Do you believe in Sasquatch/bigfoot/yeti/skunk ape/etc?

[Square King]

Regarding giant squid, keep in mind the ocean is STILL mostly unexplored. There well could be great monstrosities down there we have no clue about. With the ocean we really have ecosystems that we don't really have tabs on, some cryptozoologists are going to be best looking there (aquatic apes?)

As much as I want to believe in fucking monstrous sea monsters down there, the pressure is so incredibly high that we've only really seen jellyfish-type organisms and teeny tiny guys...probably the only creatures that can survive there.

[PsychoGun]

I definitely believe in the white apes from the movie "Congo."

"STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!"

[Acid King]

Regarding giant squid, keep in mind the ocean is STILL mostly unexplored. There well could be great monstrosities down there we have no clue about. With the ocean we really have ecosystems that we don't really have tabs on, some cryptozoologists are going to be best looking there (aquatic apes?)

As much as I want to believe in fucking monstrous sea monsters down there, the pressure is so incredibly high that we've only really seen jellyfish-type organisms and teeny tiny guys...probably the only creatures that can survive there.

I'm pretty sure the pressure is what's keeping us from discovering what's really down there. Nothing that's acclimated to surviving at such high pressure is going to survive a trip to the surface.

[professor ganson]

The deep, deep sea cases are interesting. It's likely that there are creatures down there that are going to be disturbed by the presence of light or any equipment for imaging. Unlike the sasquatch case, we have a good explanation of why we have trouble detecting such creatures.

[CMoon]

I would also add that of what we've discovered of the undersea organisms, I expect other organisms to be like these. I do not expect to one day discover The Kraken. On the other hand, what we have discovered down there is VERY strange and definitely not what anyone would have predicted, so I'm more open to it. Much more open to it than sasquatch running around somewhere (again, apologies to Drauch.)

[Square King]

I'm pretty sure the pressure is what's keeping us from discovering what's really down there. Nothing that's acclimated to surviving at such high pressure is going to survive a trip to the surface.

You're exactly right -- but we've developed unmanned submarines that can see stuff no one's ever seen. I wish we could have fleets of them scouring the ocean floor and underwater caves, but it's almost prohibitively expensive, I imagine.

[drauch]

Aye, fair enough CMoon. I still have my faith at least. SOMEDAY I'll be walking out in the woods and he'll come out and say "Drauch, thanks for always believing in me" and I won't ever tell anyone and I'll be the happiest dude ever.

[BryanM]

I do visit cryptomundo every ~three months to see how the year's going on these things. While I might allow the idea that a ape-man transient form somehow evolved to the point of being super duper sneaky so we wouldn't eat them; I'm more interested in giant fucking spiders, legitimate new finds, or spooky bullshit.

Stuff like the water snake thing in Africa. Or those Black Dog things, that are supposedly like some otherworldy beasts that fuck with the rules of physics by not being kind enough to reflect light.

Regarding giant squid, keep in mind the ocean is STILL mostly unexplored. There well could be great monstrosities down there we have no clue about.

Aye. Cthulhu awaits...

[CMoon]

Regarding giant squid, keep in mind the ocean is STILL mostly unexplored. There well could be great monstrosities down there we have no clue about.

Aye. Cthulhu awaits...

I can only hope. Maybe when Del Toro gets around to doing Mountains of Madness, he'll do it in the MARIANA TRENCH!