The bulk update request #6863 is pending approval.

create implication mothman (221) -> cryptid (773)
create implication mothman (221) -> moth (6454)
create implication flatwoods_monster (66) -> cryptid (773)
create implication flatwoods_monster (66) -> monster (44468)
create implication flatwoods_monster (66) -> alien_humanoid (15099)
create implication loch_ness_monster (333) -> cryptid (773)
create implication loch_ness_monster (333) -> plesiosaur (285)
create implication chupacabra (188) -> cryptid (773)
create implication chupacabra (188) -> monster (44468)
create implication sasquatch (248) -> cryptid (773)
create implication sasquatch (248) -> ape (6449)
create implication yeti (448) -> sasquatch (248)
create implication tsuchinoko (50) -> cryptid (773)
create implication tsuchinoko (50) -> snake (48870)

Reason: The cryptid tags are surprisingly sparse when it comes to their implications, especially the most basic one simply stating that they are cryptids. While most of these are self explanatory (mothman is a moth monster, sasquatches are giant apes, jackalopes being lagomorphs with antlers, etc.), I think the Flatwoods Monster should be listed as an alien humanoid since the story and mythos surrounding the creature almost unanimously paint it as an extraterrestrial.

Jackalopes are actually fearsome critters, not cryptids. Fearsome critters are more like, stories told by lumberjacks for entertainment without the implication that they're real creatures. They're myths/tall tales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope

Folklorists see the jackalope as one of a group of tall tale animals, known as fearsome critters, common to North American culture since the turn of the twentieth century. These fabulous beasts appear in tall tales featuring hodags, giant snakes, fur-bearing trout, and many others. Some such stories lend themselves to comic hoaxing by entrepreneurs who seek attention for their own personal or their region's fortune.

The bulk update request #6864 is pending approval.

remove implication chupacabra (188) -> american_mythology (2229)

Reason: The chupacabra isn't a mythological creature. The wiki page for the cryptid tag even reads that cryptids aren't mythological

nimphia said:
Jackalopes are actually fearsome critters, not cryptids. Fearsome critters are more like, stories told by lumberjacks for entertainment without the implication that they're real creatures.

That's actually really funny. I was basing this BUR off of the cryptid wiki page and personal knowledge. I kind of wanted to remove the tsuchinoko from said page since yokai walk a real thin line between cryptid and mythology, but they are a very widely reported Japanese cryptid so I left them on

Those fictional species are too vaguely defined to be consistently depicted within a real taxonomy. For example, a specific artistic rendering of Nessie could look like a plesiosaur, but the implication would probably not apply for most posts.

The bulk update request #6866 is pending approval.

create implication mothman (221) -> cryptid (773)
create implication flatwoods_monster (66) -> cryptid (773)
create implication loch_ness_monster (333) -> cryptid (773)
create implication chupacabra (188) -> cryptid (773)
create implication sasquatch (248) -> cryptid (773)
create implication yeti (448) -> cryptid (773)

Reason: Fair point. Redone to just have the cryptid implication requests.

mothbean said:
Reason: Fair point. Redone to just have the cryptid implication requests.

you can edit the initial one, you don't need to make a new one.

Also, why should yeti imply sasquatch?

pleaseletmein said:
you can edit the initial one, you don't need to make a new one.

Also, why should yeti imply sasquatch?

For the first question, because I'm an idiot and didn't realize that it was just voted against by staff, not rejected. More importantly, I'm an even bigger idiot. Throughout my entire life of being interested in cryptids and ghosts and supernatural stuff I've always been under the belief that Yetis were a subspecies of sasquatch and I just found out that's not the case. And the thing that made me realize this was someone on a furry porn site with a horny image of vanilluxe as their avatar.