#25daysofcryptids

25 Days of Cryptids Day 3 - Silent Night

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25 Days of Cryptids Day 2 - Snow Day

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25 Days of Cryptids Day 1 - Partridge in a Pear Tree

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Greetings to all on this last month of the yearly cycle that our planet goes through. We are The Philadelphia Society of Cryptozoology, and today, we walk the Yule Path in Revere Forest Park. This mythical trail is infamous for cryptozoologists alike, as it is considered the most dangerous during its active cycle, which is on a December night such as this one. Many have presumably gone missing, even though there is no proof of any disappearances happening, while others return with pale faces and frightening tales of impossible creatures. As the PSC, we gladly venture into this land of snow, but we are being careful this time around with plenty of padding, rations, and rope to guide us back. Our first night revealed to us a landmark cryptid known as the Partridge. This creature appears near the path's entrance, dangling a sizeable pear-shaped growth attached to its tail. No one knows why it does this, but many theories, some being my own, say it's a type of lure for small hungry rodents or other mammalians of equal size.

I wonder what is in store for us...

25 Days of Cryptids Day 8 - Four Calling Birds

25 Days of Cryptids Day 7 - Elf Village @jonnycrickets Corn Boy makes a cameo

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Ola everybody! Long time no post! (>o0/) I hope to get some info from everyone here, stirring the nostalgic part of your brain in hopes of answers! So, here’s the question:

Does anyone remember Lobbwood’s, Festive Park?

The reason why I’m asking this is because of what we saw tonight. (0_0;) We were hiking the trail as usual until we saw a giant messed-up sign saying: “Welcome to Lobbwood’s Festive Park.” Going there was surreal and creepy, with all the statues and buildings being painted poorly and made of wood. Real freaky stuff. (0~0;) Lots of the things there were themed around Christmas and Santa stuff, and it all went downhill when we entered what looked like an Elf Village! All the houses were boarded up, broken, and empty, all while short elf statues with messily painted faces stared at us. The worst part, though, was we saw one of them grow super tall and walk away into the forest, lmas que diabo é isso?! (\!A!/) So now I’m posting this to see if anyone knows about this place because it isn’t showing up on any browser!!!

25 Days of Cryptids Day 6 - Three French Hens

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As a Cryptozoologist, there are moments that make you scratch your head in confusion and leave you pinching your arm to ensure you’re not dreaming. Our most recent encounter was one of those moments. Ever since our meeting with the Headless Tourist (I still don’t know what Daniela was thinking with the name), we’ve figured now was the moment we were in new and undocumented territory. The night was brisk and unfriendly, with the land forming into a watching valley before our eyes with each step we took. Breno then said he heard clucking, and we saw it as soon as he guided us to where that sound was. It wasn’t clear what we were seeing at first. One moment, they were simple shadowy blobs; the next, they formed into shadow puppets! As the clucking went on, we saw the stone the light was reflecting on was becoming marked with glowing chicken scratch marks! After a while, we decided to take a picture and continue on our merry way. The cryptids we dubbed ‘Shadow Hens’ were a livid experience; if it wasn’t for the photo, we would have thought it a dream.

25 Days of Cryptids Day 5 - Ugly Sweater

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Hola Amigos! Breno her with the cryptid report today! Harry thought I would be the best for this entry because I got close to it. The creature we’ve encountered is the most horrible thing ever to be laid upon: a headless corpse with the worst Christmas sweater en el Mundo! Jokes aside, we were freaked out to see a persona without a head on their shoulder. It was stumbling about aimlessly, seemingly trying to find something in the area. Suddenly, it decided to rush to my front and grabbed my head with it’s clammy finger! Dios mio the smell was strong for a frozen body, and worse was that something was squirming inside! I knew where this was going, so I threw le hombre muerto to the curb, and we all ran away before the gristly thing could catch up. Now we’re resting at another waypoint and keeping our ears open for anything that sounds like footsteps. Hopefully, that’s the last we’ve seen of *The Headless Tourist.

*Daniela’s idea, not mine.

25 Days of Cryptids Day 4 - Two Turtle Doves

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