The Bizarre 'Dragon' of Appalachia | Biology of the Snallygaster

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Thought Potato

Thought Potato

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@JobenJP
@JobenJP 8 күн бұрын
I like how you set up/imply that more dragon-like creatures exist near the end
@huntermoore7669
@huntermoore7669 8 күн бұрын
I know right? Please oh please let him continue it
@Ocencreeperking
@Ocencreeperking 7 күн бұрын
I thought you said ender dragon for a second
@goteamslugs
@goteamslugs Күн бұрын
@@Ocencreeperking Heh. :)
@mikemerchant9242
@mikemerchant9242 8 күн бұрын
What's Mokele-mbembe? Is it a apatosaurus sub-species that evolved to survive the ice age? thought potato: No, It's an evolved variant of pangolin. What's the snallygaster? thought potato: A freaking griffon.
@frougee
@frougee 8 күн бұрын
If that isnt unexpected i dont know what is. I expected the mokele mbembe to be some kind of giant herbivorus crocodilimorph.
@deinsilverdrac8695
@deinsilverdrac8695 7 күн бұрын
@@frougee mokele mbembe is supposed to have a horn in the first desciption. Me: a giant furless sivatherium There's a lot of possibilities for Congo cryptid living machairodont water panther giant water snake giant monitor with sail giant spider apeman quilled chimpanzee Billi apes or just mundane forest rhino and i am surprised he didn't do bigfoot yet and directly went with more obscure cryptids, it's nice.
@kilroy4199
@kilroy4199 7 күн бұрын
@@deinsilverdrac8695 not really much to say about big foot just a surviving hominid relative that specialized for strength rather than intelligence basically just his vid on giants just smaller and with more hair
@jeefberky9101
@jeefberky9101 7 күн бұрын
Gotta keep us on our toes
@ErpReportsNow
@ErpReportsNow 7 күн бұрын
he did
@Lambach-Ruthven
@Lambach-Ruthven 8 күн бұрын
Colonel, we're gonna need a bigger deep fryer.
@christhe2dprotogen511
@christhe2dprotogen511 8 күн бұрын
Deep fryer? We’re gonna need a Abyss Fryer to cook that thing!
@searpen1848
@searpen1848 8 күн бұрын
KFC (Kentucky Fried Cryptid)
@vee-bee-a
@vee-bee-a 8 күн бұрын
Ah, hell no! This whole comment section is a nut fest!
@admiraltorvosaurus8513
@admiraltorvosaurus8513 8 күн бұрын
Sounds delicious I will head to that cryptid market for some meats we can try
@Lambach-Ruthven
@Lambach-Ruthven 8 күн бұрын
​@@searpen1848 666 herbs and spices.
@somerandomschmuck2547
@somerandomschmuck2547 8 күн бұрын
Betting that narration on how certain theropods might have developed is how we get dragons. The mention of chambers that might have served certain chemical purposes might be more foreshadowing.
@bluepantheon467
@bluepantheon467 8 күн бұрын
Oh, I am praying that that is the case! Dragons are my absolute favorite mythological creature, with mermaids a close second, and I have been WAITING for dragons to be put through this lens
@shadowldrago
@shadowldrago 8 күн бұрын
My best guess would be the internal generation of chemicals that are inert separately, but when combined and mixed with air, suddenly become significantly more volatile.
@tessabakker662
@tessabakker662 8 күн бұрын
@@shadowldrago My favorite sciency explanation for dragon fire, I loved the depiction of it in Reign of Fire. Probably my favorite example of fully wild dragons in fiction!
@goteamslugs
@goteamslugs Күн бұрын
"History would know them as dinosaurs. But legend would know them as dragons." - The Ark and the Darkness
@goteamslugs
@goteamslugs Күн бұрын
@@bluepantheon467 "Cecealia" are my favorite. Also known as "cilophytes". =)
@ryonhatcher4561
@ryonhatcher4561 8 күн бұрын
I really liked how this creature was presented, it was well-designed and almost perfectly faithful to its source material. I like how you made it a surviving descendant of the non-avian dinosaurs and made it evolve to resemble a Dragon. Also, I love the idea you used by making its 'wings' be more like the gliding mechanisms found in certain gliding lizards, that was genius.
@jameswilliams2075
@jameswilliams2075 8 күн бұрын
Well he said therapod stock it could be from moe of the three bird lineages that died with the non avian dinosaurs
@cameronroman9271
@cameronroman9271 8 күн бұрын
Twice in a week!? We are blessed!
@jawz9455
@jawz9455 8 күн бұрын
I swear! I'm over here watching less KZbin but when Thought Potato posts, I'm there.
@andreisrayton7357
@andreisrayton7357 8 күн бұрын
Yes we are 😢
@slitheringsnake229
@slitheringsnake229 8 күн бұрын
Seriously!
@BeepTheDull
@BeepTheDull 8 күн бұрын
Blessed by the potatossiah.
@thesovietunion9542
@thesovietunion9542 8 күн бұрын
@@BeepTheDull warhammer reference ?!
@peterstoric6560
@peterstoric6560 8 күн бұрын
I’m sure you get suggestions a lot, but since you already opened up the Congo as an option you should check out the J’ba Fofi, aka the Congolese giant spider. It’s said to be a gigantic arachnid with a total radius of 5 feet, a rear strangely resembling a human skull, and pretty well documented behavior by locals such as hunting habits. The most interesting, in my opinion, is the fact that it is said that the creature used to be much more common but has dwindled in encounters (or perhaps even extinction) due to human involvement. At the very least, it’s my favorite Congo cryptid and even if you never see this I had to give it a try
@HeirofAzaran
@HeirofAzaran 8 күн бұрын
In the Skull Island book, they talk about hermit crabs that use skulls instead of shells. Perhaps this could be a sort of hermit crab? After all, the coconut crab is just a very large version of the hermit crab
@misterhyde2817
@misterhyde2817 8 күн бұрын
Still posting for the Oklahoma octopus
@peterstoric6560
@peterstoric6560 8 күн бұрын
@@HeirofAzaran I was actually thinking it would be a type of colosal hermit crab myself. Especially considering that the coconut crab reaches sizes similar to the Congolese spider anyway and using the skulls of prey as a shell would fit in nicely. Plus, crustaceans already have a history of looking spider like in some areas so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch. All that would really be needed is a venomous means of attack (maybe such as a modified claw like a centipede) and a way to produce webbing as described in their hunting tactics
@ParkerOrosz
@ParkerOrosz 8 күн бұрын
I think it could be a large terrestrial species of scorpion that convergently evolve to look like a spider. Scorpions and spiders are the closest living relatives to each other and scorpions have grew large throughout prehistory
@Sienna6164
@Sienna6164 8 күн бұрын
I would not be able to watch that video (I’m terrified of spiders)
@Nathan_Coley
@Nathan_Coley 8 күн бұрын
Babe wake up, Thought Potato just posted.
@remuslazar2033
@remuslazar2033 8 күн бұрын
She was busy with me bro, let her sleep 😎
@kingpotato7183
@kingpotato7183 8 күн бұрын
Babe was busy with both of us bro. Let her sleep 😎
@kingrex1606
@kingrex1606 8 күн бұрын
Two videos in one week, we don't deserve you Thanks
@flightlesslord2688
@flightlesslord2688 8 күн бұрын
I love how its like 'Is the Congo giant dinosaur a dinosaur?' 'No.. its a giant herbivorous pangolin... but... foreshadowing.'
@laurentiuvladutmanea3622
@laurentiuvladutmanea3622 8 күн бұрын
You know. I actually like how you did the surviving dinosaurs in your setting. Also, I can see the hints towards the dragons.
@gabrielbastos18
@gabrielbastos18 8 күн бұрын
Regarding the mysterious organs, I think Thought Potato is foreshadowing a "true dragon" video. The basic Bauplan of the Snallygaster would explain the classical 4 legs + wings description - as the video points out. And while these organs may have a different function for the Snallygaster, they could be used to explain a dragon producing "fire" (or some other chemical reaction that gave rise to the legends)
@nigel7976
@nigel7976 7 күн бұрын
I had a similar thought, mostly because of the A$$ Blasters from the Tremors franchise and how their take-off method worked
@lucasazevedo1928
@lucasazevedo1928 7 күн бұрын
Hollow bones and Air sacks like dinos had, plus those rib wings and some form of propulsion likely tied to those glands could be a good way to explain the flight without true wings, i'm interested to see how Thought Potato aproaches this one.
@spanda7631
@spanda7631 6 күн бұрын
I thought the extra organ helped it regulate heat since snallygaster seems close to a reptile and reptiles normally can't survive in higher altitudes with cold temperatures since they are cold blooded but yeah the foreshadowing it as a "true dragon" makes sense
@lucasazevedo1928
@lucasazevedo1928 4 күн бұрын
@@spanda7631 i can see that as well, i imagine Though Potato will make Dragons like a more derived branch of this new Dinosaur Lineage that includes the Snallygaster, the Snallygaster is prolly a more basal member of this new clade of Dragons
@dreadthemadsmith
@dreadthemadsmith 8 күн бұрын
The gliding lizard styled wings are one of my favorite explanations for hexipodal dragons. Glad to see someone use them. One of my "spec evo" designs has them have the babies having glanding wings earlie one with some clades developing them further into fully functional wings.
@chancegivens9390
@chancegivens9390 8 күн бұрын
That sounds cool!
@Beefcake6172
@Beefcake6172 7 күн бұрын
That's interesting! I like to do speculative creatures as well. For the Snallygaster I thought up of a basal caecilian, or caecilian relative, that had developed a mode of gliding/flight and their descendents in doing so develop beaks, in order to have tentacles and a beak at the same time. Though maybe it's just the modern caecilians with tentacles, not sure. But what are "glanding wings"?
@dreadthemadsmith
@dreadthemadsmith 7 күн бұрын
@@Beefcake6172 The extended ribs of gliding lizards that let them glide but don't produce powered flight.
@grimfin3214
@grimfin3214 8 күн бұрын
Please don’t feel compelled to make these videos too quickly, burnout can be a real pain in the ass and we all want you to keep your high standard of quality!
@fantasy-writing-v5z
@fantasy-writing-v5z 8 күн бұрын
Can’t wait to see what other obscure cryptic you make scientifically possible next like the agropelter or slide-rock bolter
@Thyla0
@Thyla0 8 күн бұрын
Absolutely incredible, wasn't expecting another video so soon after Mokele Mbepe
@ShihabUddin-s5f2z
@ShihabUddin-s5f2z 8 күн бұрын
Potato please do these videos with the same format but for fairytales too like gnomes, leprechauns, rapunzel, witches, the beanstalk from jack and the giant and Humpty Dumpty even. I looovvveeee these videos. Your my fave KZbinr ever ❤❤❤
@kingpotato7183
@kingpotato7183 8 күн бұрын
Humpty dumpty would be interesting lmao. How does that even work?
@deinsilverdrac8695
@deinsilverdrac8695 7 күн бұрын
mmmh, maybe not the same format then. More like an expedition field note in the realm of true fantastical creature... a bit less biology/medical and more study of their behaviour, and morphological characteristic (while keeping slightly less realistic/plausible and slightly more fantastical design). Imagine an anthropologist/zoologist walking in a mushroom circle and suddenly being teleported to the feywild.
@diplodorkus970
@diplodorkus970 3 күн бұрын
Humpty Dumpty spec evo is one of the funniest things I've heard in a while
@ananslator3655
@ananslator3655 8 күн бұрын
I would love to see you do more obscure crypt and monsters like the Dover Demon(a creature that despite its name looks more like an alien) Akhlut(a weird creature that looks like a cross between a wolf and an orca) brynnmetheney(canine creature more strange than its name) Rougarou(the Louisiana swamp version of the werewolf) Taniwha(large sea reptiles that live in New Zealand) Lou Carcolh(giant snails from France with tentacles that is said to have a taste for people
@Chaos-Devil51
@Chaos-Devil51 8 күн бұрын
I don't really have anything to say but this is good for the algorithm as always loved the speculative evolution it's good to see that even the little monsters are getting love
@readingking1421
@readingking1421 8 күн бұрын
I *just* finished the Momele-mbembe episode (fantastic job) and then I see this. Gotta prolong my foot walk a little longer now.
@dubuyajay9964
@dubuyajay9964 8 күн бұрын
03:34. Reminds me of "Shadows Over Innsmouth" when the FBI and Marines used "bootlegging and gold smuggling" as reasons to get warrants for the raid.
@orneryoccultist9680
@orneryoccultist9680 2 күн бұрын
While you reference fiction, this seems to be a common government strategy.
@gavinkailey527
@gavinkailey527 8 күн бұрын
Yay! More monsters! I hope you and your family are doing well, I am thankful for every one of these videos you take time to make, and I hope to see so many more monsters and cryptids. 1. Napa Rebob 2. Devil Monkey 3. Agropelter 4. Sasquatch species 5. Aswang 6. Ahool 7. J'ba Fofi 8. Thunder Bird 9. Partridge Creek Monster 10. Dover demon 11. Japanese kapa 12. Tsuchinoko snake 13. Ningen 14. Arica monster 15. El Diablo Negro aka the black demon 16. Rock slide bolter 17. Burrunjor 18. Goatman 19. Sky fish/Flying rods 20: manananggal 21. Madagascar man eating tree 22. The new jersey mantis man 23. Atmospheric jellyfish 24. Devil dogs and hell hounds 25. Gremlins 26. The NASA gargoyle 27. The Not-Deer 28. The Fresno night crawler 29. Popobabwa 30. fangalabolo 31. The kalanoro 32. Harpies 33. The Mngwa 34. Drop bear 35. The unicorn 36. The Nandi Bear 37. The Salawa 38. The Kentucky cave goblins 39. The Otterman aka Kushtaka 40. The Amorak 41. The Turner Beast 42. The rake 43. The bishopville lizard man 44. The fouke monster 45. The grootslang 46. The wampus cat 47. Hopkinsville goblins 48. Golem 49. The ropen 50. Mongolian death worm 51. Mapungari 52. Cerburus 53. The chimera 54. Gorgons (like medusa) 55. Dragons (and there many variants from around the world like your 2 part history of Draconology video and/or like the documentry Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real) 56. Faun Aso I apologize again for the list growing and continuing to show it. AND I LOVE THAT THIS IS AN EVOLVED DINOSAUR OR DINOSAUR LIKE CREATURE! keep up the immaculate work. Edit: The snallygaster evolving from a therizinosaur is really interesting, but i wonder how this clade survived the KPG extinction and whst did its ancestors look like while wvolving through the cenozoic era?
@isotetra1912
@isotetra1912 4 күн бұрын
i second the rake, the not-deer and thunderbird
@Totellynetasknwaker-qb6vy
@Totellynetasknwaker-qb6vy 8 күн бұрын
My dragon obsessed friend is going to love this
@zacharyjames9602
@zacharyjames9602 8 күн бұрын
Dude, you are killing it with the uploads!
@Andrew-mo9gp
@Andrew-mo9gp 8 күн бұрын
I am awed by how you put so much thought into bringing cryptids to life. Have you ever thought about doing man-eating plants? (Yeteveo etc)
@lordedmundblackadder9321
@lordedmundblackadder9321 8 күн бұрын
19:31 I have to quibble with this - oviraptorids seem to me a much more similar family. Gigantoraptor shares many of the traits you’ve described.
@ParkerOrosz
@ParkerOrosz 8 күн бұрын
I also agree with your statements, however the tail has far too many tail vertebrae for an ovirapter so probably some basel maniraptoran descendant?
@deinsilverdrac8695
@deinsilverdrac8695 7 күн бұрын
@@ParkerOrosz Could've also used the excuse of inbreeding, which often changes the noumber of vertebrae. I agree that the oviraptor would've been a better explanation for the beak for example.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 11 сағат бұрын
Hm, maybe it didn't live in Appalachia idk
@lordedmundblackadder9321
@lordedmundblackadder9321 11 сағат бұрын
@ there weren’t any Appalachian therezinosaurids, either.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 10 сағат бұрын
@@lordedmundblackadder9321 Oh nvm then lol
@evanblain3057
@evanblain3057 8 күн бұрын
Yo I love ur videos so much sir and I gotta say I love the story ur building
@tell-me-a-story-
@tell-me-a-story- 8 күн бұрын
TES YES YES THOUGHT POTATO TODAY!!!! You thoughtful little tater!
@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482
@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 8 күн бұрын
This is the fastest between cryptozoology updates I have ever seen.
@oisinm332
@oisinm332 8 күн бұрын
A phoenix or basilisk would be interesting.
@malegria9641
@malegria9641 7 күн бұрын
I have no idea why KZbin stopped recommending me to you and notifying me when you uploaded but man am I glad to see you pop up in my feed again
@dubuyajay9964
@dubuyajay9964 8 күн бұрын
Did HP Lovecraft ever hear of the Snallygaster? It seems a lot like a Lovecraftian creature despite the story being older than the date of his birth.
@old_Deviltounge
@old_Deviltounge 8 күн бұрын
these mountains are old, older than bones. be wary of what lurks underneath.
@OhQueso10291
@OhQueso10291 8 күн бұрын
We've been Snallygastered.
@dubuyajay9964
@dubuyajay9964 8 күн бұрын
Bigfooted!
@chancegivens9390
@chancegivens9390 8 күн бұрын
And quite possibly Capeloboozled!
@dubuyajay9964
@dubuyajay9964 8 күн бұрын
@@chancegivens9390 Nessiedorfed!
@primrosevale1995
@primrosevale1995 8 күн бұрын
That's not even a word and I agree with ya!
@chancegivens9390
@chancegivens9390 8 күн бұрын
@@primrosevale1995 Hahahahah!! Right on!!
@CazthesillyWizard
@CazthesillyWizard 8 күн бұрын
As a resident of Frederick, Maryland, I can confirm this is 100% accurate.
@shadowldrago
@shadowldrago 8 күн бұрын
I have nothing clever to say this time around, I'm just really glad you make these videos because they're genuinely fascinating.
@microphone_styxosaurus7078
@microphone_styxosaurus7078 8 күн бұрын
WOHOO! SNALLYGASTER HOURS! This one rules, its phenomenally done(as always), and based on a phenomenal myth
@jawz9455
@jawz9455 8 күн бұрын
Thought Potato got me collecting knowledge like Pokémon.
@CoralReaper707
@CoralReaper707 8 күн бұрын
Appalachia's been on my mind ever since I saw a PBS eons video about it
@xellosmakuzo2586
@xellosmakuzo2586 8 күн бұрын
OH MY GOOOOODDDDDD HE’S DONE THE SNALLYGASTER!!!!!! THANK YOU THOUGHT POTATO!!!!! I think you’d be interested in the Slide Rock Bolter
@abdulazizrex
@abdulazizrex 8 күн бұрын
The creativity for the creature’s design was out of the park! The Snallygaster is definitely one of the more underrepresented cryptids and I have never seen any depiction like this before!
@matthiasthemagician6803
@matthiasthemagician6803 8 күн бұрын
I would like to see you do more videos on mythical creatures /cryptids from places other than europe and north America, like the many different types of Yokai from japan mythology, such as the Tanuki, Kappa or Ninetailed fox just to name a few.
@deinsilverdrac8695
@deinsilverdrac8695 7 күн бұрын
I can't wait for the beast of gevaudan to be a giant angry badger species.
@AndrewBull-ym6jz
@AndrewBull-ym6jz 8 күн бұрын
How about a challenge: The Hydra, serpentine dragon with multiple variations of how it is said to be.
@jameswilliams2075
@jameswilliams2075 8 күн бұрын
A gaint predatory sea slug there not heads there tentacles with barbs to ingect venom
@solomen4076
@solomen4076 8 күн бұрын
What if the agropelter of America, the empusas of Greece and the tikbalang of the Philipines were highly specialized and modified chalicotheres instead of primates? Empusas being specialized haemovores using mimicry to prey on humans, tikbalang being carnivorous bipedal equines, and the agropelter appearing to have tentacles since the structure of the limb includes modifications to the wrist bones and elongated fused digits as well as gibbon-like shoulder and elbow adaptation. Each with modified three clawed hands and hooved hindlimbs.
@solomen4076
@solomen4076 8 күн бұрын
I was also thinking it could also be a good explanation for deer woman and sheepsquatch as different offshoots... Deer woman especially matches the legend of the empusas as hooved bipedal predators that can mimic humans... usually in dark settings. The hooves always give away the deception though. Ghuuls are also similar albeit scavengers instead of outright predators...
@perihelion1225
@perihelion1225 8 күн бұрын
More Appalachia! Let’s go!!!
@austindmunday
@austindmunday 8 күн бұрын
This is what I come to KZbin for
@wendylacey2745
@wendylacey2745 8 күн бұрын
This could imply the existence of another creature related to the Snallygaster. I am of course talking about the Griffin.
@jameswilliams2075
@jameswilliams2075 8 күн бұрын
Also dragons and the cockatrice
@jennyfeare1702
@jennyfeare1702 8 күн бұрын
Exceptional work pumping out that 2nd ep for Jan! And a cool touch of using the old name for this critter first before the popularized common name. Looking forward to Feb 26, enjoy the break for you deserve it & remember, you matter too! (still hyped & excited for the Bigfoot ep, which *needs* to be at least 40 mins if not a full hour, & includes the skunk ape subspecies with hopefully lil more artworks done for it, do especially miss those sketches done by you!) 💖
@El-Taeeb
@El-Taeeb 3 күн бұрын
I have to say, I love this series. It's world building is great and it sets each cryptic as an actual creature that could feasibly exist in our world and the writing, narration and story telling is amazing. Thank you and please keep releasing more 👏👏
@ananslator3655
@ananslator3655 8 күн бұрын
Oh boy, I can’t wait to see how you explain this strange creature I’m not even looking at the screenshot that might give it away EDIT: doesn’t look really that much different from what it usually looks like
@deinsilverdrac8695
@deinsilverdrac8695 7 күн бұрын
yep, looking at the miniature i though it might looked like a sort of kite like sea slug. Idk why.... . . . I'll write that down just in case.
@rl9217
@rl9217 5 күн бұрын
The Snallygaster has always been one of my favorite cryptids. It's so bizarre, and the combination of avian, reptilian, and cephalopod traits gives it such a unique look. While I prefer when it's portrayed as more bird-like, this was a great depiction of the creature. The connections made to dinosaurs were a welcome surprise. Thank you for making a video about it!
@alexroy9912
@alexroy9912 8 күн бұрын
Could this be the unknown predator that the mothmans hides from as i recall in that episode the wing arms were an adaptation to walk on all fours to conceal itself from larger predators.
@derekng7803
@derekng7803 8 күн бұрын
That was fast, not complaining😂❤😊
@McGussen
@McGussen Күн бұрын
I live in Yadkin County NC, along the Yadkin River where the Appalachian mountains stop at. And there was a small dragon who lived on this cursed old plantation property near where my dad bought a couple acres at. The first time he showed himself to me, I was like 7 or 8 years old, and was walking home after hoeing a tobacco field the farmer left me in by myself to weed. I thought it was just a bush at first...then the dragons texture changed, and he spoke telepathically to me. Sent me visions and images of his parents flying around in space. He didn't have wings yet when I was a kid. About a decade ago was the last time I saw him. Dragons can change their temperature, texture and blend in...like leaf insects and octopii. He was starting to grow wings last time I saw him too...said he was going to the Amazon because Americans hunt dragons, kill them and them mount their corpses up in their underground lairs. There's alot of dragons on earth too...and if they don't want to be found or seen, then you'll never see or find one.
@TheSaneHatter
@TheSaneHatter 7 күн бұрын
Congratulations: for the first time since the Qalupalik, you've introduced me to a new monster! This video is also nice trip back in time, after going on a hiking trip to the Appalachians (mostly North Carolina) a long, long time ago.
@vee-bee-a
@vee-bee-a 8 күн бұрын
Out there be Dragons... And thought-forms by a Potato...
@watsons_forge3852
@watsons_forge3852 8 күн бұрын
Two videos in a week is it my birthday!
@thedukeofchutney468
@thedukeofchutney468 8 күн бұрын
I’m glad the Snallygaster is being covered. As someone from Frederick Maryland its cool to see our own personal monster/cryptid getting the spotlight!
@octo4679
@octo4679 2 күн бұрын
being from frederick it’s so exciting that the snallygaster is getting the recognition it deserves! thank you for this great video!
@GirrafesRweird
@GirrafesRweird 8 күн бұрын
IRL mythical creature ideas: QILIN: A specialist crocodilian with long legs for prolonged chasing beyond the water, appearing like the extinct Kaprosuchus, with more extravagant head crests for courtship. UMIBŌZU: A titanic cousin of Sirenus Horridus, living in the deep waters around Japan, with deeper and more sophisticated eye markings for a more convincing human facade, distracting the prey while it’s long fin-like arms grasp it before drowning the prey, or tearing it apart with it’s teeth. Not as intelligent as their relatives, something as simple as a confusing object such as a bottomless barrel or container would grant enough time for escape. JÖRMUNGANDR: while native to northern seas near Iceland and the highlands this immense serpent has found itself a home in other north places, such as Alaska and parts of Canada. A massive relative of normally puny sea snakes this titan is able to dive into the deep sea to hunt, a collapsible rib cage letting it feed on almost anything it finds. KAPPA: a large frog species with indentations on it’s head and back that fill with water for tadpoles. CIPACTLI: a derived omnivorous crocodile that eats anything, with special pigmentation on it’s joints to give the illusion of other sets of jaws to ward off competing predators. Please try one of these I need an Umibōzu siren relative please it’s my favourite mythical creature ever!
@dumbbirdwayne
@dumbbirdwayne 7 күн бұрын
I’m so glad we finally got a bird-creature video! They’ve always been my favourites since I was a kid lol, I can’t wait to see more weird birds in the future! (Also a video on all the different types/breeds of gryphons would be amazing)
@edgarcastillo2763
@edgarcastillo2763 8 күн бұрын
Don't go wanderin in them woods now, ya hear.
@luciellawliet
@luciellawliet 8 күн бұрын
Hell yeah! Dragons!!
@davidstinson1335
@davidstinson1335 7 күн бұрын
One of your absolute best videos ever, I absolutely love this topic so cool how you coveredl it . Keep up your great work !
@rsookchand919
@rsookchand919 8 күн бұрын
Another amazing upload exploring America’s cryptids
@tarwagon
@tarwagon 5 күн бұрын
" Hey , Cordilia!....Git in here, quick! They're talking 'bout the Smellymaster!........See? I told ya it was real. Couple a them suit wearin' Big City Boys caught a glimpse of him down near Frog's Hollow!"
@happynihilist2573
@happynihilist2573 8 күн бұрын
fist a 2 in one special and now a vid on my favourite cryptid? why tank you.
@definitelynotthefoundation5646
@definitelynotthefoundation5646 8 күн бұрын
Lets go🗣🗣🗣 Thought Potato upload
@AmericanAurochs
@AmericanAurochs 8 күн бұрын
I’m embarrassed to say that, despite loving cryptozoology and growing up in western PA, I only discovered this guy because of the mockumentary series Mountain Monsters. Your creativity and world/creature building are beyond anything on TV these days!
@purplejack2020
@purplejack2020 7 күн бұрын
I like that this creature allows for many possible relatives that may have inspired things such as gryphons and dragons and perhaps stranger things still
@ravelordnito6655
@ravelordnito6655 5 күн бұрын
Great video but I can't help but feel our good researcher failed to ask an important question: Why did the family preserve the remains of this creature?
@JordyAnimations
@JordyAnimations 8 күн бұрын
The creature looks so cool it’s my favorite creature now in this series!!!!
@ruviklevinsky2889
@ruviklevinsky2889 7 күн бұрын
I love the American folklore ones you do. Hoping and praying you do a vid on the Ozark Howler. Keep up the outstanding narration and story craft!!!!
@shanesprecher8290
@shanesprecher8290 6 күн бұрын
It happens to live in a place where a lot of moonshine is produced. I’m sure the natives see these quite often.
@RailfoxStudios
@RailfoxStudios 8 күн бұрын
Babe wake up Potato brought us more new cryptid lore
@jaymeVos
@jaymeVos 8 күн бұрын
This is fantastic, great work. I've been a fan of these types of videos you have been making. I feel like this world you are creating would make a fun tabletop game.
@nathanaelhughes1865
@nathanaelhughes1865 2 күн бұрын
I'm from Appalachia. We called that thing the Jaberwakie. And yes, I've seen it while hiking in the backwoods. They have a strange warbble as well.
@diplodorkus970
@diplodorkus970 3 күн бұрын
"We know that several types of theropod dinosaur survived in North America well into the early Paleocene" what kinda lore is this 👀
@goteamslugs
@goteamslugs Күн бұрын
Beware the Snalleygster. I really do like this cryptid. Last time I checked, there are a total of three songs about it. :) Amazing work. God bless! =)
@Animei9
@Animei9 4 күн бұрын
I love your videos. They're intelligent and entertaining. I always look forward to them and you always deliver a winner
@karenschunk2192
@karenschunk2192 5 күн бұрын
I live in the Mid-Atlantic. I grew up in the forest. There are things out there I can not explain. I have never witnessed a Snallygaster, but I have seen and heard odd... I have traveled to some of the most remote places on Earth and can absolutely identify wildlife. In the region of Appalachia, there are absolutely unknown creatures.
@westongarner-qo2ez
@westongarner-qo2ez 8 күн бұрын
First comment!😁 First like!👍 Awesome video!🤘 Keep up the awesome work!🤘😎🤘
@brodobradshaw9884
@brodobradshaw9884 8 күн бұрын
Second
@fatefulthreads
@fatefulthreads 7 күн бұрын
This one was so cool, it reminded me of a creature I developed for my own world building spec bio project and it also kind of made me wonder if those weird jellyfish UFO anomalies could actually be, well, snallygasters, with the draconic parts filled in to make sense to human logic?
@sksk-bd7yv
@sksk-bd7yv 7 күн бұрын
I have never commented about a sponsor. But here goes: It's fkn nice to have hellofresh.
@scared-skitto2781
@scared-skitto2781 7 күн бұрын
Crazy that these videos don't get how they aren't more popular
@hypnoslug9303
@hypnoslug9303 8 күн бұрын
Awesome vid man! Hey, I got an idea for another biology of vid. Maybe you can do one of like the dogman or other canine creature. And as an idea to what it actually is, it could be a procyonid, or in other words a raccoon relative. Maybe it standing on two legs could be a defensive or territorial behavior if some sort
@tmote-O76
@tmote-O76 8 күн бұрын
Poor John, that's one of the saddest things I've heard in some time. Brought me to tears just thinking about it.😢
@fraan9002
@fraan9002 8 күн бұрын
Day two asking for the gnomes video!
@barrywilkinson8470
@barrywilkinson8470 7 күн бұрын
Great work as always
@jamesdavis4537
@jamesdavis4537 8 күн бұрын
If you're doing Appalachian cryptids, how about the Wampus Cat, or the Smoke Wolf? Either way, I thoroughly enjoy your approach to these creatures, and look forward to your next upload ❤
@thompsonaden
@thompsonaden 5 күн бұрын
Idea drop: anatomy and science of a witch and their magic (folklore version) Your channel is so AWEEESOMEEE.
@AD3PTUZ
@AD3PTUZ 3 күн бұрын
Throwing this out there, for a future video, a neat idea might be to examine the Martians from H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, from the POV of a biologist doing an autopsy.
@loganleahy8227
@loganleahy8227 7 күн бұрын
I noticed the playlist isnt updated for the newer episodes, is that going to be updated soon? Love this series, keep up the good work!
@JakeMarvelFan56
@JakeMarvelFan56 7 күн бұрын
I love your videos. It doesn’t matter how well known the monsters or mythical creatures are. If you make a video about them, I’ll watch it.
@shiny1556
@shiny1556 8 күн бұрын
Three monsters in a week? That’s crazy. Really dig this design. The Snallygaster makes for some really cool designs due to how many traits it has. I love Fallout’s for example, which is a great example of how weird FEV can be rather than just Ogres.
@larshenrici1598
@larshenrici1598 8 күн бұрын
I am subscribed to your channel si I watch all your videos anyway... but I just watched a video vom Dungeon Dad from 5 years ago about that thing 😂
@GradiantZEROO
@GradiantZEROO 8 күн бұрын
TIME TO MAKE A DND MONSTER OUTTA THE SNALLYGASTER!
@thenecroticraptor8338
@thenecroticraptor8338 8 күн бұрын
A take on the notdeer would be pretty cool!
@daniellovestortoises3044
@daniellovestortoises3044 5 күн бұрын
Have you thought of adding the biology of the Grafton Monster also from the Appalachian Mountain region ? It would be cool to see what you could do with an idea like that
@dmdave2512
@dmdave2512 4 күн бұрын
I grew up on snallygaster stories. Parents used it something like the boogeyman to scare kids into line, mostly about being out at night.
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