Monsters
The word monster can be interpreted differently for everyone. When you think of monster, do you think of the thing hiding under your bed? Or do you think of Bigfoot or the Yeti? You may think of a shark or a bear- something you are afraid of. To me, the word monster is an organism that is out of the norm, or something that hasn’t been proven to exist. They can take any shape or form- it can be as small as a microscopic bug or as big as the Yeti. A bug like lice or dust mites is a monster in my opinion, because those tiny bugs cause problems with your health. But some monsters still haven’t been proven to exist. So how can it be a monster? Some monsters are imaginary, and most are still trying to be proven exist. Cryptozoologists are people who search for legendary animals, like monsters. The believe that evidence of photographs or mysterious footprints is enough to conform a monsters existence. Daniel Loxton and Daniel Prothero are palentologists and big monster lovers. Loxton defines a cryptid as this: “A cryptid is any animal that has never been described by science, usually something very unusual along the lines of a Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot, something that stretches the limits of what is scientifically plausible. “ That is similar to my definition of a monster, something unusual like bigfoot and the yeti and that hasn’t been scientifically proven to be true. Loxton describes a cryptid as this: “t's based on the word cryptozoology, which means hidden life or animals. It implies a creature that's been recorded through folklore, something that we have reason to suspect exists.” So monsters can be created through myths or stories, and many of us do believe they exist. Many will always remain unknown and will never know of their existence, and others are seen in everyday life.
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