This week keeping on my own theme of creepy humanoids that I made up as I went ….What creepier humanoid to cover than random creepy humanoids, so long as they’re not in the water, not so creepy right? WRONG.

Equally creepy.

Other than the Ningen, do you know of the top of your head Taylor of any other creepy humanoids, please say one that’s probably in this episode

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Apparently there are alot of humanoid cryptids to choose from so I literally chose a handful at random and let’s begin!
Humanoid cryptids typically have one or more of these characteristics:
Two eyes (binocular vision)
The ability to walk upright (biomechanic bipedalism)
Opposable thumbs
Not quite human (like human mixed with another animal-anthropomorphic)
Ability to build structures
Can communicate with other humanoid
 
First but not best… I figured that was the best alternative to saying last but not least but something you start with
Deer Man, different than Wendigo, not covered in this episode 
A hybrid animal, Deer Man has the antlered head of a great stag, a human's torso, and legs described as similar to either those of a man or deer. In addition, it is usually said to be well muscled, and surprisingly fast for its size. Other accounts gift the beast with the power to transform itself from a regular deer into the form described above.
It’s been spotted randomly around the united States, here’s an account from an anonymous witness
“It was getting dark and I was the one searching. I heard leaves crumpling, and when I turned to look, I saw what looked like a deer on its hind legs. I clearly remember seeing “dog legs” running, but the rest of the body was straight up. And it ran with incredible speed, and I knew it wasn’t either of my cousins hiding. I ran as fast as I could back to the house, and my one of my cousins was running in too, he saw the same thing. It still creeps me out to this day, because my uncle always told us how he saw weird things on that property.”


Qalupalik
The Qalupalik are creatures from Inuit legend. They are often described as having scaly and bumpy skin, not unlike a sculpin. It is said that these are ugly creatures and that they reek of sulfur. They are also said to have long hair, green skin, and long fingernails. 
 
They like to steal children, no one really knows why, it could be because they like the company. 
 
Many stories of the Qallupilluk tell of them wearing either duck clothing with large pouches on their back to carry children in. The Qallupilluk hides in the ocean, waiting for children to play alone on the beach or near the breaking ice
 
Usually the Qallupilluk jump out of the water and grab children without any warning. Sometimes, however, you can hear them knocking under the ice. Some elders have said that if the ocean begins to become wavy in an area or steam begins to rise from the ocean, a Qallupilluk might be hiding underneath the water.
 
There was this book that I used to love as a kid called a promise is a promise and yet to be confirmed it sounds like this creature that was the star of this book
 
 
Melon Heads
They are said to be large-headed, short-of-stature beings who are either shy and reclusive, or malicious and aggressive, depending on the legend. Some of the wilder origins surrounding the Melon Heads insist the beings are either government experiments gone awry, or human-alien hybrids. The melon heads will prey upon humans who enter their territory so probably just stay away from Ohia, Michigan and Connecticut.. Seems easy enough
 
In Ohio the heads (for short) were abandoned children that scientist Dr. Crow (I’m assuming evil scientist) decided to take care of at his facility, and during their stay the good Dr performed torturous experiments on them.. Eventually injecting chemicals into their brains causing them to grow grotesquely large earning them their names, this obviously also made them mentally ill 
 
After the murder of the Evil scientist dr the Heads decided to inhabit the forests of Crybaby Bridge. Couldn’t not put that part in. To survive, the Melonheads feast on any animals that they hunted down. Because of their paranoia of society, the heads kill and cannibalize any one that sees them. To keep the Heads cult going, they have kept inbreeding, making the offspring even more raving and paranoid.
 
In Michigan they’re said to reside around Felt Mansion (also other areas) and they were originally.. And probably still children w/ hydrocephalus who lived at the Junction Insane asylum and after enduring physical and emotional abuse, they became feral mutants and were released into the forests surrounding the asylum. The Allegan County Historical Society asserts that the asylum never existed, although it was at one point a prison. Not sure where the confusion lies in that sentence because it does imply that it did once exist as an asylum before being a prison.
 
The legend says that the children devised a plan to escape and kill the doctor that abused them. It is said that the children had no place to hide the body, so they cut it up in small pieces which they hid around the Mansion. 
 
In Connecticut there are 2 main legends the first variation of the myth, Fairfield County was the location of an asylum for the criminally insane that burned down in the fall of 1960, resulting in the death of all of the staff and most of the patients with 10-20 inmates unaccounted for, supposedly having survived and escaped to the woods. The legend states that the Heads' appearance is the result of them having resorted to cannibalism in order to survive the harsh winters of the region, and due to inbreeding, which in turn caused them to develop hydrocephalus.
 
According to the second variation, the Melon Heads are descendants of a Colonial era family from Shelton-Trumbull who were banished after accusations of witchcraft were made against them causing them to retreat to the woods. As with the first legend, this variation attributes the appearance of the Melon Heads to inbreeding. 
 
 
Matlox

I wanted to stay away from bigfoot type creatures but I had already clicked on this one and once I did I couldn’t not just relay this information at you

Matlox is a bigfoot-like cannibal giant described in legends in western Canada (I happed to reside here and not only have I never once heard of this being but I just unlocked a new fear). The Matlox is described as being covered in stiff, black hair, having a large head similar to that of a human's, sharp fangs, long arms, and claws on each of it's fingers and toes.
 
José Mariano Mociño, a Spanish naturalists writes in his book "Noticias de Nutka: An Account of Nootka Sound in 1792", a description of the giant:
“I do not know what to say about Matlox, inhabitant of the mountainous district, of who all have an unbelievable terror. They imagine his body as very monstrous, all covered with stiff black bristles; a head similar to a human one, but with much greater, sharper, and stronger fangs than those of the bear; extremely long arms; and toes and fingers armed with long curved claws. His shouts alone (they say) force those who hear them to the ground, and any unfortunate body he slaps is broken into a thousand pieces.”
 
South Carolina: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
This Lizard Man is not associated with Lizard People, the race of creatures said to control the world by disguising themselves as politicians and government officials. No, this guy sticks to the swamps around Lee County, and enjoys terrifying citizens in their cars, among other antics. And due to the damage got quite a bit of publicity
First mention of sightings started back in the 1980’s The Lizard Man is generally described as being 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, bipedal, and bulky, covered in dark hair with scaly lizard-like skin on its hands, feet and face. It is said to have three toes on each foot and three fingers on each hand. The creature has an incredible degree of strength, more than capable of ripping into a car. A few witnesses have reported seeing a tail, although in the majority of cases, a tail was not seen.
 
The first modern reported sighting of the creature was made by George Holliman Jr. in the Fall of 1987, but it was the report by Christopher Davis, a 17 year old local man that made the Lizard Man famous.
Davis said he encountered the creature while driving home from work at 2 AM on June 29, 1988. According to his account, Davis stopped on a road bordering Scape Ore Swamp in order to change a tire which had blown out. When he was finishing up he reported having heard a thumping noise from behind him and having turned around to see the creature running towards him. Davis said the creature tried to grab at the car and then jumped on its roof as he tried to escape, clinging on to it as Davis swerved from side to side in an effort to throw it off.
After he returned home, Davis' side-view mirror was found to be badly damaged, and scratch marks were found on the car's roof, though there was no other physical evidence of his encounter. "I looked back and saw something running across the field towards me. It was about 25 yards away and I saw red eyes glowing. I ran into the car and as I locked it, the thing grabbed the door handle. I could see him from the neck down – the three big fingers, long black nails and green rough skin. It was strong and angry. I looked in my mirror and saw a blur of green running. I could see his toes and then he jumped on the roof of my car. I thought I heard a grunt and then I could see his fingers through the front windshield, where they curled around on the roof. I sped up and swerved to shake the creature off."
 
In the month that followed the Davis sighting there were several further reports of a large lizard-like creature, and of unusual scratches and bite marks found on cars parked close to the swamp. Most of these are said to have occurred within a 3 mile (5 km) radius of the swamps of Bishopville. At the time, local law enforcement officials reacted to reports of the Lizard Man with a mixture of concern and skepticism, stating that a sufficient number of sightings had been made by apparently reliable people for them to believe that something tangible was being seen, but also that it was more likely to be a bear than a Lizard Man.
Two weeks after the Davis sighting the sheriff's department made several plaster casts of what appeared to be three-toed footprints - measuring some 14 inches (36 cm) in length - but decided against sending them on to the FBI for further analysis after biologists advised them that they were unclassifiable. According to South Carolina Marine Resources Department spokesperson Johnny Evans the tracks neither matched, nor could be mistaken for, the footprints of any recorded animal. Evans also dismissed the possibility that they could have been made by some form of mutated creature.
The "dinosauroid" hypothesis has been criticized for being overly anthropomorphic for theropod evolution
The sightings attracted tourists interested in seeing the creature and hunters interested in tracking it, and nearby radio station WCOS offered a $1 million reward to anybody who could capture the creature alive. However, reports of the creature began to decline at the end of the summer with the last credible sighting of the year being reported in July.