Comments on: An Awful Monster

By: sadisticgreen

sadisticgreen — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:55:36 +0000

It’s described as a “very large Griffin-like” creature. I was under the impression that Griffins possessed four legs (could be wrong mind) so does that not rule out the pterosaur/mothman theory? Brilliant story. Would love to hear more sightings of this kind of creature. Causing cardiac arrest surely ranks it as one of the scariest out there!!

By: Maine Crypto

Maine Crypto — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:35:04 +0000

I have seen something much like the creature described here! In Maine on the coast about 6 years ago my friend and I were driving home when a creature flew out of the woods, in front of my car and back into the woods on the other side of the road. I have never seen or heard of (until now) anything like it since. It sent chills down my spine.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:39:25 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Sky King. Personally, I’d put them all on about the same footing (With August Derleth clearly riding Lovecraft’s coattails), just below Poe, but to each his own. HPL’s writings, like most anything else, are not for everybody, and certainly not without their flaws. So how would you rank Bacon, Marlowe, and Shakespeare? (Just kidding…enough LIT talk)

If this represents a real sighting, my money’s on Thunderbird, which I personally think is the likely origin of most of the more reliable Jersey Devil/Mothman sightings as well.

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:14:05 +0000

The Ropen is not a U.S. beastie, though Quetzacoatalus (sic?) was one of the largest pterosaurs ever and was an American beastie. I’ll have to research Cambylognathoides and see what range comes up, as the size is certainly right, and, despite what morons may say, the Coelocanth was not a hoax.

P.S. Photoshop, in the hands of someone with experience, can turn a plane into a treefrog, or even more amusing, a cartoon character.

By: clman1

clman1 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:09:27 +0000

Could this be the same dragon like creature shown on several photos I’ve seen on the internet, including one supposedly taken on 9/11?

Jersey Devil?, Mothman?, imagination and photoshop software?

By: Ohio Cryptonut

Ohio Cryptonut — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:39:36 +0000

I really like the idea that less than one hundred years ago there could possibly have been a prehistoric bird flying around Vermont. This is one type of cryptid that I would like to see brought into the light! The Ivory Billed Woodpecker is a good start.

Does sound oddly like early Mothman though.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:01:19 +0000

Maybe there’s a reason some of the gargoyles in europe look like they do (that was a cool cartoon). Remember, not every animal has made it into the fossil record, most of which died out recently or is still alive today. We have some awfully big bats in the South Pacific living off fruit, there’s no reason something else couldn’t be around (ok, a bit bigger). Did anyone ever say whether it looked reptilian, mammal or bird? I see a lot of mothman commented here, but ones such as the housewife I’m sure could have IDed it as such after THE mothman event became pretty well known. Besides, I always read that the Mothman encounters were usually before tragic events. Is there any reports of something bad having happened in the area?

By: U.T. Raptor

U.T. Raptor — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:34:59 +0000

“Except, of course, for the “fact” that it went extinct 65 million years ago!”
Actually, the long-tailed group of pterosaurs died out considerably BEFORE the K/T event iirc…

By: quill

quill — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:00:36 +0000

Could be another Thunderbird.

By: Sharm

Sharm — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:29:18 +0000

Why they named it Awful?

It sounds like the Ahool of Java Island. So does the description of it.