catboybiologist:

I love the trope in conspiracies/stories/mockumentaries that’s like “all of these unrelated cultures had this same ultra specific type of creature, so that means they must have been real!!!!” And then the creatures are just like

Human but big

Human but small

Human but found in place where you wouldn’t expect

Lizard but big

Horse but a lil funky

Deer but a lil funky

Other big mammal

It’s like buddy you’re not gonna believe this but these are all based on things that are, in fact, found everywhere

(There’s also very real commentary that can be made here about how people have a sameness and lack of appreciation for indigenous stories and they all belong together in one kind of bin in their heads but that’s way too deep and serious a topic for this post)