CRYPTID

A SHIMMERING BLACK COCOON IS NESTLED AMIDST THE RASPY BULGES ON THE TRUNK OF A BLACK LOCUST TREE. THE OBJECT RESEMBLES AN OVERSIZED PUPATING INSECT. AS A MODE OF PROTECTION WHILST ITS METAMORPHOSIS IT APPEARS TO BE MIMICKING THE BARK OF THE TREE AND SIMOULTANEOUSLY PROTECT ITSELF FROM PREDATORS WITH NUMEROUS THORNS SPIKING OUT FROM ITS SHELL. CRYPTID DEALS WITH THE FANTASTIC SCIENCE OF CRYPTOZOOLOGY. A PSEUDOSCIENCE AND SUBCULTURE THAT INVESTIGATES LEGENDARY, FOLKLORISTIC, EXTINCT, OR YET UNCLASSIFIED ANIMALS WHOSE PRESENT EXISTENCE IS DISPUTED OR UNSUBSTANTIATED.