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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Has <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NoahsArk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoahsArk</a> been found? Did <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RonWyatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RonWyatt</a> really find the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ark</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Noah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Noah</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>? Is the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durupinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Durupinar</a> site actually the resting place of Noah's Ark? How did one nurse anesthetist with zero <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/archaeological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeological</a> training fool millions into believing he'd discovered the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/biblical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biblical</a> vessel near <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MtArarat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MtArarat</a>?Let's expose the truth behind Ron Wyatt's Noah's Ark <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debunk</a> his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pseudoarchaeological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pseudoarchaeological</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#claims</a>.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5t1R-MutY0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5t1R-MutY0</a>

eigenstilUnfassbar. Es gibt scheinbar Leute, die im Jahr 2010 angefangen haben, sich einen <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/FAKE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAKE</a> NationalRapeDay <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> auszudenken. (Es war 2021 schon <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/debunked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debunked</a>, aber kommt immer wieder auf)**Wie kann sowas nur sein ey. Wer kommt auf so eine Idee?**Danke für den spannenden <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LightningTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LightningTalk</a> (und die erschreckenden Einblicke) @sinamedina.bsky.social und Paula-Charlotte Matlach vom Institute for strategic Dialogue (ISD) <a href="https://re-publica.com/de/session/die-anatomie-eines-hoax-wie-der-sogenannte-vergewaltigungstag-viral-ging" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://re-publica.com/de/session/die-anatomie-eines-hoax-wie-der-sogenannte-vergewaltigungstag-viral-ging</a><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/rp25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rp25</a>

DieInsiderSo jemand würde die <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfD</a> in den Bundestag entsenden! <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LautGegenNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LautGegenNazis</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NiemalsAfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NiemalsAfD</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AfDVerbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfDVerbot</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GemeinsamGegenHass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GemeinsamGegenHass</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DieInsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DieInsider</a> Hinweise und Infos: 25.04.2025 <a href="https://www.mimikama.org/rechtsstatus-durch-copy-paste-der-facebook-hoax/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mimikama.org/rechtsstatus-durch-copy-paste-der-facebook-hoax/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dieinsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dieinsider</a> Info:Uns gibt es noch auf Facebook (dieinsider), Instagram (die.insider), Twitter/X (Die_Insider) und Bluesky (@dieinsider.bsky.social).

dalloSocial Media 'Super-Spreaders' Of Health Misinformation Put Millions At Risk, Says Report<a href="https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health/social-media-health-misinformation-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health/social-media-health-misinformation-report/</a>Extract below<a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/desinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#desinformation</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/debunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debunk</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋**Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’**🔗 <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/linguists-find-proof-of-sweeping-language-pattern-once-deemed-a-hoax/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/linguists-find-proof-of-sweeping-language-pattern-once-deemed-a-hoax/</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a>

Pavel MachekU pana Raka to vypada, ze blabolu produkuje docela dost. Nekdo v diskuzi rekl "ezoposuk" a to mi prijde docela presne. A uprimne, kdyz ho novinar prohlasi za "uznavaneho fyzika"... tak je take cas udelat si nazor na toho novinare. cituji: Vědátor 🌝 Mizí Měsíc, kdy se na něj nikdo nedívá? (ne) 🕶️🦯 <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/téma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#téma</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/demytizace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demytizace</a> Na sítích se rozmohl nový nešvar, a to i v kanálech skeptičtějšího ražení mnohdy OBHAJOVAT tenhle blábol (není to přebásnění, ale v podstatě přímá citace) páně Raka. Takže si pojďme vysvětlit, proč je to blábol... 🫠 Dneska už asi i malé děcko ví, že jednou z vlastností kvantových pidijevů je, že „měřením (tedy pozorováním) ovlivňujeme experiment”. Problém je, že se kolem tohoto objektivního faktu za dekády rozvinul celý blábolově-industriální komplex, který z daného faktu vytváří ezomagii v duchu "když si budu hodně přát tříkolku, tak se mi zhmotní". S Měsíc, co "není, kdy se nedíváme", je to prakticky na stejné vlně jako ta tříkolka. 🎁 Takže vám prozradím jedno sladké tajemství - to, že pozorování ovlivňuje experiment, není lautr vůbec nic magického! Analog téhož (když přivřu oči, uši, další otvory) zná úplně každý, kdo třeba... choval slepice! 😅 Jevy na kvantové úrovni jsou částice (případně vlny, ale tím to teď nekomplikujme) – tedy strašně malé mrdky, kterých je kolem nás bambilion. No a problém je, že abychom je mohli měřit (pozorovat), potřebujeme k tomu jiné částice! Je to stejné, jako se slepice (živočichové) v ohradě chovají nějak, když tam jsou samy, a nějak jinak, když do té ohrady vejdete vy (taky živočich) se žrádlem. Tadá - to je v zásadě celá magie "pozorování ovlivňuje experiment", nebo přesněji „zásah systému (logicky) ovlivňuje ten systém”. Částicema měříte částice, což ale měřenou částici ovlivňuje, protože do ní zasahujete! ⚛️ Zpátky k Měsíci – na rozdíl od kvantových jevů je Měsíc (stejně jako Země, já, vy, reálný kurník plný slepic) makroskopický objekt složený z trilionů částic. V makrosvětě stále může „měření ovlivnit výsledek” (například přesností přístrojů), ale ne ovlivnit samotnou existenci objektu. Když slepice nepřijdete nakrmit, jsou stále v kurníku, i když se na ně zrovna nikdo nedívá. Ledaže jste nepřišli s krmením pár týdnů v kuse... A tím se dostáváme k tomu, jak by Měsíc bylo možné „odexistovat”! 🐔 Protože zatímco v mikroskopickém kvantovém světě se (ne)övlivňují částice, v našem makroskopickém světě na nás jako bytosti z mnoha částic působí mnoho jiných částic, ať chceme nebo ne. Můžete furt „experiment (nějaký systém) ovlivnit měřením (nějakou interakcí do něj)”, ale musíte působit makrojevem (brokovnicí, Hvězdou smrti) na jiný makrojev (slepice, Měsíc), nikoliv mikrojevem na makrojev! Na rozdíl od kvantového jevu jsou přitom slepice či Měsíc ovlivňovány neustálou interakcí s okolním prostředím – miliardami částic – bez ohledu na to, jestli se na ně dívají nebo nedívají lidé. 🌛 Ergo: i kdyby se všichni lidé na světě v noci na Měsíc nedívali, Měsíc by stále byl tam, kde je. Stále odráží světlo, stále působí gravitačně (příliv/odliv), stále existuje nezávisle na našich očích. Tedy bez ohledu na to, co si o tom pan Rak myslí a jak motá kvantovku do makrosvěta... 🤡 <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/hoax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/kvantovka" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kvantovka</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/fyzik" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fyzik</a>

Nando161<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ELECTION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ELECTION</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ANTISEMITISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANTISEMITISM</a> SUMMIT 2: Caravan of Courage!Part 2, Election Eve: all about the Dural caravan <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/saga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saga</a>. From the nation's chief <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> correspondent Tom Tanuki, reporting in from the frontlines of Australia's War Against the Rise of Unchecked Antisemitism. --- thank you  <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tomtanuki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tomtanuki</a>   via <a href="https://aus.social/@tomtanuki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tomtanuki</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/xpf_abNRR2A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/xpf_abNRR2A</a><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausgov</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tasgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tasgov</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/taspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taspol</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politas</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/antinazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antinazi</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/antizionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antizionist</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifa</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChuckSchumer</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShellCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShellCompany</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> Story Originated On <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Satire</a> Website -- NO 16$ Million <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scam</a><a href="https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/05/fact-check-chuck-schumer-nasa-shell-company-new-jersey.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/05/fact-check-chuck-schumer-nasa-shell-company-new-jersey.html</a>

Father EnochSerious question;WHO the HECK would want to read the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diary</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HITLER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HITLER</a>? And, assuming you weren't Trump (who can't read) or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MadisonCawthorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadisonCawthorn</a>, WHY would you want to?<a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250414-the-fake-hitler-diaries-that-fooled-rupert-murdoch?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250414-the-fake-hitler-diaries-that-fooled-rupert-murdoch?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WW2</a>

LaborjournalIm Editorial unserer aktuellen Printausgabe erwähnen wir ein Paper über den "Conceptual Penis". Der Genetiker Wolfgang Nellen hatte ebenfalls Erfahrungen damit gemacht – und beschreibt sie in unserem Blog: <a href="https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=14288" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=14288</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GenderStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderStudies</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SocialSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSciences</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FakeNews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a>

Skeptix📰 | Kein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Horrorhaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horrorhaus</a> auf Long Island: „Amityville was a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a>. Yes, to make money.“Mit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spuk</a> lässt sich Angst erzeugen und die ist kein guter Berater für Immobilienkäufe. Bernd Harder schreibt im <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SkeptixBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SkeptixBlog</a> zu <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amityville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amityville</a> und eins ist klar: Das Einzige, das dort herumgeistert, ist Profitgier.<a href="https://skeptix.org/2025/04/21/kein-horrorhaus-auf-long-island-amityville-was-a-hoax-yes-to-make-money/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://skeptix.org/2025/04/21/kein-horrorhaus-auf-long-island-amityville-was-a-hoax-yes-to-make-money/</a>

McDonald_69The fake Hitler diaries that fooled the pressIn April 1983, a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to be printing an extraordinary historical document. In fact, the forged diaries were an extraordinary hoax.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250414-the-fake-hitler-diaries-that-fooled-rupert-murdoch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250414-the-fake-hitler-diaries-that-fooled-rupert-murdoch</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diaries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>

Sharon A. HillPop Cryptid Spectator 14Thanks for joining me for another edition of Pop Cryptid Spectator. This week I have some news and thoughts and we go in search of the legend of the Nahuelito, a lake monster whose popularity predated Nessie and which is a great example of a <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-goes-the-cryptid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pop Cryptid</a>. In this edition:<ul><li>Cryptid Check on Big Picture Science</li><li>Update on Pueblo mystery creature</li><li>Bigfoot museum spared from fire damage</li><li>Faking a fake nightcrawler</li><li>Nahuelito represents!</li></ul>Cryptid Check on Big Picture ScienceThe Big Picture Science podcast featured cryptids this week. <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-cryptids" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The episode</a> kicked off with a flashback to the Georgia Bigfoot Hoax press conference from 2008. I remember that day. It was ridiculous. Lots of people had high hopes, and I admit I also was thinking this was going to be the big reveal. It was a big scam. Tom Biscardi spearheaded the press event that garnered worldwide attention. We watched on CNN as he referred to reporters as “yous” and showed images of a Bigfoot costume in a freezer, even a close up on the teeth. Biscardi was a Bigfoot enthusiast (not the football coach) but he will be forever remembered (not fondly) as more of a gambler and charlatan. Biscardi continues to make exaggerated and insultingly credulous Bigfoot content. Then, the host interviews Chris Rogers, Assemblymember in the California legislature pushing the Bill to name California the state cryptid. (See PCS 8 and 10.) He gets a number of things wrong in his comments to reveal he doesn’t know much about cryptid history, but he is transparent that the goal of the bill now is a tourism ploy. No surprise there. At this point, the bill might just pass because of the public interest. In addition, Benjamin Radford then appears to talk about Bigfoot and cryptids in popular culture. Michael Branch talks about the Jackalope (as reviewed in<a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> PCS 3</a>), and Boris Worm discusses real life searches for new and bizarre animals. Make sure to <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-cryptids" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">check out this episode</a> from a top science podcast.Update on Pueblo mystery creatureLast week in <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-13/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PCS 13</a>, I shared the news story from Colorado of an unidentified mystery animal that was captured on video in a residential area. Since then, the story expanded worldwide because people LOVE opining on what it could be. Their comments are painful to read. While ridiculous commenters said it was a chupacabra or a skinwalker (just STFU with that), wildlife officials said it may be a raccoon. I was leaning towards coati. However, a second video was posted that showed the animal outside the window eating cat food. Unfortunately, the video was obscured by the lighting and dirty glass, and not altogether clear. However, the animal has obvious injuries on its face indicating it may have escaped from a cage, been in a wildfire, or has some other misfortune. While the silhouette does resemble a raccoon, the coloring is odd, more uniformly dark brown, so the ID is still a mystery. I’ve heard nothing more about the animals being seen again, or captured. I hope the local interest does result in it’s capture so we can put this to rest. Just to be clear, this is not a bear. It is too small. The ears look small for a raccoon as well but the animals has injuries that may be obscuring its identification. Bigfoot museum spared from fire damageA cabin behind the Bigfoot discovery museum in Felton, California suffered damage after a fire. The cause of the fire is unknown but did not spread to the main museum owned by Michael Rugg where the Bigfoot memorabilia was stored. The museum was recently sold. <a href="https://www.goodtimes.sc/bigfoot-museum-property-fire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.goodtimes.sc/bigfoot-museum-property-fire/</a>Cryptid Event! Washington, DC, May 5, 2025 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Profs & Pints DC: Encountering Cryptids, featuring Joshua Barton, lecturer in English at Virginia Commonwealth University and scholar of horror. Go to <a href="https://www.popville.com/events/profs-pints-dc-encountering-cryptids-15539/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Popville</a> for more info.Faking a fake nightcrawlerThere was a bit of drama in the extremely online cryptid community this week as a budding filmmaker says he was the one who hoaxed the Yosemite video (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/matt.sconce/posts/pfbid0Q4c5JJADp1xq9ZsPx8faxAfcZAFheu7QsA1CespaDmaXFFPZevrSqaiUYCwLZ8qPl?__cft__[0]=AZXKM4pCgZoTxzj-A-W0uxIEh9tPSuC0WLOGvM1-mqMy8EzEzv9wrEgE2QA9mACvh1LUiTR1vJc_0fCtUPMgPzKi3xXNuZAOaaj3PJ-bNbTDqe2MLoSztv-BtRpaETiFVahFmTeWQTBlEQOdJj-8sfxVS-R53n1Rbd_1QoHBkWswgA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) showing the pair of <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fresno Nightcrawlers</a>. Everyone knew this video was a hoax to play off the original FN video (that still remains mysterious as to its origin). Yet, some people are even doubting this guy was the real hoaxer. Instead, they claim he’s trying to just get attention. Personally, his YouTube channel was the original host for this video 14 years ago. He describes how he did it and where, so I think it really was him. It is interesting, though, that claiming responsibility for hoaxes is going to get noticed. It’s almost as if you can get a pass for hoaxing a cryptid because it’s already assumed to not be real. You will be recognized for your skills and how many people believed it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziB35K9shuI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziB35K9shuI</a>The ubiquity of hoaxes weighs down the field of cryptozoology, making it difficult to take any of the creature claims that seriously. Hoaxes remain a viable explanation. Nahuelito represents!The city of Bariloche in Patagonia, Argentina will be getting a new tourist attraction – an <a href="https://www.elcordillerano.com.ar/noticias/2025/04/10/210948-bariloche-tendra-un-nahuelitopero-en-la-costa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iron sculpture of Nahuelito</a>, the monster of Lake Nahuel Huapi. The large 6 x 4 meter statue will be placed near the water front and civic center so people can take a photo with it. It is expected to be in place by the town’s anniversary of May 3.Bariloche has long embraced its local monster, first introduced to the wider world in the 1920s, even before the Loch Ness Monster. It’s most typically depicted as a plesiosaur, as is Nessie and many other lake monsters around the world. The town has used the creature as a tourism draw for decades: Nahuelito is its mascot in what they believe is an enchanted place.Nahuelito assumed the common Nessie-shape over time (and also picks up some similar associated rumors). Like many modern cryptids, the Nahuelito’s existence is justified by relating it to a native folklore creature. But, as is almost ALWAYS the case, the historical view doesn’t match the modern view very well. Nahuelito is tied to a beast in the water known as El Cuero by the Mapuche people. However, El Cuero (the cow skin) was said to be like a “water tiger” or that looked like a piece of floating hide or leather. Except it ate people. Bizarre tales are used in all cultures to warn of dangers of the water and to be entertaining. It is hazardous to take those stories literally and use them to say that such a creature actually exists. Culturally, legendary animals (which, as cryptids, are never clearly seen) tend to have evolving descriptions that coalesce around an iconic view for a while until the culture changes. The move from sea serpent to plesiosaur shape for lake monsters is a perfect example. (See <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PCS 7 </a>for a review of A Natural History of Sea Serpents). We see other depictions of Nahuelito as a more of a thin, snakelike, loopy, sea serpent-type. But the plesiosaur shape became the default early on and has REALLY stuck, with the creature referred to as the Patagonian plesiosaur. This doesn’t mean there are multiple animals of varying descriptions. The discrepancy suggests it isn’t a single type of animal (or two) at all; it’s a cultural interpretation of waves, logs, debris, or normal animals in the lake. The reported plesiosaur shape for lake monsters worldwide was influenced by literature and films from the early 20th century. Additionally, the land of Patagonia was commonly referred to as a sort of “lost world” where “antediluvian” (time before the Biblical flood) creatures still lived. This view also bolstered the common idea of a living plesiosaur.Like Ogopogo, Champ, Nessie, and other lake monsters,<a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nahuelito-argentina-loch-ness-monster-bariloche-patagonia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> the Nahuelito helps define the town of Bariloche</a>. Its likeness is used in the town festivals and it has its own town park and documentary. People love their Nahuelito, particularly for the dollars it brings in for its association with the town. Its reputation is credited for the development of the town into the modern tourist location it is today. The monster was featured on the TV show Destination Truth – an exaggerated show that promotes outlandish ideas to explain mysteries. For this cryptid, the show took up the concern by some that the creature is a result of nuclear experiments from the 1950s. Only in science fiction does a radiation event suddenly create bizarre mutant new species.There are also claims that, like Loch Ness, geological conditions may cause some anomalies on the lake that are attributed to the monster. These natural claims also come with misinformation. For example, it is a common trope for people to believe that underwater caves connect the lake to the sea and the animals travel in and out. This is completely invalid – geology doesn’t work that way.There have been hoax photos associated with the creature as well. Still, the creature is gaining in popularity as a pop cryptid. Some are pleased to call Nahuelito <a href="https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Nahuelito" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">their favorite cryptid</a>, but the dramatic sightings of old don’t occur much anymore.For more, check out this <a href="http://www.strangemag.com/nahuelito.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Strange Magazine article</a>. And here is a documentary on the town and its most famous hidden resident.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG64-e2sUe4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG64-e2sUe4</a> Thanks for reading! Send comments, questions, or suggestions to sharon(at)sharonahill.com. If you want to send some cryptid plushies or other merch, or books to review, email for my physical mailing address.For more, click on <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-goes-the-cryptid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pop goes the Cryptid landing page</a>. 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shikharI have spent the last 2 years focusing on waste management, especially that of Electronic Waste—from the mining of the resources to the discarding of the commodities, and while we are well aware of the pattern of disparity between the over-consumption in the Global North and overproduction in the Global Majority parts of the world, the problems largely still exists. Who to blame, somebody is surely making profits from this trade deal. Anthropocene is a (Poubelle)ocene. Certain headlines, like the one below, always make me feel disgusted, knowing that the patterns of dreadful and atrocious colonial practices are still prevalent. I am so perplexed as to what design thinking hat to put on or what circular economy principles to explain the exporting of trash to their previous colonies. Not only that, but in a recent survey commissioned by the Repair Campaign (<a href="https://repaircampaign.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://repaircampaign.org/</a>), more than 2,000 people in the UK found that 85% did not know that more than 3 million people had been forcibly shipped from Africa to the Caribbean by British enslavers. It also found 89% were unaware British merchants had enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years. As Dr. Shashi Tharoor has mentioned various times, "And LOOT, a Hindi word which the Britishers took into their dictionaries as well as their habit" (Link below of the talk of Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Looking Back at the British Raj in India at the University of Edinburgh)Sources - 1. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo</a> 2. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/25/most-britons-do-not-know-scale-of-uks-involvement-in-slavery-survey-finds?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=ig_gu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/25/most-britons-do-not-know-scale-of-uks-involvement-in-slavery-survey-finds?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=ig_gu</a> 3. <a href="https://youtu.be/OB5ykS-_-CI?si=iczPAnaOR5j6E-K-&t=224" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/OB5ykS-_-CI?si=iczPAnaOR5j6E-K-&t=224</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthropocene</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recycling</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#india</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/brits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brits</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#britain</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/british" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#british</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Waste</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trash</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WasteManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WasteManagement</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonial</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/colonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonisation</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonization</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/loot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loot</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a>

Bagolina<a href="https://sciences.social/tags/RDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RDC</a>: de faux journaux radio attribués à <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/RFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFI</a> sèment le trouble <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/infox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infox</a> <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/les-dessous-de-l-infox-la-chronique/20250404-rdc-de-faux-journaux-radio-attribu%C3%A9s-%C3%A0-rfi-s%C3%A8ment-le-trouble" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/les-dessous-de-l-infox-la-chronique/20250404-rdc-de-faux-journaux-radio-attribu%C3%A9s-%C3%A0-rfi-s%C3%A8ment-le-trouble</a> On entend les voix artificielles des journalistes de RFI et de <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/CorneilleNangaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorneilleNangaa</a> En réalité, RFI n’est pas à l’origine de ce contenu entièrement généré via l’intelligence artificielle faux sur la forme comme sur le fond, puisque contrairement à ce que l’on entend, Corneille Nangaa n’a ni annoncé qu’il déposait les armes, ni demandé des excuses ou une grâce présidentielle <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ia_generative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ia_generative</a>

Knowledge Zone<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TopicOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TopicOfTheDay</a>: The Great <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> of 1835 was a series of fabricated articles published in The New York Sun, claiming that astronomer Sir John Herschel had discovered life on the moon, including bat-winged humanoids. These fictional reports, while intended as satire, were widely believed by the public, significantly boosting the newspaper's circulation.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AprilFoolsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AprilFoolsDay</a> <a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/gk/history/5b7f873c15c91d000e144472" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/gk/history/5b7f873c15c91d000e144472</a>

Animated Short Of The Day2012 (2017) [6 min] by Ingo Raschka | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1Jcs1zHH4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1Jcs1zHH4</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2D</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2DAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2DAnimation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShort</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShortOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Animation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/EndOfTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndOfTheWorld</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Apocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apocalypse</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hoax</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dating</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CalArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalArts</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts</a>

Nando161<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/beemovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beemovie</a> is a <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/hoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoax</a><a href="https://jorts.horse/@ecosurrealism/114126049245936009" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jorts.horse/@ecosurrealism/114126049245936009</a>

Sharon A. HillPop Cryptid Spectator 11Welcome to the Pop Cryptid Spectator, the newsletter that goes to 11. So far. I am never short of examples to share that illustrate the <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-goes-the-cryptid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pop Cryptid model</a> – where cryptids have moved into the mainstream for several social and economic uses but away from the zoological idea of discovery of new animals.In this edition:<ul><li>Digital hoaxes flooding social media</li><li>Questioning the assumptions we make about supernatural cryptids</li><li>Cryptid media – The Sasqualogist</li><li>Blurry feral Florida cat causes a stir</li><li>Loch Ness Quest 3</li><li>Royal Mail mythical stamps</li><li>Cryptids are “hot”, particularly in WV</li></ul>Digital hoaxes flooding social mediaIf you can create digitally enhanced or AI-manufactured videos, you are in business these days. I don’t know how to do this but I suspect all it takes is some tech know-how, some raw material to start with, and a creative imagination. Digitally manufactured creature shorts make up about half of a TikTok <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sharonahill.com/tag/cryptids/" target="_blank">#cryptids</a> feed. Shorts are easily shared and also show up in Facebook feeds and on YouTube. There are two general categories of these videos. First is the obvious artistic, fun hoax. Only the pathologically gullible viewers will think these depict real creatures (that’s usually around 20% but that depends, read on). The second kind is content that seems fake in the context of all the other fakes, but it’s not obvious because it looks like the typical cryptid video – blurry, too far away, and leaving room to imagine what you are seeing. Or, it shows just enough of a strange creature to convince you that it’s a legit but weird.The fun hoaxThe majority of “cryptid” short videos are obviously fictional. Frightening and bizarre creatures are shown oddly well lit in a cave or underground workings, or in a house or backyard setting accompanied by creepy music. The creatures may not be immediately identifiable because they are derived from exaggerated or extra features of real animals or people – giant size and terrifying teeth are typical examples. Made by accounts with names like “NightmareCanvas”, “CreatureCapture” or “CursedContent”, they carry hashtags like <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sharonahill.com/tag/cryptidtiktok/" target="_blank">#cryptidtiktok</a> and <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sharonahill.com/tag/nightmarefuel/" target="_blank">#nightmarefuel</a>. These are pretty fun. Assuming the viewer doesn’t take this seriously, these function as an entertaining creepy short. Mostly, the commenters play along with silly jokes about it. They get it. The questionable reality-adjacent vidsVideos that look more possibly real might grab a lot more people’s attention outside of the <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sharonahill.com/tag/nightmarefuel/" target="_blank">#nightmarefuel</a> crowd. Many of these videos appear to come from Central and South America and feature what is said to depict a local folklore creature come to life. You can find the most popular of these videos being promoted by paranormal sites, like Coast to Coast AM. They often write up a summary featuring the location and background of the stated creatures which will reinforce and share the legend to a wider audience. That would be fine if the content wasn’t explicitly linked to a hoaxed video.The latest of these is a short video of what is called a Chaneque said to have been found in Veracruz, Mexico. A translated version from <a href="https://www.aztecaveracruz.com/tendencia/captan-chaneque-veracruz-como-era-figura-vista-tejeria" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a local TV network</a> says the following:<blockquote>The state of Veracruz is one of the regions with the most legends and myths about strangers in the country, and the appearance of a Chaneque in 2025 has made it clear.The images show a humanoid figure with large eyes, wrinkled skin and pointed ears that emits indescribable sounds with a hoarse voice while trapped in a rocky area.However, this clip quickly went viral on social media, where users questioned whether or not it was a {chaneque}, as this could have been made with artificial intelligence.</blockquote><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFc7cmHSjtM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFc7cmHSjtM</a>So, this was presented in a sober manner. I am, however, losing valuable details because of the language barrier. I can’t tell if this is like the clickbait we get in the US on certain media sites (particularly FM radio station websites) that are designed for attention and ad revenue, not as news.The background of the chaneque and other examples like these have a strong supernatural connotation. Also in this past month, Coast to Coast featured a story and video of a “demonic humanoid” in <a href="https://www.cronica.com.ar/paranormal/VIDEO-ATERRADOR-extrana-criatura-humanoide-acecha-en-Saladillo-20250311-0166.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Argentina</a>. Any moderately critical thinking will flag this as fake right off. These shorts almost never have appropriate details for investigation. That’s not their purpose. They are meant to be consumed and shared, not researched. I cannot tell how they are perceived in their local context and I would like to know. Is it like our reaction to the Bat Boy cover of the Weekly World News tabloids? Experiencing the presence of folklore creatures is normal in other cultures. However, inevitably, some English-speaking commenters are either childishly gullible (or are children, which is a reasonable possibility) or they are playing along with the alternative reality where it’s fun to believe these creatures exist.The popularity of these creature shorts, and the willingness of paranormal sites to feature them as potential cryptids lend support to the Pop Cryptid model, which asserts that we really aren’t interested in the zoology anymore, but in entertainment.Questioning the assumptions we make about supernatural cryptidsLet’s explore a bit deeper into the concept that other cultures have different views on supernatural entities. This week, a paper by Roy Ellen titled Visualizing Spirit Entities: Naming, Classification, and Pictorial Representation of Pseudo-Natural Kinds in Nuaulu Cosmography, published in Folklore caught my attention due to its reference to the overlap between spirit entities and animals. The Nuaulu people are in Seram, Indonesia. The author notes that while studying Nuaulu ethnozoology, it was “difficult to enquire about knowledge of animal forms without yielding related data on spirits, or to enquire about spirits without yielding data on animals.”This topic has always interested me, but it fails to generate enough thought in the sci-cryptid researcher community. Cultures very different from our embedded culture interpret spirits and the supernatural very differently from our frame. There is a complication that arises via the translation since western audiences aren’t taking that difference into account.Ellen writes that some of the native words can refer simultaneously to the animal and the spirit; spirits can inhabit animals and influence their behavior; animals may originate from spirits. The overlapping and multi-dimensionality is complex.This is not uncommon. From the previous story about the chaneque, we are required to consider how accounts reporting encountering folklore creatures are received in the community. For comparison, there are certainly populations in the US where outright belief in ghosts, demons, angels and various other creatures are mainstream and not unusual. Context matters.Cryptozoology researchers who claim a scientific framing in research will strip out the non-natural characteristics in the reported descriptions and assume a zoological animal is hiding in there somewhere. Such a process is prone to massive errors. They simply aren’t seeing important aspects of the bigger picture – that the “animal” can’t be discovered at all because it’s a spirit.The most obvious example of use of native legends in this way is for Bigfoot itself. You can’t capture Bigfoot because he’s not an ape. He’s non-corporeal. Many cryptids suddenly seem to acquire a history related to native legends in order to boost its age and credibility. How do cryptozoologists know if the legend is realistically connected to the modern stories of encounters? They don’t. They assume it, giving the cryptid a much more colorful and credible history but misleading themselves. Or, has the inclusion of native legends greased the wheels for cryptids to become predominately non-zoological? I think that might have played a part, as well as the current practice of people exploring alternative spiritualities.The Ellen paper can be found <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0015587X.2024.2426885" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.Cryptid media – The SasqualogistThe Sasqualogist is an independent drama/comedy staring Joseph Granda as a Bigfoot researcher and seeker. Website: <a href="https://www.thesasqualogist.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thesasqualogist.com/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04-pMjZoaBo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04-pMjZoaBo</a>The new film, out soon, has as one of its themes, two people with different views on the nature of Bigfoot. Is it an ape to be studied and maybe captured? Or is it an inter-dimensional being flitting in and out of our world? That’s a core item of the pop cryptid theme right there – the changing nature of cryptids. Old orthodox views using the fringe science framing, is put up against the wide-open anything-goes belief. The writer/director of the film refers to these two groups as the “Apers” and the “Woos”. He further explains why he tackled this topic:<blockquote><a href="https://filmfreeway.com/TheSasqualogist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Director Statement: Why Bigfoot?</a>At the tender age of 10, my father walked away from our home, vanishing from my life forever. Years later, his lifeless body was discovered near the Sequoia National Forest. The absence of a father casts a haunting shadow over a young man, leaving behind a lingering void that never truly dissipates. It took me years to unravel the roots of my obsession with Bigfoot, tracing it back to the loss of my father amidst the wilderness of abandonment.From childhood memories of the Six Million Dollar Man grappling with Sasquatch to my adulthood compulsion to collect Bigfoot memorabilia, each encounter served as a silent yearning for a surrogate guide through life’s dense forests. “THE SASQUALOGIST” is not merely a movie; it’s a journey into the depths of human longing, a quest for connection with something larger than ourselves. </blockquote>Note that we have the 1970s depiction of cryptids, cryptid merch, symbolism regarding keeping the mystery alive, and shades of Missing 411 belief where people attempt to reframe an accident into something huge and mysterious. That’s a lot of interesting bits and pieces packed into a movie. The film was shown at film festivals last year but I can’t find it streaming yet. The website says it’s coming soon. Watch for it.Blurry Florida feral cat causes a stirOn a regular basis, the news media will pick up on a Facebook post from an organization or person who has captured a strange thing on a game camera that is not readily identifiable. And the internet then embarks on what I call “mass opinionation” where everyone adds their uninformed two cents about what it is. Most often the comments are jokey, but many people play pretend wildlife experts. Frequently, when the animal has glowing eyes resulting from the image capture, some wild and crazy opinions are proposed. This happened last week when a (very) cat like creature was caught on the camera roll on public lands by the South Florida Wildlands Association. They posted the pic to Facebook and <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article302166619.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the story got picked up by the Miami Herald</a>. <blockquote>“Looks a little bit wrong and a little bit right for a number of different species,” the foundation wrote in the post. “Anyone want to venture a guess?” The post has racked up hundreds of reactions and comments, including references to legendary shape-shifters and the chupacabra, a vampire-like beast of legends said to have “glowing red eyes.”</blockquote>Ugh. I’d bet on a feral house cat or some imported, escaped non-native cat. There is no need to invoke extreme explanations. I’m flummoxed by why a legitimate organization would do this kind of stunt other than it gets a ton of attention. I suppose it’s interesting data to find a feral cat in this area. But, in the end, it does promote misinformation.Game cameras that take images in the dark will blur and distort the subject because it’s moving and the image capture speed is too slow. Instead of taking account of how that will happen, people will take the image literally and wildly speculate on what the blurry creature is. There is nothing confusing about the photo, just about the intent of its promotion.Loch Ness Quest 3The collective Loch Ness monster search, The Quest, is <a href="https://lochness.com/join-the-quest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">returning for the third year</a>. The Loch Ness Centre has updated their Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to search the waters and are adding baited camera traps. The 4 day event in May brings people from all over the world to the Loch to participate in the search. Every year, someone finds some tantalizing bit that the media can chew on but the monster is myth, so it’s never going to fully appear. But the myth goes on… Royal Mail mythical stampsThe British Royal Mail is <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eg2evrq55o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">releasing a set of eight new stamps</a> from different regions across the UK that show the “rich mythological heritage”. Nessie is included along with Black Shuck (my favorite), selkies, Cornish piskies, (Welsh) Blodeuwedd, folklore figure Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool), the Grindylow and Beowulf & Grendel. The artwork is fabulous. I wonder if they will get complaints about lumping in the “real” Nessie with the “myths”.Cryptids are “hot”, particularly in WVLinking back to <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-cryptid-spectator-9/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PCS 9,</a> regarding a new zine for West Virginia about folklore traditions, <a href="https://wvpublic.org/traditions-the-ghost-of-ruth-ann-and-other-local-w-va-lore/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this article</a> about the projects shows just how popular cryptids are, noticed by people who didn’t know what they were at first. Then they saw the public reaction. Now they are aware. Lydia Warren, the director of the Folklife center in West Virginia remarked at how impressed they were with the turnout for the Veggie Man festival in 2024:<blockquote>While we were at Veggie Man Day, they had booked all these amazing vendors, all these really cool West Virginia artists to do cryptid and other paranormal themed artwork. So, there were vendors who had dolls made out of felt, that were little cryptid dolls. There were people doing amazing drawings of Mothman, and, obviously, Veggie Man because it was Veggie Man Day.</blockquote>In discussion with the founding director, they realized “this cryptid thing is really, this is hot. This is a big deal.” And they decided to pursue the new publication. The pop cryptid model in action!When asked why cryptids are big, she notes the interest in all things Appalachia which follows from the cryptid depictions in the game Fallout. Along with media, particularly the Mountain Monsters TV show, people have built connections around folklore creatures. She also comments that cryptids are a safe and fun topic in these divided times. They are copyright free, fun, and become cultural touchstones. Gee, it seems like someone has been reading my <a href="https://sharonahill.com/pop-goes-the-cryptid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pop Goes the Cryptid page</a>!Veggie Man is a lower-tier cryptid, derived from one story in the 1960s in Marion County where a man of good reputation saw an injured “human” that “looked very vegetable-ish”. The story, associated with UFOs, was promoted by renowned legend promoter Gray Barker. The Veggie Man Day festival takes place in July at the Folklife Center in Fairmont, WV. Thanks for reading! Send comments, questions, or suggestions to sharon(at)sharonahill.com. 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