u/truthisfictionyt

"What if Thomas Jefferson had been right?" — An American mastodon encounters a trapper in the 19th century

I’m sharing this captivating painting by art_of_tannerstreeter on Instagram, based on a fascinating alternate history scenario: the survival of Ice Age megafauna into the era of the American West's settlement.

Historically, Thomas Jefferson was a paleontology enthusiast who rejected the notion of total species extinction. Convinced that "mammoths" or other Ice Age animals still roamed the unexplored West, he had explicitly instructed the Lewis and Clark expedition to look for signs of them!

In the image, a trapper checking his beaver traps in the Rockies finds himself just a few meters away from a male mastodon in musth—a state of heightened aggression—as it pulverizes a dead tree. With no weapon within reach, all he can do is pray the colossus doesn't catch his scent...

A fantastic illustration that blends paleontological accuracy with American folklore!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4N9bmrztR/?igsh=MW45MHJoZmZtc2RtaQ%3D%3D&img_index=1

u/SharpShooterM1 — 6 hours ago

▲ 180 r/Cryptozoology

Cryptids I think we can safely put in the retirement home

*Talking about the mainland Thylacine.

These are all cryptids that are fairly large, have been extensively searched for, and exist in an area where large animals should probably have been found by now

u/truthisfictionyt — 8 days ago

▲ 5 r/IdleIktah

Any ideas for these?

u/truthisfictionyt — 8 days ago

▲ 265 r/ToddintheShadow

What are other "Blackstar" type albums? Basically artists facing a terminal illness who make one final album that deals with that illness, impending death, and their life and legacy.

PS American 4 and Purple Mountains are unbelievably good 10/10 albums

u/truthisfictionyt — 9 days ago

▲ 36 r/Cryptozoology+1 crossposts

Africa is home to a number of fascinating yet obscure reports of deadly bigfoot-like cryptids. From giant stone throwing apes in Morocco, to mysterious nocturnal creatures in South Africa, these are the bigfoot of Africa.

youtu.be

u/truthisfictionyt — 11 days ago

▲ 9 r/Cryptozoology

Does ANYONE have ANY Mark A Hall books that arent Thunderbirds, True Giants or Merbeings?

I swear theyre lost media now but I NEED to read Living Fossils from him

reddit.com

u/truthisfictionyt — 13 days ago

▲ 13 r/Cryptozoology

A cute sketch of what appears to be a very nervous skunk ape

u/truthisfictionyt — 14 days ago

▲ 122 r/Cryptozoology

In 1946, artist Margaret Preston painted a scene she remembered from an Australian drought. Chris Rehberg (skeptically) pointed out what seem to be thylacines in the foreground which should be impossible as the art takes place on the mainland where they went extinct millennia ago

EMPHASIS on him saying it skeptically. Interesting piece of art either way

https://web.archive.org/web/20230325052054/http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com.au/examining-the-evidence/tasmanian-tiger-(thylacine)/preston-thylacines/

u/truthisfictionyt — 15 days ago

▲ 194 r/Cryptozoology+1 crossposts

One of my favorite fake bigfoot videos is the "Harley Hoffman" footage. It was created by filmmakers for the movie "The Search for Santa", a mockumentary that parodied a search for Santa in the same way bigfoot hunters search for bigfoot.

u/truthisfictionyt — 17 days ago

▲ 36 r/Cryptozoology

Me everytime I see Bernard Heuvelmans talk about the Minnesota Iceman being proof of living neanderthals

u/truthisfictionyt — 17 days ago

▲ 51 r/Cryptozoology

Hoinsey Rise in London used to be home to a strange species of snail that shocked people, until its presumed extinction. Ironically, the book Steel & Electricity by James Steele mentions the electric slug as a fact that could be studied for electricity research, but it was never recognized.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7886/7886-h/7886-h.htm

u/truthisfictionyt — 18 days ago

▲ 28 r/Cryptozoology

The first "cryptids" were the Animalia Paradoxa or contradictory animals. When animal classification systems began under Carl Linnaeus, he had a special section for unconfirmed animals. Most are now regarded as mythical or misinterpretations

u/truthisfictionyt — 19 days ago

▲ 83 r/BasketballGM

Game of Thrones Total Conversion Mod

Recently finished a mod that makes BasketballGM an ASOIAF themed game. Features include

Twelve different country origins for players
Canon names for every different country origin
Twelve possible colleges
Forty different teams, each with ASOIAF themed logos, names, and locations
Starting year of 1 AC (Aegon's Conquest)
Coin currency instead of dollars
Increased tragic death likelihood and more accurate flavor and death injuries.

Link here. Let me know if you like it, if there are things that need changing, or if you have any additional ideas for it. If youre dumbmatter I have some suggestions

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WFxkw9qdLB8Y2TNnCShE_Hyvtj6NxpTg/view?usp=sharing

Football Version

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVAcrH-NgrOz6F13xaO4fWIba1JcoMb1/view?usp=sharing

u/truthisfictionyt — 19 days ago

▲ 149 r/Cryptozoology

Scooby Doo's famous "create a monster to scare people off property" plots were often loosely based on real stories. Take this 1926 story of a woman who was harassed by a shaggy furred apeman. She believed it was a person in a costume trying to scare her to lower her home value

https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/891973927/?pqsid=JG6xwOm2sG0yP0R0nOKvqA%3A331994%3A1378128053&search-id=82b33981-bd5b-424f-8017-6fb31cfa0dde&search-rank=13

u/truthisfictionyt — 22 days ago

▲ 65 r/Cryptozoology

In the 1800s, people in South Africa reported a massive creature known as the "Waterbobbejan" or water baboon. It was described as a massive tall ape that was capable of climbing over tall walls to steal livestock. It was also fond of oranges

Hall, Sian "Rumble in the Jungle", Fortean Times 111 (November 1998)

u/truthisfictionyt — 23 days ago

▲ 34 r/IdleIktah

Got the three black pearls for the tidekeeper

Got the last two in a single day as well

u/truthisfictionyt — 23 days ago

▲ 6 r/BasketballGM

Simulated the 2027 Season 186 Times. These Are the Results.

u/truthisfictionyt — 25 days ago

▲ 23 r/Cryptozoology

Robert Woodard's World of Cryptids

https://x.com/RobertJacobWoo1

u/truthisfictionyt — 25 days ago

▲ 3 r/Topster

I've been listening to one new album for everyday of 2026. Here are the top 100 so far.

I keep track of them here

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/truthisscarier/list/463514/365-albums-365-days/grid/1/

u/truthisfictionyt — 25 days ago

▲ 1 r/Albumoftheyear

Is there any way to duplicate lists? I want to get a version of this without manually adding 1089 albums lol

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/trindade31/list/8643/1001-albums-you-must-hear-before-you-die-complete

u/truthisfictionyt — 27 days ago

"What if Thomas Jefferson had been right?" — An American mastodon encounters a trapper in the 19th century

Cryptids I think we can safely put in the retirement home

Any ideas for these?

What are other "Blackstar" type albums? Basically artists facing a terminal illness who make one final album that deals with that illness, impending death, and their life and legacy.

Africa is home to a number of fascinating yet obscure reports of deadly bigfoot-like cryptids. From giant stone throwing apes in Morocco, to mysterious nocturnal creatures in South Africa, these are the bigfoot of Africa.

Does ANYONE have ANY Mark A Hall books that arent Thunderbirds, True Giants or Merbeings?

A cute sketch of what appears to be a very nervous skunk ape

In 1946, artist Margaret Preston painted a scene she remembered from an Australian drought. Chris Rehberg (skeptically) pointed out what seem to be thylacines in the foreground which should be impossible as the art takes place on the mainland where they went extinct millennia ago

One of my favorite fake bigfoot videos is the "Harley Hoffman" footage. It was created by filmmakers for the movie "The Search for Santa", a mockumentary that parodied a search for Santa in the same way bigfoot hunters search for bigfoot.

Me everytime I see Bernard Heuvelmans talk about the Minnesota Iceman being proof of living neanderthals

Hoinsey Rise in London used to be home to a strange species of snail that shocked people, until its presumed extinction. Ironically, the book Steel &amp; Electricity by James Steele mentions the electric slug as a fact that could be studied for electricity research, but it was never recognized.

The first "cryptids" were the Animalia Paradoxa or contradictory animals. When animal classification systems began under Carl Linnaeus, he had a special section for unconfirmed animals. Most are now regarded as mythical or misinterpretations

Game of Thrones Total Conversion Mod

Scooby Doo's famous "create a monster to scare people off property" plots were often loosely based on real stories. Take this 1926 story of a woman who was harassed by a shaggy furred apeman. She believed it was a person in a costume trying to scare her to lower her home value

In the 1800s, people in South Africa reported a massive creature known as the "Waterbobbejan" or water baboon. It was described as a massive tall ape that was capable of climbing over tall walls to steal livestock. It was also fond of oranges

Got the three black pearls for the tidekeeper

Simulated the 2027 Season 186 Times. These Are the Results.

Robert Woodard's World of Cryptids

I've been listening to one new album for everyday of 2026. Here are the top 100 so far.

Is there any way to duplicate lists? I want to get a version of this without manually adding 1089 albums lol

Hoinsey Rise in London used to be home to a strange species of snail that shocked people, until its presumed extinction. Ironically, the book Steel & Electricity by James Steele mentions the electric slug as a fact that could be studied for electricity research, but it was never recognized.