there aren’t enough posts going around about the swedish cryptid known as the skvader which is a rabbit with pheasant wings and also a very good boy.
like this one dude just made a fake taxidermy and spread it around as a hoax for a good ass while and it lead to this really cool fantasy creature and i am genuinely dissapointed that it never gets used in anything
THE BOY
Rabbirds, by the amazing @tkingfisher/Ursula Vernon (source).
The lack of skvaders is particularly frustrating when you realize it forms the third point of a wonderful cryptid trifecta.
You got the jackalopes, which are rabbits with antlers.
And you got the wolpertingers, which are rabbits with antlers and wings.
And then… what? Do you escalate? That’s unbalanced, those two rabbit cryptids don’t have the same number of extra things, the wolpertinger is clearly the jackalope But More.
BUT with the skvader on the other side, balance is restored. Antler rabbit, winged rabbit, winged antler rabbit. It’s a classic Venn diagram of imaginary lapine beasts, and it’s only complete if you acknowledge the fucking skvader.
Good thing Ursula’s got our back, at least.
This is a really excellent point and I applaud your advancements in Cryptid Theory.
In 1954, an unidentified man flew into Tokyo. On arrival, he was immediately interrogated about his origins – his passport listed a country that nobody had ever heard of called Taured. The mysterious man claimed that Taured was located between France and Spain. He pointed it out on a map but was pointing towards the Principality of Andorra. The man claimed that he had never heard of Andorra and explained that Taured had existed for 1,000 years. He told him that he had arrived in Japan for business and had been doing so for five years and had never had a problem beforehand. His passport backed up this claim as he had numerous previous visa and customs stamps. He showed the authorities his driver’s license which had been issued by the unheard of country and handed over his cheque book which contained cheques from an unheard of bank. The man was sent to a local hotel while authorities investigated the confusing story. Two immigration officers guarded the door until morning. When they went into the hotel room, the man had seemingly disappeared into thin air. There was no exit other than out the hotel room door or out the window, which was 15 stories up with no stairs.
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