Cryptid Mayhem Part 2: More Lessor Cryptids

Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Zach is doing a part 2 of the lessor cryptids!

Hidden beneath America's seemingly ordinary landscapes lurk creatures most cryptid hunters never discuss. While Bigfoot and Mothman steal the spotlight, these lesser-known monsters deserve their moment in the moonlight.

Join curators Kara and Zach as they venture into the fetid swamps of Florida to track the Skunk Ape – a bipedal, ape-like creature whose overwhelming stench of rotting meat and methane makes witnesses physically ill. 

Descend into the mines of Colorado where Tommyknockers – small humanoid creatures with wrinkled faces – play mischievous pranks on miners. 

Your skin will crawl hearing about the Qalupalik, the Arctic's answer to sirens. This horrifying Inuit legend lures children with hypnotic humming before snatching them into an underwater lair.

Finally, meet Sinkhole Sam – a 15-foot snake-like creature whose legend is quietly fading in Kansas. Once drawing crowds of curious onlookers to the "Big Sinkhole," Sam is now barely remembered as drought has claimed his habitat. His touching story reminds us how cryptid legends are born, evolve, and sometimes die with changing landscapes.

Which of these forgotten monsters would you most want to encounter? 

Reference Shout Outs: 

•  https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/shjdxx/my_possible_skunk_ape_encounter_2018_in_ocala/   

•  https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/y2u4z7/sinkhole_sam_newspaper_clippings/#lightbox

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape

•  https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/skunk-ape-cryptozoology

•  https://www.skunkape.info/

• https://kdvr.com/news/local/tommyknockers-the-legend-that-lives-inside-colorados-mines/

•  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gh-tommyknockers/

• https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/the-qalupalik-of-inuit-folklore

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sinkhole_Sam

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/y2u4z7/sinkhole_sam_newspaper_clippings/#lightbox

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