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This is the season of the odd and glittery.

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Nov 11Liked by Andrew Smith

Silly old Madelyne, so impressionable.

Coming up with imaginary chupacabra creatures like a child. So funny.

I wonder what she'd say about actual, real-world monsters that walk among us, like the terrifying killer clown that haunts the streets of Copenhagen. I saw him the other day, luring kids into his sewer hiding spot with red balloons. I remember it vividly. He had a scary mouth full of way too many teeth.

I think his name was Dimesmart or Centclever or something.

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Kroneythinky! I love that guy.

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Nov 11Liked by Andrew Smith

Rublebrain, actually. Everyone gets it wrong on first try.

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The Suff! The Suff!

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🤣 Thanks, Andrew! Awesome! I wondered if you'd remember that one. It was really fun.

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I did! I tried linking to the Suff in this piece, but my search didn't turn anything specific up (although I am quite sure I've written about it here).

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That's odd. It hasn't disappeared completely, I found this old one from The Man Behind The Screen. https://open.substack.com/pub/talesofcalamityandtriumph/p/a-shroud-of-ink-and-stars?r=25941x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I can't remember who else wrote about it too but there were a bunch...

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Hm, I was unable to find when searching through my own stuff, but maybe I never explicitly mentioned the Suff when writing. I seem to remember doing some shenanigans, though!

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The Melon Heads of Allegan County is one of my favorite cryptids in Michigan. That was an interesting legend to dig into.

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Neat! Did you write about this? If so, please feel free to share a link here.

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Yup. https://twistingmyths.substack.com/p/the-melon-heads-of-allegan-county

(I didn't want to be that Substacker who throws links anywhere and everywhere without asking if it was okay first.)

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Well, thanks for that! I do trust your judgment, so in the future if you see something that's appropriate to comment on and you've already written about it, please feel free to share! I write down my ideas by way of my daily writing, so whenever someone wants to have a conversation about one of those things, the odds are good that I've already presented the case in there, so I tend to share a lot too.... but only when it's relevant!

Deep dive comment readers, go read Patricia's writing about the Melon Heads!

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Awesome. Thanks. =D

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The Hodag! (and you can find amazing stickers and other items of Hodags and other legends from the very talented Monica) here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LipsticKissPress

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Cryptids are crazy, but also: they're ours.

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I like Dexter's Laboratory's version of Chupacabra the best.

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"Chupacabra" means "Goat sucker" in Spanish- so obviously your avatar is concerned about its existence.

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That is 100% where the image came from!

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This is the season of the odd and glittery.

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This be the season of the odd and glittery.

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This be the season of the odd and glittery.

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This be the season of the odd and shiny.

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