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Illustration of Santa Claus from Japanese children's magazine Kodomo no tomo (1914)
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The Real Magic of Santa Claus

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Detail from the poster for Magic in the Water (1995) depicting a girl and the head of a lake monster in silhouette
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A Lake Monster With Corporate Sponsorship

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Viral photo taken in 2022 supposedly showing the head of Ogopogo, a cryptid found in Canada's Lake Okanagan
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Spirit of the Waters: Investigating the Creature of Lake Okanagan

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Painting of a person writing in a large book with a quill.
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The Comfort (and Discomfort) of Retellings

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Angus (Alex Etel) sits beside a bathtub containing a juvenile water horse, in a scene from The Water Horse (2007)
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A Boy and His Monster: The Water Horse (2007)

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Dr. Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) sits at an array of computers and sonar displays in Loch Ness (1996)
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Keeping the Mystery in Loch Ness (1996)

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Heather Amaro and Phil Torres in Expedition X: What Lurks in Loch Ness
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Tracking Nessie With All the Cool Tools: Expedition X Hunts the Loch Ness Monster

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Photo allegedly showing "Champ", the lake monster of Lake Champlain
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Expedition X Takes on “America’s Lake Monster”

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model of the Loch Ness Monster
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Something in the Water: Surveying Lake and River Monsters

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Vintage illustration of a black leopard
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Big Cats in the UK: The Black Beast of Exmoor and Its Many Relatives

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Two hosts of Expedition X during their search for the Ozark Howler
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Cryptid Hunting in the Ozarks With Expedition X

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author Natasha Pulley and the cover of her upcoming novel The Hymn to Dionysus
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Revelry and Ruin: Revealing The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

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“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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