Miss Cryptid 2020 Week 2

The carnage continues with 3 new loathsome ladies in week 2 of the 2020 Miss Cryptid Contest! In the second week of this year’s Miss Cryptid competition, Melon Heads, the Con Rit, and Black Annis battle for savage supremacy. Who will move on to the finals? Will it be Leicestershire’s horrid hag? Vietnam’s atrocious arthropod? Or the misshapen monstrosities of the U.S. Melon Heads? Listen to this cavalcade of folklore, urban legend, and cryptozoology then cast your vote on the Blurry Photos Home page. The winner of week 1 is also announced! Special thanks to Amberrose Hammond for speaking about Melon Heads. Special thanks to Grant Howitt for reading accounts of Black Annis. Links to their works are below.

Find Amberrose’s work here: Personal Page ; Ghostly Talk Podcast ; Ghosts and Legends of Michigan’s West Coast ; Wicked Ottawa County ; Wicked Grand Rapids

Find Grant’s game design work here: R R D Games

Music

Danse Macabre, Myst on the Moor, Aftermath, Long Note 4, Awkward Meeting, Mystic Force, Unlight – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

She is in the Woods – Co.Ag Music (youtube)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Sources

• Murphy, Cindy. Creepy Local Legends of Michigan. Michigan’s Other Side. Web. http://michigansotherside.com/creepy-local-legends-of-michigan/

• The Melon Heads of Connecticut. New England Historical Society. Web. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-melon-heads-of-connecticut/

• Multifinned Sea Monster. ALPF Medical Research. Aug. 22, 2019. Web. https://www.alpfmedical.info/freshwater-monster/multifinned-sea-monster.html

• Con Rit. Unknown Explorers. Web. http://www.unknownexplorers.com/conrit.php

• Coleman, Loren. The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. Penguin Books. New York. 2003. http://www.cryptozoonews.com/con-rit/

• Westwood, Kate. Black Annis – Leicester Legend or Widespread Myths? White Dragon. 1998. Web. https://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/blackann.htm

• Sibson, Matthew. The Tale of Black Annis. This Was Leicestershire. Sept. 17, 2012. Web. http://www.thiswasleicestershire.co.uk/2012/09/the-tale-of-black-annis.html?m=1

• Billson, Charles James. County Folklore – Leicestershire and Rutland Vol. 1. The Folklore Society. London. 1895.

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