Thread 64171282

What are the best way to defend against Skunk apes, moth men, Grey Aliens, or
The Bayou Rougarou ?
These things terrify me in the oak hammocks and deep swamps of the south.
What firearms and weapons do you use to protect yourself against these beast ?

>>64171282 (OP)
11.5" PSA

>>64171282 (OP)
Whatever it is. Bring a fuckton of ammo and make sure it won’t jam

real question is what cryptids are chill and which are not

>>64171282 (OP)
The only thing you need to defend yourself from when it comes to Skunk apes is the smell. Swampsquatches are gentle souls and killing one would be a dick move.

>>64171287
can your 5.56 reach high enough velocity ?
I'm guessing the grey Aliens can drop easily with those but you might have to disable skunk apes or the jersey devil with knee cap shots first
>>64171290
I was thinking 308 or AK can do the job

>>64171295
Grey Aliens definitely have to go
>>64171298
how does one know this ?

>>64171305
.308 is a good balance between capacity and firepower, as it’s a full rifle round but plenty of battle rifles with 20 rounders run it. AK and AR would be better as they have higher capacity and decent firepower. Especially longer barreled ARs, 16-20”

>>64171282 (OP)
A semi auto shotgun.

>>64171305
You tell me.
https://files.catbox.moe/4d3iic.mp4

>>64171312
Someone in Alaska dropped a Grizzly that charged him with
an AK-74 so I imagine it could drop a Big Foot or Skunk Ape

https://www.adn.com/anchorage/article/turnagain-arm-trail-closed-after-hiker-kills-charging-bear/2013/07/29/

>>64171298
>Swamphands typed this post.

>>64171325
Makes sense, but mainly the utility of the assault rifles is that even if it doesn’t take it out in one hit, the recoil is light enough and capacity high enough that you can hose that motherfucker down till he drops or at least buys you enough time to get outta there

>>64171347
I’m getting a CZ70 soon, for my collection
I figure I can carry it hiking and shoot cryptids in the knee caps once they try to grab me to close for food or sex
Then make my escape

>>64171282 (OP)
>Big cryptids
pic related. You’ll only have time for a shot or two at the most anyway.

>Aliens
You’re fucked. They nary enter situations where they don’t have complete and utter control. Do tigers and orcas maul handlers from time to time? Sure, but it ain’t common.

>>64171305
>can your 5.56 reach high enough velocity ?

NTA but I'd much rather use a .300 blk super

>>64171282 (OP)
>Grey Aliens
Police baton.

>>64171282 (OP)
nac 2000 mg a day should cure your schizophrenia

>>64171497
Come to Appalachia at night and whistle in the middle of the woods I fookin dare ya

>>64171295
Chill
>Skunk Ape
>Ogopogo
>The Oklahoma Octopus
>The Flatwoods Monster
Not Chill
>Goat Man
>Dover Demons
>Australians
>Bunyip

>>64171298
It would be on par with killing a Dugong

>>64171518
I tried that and got raped by a bunch of methed out hillbillies.

>>64171282 (OP)
Deescalation. They hate ir lights and motion lights.
I know someone who shot a 12ft 3 times center mass with 30-06, and it ran off, so if you've absolutely got to shoot, don't miss, and go for the throat or T zone. Keep in mind they are never alone, very fast, and they can throw basketball sized boulders with accuracy about 130yds.
Deescalation is the best defense. But I usually carry 30 caliber of some kind for the extra penetration. Dogs provide early warning, but they will target them first.

>>64171385
Me too, where are you buying it from?

>>64171295
Apparently the Deer Woman can be chill or not depending on the content of your character.

>>64171918
Looks like the big foot print of a black man who stole my bicycle

>>64171931
I will order one from aim surplus
In about 2 weeks

>>64171282 (OP)
>Skunk apes and sasquatch
Same as with bear, except you'll have a much harder time seeing your target.
>moth men
You're fucked
>Grey Aliens
Also royally fucked
>The Bayou Rougarou
Stay out of its territory. Wear a silver cross. Again, carry a large caliber weapon as you would against bear.

>>64172209
What about jersey devil ?

>>64172214
Depending on which legend you believe is true it may or may not be corporeal, so if it isn't corporeal then fighting it with conventional weapons is not possible.
In either case, it is said to be demonic in nature. So holy water, crucifixes, and cold forged iron are what you want with you. It also wouldn't hurt to know some Latin prayers, although they won't help you without faith.
Guns and knives likely won't help you much.

>>64172141
Cheaper at JG sales FYI

>>64172678
Really ?
Aim are such bros though
They didn’t gouge ammo in 2020
I’ll still give them my bucks
Also
I want to go back

>>64172723
Yeah I like AIM probably the best place for police trades, I was buying Swiss rifles from them back when they cost $170 for a walnut stock, but $30 is $30.

>>64171295
>Chill
Mothman
Skunk ape
The Loch Ness monster (still keeps asking me for tree fiddy)
Keebler Elves
>Keep an eye out
Bigfoot
Michigan Dogman
Ningen
>Shoot on sight
Greys, reptilians, and mantid ETs. They gotta fucking go.
Elves, gnomes, and all other fae
Kappas
Wendigos
Skinwalkers

>>64172343
If it's not corporeal it might stay away from cold iron, so guns do kinda-sorta help.
The hardest part of dealing with certain cryptids is navigating the High Strangeness around them.

oh no, look out, it's the
MELON HEADS (Michigan, Ohio)
a swarm of little fellows with oversized heads! i hope our GUNS will be able to protect us

>>64171518
those are coyotes you massive pussy

>>64171319
honestly probably that
id say 12 gauge slug + 44 magnum as backup and you can pretty much hunt anything at close ranges

>>64171598
>Flatwoods Monster
its scary af to me assuming the kids didnt make up the story which they probably did but it was like a robot alien with mustard gas

>>64171282 (OP)
What do skunk apes taste like?

>>64173202
>Shoot on sight
Nantinaq "Alaskan Killer Bigfoot"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Killer_Bigfoot
The town of Portlock, Alaska, was established in the 19th century as a cannery, particularly for salmon. However, in the 1940s, Portlock became a ghost town, as a terrifying bigfoot-like creature known as Nantinaq chased all the villagers out.

>>64171968
The...Deer Woman?

>>64172209
>silver
why not solid silver bullets?
~$20 a shot but one should get the job done. if it's a real cryptid anyway

>>64174943
>never blown an ape before

>>64175010
>shoot on sight
That's how you get decapitated, like the miners

>>64174364
A lot of these unknowns are interdimensional in nature, sometimes showing physical properties and other times being non corporeal. Anything that can do that is questionable on being killed since you don't know if it technically is even alive.
Really the best advice is "don't go looking for it." You draw attention to yourself and you might find something you can't get rid of.

>>64171310
I legit ran up on one when out in the woods mudding with friends in the 90s. It got startled by us and ran away.

Multiple witnesses, we know what we saw. I'd have a hard time believing it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Aliens and ghosts and sasquatch and shit are a bunch of bullshit. Skunk ape is real.

>>64175240
>Really the best advice is "don't go looking for it." You draw attention to yourself and you might find something you can't get rid of.
This.

>>64174364
>The hardest part of dealing with certain cryptids is navigating the High Strangeness around them.

They can trap you in something that appears to be a pocket of orthogonal time. Always carry a compass, they generate an intense magnetic field and the needle will start to track them if they are close but invisible. Also, if your batteries suddenly go dry, there is a cryptid nearby in invisible form.

>>64171968
https://youtu.be/Vys6jT2XW-w

>>64175268
>Getting surprised by a group of people making as much obnoxious noise as possible
Good to know it's retarded.

>>64175496
I can't tell you what was going through its head, but it felt like a "maybe they wont see me...fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck they see me fuck fuck run run run" sort of situation.

>>64173202
Who the fuck is Michael Dongman and why is he dangerous?

>>64171451

Be american. Spot someone on your land who is obviously visibly smaller than your younger brother. Pick up a baseball bat to beat him up. No wonder that these ayys kept coming back to fuck with him.

>>64175582
>Michael Dongman
>faint cries of MIKE MIKE MIKE, its HUMP DAYYYY in the distance
>all but the most fiber filled fags flee in terror

>>64175391
>pocket of orthogonal time
>carry a compass
>battery draining
Sounds about right. The polarized light always makes it extra spoopy.

>>64175268
I saw one while chasing my dog in the woods as a kid. Later my two buddies and i saw 3 stereotypical ufo saucers flying in a triangle out of those woods. This all happened about a year after my moms roommate went schitzo and was kicked out of the house. She was some kind of navy officer according to muh mudda. Athens georgia was weird as fuck in the 90s. I saw a man turn into a bear in the woods near the canadian border, but we were all smoking weed so whatever.

>>64171282 (OP)
>What are the best way to defend against Skunk apes, moth men, Grey Aliens, or The Bayou Rougarou?
Please don't hurt the skunk apes/swamp apes. They look scary but they're pretty chill. They help with the invasive hog problem down here.
As for the others, I'd say something like .308 or .30-06 should be more than fine, assuming they don't have supernatural abilities.
If that's the case, then either get your weapon blessed beforehand or make sure that it has seen combat (making it a tsukumogami and therefore capable of hurting a supernatural entity).
>These things terrify me in the oak hammocks and deep swamps of the south.
As long as you use common sense while in the forest and don't go looking for trouble, you'll be fine. Honestly the trailer-park meth heads are often scarier than the wildlife.
>What firearms and weapons do you use to protect yourself against these beast?
If I'm going derping around deep innawoods, I usually take one of the following: an old Romy AK, a PTR-91, or a Mossberg 500 loaded with alternating rock salt & 00 buckshot. It's always good to have a backup handgun too, but that's usually just for snakes.

>>64171282 (OP)
.45-70 will kill anything on the North American continent

>>64173202
>The Loch Ness monster (still keeps asking me for tree fiddy)

You shouldn't have gave him a dollar! I know you thought he'd go away, but he's going to assume you have more!.

>>64171282 (OP)
>Defense against Cryptids
Friendship. Because friendship is magic.

>>64179174
>270 for Beast of Bray Road and Dogmen
>30 for Rougarou
Fucking casuals.

>>64179504
>270 for Beast of Bray Road and Dogmen
Yes. Barring any supernatural abilities, both are essentially human-sized canines and could confidently be brought down by a flat-shooting deer cartridge like .270.
>30 for Rougarou
Again, it's a big wolf. While I would admittedly prefer something like an AK if I came face to face with a Loup Garou, I fail to see how a burst from an M2 wouldn't get the job done.
Again, to be fair, this is assuming that they don't have spoopy powers. In that case, I'd want my rifle and ammo to have been blessed with holy water.

>>64171282 (OP)
I wouldn’t worry about it

>>64171282 (OP)
just the confidence from being armed goes a long way. there is something lurking in the fields and woods just beyond my property, and it tends to leave me alone even when my weapon is concealed.

>.45-70 gov’t
>hollowpoint
>silver jacket
>tungsten core
>hollow section filled with paste made of white ash and holy water, let dry
All-around cryptid round

>>64171282 (OP)
Step 1)
Stop being a child
Step 2)
Stop being schizophrenic
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>>64179785
They’re the same God damn thing. People pretending they’re not are casuals or turbo autists on par with biologists that want to make their mark by classifying a new species by isolating specific genetic lines of the same fucking animal instead of doing actual field work to find something new.
>Oh these taxidermy specimens of Three Fingered Bats have reddish tinted fur in the southern most region of its native range. Now I’m renaming it the Turbofaggots Three Fingered Bat! I’m a scientist!
The same caliber will work for both. Silver content in ammo matters above all else when we’re talking about intermediate caliber and above because the ballistics of pure silver are shit. Silver jacketed lead core is the way to go. Yes an AK is probably the best weapon for this particular class of cryptid.

>>64180860
Hello, you must be new here. Welcome to /k/, where /k/ryptid threads have been around since at least 2011. Now kindly go away.

>>64180912
But anon they are different species. Dogmen are clearly derived from Canis lupus familiaris, while the Loup Garou and Bray Road Beast are more "primal" and wolflike in phenotype, more akin to Canis lupus or Canis latrans.
This isn't turbo-autism; it's basic zoology.

>>64180860
>Go back Nuphag

>>64179798
>Not worrying about it
Enjoy your decapitation or having your skeleton removed from your skin anon

>>64180860
How about this?
Step 1)
Fix how you make a list
>Step 2
You gotta go back >>>r/guns

>>64171282 (OP)
Borrowing this thread for a bit.
I need your advice, /k/. I'm working on a small unit tactics game (think xcom), except it's against cryptids and mythical creatures, among others.
But I'm struggling with how to design the enemies. It's boring if everything just dies to a burst of 7.62, so i want to implement mythological methods of dispatching them.
Like vampires requiring stakes, mortal weakness to sunlight, or using holy symbolism (and garlic) for defense, or wendigos needing to be set on fire and having their hearts destroyed.
Bigfoot being one of the ones that are perfectly killable with guns (alongside giants), offset by just being plain tanky and being able to hurl rocks like a man shaped catapult instead.
So give me ideas, /k/. What strange, mythological creatures do you want to hunt and what methods should they need?

>>64182122
Hmm….I think obvious one would be cross bow for vampire
Pin twilights punk ass through the mouth
A few times trying to his his heart