Welcome to the next in an ongoing series of writing prompts in the Worldbuilding community !
I'm aiming to post one of these each Sunday. They aren't a replacement for the excellent daily prompts from 
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The prompt this week is - Cryptids
This is a prompt you can have fun with, whichever genre you worldbuild in ! Cryptids are legendary and elusive creatures, the kind of thing which stretches the boundaries of science and the known laws of biology. Creatures like the Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Chupacabra fit into the category.
Tell me a story of a cryptid in your world ! What is it ? How does it hide ? What does it look like, and how does it behave ? What legends surround it ? What makes it a true cryptid rather than just a natural but slightly weird creature, particularly in scifi or fantasy settings where there are already plenty of strange inhabitants ?
Just to add a bit of spice to things, the two entries I most like (and are linked in comments to this post, so I can find them !) that are posted by midnight (GMT) next Saturday will each get a prize of one Hive SBI.
This link will take you to the FAQ where you can read more about Hive SBI - it's a project I thoroughly support because it gives both the donor and winner a steady trickle of passive income paid out in the form of upvotes on posts.
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