A one-hour video about cryptids from the British Isles. As in: Britain and Ireland. Minus the Loch Ness monster and ABCs, so these are strictly speaking the *other* cryptids. It turns out to be a rather bizarre collection of tall tales. White dire wolves clearly inspired by "Game of Thrones", blue quaggas, a centaur running across the highway at night, a feline with four tusks and twelve fingers on each foot...you get the picture.
The Irish guy in the video is a bit too credulous. What are the chances that a report about a horned hippo from a lake which can´t be located on any map isn´t a hoax? The blue quagga was only seen once - by a notorious con man - so the specimen on display in the UK c/o the same con artist was probably just a regular horse (with paint on it?). The "earth-hounds" that burrow in graves and eat the dead are obviously mythologized badgers, while the oversized "king hares" may actually be real hares. Some rabbits can actually grow to large sizes, so why not other Lagomorphae?
More intriguing are sightings or remains of animals believed to be extinct, either in general (Irish Elk) or on the British Isles (wolves, bears). And then there´s the Wildman, the British "Bigfoot", which (who?) is indeed very difficult to take seriously, although I suppose it *is* interesting that legends of giants and pygmies exist all over the world. But without fossil remains or actual relict populations, a folkloric explanation is more likely. Well, I hope!
Good luck with this material. And be careful with the ale, guys.
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