A monster naturalist studies reported creatures as hypothetical animals, using evidence, habitat, ecology, folklore, and field notes to ask how a monster could live if it were real. Become a monster naturalist now!
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In Oregon, a large primate lurks amongst the old growth forests. Waiting. Lurking. Observing. Hikers feel a sense of dread and fear so strong they want to run away … and never go back. Get the scoop on the Seatco now.
The Seatco: Lurking in Old Growth Forests Read Post »
The Cascades feature a mysterious phenomenon where trees, like a Douglas fir, appear to have exploded without cause, attributed to a cryptid known as the Splintercat. This large, catlike creature allegedly moves in straight lines, shattering trees to access honey or raccoons, leaving unique signs of its presence behind in the forest.
Splintercat: The Most Honest Monster in the PNW Read Post »
Something is moving through the east Cascades at night. Witnesses describe it the same way every time: wrong face, wrong proportions, moving between two legs and four like it was born to do both. I ran the biology. I ran the numbers. The picture that came back is unsettling.
Cascades Dogman: A Problematic Biology Read Post »
Six animals that will hunt, kill, and eat a human being: confirmed, classified, and operating right now. From the Sundarbans to Puget Sound, this field guide covers the creatures your monster manual left out. They don’t need legends. They have victims.
They Are Real and They Are Hungry: A Field Guide to Animals That Will Eat You Read Post »
Cadborosaurus, or Caddy as we call it in the PNW, is thought to be a sea serpent spotted in the Salish Sea. Its cryptid corpse was found in 1937 … and vanished. Today, there’s the chance this sea monster really exists. Get the scoop now.
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In 1994, a teenager had an encounter with a behemoth that dropped from the sky. It had leathery wings, a wolf’s head, and glowing eyes. This encounter became the first reported sighting of Batsquatch, Cascadia’s flying humanoid. Get the monster profile after the jump.
Batsquatch: Flying Humanoid of the Pacific Northwest Read Post »
Soaring over the shorelines and estuaries of the Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound, a new avian cryptid may have just
The Cascadia Pterosaur: A 77 Million-Year-Old Relic Or Something New? Read Post »
Deep in forests and floating in lakes, creatures leave bits of themselves behind. A soup, swirling with fragments of their
EXPLAINER: eDNA For The Cryptozoologist Read Post »