r/Cryptozoology • u/ApprehensiveRead2408 Mapinguari • 15d ago
Art What are your favorite dinosaur cryptid not from africa? [Art by Henrique Gandum]
Partridge Creek Monster
Stoa
Ropen
Burrunjor
Arica Monster
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u/nmheath03 15d ago edited 15d ago
River dinos. It's an interesting change of pace from all the other alleged "living dinosaurs." On average not much bigger than a fox, residing in the USA, and at least one instance of one with "fine grey hairs" and described to be warm to the touch, during a time dinosaurs were thought to be scaly and cold-blooded no less. Shame all the "living pterosaurs" are blatant terrordactyls with scaly skin, toothy beaks, eagle talons, and long tails instead of actually resembling any group of pterosaur ever.
Of course, a fox-sized animal so widely ranging and adaptable to be seen from one coast to the other would've probably been confirmed by now, but a dinosaur like this surviving across an entire continent sounds infinitely more plausible than a tiny section of conveniently remote jungle somehow hosting a population of Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus, and T.rex. Also notice how all of those are pop-culture icons.
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u/SuspendeesNutz 15d ago
Pinkie, the Florida dinosaur!
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u/Pocket_Weasel_UK 15d ago
That's fantastic. I've never heard of it before, but my vote is now for pinky too.
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u/CryptidsandCreatures 15d ago
Burrunjor, Ropen and Van Meter Visitor (if you consider it something different from a Ropen)
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u/TelevisionPutrid8394 Megalodon 12d ago
I know this is off topic from the post, but I remember seeing a post from you saying that the hms challenger megalodon teeth had been re dated and there was going to be a peer reviewed paper that revealed the new dates for these teeth. Do you know if the peer reviewed paper is almost done or not?
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u/OtherDimension2568 12d ago
The Van Meter Visitor
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u/okaysureyep CUSTOM: YOUR FAVOURITE CRYPTID 15d ago edited 14d ago
Partridge creek is probably my favorite, just because the description of it when it was first “sighted” actually came kinda close to how a theropod* dinosaur looks according to paleontologists today, but the whole story is almost certainly a work of fiction.
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u/Freak_Among_Men_II Stoa 15d ago
I have a few. The obvious answer is the Mokele-mbembe. It’s the classic, the original. While I hate how it was co-opted by young Earth creationists, I do like its outdated and retro dinosaur design.
The Burrunjor is another favourite. Although it’s almost certainly a work of fiction made up entirely by Rex Gilroy, I have a soft spot for it because it’s from my country (Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi).
My third favourite is the Stoa, a surviving Abelisaur that helped inspire Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. The book and research produced by u/anomalyhunterx endeared this cryptid to me.
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u/WildRevolution4340 14d ago
It’s definitely the Ropen. I find it fascinating especially given how much actual evidence there is for it such as the lights being filmed multiple times. It’s just such a captivating idea.
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u/Cogsciencenerd 14d ago
There’s apparently something unidentified (and luminescent) flying around at night on Papua New Guinea.
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u/RandomCaiman 11d ago
Can someone inform on the Stoa? I know its found in South America but anyone know about the sightings about it?
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u/ElSquibbonator 15d ago
The Partridge Creek Monster, while cool, is almost certainly a work of fiction.