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Subject: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: van Hausen posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 3:33am  We all know about the mythic Jackalope. It appears there is a related species: the Wolpertinger It has the body of a rabbit, antlers of a buck, tail of a squirrel, feet of a duck, wings, and sharp fangs. It lives in Bayern, eats mice and men, and may be caught with a candle and a sack of potatoes. Notably, we have taixdermied specimens. My question is not whether such fanciful beasts exist, but whether there are other taxidermied fanciful mishmashes. Note: I do not mean just any fanciful critter such as the Agropelter or the Haggis. I would like to know about such taxidermied specimens. Thanks. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Gladiator posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 4:36am  That is either the funniest Cryptid I have ever seen in my life, or some really funny stuffed reject from a store going out of business. Either way, I'm laughin' my frigin' tail off! Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: McHaggis posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 4:38am  One of my all time favourites is the furry trout. The fur-bearing trout (or furry trout) is a fictitious creature supposedly native to the northern regions of North America, particularly Canada, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. The basic claim (or tall tale) is that the waters of lakes and rivers in the area are so cold that a species of trout has evolved which grows a thick coat of fur to maintain its body heat. Another theory, says that it is due to four jugs of hair tonic being spilled into the Arkansas River. The hoax goes back to at least the 1930s. For example, here's an excerpt from an article in the Puebloan Chieftain dating back to November 15, 1938: Old-timers living along the Arkansas River near Salida have told tales for many years of the fur-bearing trout indigenous to the waters of the Arkansas near there. Tourists and other tenderfeet in particular have been regaled with accounts of the unusual fish, and Salidans of good reputation have been wont to relate that the authenticity of their stories has never been questioned—in fact, they're willing to bet it's never even been suspected. Then, last week, out of Pratt, Kansas, where water in any quantity large enough to hold a trout—fur-bearing or otherwise—is a rarity, came an urgent request for proof of the existence of the furry fin flappers. Upon the sturdy shoulders of Wilbur B. Foshay, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, fell the delicate task of informing the credulous Kansan, without detracting from the obvious tourist-attracting qualities of the pelted piscatorial prizes. With admirable diplomacy, and considerable aplomb, Foshay dispatched posthaste a photograph of the fish, obtained from a Salida photographer and told the Kansan to use his own judgment as to the authenticity of the species. The photograph sent has been available in Salida for some time. Stuffed and mounted specimens of these fish can be found in a number of museums of curiosities. The fur-bearing trout and people's gullible reaction to it was part of a scene in the French movie Brotherhood of the Wolf. The Fur Bearing Trout also appeared in an episode of the Earthworm Jim TV Series in an episode where Jim went on a roadtrip to find it and save it from Queen Slug for a Butt Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: tooluser posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 6:22am  Long beach WA has the alligator man. Claimed to be the "missing link" between man and alligator! (Darwin would be appalled). The museum there has him in a glass box. Looks like half of stuffed alligator attached to a paper-mache body, but maybe? Jake the alligator man Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Cthulhu posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 6:51am  They're quoting WWN. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: van Hausen posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 5:08pm  Thanks for the info on the fur-bearing trout. van Hausen -- wondering whether the critter was the result of evolution or the spilled hair tonic Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: T.King posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 10:01pm  I should try that up here in Canada, see how many people from south of the country I can fool. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Vila posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 11:09am  There's a stuffed griffon floating around some where... Vila Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: van Hausen posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 5:00pm  Some other interesting info on the Wolpertinger: 1) It's habitat is threatened by tourism, over-farming, and increased traffic. Tragic. 2) It may be caught, but only with a special permit. This permit may only be granted by the mayor or the priest. 3) It can only be caught 15 days before a storm. 4) Having a long beard helps in capturing it, as the beard fascinates the Wolpertinger. 5) It only comes out of its hole when there is a full moon. correction: I originally wrote that it may be caught with a candle and a sack of potatoes. Actually, the article specified a candle of beeswax and an empty potato sack. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Matt Deres posted Tue, Oct 25 2005, 11:06pm  Actually, the article specified a candle of beeswax and an empty potato sack. Well NOW you tell me. What the hell am I supposed to do with 22 kilos of potatoes? Matt Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Seileag posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 1:11am  Every stuffed Wolpertinger has a different appearence - Bavarians love to combine snouts, bills, paws, duck feet, horns, wings and so on... But there's another German "cryptid" that seems to be the cousin of Jackalope: The "Rasselbock", a large hare with the horns of a roebuck. Of course it's nothing more than a nice story, but I find it interesting that Germany's Rasselbock and America's Jackalope look so similar. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: van Hausen posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 2:05am  The Rasselbock must have migrated over the former landbridge between Asian and Alaska along with the Gigantopithecus. The Gigantos evolved into Bigfoots and the Rasselbocks becames Jackalopes! I only now realized: that explains why most Jackalopes come from the western states. Thanks for the info on the Rasselbock. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Seileag posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 2:15am  BTW: If you want to catch a Rasselbock, you need a sack and a lantern. You go out into the woods when there's full moon and hold the lantern in front of the opening of the sack. With a bit luck a Rasselbock comes towards the light; then you have to pull away the lantern quickly so that the animal runs inside the sack. I never tried it. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: McHaggis posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 2:56am  Feejee Mermaid A common feature of sideshows, a Fiji mermaid (also Feejee mermaid) is a mummified body of something, supposedly a creature that was half mammal and half fish (like a grotesque version of normal mermaid stories). The original exhibit was popularized by circus great Phineas Taylor Barnum, but has since been copied many times in other attractions, including the collection of famed showman Robert Ripley. The original exhibit was shown around the United States, but was lost in the 1860s when Barnum's museum caught fire. The Fiji mermaid came into Barnum's possession via his Boston counterpart Moses Kimball, who brought it down to Barnum in late spring of 1842. On June 18, Barnum and Kimball entered into a written agreement to exploit this "curiosity supposed to be a mermaid." Kimball would remain the creature's sole owner and Barnum would lease it for $12.50 a week. Barnum christened his artifact "The Fejee Mermaid" and began to "puff" her to the skies. In Barnum's exhibit, the mermaid was allegedly caught in 1842 by a "Dr. J. Griffin." Griffin was actually Levi Lyman, one of Barnum's close associates. In reality, the mermaid was either the work of an Indonesian craftsman using papier-mâché and materials from exotic fish, or the tail of a fish and a torso of a baby orangutan, stitched together with the head of a monkey Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: jellyroll posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 3:03am  There is the Fiji Mermaid, and some stuffed birds brought back from South East Asia made up of various bird's of paradise feathers but lacking legs. I seem to remember a fish with chicken legs attatched, amybe wings too. Oh, and what is fanciful about the haggis, i've seen them, i've eaten them! They're real! Not real good, but... Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: biggerfoot posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 5:57am  Please tell me you're kidding about the haggis. Two days ago I saw another "mermaid" sculpture in "Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe" in Seattle. Reportedly pulled from a fishing net in 1920s. Quite well done actually. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: McHaggis posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 6:22am  Haggis, neaps and tatties. Delicious..mmmmmmmmmm Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: hroth posted Thu, Oct 27 2005, 8:10am  Okay, I'll ask outright - when is Burn's birthday? Do you celebrate it in Scotland? I have to get my cape AND kilt dry-cleaned. hroth - honking away at his bagpipe while meiner springhund howls. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: DiJiT posted Wed, Oct 26 2005, 6:28am  Hey, I like haggis Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: herm posted Thu, Oct 27 2005, 8:17am  Shunka W'akim, or how ever it is spelled. Seems to be based mostly on a ridiculously mounted coyote. ~h Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: bigfootchick posted Sat, Jan 21 2006, 6:45pm  Hahahahaha!!! Thats got to be the dagum funniest thang i ever did see. If i's to say is n e thing id say it was a flyin jack-o-monkey! HAHAHA!!! thats funny. Subject: Re: STUFFED CRYPTIDS From: Bigcroc posted Sat, Feb 4 2006, 2:45pm  There's a museum in Tombstone, AZ, that has a Fiji Mermaid that they date back to the turn of the century. It's fairly small and pretty creepy. Also, there's a guy in the midwest currently making them and selling them on Ebay from time to time for around $200 each

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