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The United States of Cryptids: An Interview with J.W. Ocker

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The Bigfoot Economy Is Real

Every year in Indiana, they celebrate a giant turtle that was supposedly found in a pond outside of town in the late 1950s. "It's almost like you are creating a living thought form that that is real," says Topos author and cryptid expert Mark O'Mara. Most cryptids started at the Golden Age of Cryptids, the 1950s to 1970s when most everything was usually seen in rural towns. Almost every single story about a cryptid starts with teenagers in the back of a car,. Every reason is for the thing to hide it, right? If it has a rural landscape; if it has a big foot or some kind of natural landscape: You need a few

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