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What's the most believable cryptid story you've ever heard of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by stirner@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 94 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Basically every sea monster cryptid. There's so much shit down there we don't know about. Guarantee many many many of them are over exaggerated yes but there has been more than one case of a sea monster cryptid turning out to actually just be a real creature. Fucks me up

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Iirc oar fish and giant squids were cryptids

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You are correct about oarfish and technically giant squid. Though the giant squid was heavily exaggerated in its cryptid form

[–] maquise@ttrpg.network 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What about the colossal squid? Could they have been conflated?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Well the current collosal squids we see aren't exactly boat crushers. They are big but not THAT big yk? Still definitely the inspiration for the legend but not as true to form as the oarfish was

I just noticed I used giant squid instead of collosal squid that's on me

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Angler fish reproduction has entered the chat.

Shit's like something out of fucking Alien.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of Alien, there's the ol Moray Eels with their pharyngeal jaws ...

[–] zedgeist@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

🎵 When the jaws open wide
And there's more jaws inside
That's a moray 🎵