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7 Lamest Yet Widely Believed Cryptozoological Hoaxes

Are cryptozoological creatures bona fide beasties living on earth or do they only roam in the minds of fraudsters and their credulous believers? Despite what many might see as a weight of evidence against their existence, the jury is still out in some cases. Pity the same can’t be said for this bunch. Hoaxes to hang your gullible hats on one and all, these bizarre and unlikely cryptids are more likely to incite sniggers than any serious scientific enquiry.

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The Lethal Search for De Loys’ Ape

The group was taking respite near the Tarra River when suddenly the incredible happened. Out of the dense jungle came two upright walking creatures, gripping and shaking branches while screaming in apparent anger. The ape-like animals began flinging their own faeces at the frightened men, who grabbed their guns, shooting their female assailant dead as the male, wounded, fled into the forest.

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The Legend of the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar

The year is 1878. The place: the steaming, savage jungles of Madagascar. Machete in hand, German explorer Carl Liche leads a group of Mkodo tribesmen through this terra incognita to find something no white man has ever seen before. Entering a clearing, Liche suddenly halts, frozen by the sight that stands before him. A legend is about to be born which will refuse to die...

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