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A Misfortune of Lake Monsters
Monster of the Month: La Bête du Gévaudan
It’s not super common to find a cryptid story that has a serious body count—usually cryptids just wander about scaring people, maybe eating a chicken
It’s not super common to find a cryptid story that has a serious body count—usually cryptids just wander about scaring people, maybe eating a chicken
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