A CATFISH WITH THREE EYES lived in the Gowanus Canal. I can say this with confidence because I have seen the evidence. The catfish was shiny and pitch-dark. After a fisherman hooked it and reeled it ...

BIGFOOT ISN’T REAL, but black bears are—that’s the subtext of a recent study by Dr. Floe Foxon mapping bear populations relative to cryptid sightings. That study, published in 2024, sparked my ...

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT cattle mutilations when a round of them popped up in Oregon. The details, I need to warn you, are graphic. In 2019, five bulls were found dead in a wooded area, fifteen miles from ...

the only goat you find in me—the one of scape.

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"This wide lawn is woven with sleeping addicts. / The Cloisters are empty of men." ...

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"There is no single way to grieve / the world, any more than there is some sure / way to praise it." ...

LAUREN MARX is an artist based in St. Louis, Missouri who creates intricate watercolor artworks that delve into themes of nature, death, and mythology. Her detailed compositions often feature animals ...

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THE CRYPTID from other monsters is that cryptids come with reports of local sightings. Unlike the unicorn—representations of which are known to be totally fantastical—the cryptid ...

FITZROY GARDENS: Once it was swampland draining into the Yarra River, then it was turned into Victorian gardens in the high British style. Even landscaped, it still smelled like sewage run-off. A ...