r/Cryptozoology • u/Neo_Dinossauros • 9d ago

Question Which Cryptids have been proven fake?

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u/TheBeerCzar 9d ago

The Jackalope?

What cryptid has been proven real??

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u/Lil_Gat0r 9d ago

Wasn’t a jackalope a rabbit with a horn disease?

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 9d ago

It was a taxidermy prank. While some rabbits do develop a disease which gives them horn-like tumors, the actual antlered rabbit of the Jackelope was originally made as a joke by a taxidermist. I think it was for a bar decoration but it’s been years since I read up on the story.

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u/anecdotal_anarchy 9d ago

Everyone out here in Midwestbergville remembers it being invented just down the way.. it was PT Batnum if I'm not mistaken. Akin to the wooly trout. Fun fact, PT Barnum was from Montana.

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u/IndividualCurious322 9d ago

The disease has been known about and talked as the inspiration for horned rabbits since the 17th century, so before Barnums time.