Cryptid Inktober, the first 10 days

1. Mothman: Mothman was sighted in Point Pleasant West Virginia, but was most likely herons who lived in the area.

2. Nessie: The monster of Loch Ness, who's been proven false by a number of sonar images of the lake.

3. Flying rods: They were thought to be aliens, but they're actually moths and other bugs who were shot with long exposure times.

4. El Chupacabra: The legendary Goat Sucker of Mexico, the real chupacabra was probably coyotes or wild dogs who had mange.

5. Fur bearing trout: Less a story of something that was thought to exist, and something people wanted to exist. Fur bearing trout only exist as feats of taxidermy.

6. Grey aliens: The most popular variety of space travelers, Grey's probably came from a 1964 episode of The Outer Limits called The Bellero Shield.

7. Jackalope: Another example of taxidermy, but some of the little guys may have come from an actual disease that wild rabbits would get. Shope papilloma virus causes wood like growths on rabbits, similar to petrification disease in humans.

8. Champ: The monster of Lake Champlain, started out as a fabricated sighting by the lake's namesake.

9. Jersey Devil: Said to be the child of the Devil himself, the Jersey Devil was probably made up to keep colonial era children out of the woods.

10. Drop Bears: Drop bears are cool, but they're just a story to scare foreigners (the tourists, not the 70's supergroup).

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