@21rosa.bsky.socialIt was speculated in the 17th century that this newly discovered Middle Jurassic fossil, likely from a Megalosaurus, might belong to a Roman war elephant or a biblical giant. In 1763, naturalist Richard Brookes noted the obvious & named the fossil 'Scrotum humanum' #WyrdWednesday
@putriprihatini.bsky.socialThe Great Pustaha is a large Batak magic book from North Sumatra. Written by nine generations of datu/priest, it contains spells and potions to destroy villages, kill enemies, inspire love, and heal. The cover has a carving of Naga Padoha, a giant primordial serpent of the underworld. #WyrdWednesday
@ninaantonia13.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday William Blake (1757-1827) was commissioned to do a series of illustrations based on the Biblical 'Book of Revelations' which is a visionary apocalyptic meltdown featuring 'The Great Dragon' depicted here with 'The Woman Clothed In The Sun'.
@crystalponti.bsky.socialVenezuela's Mount Roraima rises behind enormous cliffs, its summit isolated from the surrounding landscape. Its geography helped inspire lost-world associations. If Earth were hiding a surviving dinosaur anywhere, a giant cloud-covered tabletop mountain certainly looks the part. #WyrdWednesday
@crutledge.bsky.socialTarzan runs into Dinosaurs. Again.
@asls.org.uk“Ten Thousand Years in Ice” is an early #scifi short story by Robert Duncan Milne (1844–99) where a man frozen in the ancient past is revived in the present. Milne’s documentary style led readers of a Hungarian newspaper to believe it was true
#WyrdWednesday #C19
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@theswampwytch.bsky.socialWho needs cryptids when the swamp bred Oscar? 🐊
A 1,000 lb, century old Okefenokee landlord who took buckshot & kept walking. I have fond memories of seeing Oscar! Today his preserved skeleton watches visitors - displaying the flagpole topper & dog collar he digested along the way. #WyrdWednesday
@crutledge.bsky.socialJoining this week’s #WyrdWednesday which is:
“Modern Stone-Ages: Dinotopias, Lost Worlds & supermodern Saurians!”
Claws, Teeth, and Feathers. The immortal barbarian Kharrn and a team of Spec-Ops run into dinosaurs at a desert research facility and carnage ensues. I keep meaning to write a sequel.
@theswampwytch.bsky.socialGeorgia's "Nessie" is called Altamaha-ha. Said to be a quite large & long creature, Altamaha-ha has been seen in the Darien coastal region & elsewhere in McIntosh County. #WyrdWednesday #Georgia #Cryptid
@mccartneyjoe.bsky.socialWhen artist Ron Smith was doing a 2000AD cover you knew that it was going to be great. Sadly Ron passed in early 2019 at the age of 91.
#WyrdWednesday #JudgeDredd
@anniebrassey.bsky.social""The Monster of 'Partridge Creek.'"
...the story of an encounter which the author and several friends had with no less a creature than the dinosaurs of the Arctic Circle, which, as recently as January of this year, was reported to be still at large..."
Bexhill Observer 4.7.1908.
#WyrdWednesday
@anniebrassey.bsky.social"Prehistoric Bexhill.
As seen by the magical eyes of the famous artist Mr. Lawson Wood."
Bexhill Chronicle Christmas edition 1912.
#WyrdWednesday #Prehistoric #Bexhill #Sussex #1910s
@crystalponti.bsky.socialArthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World strands explorers on a South American plateau where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures survive. It helped cement one of adventure fiction's greatest ideas: somewhere inaccessible, prehistory never ended. #WyrdWednesday
@greatdetective.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday
ANONYMOUS REX
Detective novel by Eric Garcia (2000)
Feat. Vincent Rubio, a Velociraptor private investigator, and his Triceratops partner, Ernie Watson, in a world where dinos have survived extinction and live among us in disguise.
In the comments: it gets even better! 👉
@theghostmonk.bsky.socialA tweedy spelunker encounters a subterranean dino in 'The Lizard' by Cutcliffe Hyne. Instead of eyes it has evolved long groping feelers. The story appeared in 'The Strand Magazine' in June 1898, illustrated by Paul Hardy.
#WyrdWednesday #dinosaur #monster
@mccartneyjoe.bsky.socialBefore Jurassic Park we had Dinosaur Farm in Captain Marvel Adventures #123 (Fawcett Publications, August 1951).
#WyrdWednesday
[🎨C. C. Beck]
@kdsbooks.bsky.socialJoining this week’s #WyrdWednesday which is:
“Modern Stone-Ages: Dinotopias, Lost Worlds & supermodern Saurians!”
Not sure about modern, but I have a bookcase dedicated to “Lost Worlds.”
A selection below which feature “Terrible Lizards”.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
