Cryptid

By Deane Barker • •
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This is a creature that some people theorize exists, but for which no scientific evidence exists. Think Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.

Why I Looked It Up

It came up in Once Upon a Tome in reference to a category of humans that were just odd and difficult to figure out.

It was a bitterly cold afternoon when I met my first bookshop cryptid, and I remember it well.

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A NY Times crossword clue was:

Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands

The answer was “LOCHNESSMONSTER.”

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I found this graphic on Reddit

Links from this – Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller April 5, 2024
I don’t really know what to do with this one. It’s a pretty unique book, but I really liked it. It’s fiction, but not regular fiction. It’s like a series of blog posts written in the first person by a man who went to work at an old book shop in London. Each post is some aspect of what it’s like to...