I built this Flatwoods Monster automaton from scratch. The mechanism works with bevel gears, a timing belt, cogs and cams. The moving background is a fabric screenprint and the lights are rechargeable.

Bigfoot and Nessie coming soon!

(Some say Flatwoods isn't a cryptid, but it is widely considered one though it overlaps into ufology.)

I found this specimen in the mall. It is supposed to be a christmas decorative.

In October 2016, during black-powder season, a man in a cabin near Speculator, New York was woken at two in the morning when his security light came on. He expected deer.

What he saw in the clearing was moving on four legs. Then it stopped and stood up on two. He described it as about eight feet tall. He stayed inside and watched.

The account was originally reported to Phantoms and Monsters (published Oct 24, 2020), and the witness’s name was withheld. There are no photos and no second witness, so I treated it as one person’s account. In the video I go through the Hamilton County setting, the history of dog-headed figures in older records, the natural explanations (bear, coyote or large dog, a person, the mind in the dark), and where those explanations fall short.

It’s about 22 minutes. All visuals are dramatized recreations, not evidence of the event.

Video: https://youtu.be/6w1SHnbDStk

Two questions for you:

• Has anyone heard of other sightings around Hamilton County or the southern Adirondacks?
• Which explanation do you find hardest to rule out?

I run a small channel called Empire State Chronicles, which retells New York encounter reports. If you’ve seen something yourself, I’d like to hear it.

Second one beacuse my boyfriend thought it was funny

What other Criptids should I draw?

I’m an independent filmmaker working on a documentary about unicorns and the people who believe they still exist.
I’m looking to speak with adults who have genuinely seen one, believe they’ve encountered one, or have spent years trying to find one.
I’m particularly interested in personal stories. What happened? Where? And would you ever want to go back?
This is a serious documentary project exploring belief, mythology and the unexplained. It will include creative and fictional storytelling elements, which we’ll discuss with participants.
If you have a story, I’d love to hear it. Please write to vasilisakuzmina@gmail.com

For the month of October, I have challenged myself to draw a new monster for every day of the month. Yesterday was day 14, and I drew a Jorōgumo (Spider Woman) a yōkai from Japanese folklore.

Why, that's so violating

Dragons have always been a very big fascination of mine and it really got me thinking are there any Cryptid sighting stories about dragons?

You always hear about sea serpents, and I guess they can be a form of dragon but I really want to find and read more about the four legged winged/no winged dragons.

I know some people consider it a cryptid, others don’t. Just curious on what people think about it.

Imagine its dead at night and you leaving from your job at the nuclear power plant to get back, suddenly you hear loud noises coming the roads and suddenly you see this thing coming out of the woods, and it slams it tail on your car and roars echoes across the area. What would your reaction be? I'm curious.

This is my art by the way

I want to make a game in unity, maybe an anthology of different US cryptids, I need some ideas, any and all, I was thinking maybe each game is a different cryptid.

Some current Ideas I had is maybe you are camping on a cliffside and Mothman starts plucking your group off 1 by 1, etc anyways any help on the matter would be appreciated

Hey! I'm solo developing an adventure game inspired by my love of cryptids. Featuring Bigfoot, Mothman, Nessie, Jersey Devil, and tons more. The game will be coming to PC on Steam and you can wishlist it now! 💜 Let me know what other cryptids you'd like to see in the game and which is your favorite.

Another from my spooky season A-Z art project. J is for Jersey Devil. I love black/death/extreme metal so went full on band tshirt style for this one, defo seen similar band tshirts at gigs!