The Cryptid Tournament

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2024

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  • @Wendigoon
    @Wendigoon 8 місяців тому +5417

    We're gonna talk about that Wendigo/Mothman match-up.

    • @jond5534
      @jond5534 8 місяців тому +231

      lotta hot takes on this one

    • @barebuttspankin
      @barebuttspankin 8 місяців тому +91

      Chumba womba we want more cryptid iceberg

    • @404breakfastnotfound9
      @404breakfastnotfound9 8 місяців тому +136

      Yah the wendigo is my favorite

    • @ogkappaty
      @ogkappaty 8 місяців тому +14

      🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @papahamdrew9962
      @papahamdrew9962 8 місяців тому +112

      Wendigo is creepier and quite terrifying imo, but for Papa Meat, moth man is his style 😂

  • @ohaiduhg
    @ohaiduhg 8 місяців тому +1058

    Wendigoon: Here is my 10 part 50 hour series on which cryptids would fundamentally change my reality if validated.
    Papa Meat: 7 years of a magical skunking? what kind of power is that?

  • @Armpittt
    @Armpittt 2 місяці тому +209

    I was actually attacked by the mothman.
    I was walking around just minding my own business and BANG! It killed me. Haven't played fallout 76 since

    • @sina.r2390
      @sina.r2390 2 місяці тому +5

      Sad 😢

    • @indigo478
      @indigo478 Місяць тому +5

      The most unbelievable part of this story is That’s what made you decide to stop playing fallout 76

    • @HotPocketsDryerLint
      @HotPocketsDryerLint Місяць тому

      ​​@@indigo478Cause Fallout 70-Sucks

    • @Myth_or_Mystery76
      @Myth_or_Mystery76 Місяць тому +1

      It did you a favor

    • @DivineGPG
      @DivineGPG 19 днів тому

      @@HotPocketsDryerLintjust a skill issue, you can’t handle the 70-sexiness

  • @tylermursch7859
    @tylermursch7859 8 місяців тому +3408

    Let's be honest, Papa Meat IS a cryptid.

    • @n4ughty_knight
      @n4ughty_knight 8 місяців тому +47

      Nah, it's too obvious. Wendigoon is more likely to be one since he's trying to mix in.

    • @ulysses58599
      @ulysses58599 8 місяців тому +17

      @@zakshei6967yes, the weird rotting glowing eyed shapeshifting creatures are just undiscovered animals.

    • @uberrobi
      @uberrobi 8 місяців тому

      He's a fat wompus cat using cat magic

    • @BrianBadondeBo
      @BrianBadondeBo 8 місяців тому +3

      I can see it

    • @PerunsZGRevenge
      @PerunsZGRevenge 8 місяців тому +7

      I wanted to write the same thing but than remembered my pops and me are cryptids ourselves. Not cool to out other cryptidbros.

  • @masondicroce917
    @masondicroce917 8 місяців тому +691

    As a Fresno resident, I had to immediately steal your bank information and dox your location the moment you eliminated our adorable little night crawlers in round one

    • @PapaHor
      @PapaHor 7 місяців тому +120

      As an another Fresno resident, I had to go vent my frustration by smoking meth and tweaking in front of the nearest winco, the audacity.

    • @kalebguindy
      @kalebguindy 6 місяців тому

      As another Fresno resident, i had to go to said local Winco on kings canyon and find @papahor tweaking

    • @chicknman9890
      @chicknman9890 6 місяців тому +25

      As someone not from Fresno I'm gonna record the tweaker and post it for views

    • @fredflores9795
      @fredflores9795 4 місяці тому +4

      Hello fellow Fresnonian

    • @atropa6053
      @atropa6053 4 місяці тому +10

      the real cryptids are the residents

  • @rowanmaclean5269
    @rowanmaclean5269 8 місяців тому +235

    You should animate the Ya-Te-Veo and Wendigo. Just imagining them working together as the Wendigo lures prey into the Ya-Te-Veos reach to be slaughtered, or someone following the bloody footprints of the Wendigo and finding it feasting on its prey. That sit would go hard asf. Even just animating one of these Cryptids in your art style would be insane!

    • @Giga-Toad
      @Giga-Toad 27 днів тому

      I think he did the wendigo in the Melvin ghost hunter episode. It showed very strong similarities to it

  • @ApolloDawn85
    @ApolloDawn85 8 місяців тому +866

    Wendigo has to be my favorite cryptid. The idea of monsters mimicking humans is terrifying to me. Plus, the idea of hearing what sounds like a person when you are alone, freezing, in the woods… literal chills.

    • @meese-ul9nn
      @meese-ul9nn 8 місяців тому +9

      wendigo doesnt mimic lol

    • @meese-ul9nn
      @meese-ul9nn 8 місяців тому +2

      wendigo doesnt mimic lol

    • @sla_pdick6968
      @sla_pdick6968 8 місяців тому +35

      @@meese-ul9nndudes a whole shapeshifter

    • @Stormeeza
      @Stormeeza 8 місяців тому +50

      ​@@meese-ul9nnthey do in many depictions actually, the problem is theres a lot of different stories around wendigos, so not everyone has the same one in mind!

    • @frikitiki5403
      @frikitiki5403 8 місяців тому +6

      You're thinking of the Skinwalker

  • @r00fles
    @r00fles 8 місяців тому +605

    You and Wendigoon need to do an 8 hour stream of the ultimate cryptid tournament once he's done with his 16 part cryptid iceberg

    • @tallmankell
      @tallmankell 8 місяців тому +8

      My favourite podcast the dark somnium has a 3-4 hour long podcast called the nightmare fighting tournament, it’s definitely an adventure and a half!

    • @TheMinuteman
      @TheMinuteman 7 місяців тому +1

      Iceberg boy making his multi part iceberg video. A true iceberg of iceberg for the iceberg boy

    • @miskullaneous
      @miskullaneous 3 місяці тому

      We did a small tournament on our channel and i think it would be freaking hilarious if Wendigoon and Papa meat did a stream of the same thing we did but with more cards.

  • @78jujubs
    @78jujubs 4 місяці тому +35

    Hey, I live in an area where the Algonquin nation historically lived, and I have some info on the origins of the wendigo :) The myth is originally about starving, stranded in the middle of no where and the cannibalism that follows. Even the description of the monster is basically a starving, frozen human. When it snows in the woods, it's basically impossible to find your way around at night, even in the day at times. When the French tried settling here, they failed like five times because of the winter, until the Native American nations they encountered helped them survive. Basically, if hunters went out to hunt and got stranded in a blizzard, they would be forced to starve or die to hypothermia. The myth comes from humans being forced to eat each other to survive until they froze to death. Also, a little note on hypothermia, in extreme cases it can cause the afflicted to experience delusions, and also have a compulsion to take off their clothes. This might further explain the monster's appearance.

    • @noturbuttercup
      @noturbuttercup Місяць тому

      Aren't Wendigo's always hungry? LIke they can never feel full and are just constantly eating?

    • @78jujubs
      @78jujubs Місяць тому +1

      @@noturbuttercup That's a modern interpretation of it, but it would make sense that something dying of starvation would feel ravenous hunger. The original Wendigo was kinda like a curse. You turn into one if you eat human flesh. Eating people was a big no no for Algonquin tribes.

    • @noturbuttercup
      @noturbuttercup Місяць тому

      @@78jujubs ahh okay gotcha! 😊 I think the Wendigo is one of my fave cryptids.

  • @DancingAlldayLong
    @DancingAlldayLong 8 місяців тому +762

    I cannot explain how excited I am to hear Papa cry at the end of Borraska. It is the most conclusive ending to an old creepypast I've ever heard.

    • @mr.cheesytoad5845
      @mr.cheesytoad5845 8 місяців тому +20

      Same!! I know only very little of the story and loved learning it alongside these Creepy boys

    • @prodbytarantino
      @prodbytarantino 8 місяців тому +30

      I can’t believe we gotta wait another two weeks😭

    • @SKVLLFVCK
      @SKVLLFVCK 8 місяців тому +10

      ​@@prodbytarantino we gotta wait 2 more weeks? 😭😭😭

    • @Mike-official
      @Mike-official 8 місяців тому +7

      @@SKVLLFVCKyep they do a video every other saturday/sunday

    • @EMoney1295
      @EMoney1295 8 місяців тому +3

      Spoiler alert

  • @draculinalilith396
    @draculinalilith396 8 місяців тому +296

    best cryptid is def Wendigo/skinwalker combo. Its based on native folklore, can not only shift skins to people, but also shift voices to lure prey. The deer skull aesthetic is epic also. They be sounding like your mom in the woods at 4am and then it turns into some otherworldly yet naturalistic demon creature. Like an ancient evil.

    • @shaggyssandwich
      @shaggyssandwich 8 місяців тому +11

      yes, would definitely not have been able to pit wendigo against the moth man. cause i like both, jersey devil ain't as high as them on my list

    • @MegaOverclocked
      @MegaOverclocked 8 місяців тому +9

      It's so weird that EVERY time someone mentions the Wendigo / Skinwalker they mention a plus to them is that they're "native folklore". Honestly every time; and I don't know what the take away is suppose to be.

    • @douglasnevins1598
      @douglasnevins1598 8 місяців тому +19

      ​@@MegaOverclockedIts the shock that it's so old it was around before our society as Americans was even a thought, is what makes it so much more compelling, especially if you're an American.

    • @demiliomason1565
      @demiliomason1565 8 місяців тому +1

      See that's where the wendigo is stupid. Ain't nobody going to be fooled into thinking their mom is just randomly in the woods at 4am.

    • @hazenewman3558
      @hazenewman3558 8 місяців тому +12

      @@MegaOverclocked I think it just is to further explain its origin/significance. Like papa said, this is an ANCIENT creature that has haunted their culture for centuries. So, it seems to have a big impact on them and their lives and culture overall.

  • @CodeEthos
    @CodeEthos 8 місяців тому +125

    The Wendigo for me is scarier because of the stories I've heard being associated out in the woods or people who live in isolation to get away from the city life. I plan on building my own home like this but that cryptic to me is more frightening because if something happens, no one is there to help or find you.

    • @JohnKimble-bl9wv
      @JohnKimble-bl9wv 2 місяці тому

      The wendigo feels like an alien that tried to replicate earth animals like the dear head but it fucking sucks at it

    • @alaron5698
      @alaron5698 2 місяці тому +2

      In my mind, this tournament isn't just about what's scariest, but also what's most interesting and impactful. I find the Mothman more eerie. A part of me wants to meet the Mothman in the hopes of having some mysteries of the universe unraveled. The Wendigo might be scarier, but I find it less interesting. I agree with the Mothman pick.

  • @mckeeganator5844
    @mckeeganator5844 8 місяців тому +386

    Traditional depictions of the wendigo with all that I can do is so so damn terrifying especially during those cold winter nights in the woods where the air is still and quiet

    • @GanuSing-yv8ex
      @GanuSing-yv8ex 8 місяців тому +38

      Wendigo is one of the most horrifying creature I have come across, listening to audio books on it gives me goosebumps

    • @negative6442
      @negative6442 8 місяців тому +13

      I think the more modern design of it is much cooler than the traditional one. There's so many horror monsters that are just lanky hairless dudes, and that doesn't really jog the imagination

    • @StopLyin2Yourself
      @StopLyin2Yourself 8 місяців тому +1

      Research your local area for cannibalism if so?? don’t say its name

    • @mattkeene3084
      @mattkeene3084 8 місяців тому

      Wendigo ate my 🐓.

    • @James-tj7qg
      @James-tj7qg 8 місяців тому +27

      ⁠@@negative6442no offense but that's because they're all based off of bastardized 4chan/reddit regurgitations of the creature. it's also not supposed to be "cool" since its a part of Algonquin folklore. knowledge is power 👍

  • @duck_overlord877
    @duck_overlord877 8 місяців тому +119

    Wendigo and ya-te-vo are both absolutely terrifying, but it would be so cool seeing like a big budget horror film made out of either

    • @billyhubert5643
      @billyhubert5643 8 місяців тому +8

      watch the movie antlers its a decent movie about a wendigo victim and his family

    • @demgyk1819
      @demgyk1819 8 місяців тому +8

      apparently they're making an until dawn movie so maybe if they do it right?

    • @matthewbailey376
      @matthewbailey376 8 місяців тому

      Popo Bawa is worse

    • @cheezisamazing7295
      @cheezisamazing7295 7 місяців тому +1

      @@billyhubert5643I was going to comment this lol

    • @downbreak1498
      @downbreak1498 7 місяців тому +1

      There actually is it's called the ritual

  • @ShadowFox178
    @ShadowFox178 8 місяців тому +358

    I want a lore video on the Ya-te-vo now. The ida of this malevelont creature who sees you and by implication just knows. Its just so ominous and how do we know it cant move, and isnt just patiently waiting for a key moment to strike and embed terror into all who witness it.

    • @woomybeeb
      @woomybeeb 8 місяців тому +6

      Fingers crossed we get a CreepCast video on it after Borraska!

    • @tominieminen66
      @tominieminen66 8 місяців тому +4

      We assume it can't move since most plants, especially trees are not the biggest explorers once they have settled down
      Even if it could move it does feel like it couldn't move faster than a snails pace
      In the end it's a tree, we do not have instinctual fear of trees

    • @PaperMidnight
      @PaperMidnight 8 місяців тому +4

      I love the idea that being a tree, it's roots could spread. So walking through a forest any of the trees could be its spawn. So it really could have already seen you from anywhere: Pando forest in Utah vibes

    • @dt3008
      @dt3008 8 місяців тому +14

      Ya te veo(v-eh-oh)

    • @ShadowFox178
      @ShadowFox178 8 місяців тому +2

      @@tominieminen66 That's not fun. Plus how do we know it's not flesh and blood instead of an actual tree.
      Plus it has an eye. No plant I can think of has any eyes.

  • @elijahhayden3354
    @elijahhayden3354 8 місяців тому +148

    Mothman just feels like the perfect blend between old world stories and modern stories of ufos/men in black. It feels like it's a foreboding spirit of tragedy and some kind of representation of the collective unconscious. Granted that all sounds crazy but man oh man mothman is just so friggin cool.

    • @empirion502
      @empirion502 7 місяців тому +2

      The telephone scene in the movie was genuinely pretty creepy

    • @HCRBerhan
      @HCRBerhan 7 місяців тому +2

      And I am genuinely happy that he won!! Go Mothman!!!🎉🎉

    • @winkertinker
      @winkertinker 7 місяців тому

      @@HCRBerhan EAST COAST SUPREMACY!!!!

  • @Callimasrawr
    @Callimasrawr 3 місяці тому +17

    Wendigo have always been the scariest in my opinion. The idea of the hunger for human flesh and that they will lure you in with mimicking humans is terrifying! They are truly the scariest cryptid, ever

    • @miskullaneous
      @miskullaneous 3 місяці тому

      We kept debating over the wendigo in our cryptid war video but if somebody in the room would have mentioned that they can do that the debate would have been over lol

  • @nikidessi
    @nikidessi 8 місяців тому +248

    It is my national duty to clarify that the Chupacabra originated in Puerto Rico in 1995 and was later seen in other areas of the Americas. This is the witness description: A woman named Madelyne Tolentino said she saw the beast through a picture window outside her house in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, during the second week of August 1995. In a 1996 interview, Tolentino said the bipedal animal had dark gray or black eyes that “were damp and protruding, running up to its temples and spreading to the sides,” like typical alien eyes. Its height was “about 4 feet, more or less. At the time, it was walking like a human, on both legs. Its arms were drawn back in an attack position, as though it were a TV monster.” She said it had three long, skinny fingers and that its arms were also very long. Its hair “was rather short, and close to its body. Rather well-combed in fact.”

    • @Maxisamo1
      @Maxisamo1 8 місяців тому +17

      Hold the fuck on, I'm the same age as the Chupacabra myth???

    • @Nopleaseeeeeee
      @Nopleaseeeeeee 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeah right

    • @xblast2701
      @xblast2701 8 місяців тому +17

      good to know the chupacabra combs its hair

    • @ambidexterity1
      @ambidexterity1 8 місяців тому +31

      It's unfortunate that mainstream depiction of the Chupacabra is the hairless dog variant. The original 1995 spiny alien depiction is much cooler and creepier.

    • @jkid3525
      @jkid3525 8 місяців тому +8

      Love from Mayaguez 🇵🇷

  • @funnymomentoinc.42069
    @funnymomentoinc.42069 8 місяців тому +335

    If you want to know a really weird cryptid, it's the Loveland Frogman. Basically, he's a really big frog and can walk on it's two legs and was spotted in the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio. He has two abilities (that I know of) in which he can emit some kind of toxin that is only fatal to humans (unless if provided with an antidote) and his second ability is (and I'm not kidding when I say this) can use sticks like tools and emit electricity from them. Yeah Idk who came up with that but it's kinda funny idk.

    • @donutreplie4056
      @donutreplie4056 8 місяців тому +16

      As an Ohioian, the absolute absurdity of the Loveland Frogman is very near and dear to my heart.

    • @waketp420
      @waketp420 8 місяців тому +21

      How the hell you find an antidote for a Frogman

    • @russell6clacks
      @russell6clacks 8 місяців тому +11

      All right, who let the frogman get a hold of the taser gun

    • @supertetleman
      @supertetleman 8 місяців тому +5

      These have always been in my top 5 cryptids. Especially because they've been spotted at least twice.

    • @ek6878
      @ek6878 8 місяців тому +2

      I loooved this one as a kid

  • @squidkid8722
    @squidkid8722 3 місяці тому +7

    The most interesting thing about the wendigo, is that is believed to have originated as a folk lore tale about what would happen to those who practiced cannibalism. One would turn/be possed by the wendigo for eating human flesh.
    The reality is that eating human flesh will often harm the person, resulting from prion diseases. TlDR there are bacterias and proteins in our bodies that will cause harm to other humans should we be eaten. The most common disease is Kuru, which like many other prion diseases, causes psychosis among other diseases.
    It's literally a folk law that if isn't true, is still partially true as a 'warning' against the practice of cannibalism.

  • @WIldMike527
    @WIldMike527 8 місяців тому +81

    Papa Meat, you should make an animated cryptid show. With your art and insane creativity, I bet it would be one of the best animated shows to this date.

    • @contagiousremorse
      @contagiousremorse 8 місяців тому +1

      What would the show entail with the cryptids?

    • @l0lan00b3
      @l0lan00b3 8 місяців тому +2

      @@contagiousremorsekids getting ate on a camping trip

    • @cptnbustanut
      @cptnbustanut 8 місяців тому +5

      ​@l0lan00b3 yes, every episode the same story just with a different cryptid eating the kids

    • @jacobmills7824
      @jacobmills7824 8 місяців тому +4

      Cryptid Influencer house

    • @l0lan00b3
      @l0lan00b3 8 місяців тому

      @@cptnbustanut would watch this dudes art style is wild

  • @joseyphipps
    @joseyphipps 8 місяців тому +276

    Wampus Cat mention! 🗣️🗣️💥💥 I love this cryptid, it’s my favorite one as a Cherokee person. I’m glad you like her too!
    It’s kinda funny the difference between how Cherokee and Appalachian people treat her. To the Cherokee, she’s revered as a dangerous but respected protector of their territory, while the Appalachians say she’s stinky and just steals their farm animals. It’s great lmao

  • @Sharsis8
    @Sharsis8 8 місяців тому +24

    Wendigo is my all time favorite crytid because it not only has that ever present malevolence you mentioned via the mimicry and thermoregulation in extreme cold, but the fact that one is born via cannibalism is just metal as hell

  • @MarviMofoVarietyShow
    @MarviMofoVarietyShow 8 місяців тому +54

    If you drew the animations for a 2D fighting game using cryptids as the characters, I’d buy that in a heartbeat. I can already see it being a competitor to Skull Girls or Killer Instinct.

  • @ssa_drpepperdude8162
    @ssa_drpepperdude8162 8 місяців тому +128

    Moth man was always the one that scared me most growing up, I think anything that big that can fly is just terrifying

    • @erikmckoul2478
      @erikmckoul2478 8 місяців тому +1

      It would totally need bigger wings to fly than in the pictures at least without magic assisting it.

    • @PixelatedFaerie
      @PixelatedFaerie 8 місяців тому +1

      Same. But now I think Mothman is sexy.

    • @SmirkInvestigator
      @SmirkInvestigator 8 місяців тому

      The Mothman story sounds like the town water was contaminated with Benadryl. I personally believe it to be a paranormal event. I think current reality is fracturing at a world wide level in a similar fashion to that town.

    • @PharaohJonson
      @PharaohJonson 8 місяців тому

      Nah he used to freak me out whenever I watched videos about him

  • @NicArtistic
    @NicArtistic 8 місяців тому +29

    As an artist and native West Virginian, I am extremely excited for the Mothman outcome. 🙌🏻 I fully support this decision 🎉

  • @genevievec.8002
    @genevievec.8002 8 місяців тому +97

    For me, Wendigo wins and runner ups are Mothman, purely because of the association to a real tragedy, and Ya-te-vo.
    The footprints filling with blood, the creepiness of its general look, the human mimickry... I just thing the Wendigo is the one that'd most make me wish I'd worn brown pants when I came across it.
    Ya-te-vo has the cool meaning behind the name. Also the spikes on the tentacles - yeowch. Just overall cool.

    • @SydneyStewart-d3f
      @SydneyStewart-d3f Місяць тому

      Yeah the footprints thing is just so sick Mothman can't match up

  • @shagohad3
    @shagohad3 8 місяців тому +55

    The Chupacabra is NOT Mexican. It's Puerto Rican, and was originally a strange reptile monster before it went mainstream and people in the states started claiming it was some kind've dog.

    • @Thunderwolf4
      @Thunderwolf4 8 місяців тому +10

      I find it weird that people keep saying it's a Mexican cryptid instead of Puerto Rican. Where the tale originated. edit: autocorrect put the wrong word

    • @RealElongatedMuskrat
      @RealElongatedMuskrat 8 місяців тому +5

      ah I didn't know that, thanks for sharing! I'm in Europe so I've only heard of it referenced by Americans, who like you said, refer to it as Mexican. I wonder could the story have reached mainland US via a lot of Mexican story tellers (ie people from PR told it to Mexican folks, they spread it amongst their community and in the US), so more people heard about it from people of Mexican origin than PR? I mean by population, Mexico dwarfs PR so I could see someone be like "well I've only ever heard it from Mexican people!" when they've just not met many PR people by comparison lol.

    • @karlanazario2903
      @karlanazario2903 8 місяців тому

      Thank you! I dont know why it always urks me when people say the Chupacabra is from Mexico ☹️ when its not.
      Not to mention that the Mexican Version and the Puerto Rican Version of the Chupacabra arent even alike. The Mexican one is dog like and the PR one is more Reptilian.

    • @jose_rgu
      @jose_rgu 8 місяців тому +9

      @@RealElongatedMuskratim Puerto Rican and from what I been told, the story was spread by Puerto Ricans who moved to Texas. After that, it reached Mexico. Not just that but other Latin American countries like Argentina and Honduras also have their own chupacabra stories/sightings.

    • @jvbon646
      @jvbon646 8 місяців тому

      ​@@RealElongatedMuskrat
      Given how poorly educated Americans are, they most likely heard it from a puertorrican and their brains just went "he speaks spanish, spanish = mexican, chupacabra = mexican". In their minds everything below Texas is just Mexico, even the caribbean islands.
      I mean they aren't even aware of the fact that USA *owns* us, or that you can't reach Puerto Rico driving 💀 (unironically something I heard)

  • @quintonwine6648
    @quintonwine6648 4 місяці тому +6

    The flatwoods monster story is really interesting, everyone who saw the creature was put into separate rooms and asked to draw the creature to their best ability and everyone’s illustrations looked the same with minor differences

    • @rawman44
      @rawman44 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah he glazed over flatwoods monster, definitely needed more credit

    • @psycless
      @psycless Місяць тому

      i wish he read the letter for skunk ape that actually made it scary

  • @creepykato
    @creepykato 8 місяців тому +124

    As a resident of WV, I am so happy to see that mothman won your little tourney. Mothman is such a cool cryptid and the fact that a little urban legend from WV has spread all over the world by now is so cool to me!!

    • @thinecuprunnethoverwithblood
      @thinecuprunnethoverwithblood 8 місяців тому +3

      I asked my girlfriend out using a pin I got at the mothman museum a month before. My favorite cryptid helped me get the woman of my dreams and I will never forget that... Also the museum is just cool as hell, I'm gonna have to visit again eventually. Not sure why the architect of the statue decided to make mister mothman thick as hell though.

    • @NauticalFish
      @NauticalFish 8 місяців тому +4

      I shouldn't have looked at the comments before the video was done

    • @dachuckbuck669
      @dachuckbuck669 8 місяців тому +1

      Man you should know west virgins and northern Maryland are the worlds cryptid and haunt lands. We all grew up fighting skin walkers, that why everyone from that areas crazy

    • @MikeyJFox23
      @MikeyJFox23 8 місяців тому

      Flatwoods Monster too

    • @creepykato
      @creepykato 7 місяців тому +1

      @@NauticalFish sorry 😭 I didn’t even think about the spoiler lol

  • @sethgarland586
    @sethgarland586 8 місяців тому +71

    As someone who grew up in the deep south I am very glad to see the Wampus Cat make it as far as it did.

  • @Maimface
    @Maimface 8 місяців тому +6

    skunk ape has a special place in my heart, because when I lived in GA a train full of oranges derailed and the prevailing rumor was that skunk ape did it

    • @rawman44
      @rawman44 3 місяці тому +1

      That's hilarious

  • @zazacollector4_2_0
    @zazacollector4_2_0 8 місяців тому +20

    The chupacabra actually originated in Puerto Rico. Im from the island and when I was little it was used as a way to scare kids into being obedient. The first "encounter" reported was by a farmer in 1995, but now its spread all over latin america but more in Mexico.

  • @rantsinarobe4099
    @rantsinarobe4099 7 місяців тому +13

    0:01 Sloth from Goonies? How u been pal?

  • @zoeadkins9095
    @zoeadkins9095 8 місяців тому +42

    I've never seen that Wendigo design before and it's easily my new favorite. The skull is metal as fuck and the emaciated, bare-boned physique conveys it's torturous existence so well. It looks like it has a maddened grin too. Love it!
    Beautiful 👌 😮‍💨

  • @milkmanman
    @milkmanman 8 місяців тому +18

    7:58 is definitely an elephants head sticking out of the water. The neck is the trunk

  • @yourgrandpabillyjohnson1888
    @yourgrandpabillyjohnson1888 8 місяців тому +6

    OMFG, the flatwood monsters were used in Legend of zelda Majoras Mask When you have to stop the alien invasion from the Lon Lon Ranch, and they literally show up as a ball of light and look exactly like the picture. Thats super awesome. That they got the idea of the cryptid and put it in the Zelda of all games.

    • @FamousAaron99
      @FamousAaron99 8 місяців тому +1

      I loved that sidequest. Wish more games had cryptids in them 😂

  • @jvbon646
    @jvbon646 8 місяців тому +42

    Hey Papa, a few things to know
    -The "veo" in "Ya Te Veo" is pronounced with a strong E, not a weak one. So the e in the "ve" part of "Veo" would sound the same way you pronounced the e in the "Te", not like "bee"
    -The Chupacabra isn't a Mexican cryptid, it's from Puerto Rico. But there's been some reports from Mexico. The name "chupacabra" comes from a joke made by a comedian during the time the first reports started to pop-up

  • @citrusbutter7718
    @citrusbutter7718 8 місяців тому +7

    The Mongolian death worm will always be it for me. It's one of the oldest, and even when we know it most likely don't exist we still feel like it's out there, under the sands of any desert, just crawling and we don't know it.

  • @caboose759
    @caboose759 8 місяців тому +8

    The Jersey Devil scared the shit out of me when i was a kid and its funny you mentioned poisoning water.
    I grew up across rhe river from Philadelphia in New Jersey and spent alot of time in Gloucester City. There is a part of town coloquially named "Ghost Town" just off of Jersey Avenue with a bunch of old abandoned warehouses. At night you would hear alot of commotion from those warehouses and sometimes see lights coming from inside.
    Now that im older I know there were homeless people in those warehouses with fires but when i was a kid my imagination ran wild with it. A friend of mine who was a real jerkoff told me thats where the Jersey Devil goes to take his victims to eat them alive. He drags them down Jersey Avenue then throws their bodies in the river when hes done.
    Totally bought it and whenever i slept over his house just a block away from Jersey Ave, I'd stay up all night hiding under the covers or play on my GBA to help not think about it.
    About poisoning though, one day we were up hanging outside his house by the fire pit when we heard yelling, banging and what sounded like chains rattling coming from Jersey Ave of course and we decided to investigate. We saw a man with a long trenchcoat or sport coat climbing over a fence to a warehouse screaming and cursing about being hungry and i was 1000% convinced that it was him. He was screaming about making "Them" pay and that he was going to kill someone. It was probably some crack head having a tantrum over something but i made a huge logical leap that it was the Jersey Devil and he was going to curse the town or something.
    About a week later there was what seems like hundreds of dead fish washing up on the riverbanks of Westville and Brooklawn which are both not even half a mile from Ghost Town Gloucester City.
    I was about 12 or so back then and im 30 now. Im not supersticious and dont get lulled into ghost stories or cryptids but every now and then i think back to that and im just like... what if? lmao

    • @nunion12
      @nunion12 8 місяців тому +2

      The scariest part of that story is just being in Gloucester City

    • @caboose759
      @caboose759 8 місяців тому +1

      @@nunion12 especially under the Walt along Broadway lmao

    • @rawman44
      @rawman44 3 місяці тому

      I can't believe you went to investigate as a kid. I wouldn't even do that now, as a grown man. Kudos to you, I guess lol

  • @Houlgravely
    @Houlgravely 8 місяців тому +70

    The Deer Woman and Skinwalkers are pretty creepy as far as cryptid stuff goes. I remember reading about the sea witches that Henry Hudson supposedly encountered in America's early days as well.

  • @D.boys6t9
    @D.boys6t9 8 місяців тому +5

    I live in Fresno and I actually have heard stories from my friends about the Fresno night crawlers. So bizzare but funny. They saw it running next to their car

    • @HakuFreak19
      @HakuFreak19 8 місяців тому +1

      For real! I just remember FOX26 talking about and how we were on Fact or Fiction show. I know some artist are selling prints of it.

  • @LeetSack
    @LeetSack 8 місяців тому +304

    I cant wait for the new CreepCast episodes! Some of these would go great on there

    • @neonicon8500
      @neonicon8500 8 місяців тому +8

      Creepcast has been great. I hope they cover PenPal

    • @neonicon8500
      @neonicon8500 8 місяців тому

      @@fungusghoul I need to read that one. I randomly came across PenPal one night, and read all of it. Best creepypasta in my opinion.

    • @superkoopatrooper4879
      @superkoopatrooper4879 8 місяців тому

      Ya, maybe Wendigoon can talk about his skincare routine lol. I'm asking for a friend.

    • @Justdont693
      @Justdont693 8 місяців тому

      I just found out about it from this video! Imma check it out! Wendigoon is a great guy!

    • @GeorgeRamsey22
      @GeorgeRamsey22 8 місяців тому

      I hope they do the Jersey Devil on either Creepcast or The Red Thread.

  • @DJezdic
    @DJezdic 8 місяців тому +77

    Papa meat had quickly become my favorite UA-cam channel.

  • @rockerdax
    @rockerdax 8 місяців тому +2

    As a Mothman fan who attended the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant last September, I’m very proud of muh Boi for clenching the W.

  • @Tanner-Gillman
    @Tanner-Gillman 8 місяців тому +117

    i was dying laughing when Hunter took a full minute at the end of the video to defend his choice of chicken feet meatballs over the piss egg.
    don’t worry Hunter- there are those of us who believe chicken feet meatballs were the correct choice. literally dozens of us

    • @SephirahPlasma
      @SephirahPlasma 8 місяців тому +4

      No he chose the piss eggs over the chicken feet meatballs...

    • @Homvncvlvs
      @Homvncvlvs 8 місяців тому

      @@SephirahPlasmayou know I still don’t really know how to feel about that

    • @Hammerponcho
      @Hammerponcho 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@SephirahPlasma imagine lying about not watching a video of some UA-camr

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 8 місяців тому +14

    The jersey devil myth was interesting growing up. There was an old stone cabin where the lady gave birth to the deformed baby. The thought of some deformed human lurking around the Jersey woods had a real "wrong turn" vibe to it.

    • @nunion12
      @nunion12 8 місяців тому +1

      Supposedly it was a hit piece against her and her family. I live in an area where everything is named after the Leeds family

  • @cherylh2347
    @cherylh2347 8 місяців тому +6

    I’m just so glad you included the Wolpertinger! No one ever knows what it is. I have a large arm tattoo of one and people just call it a “scary bunny”. My mom is from the area of Germany where they are supposedly from.

  • @kangaroocourt9507
    @kangaroocourt9507 8 місяців тому +33

    Goat Man, Moth Man and Wendigo are in a tier of their own

  • @redrc9771
    @redrc9771 8 місяців тому +13

    Honestly Mothman is a terrifying cryptid because I watch a video of Mothman being sighted after the bridge fell that it was spotted in Russia and Japan where both have the nuclear reaction thing, the sighting in Chicago back in 2017, and I listen to a podcast called Monsters Among Us where this guy from Florida encounter Mothman and a few months a hurricane. There's a reason why it's called the Harbinger of Death

    • @Orangnus
      @Orangnus 8 місяців тому +4

      I had a stroke while reading this

  • @AleCat2305
    @AleCat2305 8 місяців тому +5

    The Flatwoods Monster was my favorite local legend growing up, and to this day, I love everything about him.

    • @STeadyPLanez
      @STeadyPLanez 6 місяців тому

      sheesh. it's not gonna f*** you dude

  • @victoriadoh3385
    @victoriadoh3385 8 місяців тому +13

    There's actually a Mothman Festival that happens every year in Point Pleasant where that statue is! It's just a weekend's length and it honestly looks so fun - they have a dedicated Mothman museum, merch, speakers, cosplay, vendors...basically a mini comic con but for cryptid lovers. Might be a fun lil video idea? I really hope I can go one day 😍🦇

  • @Lenape_Lady
    @Lenape_Lady 8 місяців тому +61

    You’ve come over to the cryptid dark side! Welcome! And the horrible food tournament was top tier. Really want a 2nd one.

  • @weezingargonian6523
    @weezingargonian6523 8 місяців тому +4

    Don’t know if it can be considered a cryptid, but in Wales there tales about a creature called Llamhigyn Y Dwr. It is basically a big frog with wings that capsizes boats. Definitely my favourite

  • @Wyaldisthebestapostle
    @Wyaldisthebestapostle 8 місяців тому +16

    Papa making a cartoon on these cryptids would be so amazing

  • @chaos97506
    @chaos97506 8 місяців тому +6

    "I feel like I could slap the sh*t outta Champ, if I'm being honest" 😂 Papa Meat just built different

  • @Sunrie
    @Sunrie 8 місяців тому +15

    Lived by Fresno. I've seen the nightwalkers outside Lemoore by the rivers. That was in the late 90's

    • @HakuFreak19
      @HakuFreak19 8 місяців тому +3

      I live in Fresno and I remember hearing about it. Also I remember watching the fact or fiction episode on it and I remember them doing a lot of things to see if they can mimic the movement. I've also seen many local artist here in Fresno selling prints, pens, and patches of them.

    • @deeriggs3319
      @deeriggs3319 5 місяців тому +1

      They are sooooo odd.. what do locals think they are? Aliens? Paranormal?

    • @rawman44
      @rawman44 3 місяці тому +2

      I love the walking pants

    • @jaxonkohle2174
      @jaxonkohle2174 3 місяці тому

      Those just my plugs they chill if y’all know each other

    • @JohnKimble-bl9wv
      @JohnKimble-bl9wv 2 місяці тому +1

      I shall move to fresno in search of these mysterious creatures wish me luck on my journey

  • @JustTie
    @JustTie 8 місяців тому +22

    Mothman sounds so goofy but mythical at the same time i love it 😂😂

    • @xerxes7416
      @xerxes7416 8 місяців тому +4

      It was seen in germany too and was called "Freiburg Shrieker".

    • @GeorgeRamsey22
      @GeorgeRamsey22 8 місяців тому +5

      Pretty sure there is also a similar looking Owl Man in Britian.

  • @mythcat1273
    @mythcat1273 8 місяців тому +28

    As someone who's lived in Jersey Devil territory my whole life, the way I heard the story was this: the mom(who wasn't a witch) cheated on her husband and got pregnant. The super religious husband proclaimed "I would sooner have the DEVIL in my home!" when he found out. When the child was born, the husband's wish came true and out came the Jersey Devil, which flew up through the chimney out into the world to go and haunt the woods of NJ and Eastern Pennsylvania. To be honest, definitely not as interesting as Papa Meat's story.

    • @eraserheadbaby69
      @eraserheadbaby69 8 місяців тому +1

      also from jersey, can confirm

    • @ramyadigerolamo3600
      @ramyadigerolamo3600 8 місяців тому +2

      I grew up about 20 minutes away from the pine barrens and heard a combination of both. I was told that the mother was the one that cursed the child, but she wasn’t a witch and that the creature flew out of the chimney. I’ve never heard about the cheating part though.

    • @nunion12
      @nunion12 8 місяців тому

      The truth I’ve always read (also Nj) is that it was a hit piece from some guy in Philadelphia made to discredit the Leeds family in a manner of a pissing contest. One of the earliest tabloid pieces

  • @Candjstudios2024
    @Candjstudios2024 3 місяці тому +1

    In some versions of the myth the wampus cat is covered in fish scales and is like a aquatic literal cat-fish.

  • @artsyvidsy5232
    @artsyvidsy5232 8 місяців тому +14

    This was actually stressful! Glad my favorite made it to the top, but each round had me on the edge of my seat!

  • @frofrozzty
    @frofrozzty 8 місяців тому +5

    As a longtime Ya-Te-Veo enjoyer, it made me happy seeing Papa Meat have such a profound reaction to it.

  • @b1rd505
    @b1rd505 8 місяців тому +1

    I swear, the Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, WV, got some cakes. I don't know the reason behind that artistic interpretation.

  • @boogiemann9363
    @boogiemann9363 8 місяців тому +4

    Ogo-pogo. Champ is footage of a log, nessie is a toy submarine. Ogo-pogo is a god damn plesiosaur

    • @roytheshort
      @roytheshort 8 місяців тому +1

      He died in a car INTENTIONAL

    • @boogiemann9363
      @boogiemann9363 8 місяців тому

      @@roytheshort you're my new best friend

  • @samanthasoares4806
    @samanthasoares4806 8 місяців тому +5

    I love my cute cryptids, so many just seem misunderstood. I always thought the Fresno nightcrawler was just really cute lol, i wanna push it over and see how it gets up 😂

    • @wifi8366
      @wifi8366 8 місяців тому

      For real, but I here seen nightcrawler before

  • @evanr7782
    @evanr7782 8 місяців тому +15

    There's a town close to where I live, Itasca Texas. Their high school mascot is the Wampus Cat. Always thought that was pretty wild and random

  • @umbradread8703
    @umbradread8703 8 місяців тому +24

    Look. If Papa Meat actually made a horror cartoon about any of these cryptids, it would be so damn good.
    I'd vote for Wendigo though. The way O'l Meaty is able to create psychological horror with a cartoon is just simply amazing

  • @studio-stirko5596
    @studio-stirko5596 8 місяців тому +22

    I’m glad he acknowledged the meatball-gate scandal

  • @itsahostiletakeover
    @itsahostiletakeover 7 місяців тому +2

    "Ogopogo...Champ is a picture of a log, Nessie is a toy submarine with a head made out of plastic and wood. Ogopogo is a plesiosaur, a fucking PLESIOSAUR! You're gonna tell me that a log or a beaver at best could kick the ass of a plesiosaur? OGOPOGO." - Henchman 21

  • @ShadowFox178
    @ShadowFox178 8 місяців тому +5

    I've heard of mbembe in Goblin Slayer. The one who stops rivers.
    Never knew it had a real world inspiration.

    • @L-kun
      @L-kun 8 місяців тому +1

      That second season was such a mess, lol.

    • @ShadowFox178
      @ShadowFox178 8 місяців тому +1

      @@L-kun Oh I haven't watched the anime, so I have no knowledge about that. I've only read the light novels and the manga.
      And the story with the dinosaur in goblin slayer is book 7 the elven marriage in the light novels. Book 2 would be the water town with the exploration of the sewers and killing a knock-off beholder.

    • @milkmanman
      @milkmanman 8 місяців тому

      The picture was definitely an elephant head sticking up out of the water. Think it was around 7:58 give or take a few seconds

  • @grzybekgrzesio5759
    @grzybekgrzesio5759 8 місяців тому +6

    For me the Ya-Te-Weo was the first place... imagine living in a vilage where recently many people wemt missing in a forest. You're going with other volountiers to search for them, but spread to widen the seatch area. You walk through the fog while suddenly You sense something weird is going on.. it's too quiet and the mosqiutoes stopped biting You a while ago. You look up and notice something hanging in the branches. As terror pierces Your mind You're able to describe the sight: it's all your recently gone missing friends hanging massacred. You try turning, but Your legs are stuck in the roots. As You desperatly try to free Yourself there's just one eye at the distance looking directly at you. The plant embraces You, crushing Your body entombing You until You sufocate or loose enough blood. For the last moment You try crying it's name to warn other people, but it's already too late. Your ribs are broken. You slowly die in silence, only bloody branches and fog around You..

  • @KingOfDank
    @KingOfDank 7 місяців тому +1

    I'm from fresno and the nightcrawlers are evergwhere. We try not to go out late at night, and most of the stores close early to avoid running into one.

  • @mr.cheesytoad5845
    @mr.cheesytoad5845 8 місяців тому +38

    My heart pounds for Hunter

    • @JRyan56
      @JRyan56 8 місяців тому

      hunter would probably pound your ass.

  • @limakwail7936
    @limakwail7936 8 місяців тому +44

    Sorry that my ancestors made the wildest cryptid. Wendigo's genuinely freaked me out so much as a kid.

    • @BenjaminRegen
      @BenjaminRegen 8 місяців тому +8

      Wendigo is the best (the absolute scariest) in my opinion.

  • @hybrid_hawkins7206
    @hybrid_hawkins7206 8 місяців тому +3

    Papa Meat: "I think there are too many cryptids with glowing red eyes."
    Also Papa Meat: "Moth Man is my winner."
    Like, can we all agree that the Wendigo is much cooler and more brutal than the Mothman?

  • @HesTheCook
    @HesTheCook 8 місяців тому +28

    As a West Virginian man, I love that two of our cryptids made it into the second round, but I’m absolutely elated that Mothman brought us home the W. If there’s one thing we’ve got going for us over here in “Almost Heaven”; it’s good cryptids! Loved the video!

  • @banquetoftheleviathan1404
    @banquetoftheleviathan1404 8 місяців тому +8

    Wendigo has low key been in a ton of horror lately, you can do allot with it because it has themes of starvation and cannibalism, can shape shift, can in essence be like a nature's satan. Ravenous is my favorite wendigo movie to watch every November for thanksgiving.

  • @reyou_senpai3013
    @reyou_senpai3013 3 місяці тому +2

    8:00 ahhhhh thats def a elephant

  • @ZNGraceland
    @ZNGraceland 8 місяців тому +5

    Papa Meat! Been a huge fan of your animations and an even bigger fan of the Papa Meat channel. Mothman and Wendigo are my go to fave cryptids and I even did a college presentation on the Wendigo. I will say the Moth man deserves the place at the top.

  • @htm5814
    @htm5814 8 місяців тому +4

    Wendigo or Mothman have it, I’m calling it.

  • @JustinWright-u3b
    @JustinWright-u3b 25 днів тому

    I encountered a lesser known cryptid in the woods of New Hampshire. Its called the Coos (ko-aus) County Wood Devil. I dont care who believes me , im convinced and will never be swayed otherwise on its existence. The W.D. is a different variant of "Sasquatch". It was about 10 feet tall , very skinny with dark grey, short , shaggy hair( also seen in brown also). Its eyes were big and all black like an owl. Its nose was flat and almond shaped , almost like holes not prominent. Its mouth was very wide. I believe its nocturnal because of the eyes. Its seldom seen obviously but is especially adept at using the trees as a type of camouflage. They stay extremely still when around people , but if one is somehow spotted , they can run extremely fast and emit a high pitched scream when approached or cornered. The native legends say they are cannibalistic as well. When i saw one it took alot of investigating to find the identity of said cryptid. Most encounters are not visual but auditory . Most testimonies have heard them not seen them. My mind is now much more open to cryptids , i realize some may be made up but not all. Its a big, amazing world with many undiscovered or unproven phenomena and life forms. Just wanted to say big fan of the channel and the subject. Keep coming with the heat Papa Meat! Stay safe yall and keep your eyes open people, you never know whats around the next corner.

  • @spoopycatstudio
    @spoopycatstudio 8 місяців тому +11

    Mothman is one of my favorites, so I'm happy to see him take the win, although that plant monster is now on the list of favorites. The Fresno Nightcrawlers will always hold a special place in my heart by virtue of them essentially being goofy pairs of walking pants.

  • @CarterNewton-j5o
    @CarterNewton-j5o 8 місяців тому +6

    The best cryptid is obviously Willem Dafoe

  • @ultraviolence6136
    @ultraviolence6136 5 днів тому

    I'm a new Papa Meat listener and I'm from the place in NJ where Joseph Bonaparte was exiled. I can't believe how excited I was to hear Bordentown, NJ mentioned and when Sir Meat said "Bordertown" I shed a single tear lmao

  • @sidekickz2180
    @sidekickz2180 8 місяців тому +17

    I can't wait for part 2 of the latest CreepCast!

  • @emenefer
    @emenefer 8 місяців тому +3424

    Hello my future girlfriend

  • @c.d.rstudios4691
    @c.d.rstudios4691 Місяць тому +1

    I love the idea of some researchers in Antartica seeing this 8ft tall pair of legs with a sad frog head slowly lumbering about. It isn't violent or anything, it just come into their base and stands next to their freezer for coldness every few days

    • @Zynovom
      @Zynovom Місяць тому

      I wanted the Wendigo to win

  • @starlawolf
    @starlawolf 8 місяців тому +14

    Dude, I held on to my Mothman plushie the whole time and freaked out when you picked him lol. This was such a cool video, and I loved all the cool cryptids especially the ones that were new to me (love u Wampus cat you are the true floppa cryptid lol) Your vids are awesome man.

  • @Pooptheslayerr
    @Pooptheslayerr 8 місяців тому +8

    im so hype for the next creep cast episode

  • @SalientLamprophany
    @SalientLamprophany 7 місяців тому +1

    How have i never heard of the Ya-te-veo before? That thing is sick as hell

  • @thesixfootsixexperience8781
    @thesixfootsixexperience8781 8 місяців тому +10

    Papa Meat been spending too much time with Wendigoon

  • @patpatontheback
    @patpatontheback 8 місяців тому +3

    The way you say “ya te veo” chef’s kiss 😂

  • @benjaminsilvert1880
    @benjaminsilvert1880 7 місяців тому +1

    I also heard that Wendigos can be "made" by a human partaking in a lot of cannibalism. I think that was added in folk lore to discourage cannibalism during pioneer times. This supposedly was a fear because it was common in the Rocky mountains to get stranded from civilization due to severe snow storms, and sometimes the only way to survive being stranded was to eat the party members who died of hypothermia.

    • @xXJLNINJAXx
      @xXJLNINJAXx 7 місяців тому

      Hasn't that been common knowledge for the longest time?

    • @benjaminsilvert1880
      @benjaminsilvert1880 7 місяців тому

      @@xXJLNINJAXx yeah that's what I thought, it just wasn't mentioned in the video.

  • @touriian8371
    @touriian8371 4 місяці тому +12

    0:01 how I look irl

  • @itsjustjenko
    @itsjustjenko 8 місяців тому +23

    the mothman legend is something i actually want to be solved

    • @neonicon8500
      @neonicon8500 8 місяців тому +3

      ? What is there to solve

    • @ryannowo5954
      @ryannowo5954 8 місяців тому

      everything @@neonicon8500

    • @n4ughty_knight
      @n4ughty_knight 8 місяців тому +2

      As a Mothman enthusiast, have you had a chance to watch The Mothman Prophecies? It's great for beginners in Mothman lore.

    • @goosegirl941
      @goosegirl941 8 місяців тому

      They’re inter-dimensional trash pandas

    • @Lenape_Lady
      @Lenape_Lady 8 місяців тому

      It’s an exceptionally large owl.

  • @matthewsherman2085
    @matthewsherman2085 4 дні тому

    I love mythology and folklore (which now that I think about it includes cryptids) so I might as well put in my 2 cents.
    The Mothman is said to be an omen of doom, as the sightings were just before that bridge collapse. I think there's some debate over whether it was trying to warn us about the imminent disaster, or if it had something to do with it.
    The Wendigo has nothing to do with greed that I know of. Gluttony, maybe, but not greed. Also it doesn't just kill for the sake of killing. It's not just gonna tear open your stomach and leave you there to rot. It kills in order to try to sate its insatiable hunger for human flesh. According to Native American folklore, the Wendigo is the result of resorting to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter. It can mimic human voices as well as shapeshift. If you are ever in the woods around the Minnesota/Canada area and hear your name carried on the winds, that means you are its next victim. According to legend this can result in you going insane and running off into the woods, away from any potential campsite or companions, where it will then make a meal out of you.

  • @thatsphreshish
    @thatsphreshish 3 місяці тому +3

    We all know the BBL Sasquatch is the best cryptid

  • @paranoid2867
    @paranoid2867 8 місяців тому +6

    just a PSA:
    wendigos and skinwalkers are NOT CRYPTIDS
    a cryptid is a species that has not yet been identified; but the two are based on mythology and spirituality, and both are products of Native American folklore and legend. to add to that, the Skinwalker is still considered a human as they are a practitioner of witchcraft for evil purposes, and the Wendigo is a spirit that possesses humans and turns them into the things we’re all familiar with. also, they don’t have deer skulls and antlers.
    it’s the same reason why we don’t consider vampires, werewolves, or ghosts as cryptids, because they were human at some point and all have a base in folklore and the supernatural.

    • @jakeooob5090
      @jakeooob5090 8 місяців тому +2

      Ok nerd

    • @paranoid2867
      @paranoid2867 8 місяців тому

      @@jakeooob5090 history will forget your name

  • @RatonaHill
    @RatonaHill 8 місяців тому +2

    I think the Ya Te Veo is very cool. It is great fuel for a suspenseful story. Imagine two adventures wanting to explore and realign themselves with nature. They set themselves on a hike. During their travels they become distant from the original path, they remain positive and enjoy the undisturbed forestry that surrounds them. They continue onward, but as they progress they lose focus of what they came for. They slowly start to lose interest in taking in the beautiful scenery. Now they are almost racing through the trees, like they have become somewhat consumed by an urge to reach something unknown to them. They don’t have time to question the feeling, or even to acknowledge the fact they’ve been lost to the woods for days. They don’t stop to rest, there is something they must find. They break through the canopy of trees to an open clearing. They take a deep breath, they’ve found what they were so desperately looking for. They feel relieved, the tenseness of their body dissolves. They look up and see a tree in the very center. It’s nothing like the ones that surround them. Even the curling branches seem to be blowing in a different direction then the others. The adventures look at each other before looking back at the odd tree. The bark on the short trunk twitches before snapping apart to reveal a giant eye staring back at them. They are immediately filled with a sense of dread. They turn to run. But before they can even make it back to the safety of the trees their legs are swallowed by branches. It drags them in, hoisting then into the air while thorns root into their bodies. They scream in agony. The eye never leaves them, not until they go silent. They’ve become one with nature.

  • @revengeoftheshreks1860
    @revengeoftheshreks1860 8 місяців тому +10

    Mothman is so raw. Just the fact that he may have caused the largest bridge disaster in the US, and that anyone who looks too closely at him goes insane makes him such a force to be reckoned with.

    • @dpjgiii
      @dpjgiii 8 місяців тому +2

      Isn’t the whole thing about him is that he’s an omen or a harbinger of unfortunate events/disasters not that he causes them?

    • @DoofXMachina
      @DoofXMachina 8 місяців тому

      ​@@dpjgiiiots fifty fifty

    • @Maxisamo1
      @Maxisamo1 8 місяців тому

      He's more of a Harbinger, if you see it, it's meant as a warning