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The Beaver State’s
Top 8 Cryptids
“Keep Portland weird,” is a very common bumper
sticker, but Portland isn’t the weirdest part about Oregon.
In fact, some of the local residents and fi shing spots have
been known for strange inhabitants known as cryptids.
Cryptids are animals, sometimes half-human animals, that
have never actually been proven to exist but often make for
great stories.
Sasquatch - Blue Mountains
There seems to be some controversy over whether there
is only one Sasquatch or Bigfoot. According to author Stan
Johnson, there are multiple Sasquatches that come from
MEETING FLIX :
The Conser Lake Monster
By LAUREN MURPHY
Of No Adults Allowed
The air is crisp and the sky is dark.
You and your friend are walking through
the woods, a morbid curiosity creeping
through your body, a voice comes through
the air, “I am called Flix. There are many
like me, but I am the one called Flix.”
You look up to see a large shadowy
fi gure and hear boots crashing through
the woods as he runs off .
This is what Betty Westby and
her psychic friend claim to have
experienced in 1960. Her friend
wished to stay anonymous, but
claimed that the message came to
her telepathically, which means that
she heard it in her head.
The message came from the Conser
Lake Monster, though he prefers to
go by Flix. He has been described as
a semiaquatic, albino Bigfoot; with cat
ears and webbed feet. Standing more
than seven feet tall, Flix is quiet the sight.
That is if you can fi nd him.
Conser Lake is out in Millersburg,
Ore., between Keizer and Eugene. It’s
known for having something in the air.
The town’s paper mill (which is now shut
down) mixed with the scent of the local
mint farms to give off an unique smell.
Apparently, encounters with Flix make the
smell disappear (or maybe they are just
replaced with the strong smell of soggy
lake monster).
In 1959, a man claimed to see a large
white furred primate running alongside his
truck, which was going 35 miles an hour.
Imagine a giant ape running next to your
car as you drive down River Road, but in
the forest and in the dark ... spooky.
In the 1950s, teenagers liked to hang
out in the woods – without technology
what else would you do? A group from
Albany (which is a stone throw away from
Millersburg) went down to the lake to hang
out. The story goes that two people in the
group went ahead and hid in the bushes
to scare the others. The joke was on them,
because behind them stood Flix.
They ran as fast as humanly possible
and told everyone that Conser Lake did
in fact have a monster. The town quickly
rallied and set out to fi nd the alleged
monster. Thrill seekers and monster
hunters came from all over to try and catch
the mysterious being. According to Westby,
the monster hunters are what scared Flix off
from their otherwise pleasant conversation
during her trip to Conser Lake.
the fi fth dimension. Johnson says they are ambassadors of
peace and they serve their queen, La Tara, from the planet
Sitka.
Watery Whatsis - Oregon Coast
How people settle on names for a monster is one of life’s
great mysteries; Captain Edgar Avery found a loophole. The
Watery Whatsis seems to be a migratory creature. It swims
up and down the coast line from Oregon to California, as far
as monsters go its pretty laid back and does not appear to
have any recorded incidents with humans.
Amhuluk, the Water Dragon - Forked Mountain Lake
Unlike the laid back Whatsis, Amhuluk was a little high
strung. He was known for his love of drowning people. Not
the best reputation. The Kalapuya Indians have several tales
of the cruelty of this monster.
Colossal Claude - Columbia River
Some creatures like to make friends, Claude was one of
them. Much like the bond between a grumpy dad and the
cat he didn’t want, Claude made friends with the Columbia
River lightship (which is basically a light house on water).
There were many sightings until the 1950s when he
disappeared.
Marvin the Monster - Astoria
The (possible) cousin of Claude, no one really knows
what Marvin is. Footage of him was captured by Shell Oil
Company and turned over to Universities in California, Texas
and Washington. All of them came to the same conclusion,
it could be a lot of things.
Devil’s Lake Monster - Devil’s Lake (north of Lincoln City)
Like a lot of sea monsters in Oregon, the fi rst recorded
sighting of the Devil’s Lake Monster was by the Native
Americans. In 1950, Marubell Allum found a cow on the
beach .. kind of. It had the body of a cow, hair all over the
body, and nine tails. Some descriptions said it had feathers
too. The locals called it Old Hairy since it was old and, well,
hairy.
Caddy - Northern Oregon, Vancouver Island, Canada
Like most sea serpents, Caddy has a long body with
front fl ippers on the sides and big, fan-like, fl ippers in the
back. There are many possibilities to what Caddy may be,
a dinosaur that survived the ice age, a pack of sea lions, a
•
The Phoenix was a creature
that could live for up to 1,400
years. Some people believed
when they fi nally died they
would burst into fl ames, others
believed they simply died.
• The “Troll under the bridge”
came from a Nowegian fairytale
“Three Billy Goats Gruff ”
• Unicorns are seen as a symbol
of purity
• It’s rumored that dragons can
never be drowned
• Ogres are one of the newest
mythical creatures
• The griffi n has been portrayed
as the king of all creatures
giant oarfi sh, a basking shark or a pipefi sh.
The Melrose Creep - Melrose
The Melrose Creep doesn’t have much of a history and
he doesn’t seem very concerned with humans and their
dealings. He was described as being three to four feet tall
with a human-like head and red eyes. He had no hair, stubby
clawed feet, long arms and six-fi ngered hands. During
• In medieval times it was said that
one encounter, the little guy just sat and stared. When he
fairies stole children and replaced
them with, “changelings”
• Werewolves and vampires are
allegedly immortal.
• When monsters are described as
immortal it means they cannot die
of old age, they can die of other
causes.
approached the observer he ran away.
Why did the werewolf
go to bed early?
He was dog tired