Crypto Theory: Are Cryptids Extraterrestrials?

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So, unless I can think of something else to do or say on the origin and species of cryptids, I think this will be the last one I'm going to write for now. Crypto Theory will still be around, but the origin theories of cryptids might be gone for a while.

Also, I want to remind you all of my book Tales of Horror: Macabre Monsters of Michigan. I'm still in the middle of edits right now and pestering my Old Man for his review. But, if you don't care about those things, then buy it today. The prices are still $.99 for Kindle and $4.99 for paperback.

Anyway, for this week's post of Crypto Theory, I'm looking at the theory of...

That's right. Are cryptids extraterrestrials? Are they aliens from another planet? Sounds strange, but there is some evidence and witness testimony to suggest just that. Let's take a look at some of it.

Exhibit A: MIB's Be Creeping

Sometimes when a cryptid sighting is reported, it isn't unusual for Men in Black, usually associated with UFO phenomenon, to be seen immediately after. We're all familiar with how nefarious the MIB's stalked people during the Mothman incident, but there are stories of the MIB's being around during other times. In Nick Refern's book Three Men Seeking Monsters, he tells of a witness who saw a cryptid while camping up in the mountains one day. Immediately after, three men in black suits, which were ill chosen clothes for the environment, appeared They asked the witness if he saw anything strange a few minutes ago. The witness answered in the negative and the MIB's told him they might be by later to ask him some more questions. They never did.

In the episode "Wilderness: UFO Bigfoot, Lake Pepin Monster, Cajun Werewolf" from Monsters and Mysteries in America, there's tell of an unusual tale where several teens saw illuminated Sasquatches that they claimed were from outer space. And then, I don't remember if it was the same episode or not, but there was an episode where a Bigfoot had tried to leech power from a trailer park home's generator. A boy took a picture of a footprint left by the beast, and suddenly an MIB appeared in front of him. The MIB took the picture from the boy and then rubbed out the footprint with his own shoe. The MIB then reportedly disappeared.

So, next time you see something strange and a man in a black suit suddenly appears, think twice about what you tell him.

You might want to be especially
discretionary when these two role up.

Exhibit B: Lizardman and the Reptoids

When it comes to aliens and extraterrestrials, everyone is familiar with the Greys: little grey men with huge heads and big, black eyes. But, what some people may not know is that there are different kinds of aliens seen all over the world. Some report aliens with blonde hair, blue eyes, and flawless skin with a beauty that is otherworldly, some report seeing aliens that look like a hybrid between Greys and humans, but one of the most popular is the Reptoids.

I can't say much about the Reptoids other than they match descriptions of Lizardmen. But, in an episode of Animal X: Natural Mystery Unit, "Lizardmen, Reptilian Creatures, & Alien Abductions," they discuss the possibility that Lizardmen are from outer space. In this particular episode, they talk to two supposed alien abductees, one who claims to heal people with alien energies and can even speak their language. They also interview a therapist who works as an alien abductee counselor helping people come to terms with their close encounters of the third kind. According to the therapist, reptilian ET's are common sightings and she says the face that people are left with PTSD afterward shows that the witnesses are being honest.

Exhibit C: Dogman

Doubtlessly, many of you are skeptical that your beloved Dogman could be an alien. But according to one witness in Linda Godfrey's Real Wolfmen, that's exactly what they are. In 2005, she was contacted by a man who had received training in remote viewing, a psychic ability that allows people to see others from great distances, and sometimes, from other times. According to the man, before humans arrived on Earth, a werewolf-like alien species visited Earth and left its commandos behind waiting for the time when humanity destroys itself.

Now, while this is certainly an interesting theory, there are some problems with the story. For one thing, Linda lost contact with the witness because he said the Dogmen found out about his remote viewing, and they believed turnabout is fair play, so he stopped. Another issue is that he claims the Dogmen he saw were of the Anubis variety, which isn't a very popular one. But, what really shoots hole in this story is that if the Dogmen aliens landed on Earth at a time before humans were the dominant species, why didn't they just take over it then? Why come, drop off a few commandos, leave, wait for humans to settle in, and then wait for humans to destroy themselves? They could've dominated the planet long ago if they had just usurped humans while we were still evolving. Know what I mean? It's an interesting theory, and it could explain a few things about Dogmen, but I don't put much stock in it.

Do you think Anubis Dogmen
look just as goofy as the Egyptians
depict them?

Exhibit D: El Chupacabra

When thinking of the stereotypical el Chupacabra, we typically imagine a creature that is short, has bulbous eyes, and doesn't look like anything on his planet. Being short and having big eyes sounds very Grey-like. And, according to some eyewitnesses, they have seen Chupacabras cavorting around satellites where UFO's often appear, and their footprints have been found around UFO landing sites. One such claim is made by an investigator in the episode "El Chupacabra" on Animal X: Natural Mystery Unit. And, in that episode, Argentinian locals claimed NASA personnel may have captured el Chupacabra specimens and taken them back to the US.

There's definitely a resemblance.

Unfortunately, I'm not much a ufologist, so I don't know much about the alien phenomenon and how it might be connected to cryptozoology. It could be that both UFO's and cryptids are caused by the same phenomenon, such as a portal through the dimensions or that they're both demonic in nature. However, if there are any cryptids out there that are aliens, I'd put money on el Chupacabra, Mothman, and Lizardman just because they're so weird and different from anything we've ever seen before on Earth, and because they do have some ties to UFO's. Hell, Lizardman might even have ties to the US Air Force.

But, that's going to do it for now. I apologize for the brevity of this post, but like I said, I don't know much. Next week, I'll be writing about ghosts, but I'm not sure in what capacity. I will return to Crypto Theory eventually though. I would like to briefly examine the activity around the Land Between the Lakes area, a well-known area to some cryptozoologists. But, anyway, I'll see you next time.

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Crypto Theory: Are Cryptids Real Animals?

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So, I'm continuing my series of Crypto Theory. I don't know how long this will go on for, but considering that "crypto theory" is such a generic name, any theory regarding cryptozoology, even if it's not about the origin and species of cryptids, is fair game. Now, some of you probably don't have an issue with me writing about cryptids, but I do want to do something with ghosts and spirits in the future.

Also, I want to remind you all of my book Tales of Horror: Macabre Monsters of Michigan. The prices are still $.99 for Kindle and $4.99 for paperback, so they're still cheap. Get'em while they are. I'm in the middle of edits right now and expecting my first reviews any day now.

Anyway, in this post of Crypto Theory, I'm going to be looking at a more basic theory for the origin of cryptids, and it is...

 

That's right; are cryptids real animals? I mean, are cryptids animals that have evolved on our planet? If we were to study them, could we actually trace their DNA back a few thousand years and find that their ancestors resided on our planet? Well, let's take a look at this.

Many scientists and experts in the field of cryptozoology study cryptids from the perspective that they are real creatures, typically some form of animal, which might actually be working against the field when it comes to skeptics because certain cryptids are too weird to actually be real. But, what if the theory hath authority? What if cryptids are real flesh and blood animals?

Consider Bigfoot: he's been around for decades, is seen all across the world, and may even have a sound ancestor in the form of Gigantopithecus. And, there are claims from multiple sources that we have hair and blood samples of the creature. In the episode "Sasquatch Attack" from MonsterQuest, they covered a story where a cabin in Northern Ontario had been ransacked during the winter. To prevent it from happening again, the owner placed a board full of screws just outside the front door. Well, it yielded some results because when the owner returned, he found a large, bloody track left on the board. Investigators managed to scrape off a sample of blood and find a hair. The results from the hair were in inconclusive with the morphologist saying it looked like it came off a wild human. And, for the results of the blood sample, they found human DNA, but mixed with a bit of primate DNA.

Is this the answer to all the riddles?

Another thing about Sasquatch is that there are several different kinds of him out there: Bigfoot, Yowie, Yeti, Menk, Grassman, Skunk Ape, Monkey Man, and they all have their own look, build, fur, and sometimes smell. This would suggest a population of Sasquatch, and more than that, this would suggest a diverse population, possibly even different species. And thanks to all of the eyewitness accounts, Bigfoot researchers have come up with a number of different types of Bigfoot meaning there could be different species out there.

These are all pretty terrifying.

Add to all this, Bigfoot is not the only cryptid out there to have different types. Regarding the Dogman, there are seven recognized variants, most of them wolf-like and some of them are the spitting image of an actual werewolf. So, it seems like there are multiple species of Dogman out there. But wouldn't that mean there are Dogmen out in the wild breeding? Well, if you ever listen to the podcast Dogman Encounters Radio, there are stories of Dogman pups. In episode 137, "A Dogman Named Stripes!", investigator Josh Turner interviewed a man who supposedly rescued a pup from his dead mother and raised him. He called him Stripes because of a specific pattern on his chest, and that led to a life-long friendship and a lot of other interesting phenomena. The man who raised Stripes believes he was saved from his burning house by Stripes.

There's no two ways about it:
Dogman is definitely scarier than Bigfoot.

That sounds really unbelievable, but it isn't the only report of Dogman pups. If you read Linda Godfrey's Real Wolfmen, she mentions a sighting in Kentucky, Land Between the Lakes area, where a witness supposedly saw a Dogman female and three pups cross his path through the middle of a forest late one night. (Don't worry. He was in a truck.) And at some point in Linda Godfrey's work, she made an argument for what she calls the "Indigenous Dogman." Unfortunately, I can't find the source, but with it, she discusses the possibility of wolves evolving the ability to stand on two legs and use their front paws like hands.

The Indigenous Dogman
by Godfrey herself.

Let's change gears here and take a look at Lizardman. The most popular theory for Lizardman is that he's some sort of extraterrestrial, but there are some who believe him to be an evolved dinosaur. Dale Russell, a paleontologist, looked at the dinosaur Troodon and its evolution, and noted several interesting changes in its physiology and brain size. He theorized that if Troodon had escaped the Cretaceous extinction, it could have continued evolving into today, and it would resemble a human in its posture, hands, and capabilities.

"Hey, we're related!"
*rawr?*

That does sound a little nutty, but remember the Coelacanth, a fish that showed up 10,000 years after he was supposed to be dead? Looking at some other cryptids, notably lake monsters, some of them look like certain marine dinosaurs, like the Plesiosaur or even the Mosasaurus. Carry that point a little further and I'm sure some of you are familiar with a cryptid known as Mokele-mbembe, the one who stops the flow of rivers, living in the jungles of the Congo. According to reports from the local tribes, they describe a creature not all that dissimilar from an Apatosaurus. What's really interesting, is that if you dig deeper into local legends, you can find other dinosaur-like cryptids such as Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu which is supposed to resemble a Stegosaurus.

The One Who Stops the Flow of Rivers

So, it seems like there's a decent argument for cryptids being real animals. Some of them do have roots in our past or even look like animals living today, some of them obviously breed, and for some of them, we have actual blood and hair samples. The evidence seems to point to an undeniable conclusion. For me personally, I don't put much stock into this theory except where Bigfoot is concerned. I think he's real, but not necessarily an animal. I think he's more likely a dead end branch of our own evolution. As for the others, I tend to think of them as being manifestations of our imaginations like I discussed last week--fantasy becoming reality. But, if fantasies can become realities, then what difference is there between a manifestation and a real animal? Both are real, right?

Next week, I'll be looking at another origin theory. This time I'll be investigating the claims that cryptids are extraterrestrials from outer space. If you want to make sure you don't miss it, join my Cryptids and Paranormal mailing list here. See ya next week.

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Crypto Theory: Are Cryptids Demons?

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So, the promotion for my book went well... I think. And hopefully, I should have enough good reviews soon to increase the price suitably. Course though, once my get my father's feedback and fix the mistakes he found. But, despite that, get Tales of Horror: Macabre Monsters of Michigan while it's still $.99 for Kindle and $4.99 for paperback.

Anyway, continuing on with last week's theme of looking into what cryptids are and where they come from, we have a different theory to look at today. And it is...

That's right. Demons. Could cryptids be agents of evil or of the Devil sent to terrorize humans? Or, even the punishment for our sins? Let's take a closer look at this, and examine some of the evidence.

Exhibit A

Aside from a few cases, most sightings of Dogmen and other cryptids are always accompanied by fear. Fear so strong that some witnesses suffer from PTSD and they just shut down. Some people's lives have been ruined by their encounters. How could seeing an animal or even just an undocumented creature result in such bad juju? People used be to be superstitious about black cats, but my friend John had a black cat named Harry. Aside from being a bit of a porker, Harry wanted for nothing more than to curl up in someone's lap and be pet. I never had any bad luck after petting Harry. So perhaps, the Dogman and other "creatures" are not just creatures at all.

Exhibit B

In one particular episode on the podcast Dogman Encounters Radio, one paranormal investigator was looking for the Dogman when suddenly, a psychic he knew was startled out of a dead sleep from hundreds of miles away because she believed she saw something evil in her dreams. It disturbed her so much, she got out of bed and did a cleansing of her entire house. She then called the investigator to find out what he had been poking his nose into. To many of us, that seems a more than a bit much, but notice that her dream frightened her so much she did a cleansing of her house--that is to say, she purified her house and probably performed some sort of ritual to protect it. That's pretty hardcore.

Exhibit C

Renowned Dogman reporter Linda Godfrey has put forth her own theory that cryptids could be manifestations of desecrated Native American burial mounds. According to Godfrey, most of these mounds are dedicated to an animal spirit, such as a bear, wolf, or panther, and so she believes that the desecration of these mounds may have angered the spirits of the dead into manifesting themselves as vengeful ghosts. I also remember reading Godfrey's book Real Wolfmen: True Encounters in Modern America where eyewitness Lorianne Endrizzi is reported to having said, "To this day, I believe it was Satanic," when she had her encounter with a Dogman in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Exhibit D

There's an old cryptid hunting show out there called Animal X: Natural Mystery Unit. It's one of my favorites because the show host, Bill Kerr (RIP), was so over the top in his presentation. But in their episode on el Chupacabra, one of the investigators, Natalie Schmitt, says that some people believe el Chupacabra to be a demon come to punish humanity for its mistreatment of the planet.

I'd think that was a demon.

Exhibit E

And speaking of demons, I'm reminded of a very interesting story from Nick Redfern's book Three Men Seeking Monsters. In chapter 10, "The Sky Beast," Redfern and his friends meet the eccentric and terrified Colin Perks in Glastonbury, England. Perks is an archaeologist who believes he is well on his way to uncovering the burial site of King Arthur. But during his research, he met a woman named Sarah Key who Perks later discovered was an agent for Ministry Intelligence, Section 5. Miss Key urged Perks not to dig any further into what he had uncovered otherwise he might open a portal into another world, and to prevent that from happening, Miss Key issued a vague threat of something possibly visiting Perks.

Well, Perks didn't listen. As a result, he was beset upon by a strange and unusual creature that I call the Glastonbury Gargoyle. Just thinking about it gives me chills. This is how the creature is described:

[...]it was a hideous creature that Perks could only describe as a gargoyle.
     Around seven feet in height and pale-skinned, it had thin and almost emaciated limbs. Attached to its arms and upper body were two large and leathery wings that reminded Perks of a giant bat. As his headlights struck the creature, he could see that its bones shone through its skin and appeared almost hollow. But most horrific of all was the creature's head: bald and with two large and pointed ears, its glowing, red eyes stared at him. An evil grin crossed its hook-nosed face and appeared to mock him, while two large fangs extended down from a wide and black-tongued mouth.

This image is actually from Monsters and Mysteries in America.

In a too close for comfort experience where the creature manifested itself in his bedroom, Perks learned from the Gargoyle that the resting place of King Arthur was actually a burial site that kept a portal closed that could unleash all sorts of hellish creatures upon the world. The Gargoyle himself claimed to be a servant of the old kings of England put there to prevent such a thing from happening.

Then later on in chapter 12, "Doggone Animals," Redfern and crew meet a woman named Diane Facer who had carried out extensive research on phantom black dogs in England. They tell the story to Diane and she wonders if the portal they're talking about is the gateway to Hell. Up until that point, none of them had thought that, but it sounded about right especially given the description of the Glastonbury Gargoyle. It may sound strange that a demon is preventing other demons from being released, but there are many stories about ancient cultures putting supernal powers under their control. So why not?

Exhibit F

Looking at the eastern US, there's another unusual tale I remember that comes from Point Pleasant, West Virginia. That's right--Mothman! But not Mothman himself. This actually has to do with the Men In Black.

In Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend by Donnie Sergeant Jr. and Jeff Wamsley, they conducted an interview with legendary eyewitness Linda Scarberry. During the interview, she spoke of an interesting incident with an MIB where one apparently stormed into her kitchen. She and a friend were there and tried asking it a few questions. It didn't respond and instead went to light a cigarette. Suddenly, it looked up when the reflection of the lighter flame was caught by a gold plated crucifix that was hanging on the wall. According to Scarberry, the MIB fled immediately. Unless the MIB's are huge antitheists, this makes them look like lesser forms of evil.

Exhibit G

Now, if we're going to talk about cryptids as being possibly devils or demons, there are several named for demons and devils: devil dogs, the Dover Demon, why, even renowned cryptozoologist Loren Coleman got his start when he encountered a phantom panther that he claims attacked him. But, if we're going to talk demons and devils, would be remiss if I didn't mention the most famous of them all, the Jersey Devil.

Personally, I believe the Dover Demon was an ET of some sort, but devil dogs and JD are harder to explain away. Devil dogs are supposed to be harbingers of death and other foul things, while the Jersey Devil has been haunting the Pine Barrens for almost 300 years. In some versions of the JD legend, Mother Leeds is a witch and the father was the Devil himself, which seems to make a good case for the JD actually being a devil of some kind.

Conclusion

So then, is it case closed on Dogman, el Chupacabra, and the Jersey Devil? Are they the spawn of Hell? Without definitive evidence, we can't say really, but the evidence, as it is, does make for a compelling case.

Personally, I don't believe most cryptids are demons, but for my money, this is the second most likely explanation in a majority of cases. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Dogman turned out to be a demon. Some may scoff, and ask how demons can interact with the real world, but remember, Jesus Christ was both fully man and fully God. Not to mention poltergeist activity in people's homes such as objects flying across the room on their own. So, the idea that the spiritual can affect the physical is not a road block in the slightest.

But, that'll have to do for now. Next week, I'll be looking at what I think the most likely explanation is: PK Manifestations. To make sure you don't miss it, join my mailing list to receive notifications here. Those on my mailing list will be told first about any new posts I make. And remember to pick up a copy of my book: Tales of Horror: Macabre Monsters of Michigan.

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