than ever before thanks to the Internet web pages, groups, forums, email groups, and social media platforms. Cryptid lore can tell us about our relationship with nature, our fears, and our cultural influences. Modern cryptid interest is still zoological for some, but for most, it is cultural – we hear the stories, see the depictions, and find value in ideas about mysterious creatures. I think you will see in my examples exactly what I mean by Pop Cryptids. For more on cryptids in popular culture, check out Pop Goes the Cryptid.
Here’s to a new year of contemporary legends and mystery animals!
- Chupacabra Rises and Evolves
- Black Panthers – Rare and Everywhere
- Goatman – Tripping on a Legend
- Winged Humanoids
- Chud, Chuchunaa, and Hidden Others
- Loup-Garou Ballyhoo
- We need to talk about Dogman
- The Tragedy of the Cryptids
- Fearsome cryptid creatures
- Effects of AI on cryptozoology
- Catch-all cryptids
- 21st Century Cryptozoology
#12DaysOfCryptids #cryptid #Cryptozoology #mysteriousCreatures #popCryptids
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Hi everyone, this is Sharon A. Hill, the owner of this Modern Cryptozoology site. Originally, the site was developed as an annotated bibliography. With the help of Matt Bille, we added mentions of many older books. As time permits, I will add new ones. I have a slew of backlog books, old and new, to add. But my goal now is to really focus on what the title suggests – what is modern cryptozoology. So, content will include more links and discussion about what’s going on in cryptozoology today.
What IS going on with modern cryptozoology?
A lot. Possibly more than ever before.
I was in a local Pennsylvania garden center last weekend when I overheard two of the employees discussing Mothman. I think they were talking about either buying or selling items related to mothman for Halloween. This was just one of many instances of mothman fluttering into mainstream talk. If you are under 30, there is a good chance that you have come across a mention of mothman, dogman, or the chupacabra via social media or consumer content.
Thinking back to the dawn of the field of cryptozoology, from the 1950s to the 1980s, none of those creatures were considered by founders Heuvelmans and Sanderson. Now, they are the most popularly cited cryptids behind Bigfoot and lake monsters. This is a big shift!
A small core group of scholarly-minded colleagues and myself regularly discuss the latest on cryptids: from their far-back history to current pop-cultural trends. Again, a BIG change is obvious in the past thirty years.
Celebrity cryptids
Chupacabra was the first digitally-publicized and Internet-famous monster. And, wow, did that work out well! It became a sensation. Bigfoot and Nessie both benefitted immensely from web forums, cable TV shows, YouTube content and webpages, merchandising and promotional advertising, podcasting, and social media. The Mothman festival, The Mothman Prophecies movie, and the resurgence of interest in Keel’s work propelled Mothman to unexpected, new heights of notoriety. Another popular cryptid, the Flatwoods Monster, or Braxxie, started out described as an alien-robot. Now, it’s depicted as a fantastical, glamorous, female creature, or “Momster” and a well-known figure appearing throughout video game history. A grainy, rather ridiculous video of creatures that looked like walking pants became a beloved cryptid; the Fresno Nightcrawler was “cutified” into plushies and put on stickers. And the current top dog is the dogman/werewolf creatures, who were legendary in only a few parts of the country, but have in the past 15 years overrun most of the Bigfoot circles.
As I look more into the popular cryptids of today, I have SO many thoughts. Some of those thoughts I’ve written up in the Pop Goes the Cryptid section. I’m not the only one seeing the excitement surrounding discussion of cryptids. See the News and Views category, and watch for more to come.
Cryptids expanded and diverse
Cryptid town festivals are everywhere, with more organized every year. As small towns realize that people love their local monsters, weekend events with vendors and speakers attract a diverse crowd. The diversity of the audience is especially interesting. In the early 2000s, cryptid-centric events could be characterized as the domain of older, white males. But, today? Well, visit a local cryptid festival and see young kids spotting their favorite monster merch, young adults with various body art, modifications, and hair color enjoying the dark, spooky or horrifying tales and aesthetic. People bring their families to enjoy weird creatures. It’s so much fun to imagine and believe.
It’s an amazing thing – how the concept of cryptids has spread across generational boundaries. In that process, the concept and idea of cryptids has changed. Since there are no longer scientists as figureheads or gatekeepers, cryptids can become whatever we choose for them to be. Generally, they have become more supernaturally- and spiritually-associated. Some have become cute or sexy. Others gained reputations as dangerous or violent. A few have become positive symbols of “otherness” and, in this way, help kids and teens embrace their own individuality and cope with social rejection.
We now truly have post-cryptid cryptozoology where the aim of identifying the zoological basis of a creature is diminished and, instead, the value of cryptids lies in identifying WITH the creature. Cryptozoology of the 21st century exploded the previous boundaries that originally oriented the field in the scientific context of zoology. Today, cryptozoology is a socio-cultural phenomenon. I argue, it’s an important one that we should be exploring.
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The International Cryptid Museum
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