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Me answering NaNoWriMo Questions once again. This time is was: Cryptids!
For my story, the MCs work for the government to sort of keep the ‘cryptid’ type creatures under wraps. They go wherever there’s a sighting, which is why there are documentaries and shows about these creatures, but no actual hardcore evidence or capture. So for my story, I need a bunch of these cryptid type animals. They don’t deal with ghosts or aliens, though, so those are out.I need things like Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Champ, Jersey Devil, etc. Thanks for your help!
[quote=Phoomp]One creature not mentioned in the above list is the chupacabra.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
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HEY! That was what I was going to mention! You beat me to it!
When I’m planning for NaNo I always head to the local libraies and the state libaray and get out as many books on my plot topic as each library allows me to get out on my card, and than I spend the weeks before NaNo reading up on various info about my topic I plan to write about. Part of one of my current plot ideas was to have a Chupacabra attack only it started killing people instead of livestock, so there was now a big rush to track it down and find out what it was and put a stop to it. So, as a result of that plot idea, I right now has out: Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
My favorite, which, after reading this book, resulted in some plot idea changes, was the Californian Megalobatrachus or The Californian Giant Salamander. It’s like bigfoot only salamanders instead (and I’ve got this thing for salamanders.) Well, I had never heard of these Giant Salamanders until last week when reading this book. Now I’ve been looking them up, and I found info about sightings of salamanders up to 30 feet long! Most sightings are of salamanders 5 to 6 feet long or 9 to 12 feet long for a few, but always in California.
My personal favorites however are not mentioned in that book: Phookas and Kelpies and my personal #1 fave: MerFolk (this link goes to info about an actual merman sighting in recent years). In spite of hundreds of sightings in the past, because there have been almost no new sightings of these three since the 19th century, they never get mentioned in cryptozoology and are instead placed in folklore. 
What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!
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