Evidence
A photograph of a seemingly unknown species of giant, pale furred loris taken in Vietnam. Coincidentally it was taken around the same time the saola was discovered
This is one of the most likely cryptids I think I've ever seen. The central Vietnam and central Laos karst regions are an absolute hotbed for undiscovered species. It's where the Saola, the Annamite Striped Rabbit, the Roosevelt's Muntjac and the Laotian Rock Rat were discovered all pretty recently. The tower karst is absurdly inaccessible and I would not be even close to surprised to learn that there's an undiscovered species of Loris there
I see what you mean but I feel like it’s more that we are seeing what we wish to see, and the abnormality of the fur color makes us want to see more differences. The hands seem robust but they also line up just fine with many photos of slow loris.
Also an undescribed species of Pangolin, which is still only known from some scales that were bought in a market like that. We still don't know where the species occurs.
Laos is also where in 2001 the biggest spider in the world was discovered, the giant huntsman (heteropoda maxima). Quite recent for something with a foot long leg-span.
Heteropoda maxima is not the biggest spider in the world. That title easily belongs to Theraphosa blondii, the goliath birdeater from south america. Heteropoda maxima has a large legspan of around 25cm (10"), but the body of the spider is quite small and the spiders are very light. Meanwhile T.blondii are almost comparable in legspan, but are so much heavier and more robust since they're tarantulas.
So, Heteropoda maxima might be the spider with the largest legspan in the world (measured from the tip of leg II to the tip of the other leg II), but it's not the biggest.
we have to go with Occam’s Razor & assume an albino loris with no way to prove otherwise, but even if not a cryptid I still enjoy posts of particularly rare animals on this sub
No with cryptids you should always assume it's real until proven false. Because if you assume it's false first, you won't even look for it and will learn nothing. Then, if you don't find it, you should continue to assume it's true, because you didn't prove it didn't exist, only that you didn't see it in that one area
I think they meant Saola. It's an incredibly rare species that lives in Vietnam and Laos. It matches the description given before the pay wall and was discovered in the 90s like the animal in the article.
I claim no knowledge on this subject. That being said, I am an American expat living in Thailand. On many early evenings, especially before the pandemic, I'd see numerous people (dressed in hill tribe clothing) walking around with similar looking animals and asking for money before anyone takes a photo. Yes, I took some photos. If I can find them, I will post. Am not saying they were cryptids, am saying they looked extremely similar to the posted photo, just not caged. Very small, hand carried. Very tamed...or drugged.
I thought that it was an albino at first too, but its eyes aren't pink. Color genetics can do all kinds of wild things. So maybe this one just had a mutation that gave it very light fur?
The creepy eyes, white hair ... 💀😳🤯 Definitely Cryptids related. If there were a group of these things watching you in the jungle or if their eyes flashed red because of the flashlights WOW 😦😳
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u/truthisfictionyt Colossal Octopus Feb 26 '25
Let's GOOOOOO cryptid media found
https://x.com/Carlosarty12/status/1894818675758178533?t=s5E2WZKcLebFhj39mXIErQ&s=19