Black demon shark (Vrooman chart )

Study of Air Rods (Perelman edition)

Retort	People are presenting evidence against air rods, but the author continuously says that these people are wrong because the evidence they find are "Hoaxes."
Quantity and Quality	The author makes numerous claims that air rods are real, either because they would be incredibly interesting to learn about or because there's so much photographic evidence of it, meaning that they have to be real in these regards.
Repetition	Continuously saying that air rods are real while also saying everyone that isn't an expert on the subject is an amature, is wrong, or simply produces Hoaxes
Aggregation	Leading parts into the whole: Air rods can't be bugs or birds caught on camera at weird angles, they have to be a real thing, they might be another form of matter that we have no idea about, and, therefore, we should study them
Clarity	The explination of how to tell the difference between a real air rod and a fake hoax, meaning that the author knows how to tell this difference and strenghtens his rules because of it
Model	The main "researchers" who are currently trying to identify what exactly an Air Rod is, and, therefore, should be followed because of their expertice.
Antimodel	The people who are trying to prove that air rods are a hoax, who try to find every other sort of way that could explain these strange appearances.

Mason Bishop- Kaiaimunu

Appeal to Misleading Authority	The page begins by telling the reader that the content of the page is provided by an Australian man who is investigating the Kaiaimunu. Because he is investigating the Kaiaimunu, his authority should be respected.
Anecdotal Fallacy	All of the information presented is from one man who gathered information from other people who have supposedly seen the cryptid. No real evidence other than anecdotal.
Appeal to Ignorance	The author is unsure why there is a lack of evidence for the cryptid and suggests that it is nocturnal to explain how little evidence there is.
Bandwagon	The people in this area of Papua New Guinea report seeing the cryptid because they believe that it is real. There are people that have seen it, and so they are more likely to join in on reporting sightings of the cryptid. All of the people are in one area where sightings of the cryptid are popular.
Hasty Generalization	The cryptid is said to be a good climber based on a small piece of evidence that is presented in the text. The creature stood on a rock, so it must be a good climber
Begging the Question	There has been a sighting of a Kaiaimunu. Why does this matter? There have been sightings of sauropods in this area before. Why does this matter? The Kaiaimunu is classified as a sauropod.

Bednar: Spring-Heeled Jack analysis

• Fallacies
• Anecdotal fallacy
• The primary focus of the article is on anecdotal evidence.  Sensationalist journalism from the 19th century is rather flimsy at best.
• Texas Sharpshooter
• Because of the varying reports and stories, the Spring Heeled Jack incidents create a relatively unclear image.  He either attacks women or slaps men, but it's definitely the same guy probably.

• Perelman's Rhetoric
• Facts/truths
• The anecdotes are both supposed and observed; observed because they are, well, observations, but supposed due to the unreliability of eyewitness encounters (from the 1800s on top of that).
• Presumptions
• Continuing with the anecdotes, they are the normal, based on a reference group/experience.
• Loci
• Several unique stories with similar aspects give quantity and quality.
• Inclusion
• The seemingly unrelated attacks on women and slapping of guards at Aldershot Barracks are included together because of their similar aggressors.
• Comparison
• These attacks lend themselves to comparison via probability.

Loveland Frogmen- Skylea Tatsch

Loveland Frogmen Fallacies: 

Appeal to Misleading Authority	Since 2 of the sightings of the frogmen were reported by police officers, many people believe that it has to be true because they expected their source to be credible
Bandwagon	In the gallery of pictures there were t-shirts made claiming the sighting of the frogmen, showing that people in Loveland have popularized the cryptid.  https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/File:Loveland_Frogman_tee.jpg
Hasty Generalization	Many people believe that the Loveland Frogmen are real based on only 5 reported sightings
Contradiction (Quasi-logical)	“In the years which have followed these events, Officer Mathews has reneged somewhat on his tale. He now claims that the animal in question was nothing more than a large reptile which escaped from its owner. He further insists that the only reason he shot at the creature was to help confirm a fellow officer’s story – a story which was, of course, being met with predictable skepticism by their superiors.”   -One of the 5 sightings, the officer takes back that he saw a “Frogman” creating further contradictions and skepticism.
Example (Establishing the Structure of Reality)	“Just as the man was about to steal away, one of the creatures suddenly held what the witness could only describe as a “wand” above its head. The anonymous source further claimed that sparks spewed out of the end of this device. He left posthaste.  Thus begins the bizarre legend of the Loveland Frog Men.”  -This shows how one example of a sighting started the Loveland Frogmen legend.

Loch Ness Monster Fallacies- Madalin Kocian

Kaitlin Gomez_Manticore

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Manticore

Appeal to Misleading Authority

“most animals know to flee when they hear it. Humans would do well to follow their lead.” Using animals as a part of that Authority. We say animals have a sense of when danger is coming like natural disasters for instance, and humans should pay attention more to what animals do.

Poisoning the Well

This site shows images that have been illustrated from ancient texts, and you shouldn’t argue with history. Especially when it comes from such respected books.

Unrepresentative Sample

Their existence is still believed in even with the small evidence given. But we have still yet to discover everything in the world so they could exist right?

Appeal to Ignorance

They might be cannibals which would explain the lack of biological evidence. Manticores are known for eating their prey whole and eating bone, so of course, there would be no trace left of their dead!

Begging the Question

We might not be able to find them know but that doesn’t mean they don’t still exist. History shows us they are real because we have past witness accounts and illustrations from reputable texts.

Slippery Slope

When you have accounts of creatures that exist, and illustrations from history, witness accounts of the creature, then that creature exists.

Red Herring

Somebody can claim that just because something ludicrous like Aliens hasn’t been proven to exist, that doesn’t mean manticores don’t.

Chase Maus Fear Liath Moor

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Fear_Liath_Moor

Obviously there is an appeal to ignorance in this article. There are multiple times when people would feel a chill or negative energy and would assume it's a fear liath moor.

There is also wishful thinking in this as well. People are always looking for a new story or something else to scare others, and this is a perfect example of this situation.

Unrepresentative sample- They took a couple eye witness stories, from a small area and used that to conclude that this creature is real.

Hasty generalization is also in this and can be tied to unrepresentative sample.

Mothman

Premises	Facts/Truth (Observed)	The people who talk about mothman are people who have seen him. All evidence is visual, describing him as a “winged creature”.
	Loci (Quantity)	Many people have seen him, the article states “The creature was sighted in many places across West Virginia and the surrounding states”
	Presumptions (The likely)	The article states that “Some believe the Mothman may be an angel, demon or the product of a blood curse placed upon the town by Chief Cornstalk, who was murdered along with his son in the area.”, meaning that they assume that’s the origin of mothman.
Premise modifier	Repetition	The article states the same story from different people. That many see him, and he’s a huge winged creature that has been seen since the 60s.
Establishing the structure of reality	Example (Hierarchically arranged)	The article is divided into examples of his sightings, first one being “first sighting” and the second being “continued sightings”.
	Co-existence (prestige)	The article states that Mothman witnesses were also harassed by the Men In Black who wanted them not to speak about the creature, which gives the reader a sense that its pretty serious since the Men in Black are a organization that deals with these creatures.

Devil Bird

Premises	Facts/ truths (supposed)	Since there isn’t much evidence on the devil bird and at least have had one person see the bird in action helps with believing that the bird is true.
	Loci (quality)	The devil bird has only been seen a couple of times making it seem like since not that many people have seen the animal will make it more believable
Premise modifier	Presence (Repetition)	Repeating that the bird has a special calling but any might mistake it for other birds calling. As well as saying that no one has seen the bird in action.
	(Amplification)	Not that many people have seen the bird since its unique but it’s still there when you get the chance to see the bird
	(Aggregation)	Adding that some people who have actually looked into it such as Dr. R.L. with the book ‘The Far of things’ since there has already seen a Hawk-eagle makes it more likely.
Establishing the Structure of Reality	Example (single)	There has only been one person who has seen the devil bird and that was in the year 2001 that they heard the cry and seen in action
Establishing the Structure of Reality: Fallacy	Appeal to the ignorance	There isn’t much evidence that people have seen the devil bird, making it easier for people to believe in it
	Wishful Thinking	Not many people have seen the bird but mostly everyone has mistaken the cry with other animals and just because one person saw the bird in action in 2001 it should be enough for others to believe in it.