Miss Cryptid 2019 Week 2

The Specter Moose of Maine, Yara Ma Yha Who, Bat Beast of Kent

Three new contestants (dis)grace the stage for Week 2 of the 2019 Miss Cryptid Contest! This week on Miss Cryptid we continent hop to search for the Specter Moose of Maine, Australia’s Yara Ma Yha Who, and England’s Bat Beast of Kent. It’s quite a menagerie of monsters in store for you! From quite possible creatures to who knows what the heck come at you this week. Froggy humanoid vampire-ish things? They’re here! Headless Bat Duck Alien things? We got ’em! Giant ghostly moose? You betcha! Plus, find out who emerged on top of the standings for Week 1. Visit the Blurry Photos Home Page for the form to vote for your favorite. You can also have your vote be an entry into this year’s Miss Cryptid Prize Pack Sweepstakes! Vote once each week for a total of 4 entries into the Sweepstakes for a prize that includes Blurry Photos swag, a Cryptid Crate courtesy of Derek Hayes, and a Golden Goatman trophy replica!

Music

Myst on the Moor, Danse Macabre, Big Eyes, Chee Zee Jungle, Interloper – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Sources

Copeland and Overson. Maine’s Specter Moose. Williston Graphic. Williston, ND. Dec. 6, 1900. Print. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88076270/1900-12-06/ed-1/seq-2/ Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. Specter Moose of Maine. Legends of America. 2018. Web. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/specter-moose-maine/ Boese, Alex. The Specter Moose. Museum of Hoaxes. Aug. 1, 2006. Web. http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/the_specter_moose

Heuvelmans, B. On the Track of Unknown Animals. Rupert Hart-Davis, London. 1958.

Yara Ma Yha Who. A Book of Creatures. Jun. 17, 2015. Web. https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/06/17/yara-ma-yha-who/

Girven Waveney. The Saltwood Mystery. Flying Saucer Review. London. Mar/Apr 1964. Print. http://www.noufors.com/Documents/Books,%20Manuals%20and%20Published%20Papers/Specialty%20UFO%20Publications/Flying%20Saucer%20Review/FSR,1964,Mar-Apr,V%2010,N%202.pdf Redfern, Nick. Did Mothman Visit the U.K. in 1963? Mysterious Universe. Jul. 11, 2013. Web. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/07/did-mothman-visit-the-uk-in-1963/ [podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9836954/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/36ae74/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”bottom” theme=”custom”]