#octosquatch

[labete-du-gevaudan]

Any cryptids you doubt the existence of but hold out hope cause you like them?

Octosquatch.

I really doubt there’s a 4 foot tall octopus covered in hair that likes to take strolls alongside roads in the Spanish mountainside. But I would also love for them to be real. Look at this funky little dude.

#wen answers asks

[ghostlykimiboo]

Cryptid Tamers 🩻

Crypto #75: Octosquatch

Strangely furry for a cephalopod, but is often rarely seen by humans.

Attack: 25%

Defense: 13%

Speed: 30%

Stamina: 30%

#my ocs #cryptid tamers

[lpbestiary]

The Octosquatch is a cryptid encountered in the Basque Mountains in Spain. It has been described as a four foot tall cephalopod covered in shaggy red hair. It has four tentacle-like appendages and huge, glowing eyes.

The creature was encountered by a pair of truckers in 1961, when they saw the Octosquatch on the side of the road. They slammed on the brakes, but the being remained frozen in the truck's headlights. The truckers attempted to frighten the creature into moving, but it would not, so they eventually drove away, leaving it where they found it.

Image source.

Monster master list.

Suggest a spook.

#octosquatch #octo-squatch #monster #cryptid #supernatural #mythology #monsters #bestiary

[eldritchrach]

07. Octosquatch

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#octosquatch #sasquatch #cryptid #cryptozoology #cryptober #artober #cryptidartober #watercolour #plushie #plush

[blogparanormalexpresso2stuff]

4 CRYPTIDS SCARY STORIES TOO STRANGE TO BELIEVE

Published on Mar 4, 2020

Cryptids scary stories have been around just as long as any other domain of the paranormal. But unlike thing s such as ghosts, aliens or glitches some of these encounters involved physical evidence. Many of the people who come forward with Cryptids scary stories have really nothing to gain and everything to lose as most people in our society will dismiss their claims as being outside of our reality. #Octosquatch #Van_Meter_Visitor #Green_Eyes #

#octosquatch #paranormal #cryptids

[translucent-cryptid]

No one appreciates octosquatch enough and that makes me sad

#cryptid #octosquatch

[lovelypurpletyphoon]

Lost Tapes is a guilty pleasure of mine. I'm not normally into horror, but this show has a certain charm to it and I like that it focuses on real legends from across the world. The acting and special effects can be cheesy, but that's part of the charm too.

So, I've compiled a list of cryptids and other legends that would make for good episodes if Animal Planet ever decides to reboot the series.

Here's the cryptids and stuff I picked:

Mokele-mbembe

Bunyip

Nessie (as a special, of course)

Phantom Big Cats

Ozark Howler

Ahool

Giant Catfish

Atmospheric Beasts

Burronjor

Canvey Island Monster

Montauk Monster

Passenger Pigeon/Clones (Pretty much Jurassic Park crossed with The Birds. Cloning experiments gone horribly wrong.)

Dragons

The Hidebehind (Would love to see where this creature is taken, considering that it's really good at not being seen)

Flatwoods Monster

Kongamato

Merfolk

Megalodon

Spring Heeled Jack

Murphysboro Mud Monster

Hobkinsville Goblins

Goatman

Loveland Frogmen

Van Meter Monster

U-28 creature (sea monster got hit by a U-boat)

Piasa Bird (I love this legend. There's a big mural of it somewhere near St. Louis.)

Leviathan

Lou Carcolh

Nameless Thing of Berkely Square

Devil of Son Doong Cave

Gambo the sea monster

Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain

Doppelganger

Men in Black (maybe there could be a rivalry between them and the Enigma Corp.)

Shadow People

Headless Horseman

Octosquatch (yes, this is a thing)

What creatures do you think would make interesting episodes in a reboot?

#lost tapes #cryptids #horror #tv show #needs a reboot #animal planet

[gotojobin]

OCTO-SQUATCH #OCTOSQUATCH Late at night on a desolate stretch of mountainous road, a pair of truckers had a confrontation with one of the most bizarre beasts ever to ever to emerge from the annals of cryptozoology. During the summer of 1961, at approximately 11:00 pm., a 29 year-old truck driver by the name of Arquimedes Sanchez was negotiating the steep roads that wound their way over the treacherous Basque mountains, which are nestled in the northern Spanish province of Vizcaya. It’s a route that he’d likely traveled many times before, but on this fateful eve he’s encounter something that he could never have imagined. Sanchez and his riding partner (who chose not to reveal his name) were nearing Puerto de Barazar — no doubt eager to unload the goods in truck and call it a night — when their high beams illuminated a fantastic creature perched at the base of a sharp embankment on the opposite side of the road. Sanchez instantly slammed on the brakes and he and his co-worker stared in what must have been stunned silence at the inexplicable entity frozen before them. Sanchez would later described thisUNCLASSIFIED anomaly of nature as a “hairy octopus” that was approximately 3 to 4-feet tall and covered with a shaggy coat of “rust-colored hair.” The creature hastily covered its “round glowing eyes” with one of its four “tentacle-like arms,” but remained immobile; seemingly caught in the glare of the truck’s headlights. It seems probable that — much like in the notable 1977, DOVER DEMONcase — the thing’s eyes were likely not aglow with self-luminescence, but merely reflecting the lights from the truck.

#octosquatch

[nardacci-does-art]

21- Octosquatch

#nardacci art #inktober2018 #cryptids #drawlloween2018

[thecreaturecodex]

Octosquatch

Image accessed at cryptopia.us here

[Commissioned by @wannabedemonlord. Following on the heels of the batsquatch and sheepsquatch is more hairy cryptid absurdity.]

Octosquatch This hairy brown mass stands a head shorter than a man, its shapeless body supported upright on a network of thick tentacles. Its only visible facial features are its two huge luminous eyes.

The octosquatch is perhaps the pinnacle, or nadir, of the fascination with sasquatches possessed by certain demonic monster cults. An octosquatch barely resembles its humanoid predecessor, being predominately cephalopod in appearance, but its stealth, hairy hide and pungent odor mark its sasquatch ancestry. Octosquatches are physically weaker than sasquatches, but make up for it with their cunning minds, powerful magical abilities and wholehearted endorsement of the wickedness to which they are set.

The piercing gaze of an octosquatch has a soothing effect on humanoid minds. Such creatures become passive, unable to attack or flee, left to the mercy of the octosquatch or its allies. Other creatures can still be affected by this gaze, but not to nearly the same level of efficacy. Octosquatches usually focus their attacks on creatures that have not succumbed to their gaze, immobilizing them instead in a cocoon of grasping arms. Like their octopus ancestors, an octosquatch has a poisonous bite, but it is delivered through upsettingly human-like teeth, and their short jaws can only reach creatures already in the octosquatch’s grasp.

An octosquatch typically has eight limbs, although as few as six and as many as twenty have been reported. Octosquatch move upright on these limbs as if they were legs, although their gait is swaying and boneless. Octosquatches, like their octopus ancestors, can fit through very tight spaces, and frequently lair in cracks in the earth, tree hollows or other crevices. They are skilled climbers, and some reports of “tree octopus” likely refer to these creatures.

Octosquatch       CR 6 XP 2,400 CE Medium magical beast (sasquatch) Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +10 Defense AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +4 natural) hp 58 (9d10+9) Fort +9, Ref +9, Will +4 Offense Speed 30 ft., climb 15 ft. Melee 4 slams +11 (1d4+2 plus grab) Special Attacks constrict (4d4+3), pacifying gaze, poison, rake (bite +11, 1d6+2 plus poison) Statistics Str 14, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 14 Base Atk +9; CMB +11 (+15 grapple); CMD 24 (30 vs. trip) Feats Blind-fight, Great Fortitude, Lunge, Power Attack, Stealthy Skills Climb +15, Escape Artist +14, Perception +10, Stealth +15 (+19 in forested environments), Survival +7; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist, +4 Perception, +4 Stealth (+8 in forested environments), +4 Survival Languages Abyssal, Sasquatch SQ pungency, woodland stride Ecology Environment cold and temperate forests Organization solitary, pair or troop (3-8) Treasure standard Special Abilities Pacifying Gaze (Su) Dazed 1 round, 30 ft., Will DC 16 negates. Creatures that are not humanoid gain a +4 bonus to their saving throw against this effect. This is a mind-influencing effect. The save DC is Charisma based. Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 15; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d3 Dex; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution based. Pungency (Ex) An octoquatch's odor is quite powerful, and can be detected at twice the normal distance by scent. Woodland Stride (Ex) An octosquatch can move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at normal speed and without taking damage or suffering any other impairment. Undergrowth that has been magically manipulated to impede movement still affects the octoquatch.

#octosquatch #cryptid #paranormal #pathfinder rpg #commissions

[labete-du-gevaudan]

Got any highly obscure cryptids?

Ooooh boy. Here are some fun ones for you: Snake Headed Dog, Lou Carcolh, Peluda, Maltese Tiger,  Welfleet Hyena, Boston Lemur, Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain, Octosquatch, Burrunjor, and Emela Ntouka.

#omg is your icon an asura i love it so much ahhhhhh #wen answers asks

[dailycryptodrawings]

394: Octosquatch

Shut off that light, so rude!

Requested by Anonymous

Cryptopia Excerpt

#octosquatch #cryptid #cryptozoology #paranormal #supernatural #unclassified #cephalopod #giant octopus #hairy cephalopod #e.t. #? #art #digital art #daily art #spanish cryptid #spain #european cryptid #love these brushes #not my weds submission

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#paranormal #fortean #cryptid #cryptozoology #1961 #Spain