Alan
With more animal facts than you can poke a 2.5m stick at, Megan forces new knowledge into Paddy's resistant skull.
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EX-CRYPTID
Deep in the Bili Forests, in the far-northern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lives something bizarre. Local folklore of the surrounding areas talked of massive ape-like creatures that hunts and kills lions. Using tools to feed, occasionally spotted walking bipedally and reported to howl at the moon, these creatures did not appear to be any known animal. |
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Despite years of rigorous and tough searching for this elusive cryptid, It wasn’t until around 2005/2006, that Cleve Hicks from the University of Amsterdam was finally able to capture DNA evidence from these animals. The new subspecies was donned the Bili Ape as a nod to the Bili forests where they hid for years unnoticed.
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This episode features perhaps the most bullies cryptid of all time. They don't have the best luck those Alans...
WHAT IS IT?
Pronounced Ae'laen, this cryptid hails from the deep jungles of the northern Philippines. Half human and half birb, these deformed, grotesque creatures frequently hang from trees like giant bats.
Slightly smaller than your average human, these creatures have humanoid legs, with large wings extending from their arms. They have characteristic bald heads with faces that are distinctly more bird-like than human-like. Specifically, instead of a human mouth and nose, they have a massive, sharp beak. Their skin is tough, wrinkled and thick, described like that of a carabao (buffalo) hide.
Pronounced Ae'laen, this cryptid hails from the deep jungles of the northern Philippines. Half human and half birb, these deformed, grotesque creatures frequently hang from trees like giant bats.
Slightly smaller than your average human, these creatures have humanoid legs, with large wings extending from their arms. They have characteristic bald heads with faces that are distinctly more bird-like than human-like. Specifically, instead of a human mouth and nose, they have a massive, sharp beak. Their skin is tough, wrinkled and thick, described like that of a carabao (buffalo) hide.
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FOLKLORE
The Alan is first termed by the Tinguian or Itneg people, who live in Abra in the northern tip of the Philippines. There are a few tales around the Alan amongst the Itneg people. One titled "The Alan and the Hunters" starts with a peaceful bacon deal and ends with the murder of the Alans baby and eventual death… Cheery! SIGHTINGS The Itneg people explain that the Alan is “horrible to look at", and that is lives “in the depths of a dark forest where people seldom went”. For those that had laid eyes on the beast, it was “as large as people but have wings and can fly. Their toes are at the back of their feet... and their fingers point backward from their wrists.” POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS There is believed to be 3 main possibilities:
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