For centuries, we’ve told stories about animals, from nursery rhymes to chilling tales around the campfire. While many stories focus on the animals we share our lives with, many stories focus on cryptids. Cryptids are broadly defined as creatures believed to exist but unproven, such as Sasquatch, Yeti, Bigfoot, and werewolves. People want to believe in these creatures, often holding up blurry photos or shaky, questionable videos as proof that they really do exist.
These wishes aren’t necessarily ungrounded: the giant squid did turn out to be real. Unicorns may not exist in the form we expect, but narwhals are real and just as mysterious (The Irish Rovers wrote a follow-up to their cheerfully depressing The Unicorn with this wonderful ditty.)
J.W. Ocker sums it up in Read Entire Article
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