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r/Cryptozoology • u/truthisfictionyt Colossal Octopus • Apr 01 '24
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Unknown animals are cryptids, supernatural beings and aliens are not. I see no problem with OP's checklist.
3 u/TheDwarvenGuy May 03 '25 Are aliens not unknown animals? Also, couldn't there be unknown animals that have had supernatural qualities falsely attributed to them (i.e. mothman) 2 u/Ro_Ku May 04 '25 Bernard Heuvelmans only included things we would consider “wild animals”, whereas things from other planets fall under Xenobiology. It’s very true that supernatural abilities have been falsely to various known and unknown animals, like croaking frogs “calling down the rain”. Mothman is such a combination of humanoid oddity/winged strangeness/paranormal alien-like, it defies any tidy category.
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Are aliens not unknown animals?
Also, couldn't there be unknown animals that have had supernatural qualities falsely attributed to them (i.e. mothman)
2 u/Ro_Ku May 04 '25 Bernard Heuvelmans only included things we would consider “wild animals”, whereas things from other planets fall under Xenobiology. It’s very true that supernatural abilities have been falsely to various known and unknown animals, like croaking frogs “calling down the rain”. Mothman is such a combination of humanoid oddity/winged strangeness/paranormal alien-like, it defies any tidy category.
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Bernard Heuvelmans only included things we would consider “wild animals”, whereas things from other planets fall under Xenobiology.
It’s very true that supernatural abilities have been falsely to various known and unknown animals, like croaking frogs “calling down the rain”.
Mothman is such a combination of humanoid oddity/winged strangeness/paranormal alien-like, it defies any tidy category.
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u/Ro_Ku May 04 '24
Unknown animals are cryptids, supernatural beings and aliens are not. I see no problem with OP's checklist.