Now I’m almost certain this is just a creepypasta but the very few mentions I’ve seen about it claim it’s a cryptid. The earliest mention of it I can find is on Reddit from a suspended user complexityspeculator. The important part from the post is as follows Has anyone heard of the 'phantom' or 'black' diver? Apparently certain divers have interacted with another diver underwater that has an odd way of moving, no face and a squishy carapace and often vanishes In an inky black cloud or floats lethargically. This particular cryptid has also been spotted in the form of a dolphin, which given the appearance sounds like a larger version of a mimic octopus. I first heard of this from the channel NFuel. Does anyone have more info about this? Possibly the origin? Or maybe evidence of it thanks for the help!

PSA: All deer are not deer.

I mean seriously just look at them. They're all weird and creepy and something is always at least little bit off from what you would expect a deer to look like. Don't let your guard down around the seemingly innocuous deer you've gotten used to in your back yard.

Photo source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Albany/s/4aDkBOk25j

deer #NotDeer #cryptid

@cryptidlore

Hello! Thought I'd share a couple of interesting Cryptids from my native state of Wisconsin! Cryptid lore is super fascinating to me, and I love hearing about local legends and seeing them referenced in popular media.

Beast of Bray Road - https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/beast-of-bray-road-wi/

Hodag - https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/2023/10/03/what-is-a-hodag-heres-the-famous-cryptids-wisconsin-origin-story/70707289007/

Trolls - https://trollway.com/trolls

Call it a cryptid claim to fame.

The riverside community of Columbia, Lancaster County, has latched onto the long-held lore of the Albatwitch, a small, fury creature that dates to Native American times here, and elevated it to legendary status.

The Albatwitch is now driving what creature hunter David Spinks calls “para-tourism” as thousands flock to the mountainous woods surrounding Columbia in search of the red-eyed, apple-stealing abnormality.

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Sixty-seven years ago, an eighteen-year-old Mennonite farm boy from a tiny Kansas town had a lake monster in his sights. Albert “Bert” Neufeld fired two shots from his hunting rifle in a vain attempt to bag Sinkhole Sam, the greatest monster legend Kansas has ever known.

There are multiple reports of a massive, snakelike creature swimming in the Big Sinkhole—that’s the official name according to the Kansas State Department of Transportation—a few miles outside of Inman, a tiny town northwest of Wichita. The legend began surfacing in the summer of 1952, the year before Neufeld took his shot. The creature was described as being between fifteen and thirty feet long, a wormy beast as big around as the tire from a 1951 REO Speedwagon.

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If I had to pick a favorite, it's hard to do worse than the Jackalope!