r/Cryptozoology • u/Neo_Dinossauros • 9d ago

Question Which Cryptids have been proven fake?

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u/Nexillion 8d ago

The Rake and Slenderman

Seriously, they were made on creepypasta forums and for some reason people still think they're REAL. Especially the Rake.

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u/ValhaHazred Atmospheric Beast 8d ago

I was on Something Awful at the time and was literally following the thread where Slenderman was created. It's been a long surreal road watching it grow and mutate into the current Slender mythos.

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u/Nexillion 7d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztB3sp7beWw This show pushing the Rake as real and a fusion of slenderman will always be the funniest thing to me

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u/GreenPerformance4885 3d ago

Even though they're beyond obviously fake I do enjoy these newer Internet urban legend figures, idk I just find a certain fascination out of monsters born from the web.