Put your hand up if you love dogs. Wow, quite a crowd! To be honest, we expected nothing less. However, even the biggest canine fans know that photography can be a tricky thing to get right if the lighting’s off, your subject keeps moving, or tends to be overly derpy.
That’s where the Cryptid Dogs online community comes in. The group celebrates doggos who look bizarre yet continue to be their adorable selves. We’ve collected some of the goofiest pics to share with you, and they look like they could come from our most confusing dreams. Scroll down to check them out. And remember to upvote the goodest boys and girls.
#1 I Was Told To Post My Brother’s Floof Here. She Really Looks Like That 24/7 From My Height
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#2 Pomeramian In Sunlight
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#3 B L O B E
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According to the creator of the Cryptid Dogs subreddit, the group is meant to show appreciation for the “weird-looking lads” in people’s lives. The photos are meant to represent canines that look “so strange you can’t help but find them adorable.”
Though many of the photos are derpy, goofy, and silly, others are beyond bizarre and wouldn’t seem amiss in your nightmares.
#4 This Dog
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#5 My Godmother’s Neighbor’s Dog
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#6 The Tendril Has Requested Your Presence
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The online community was created all the way back in the second half of 2019. Now, more than 5 years later, it’s home to 56k members who like dogs, photography, memes, and weird(er) internet content.
It just goes to show that taking a good, high-quality picture of your pet is harder than it looks. Any of you Pandas who have dogs or cats at home probably know what a challenge it is when your floofs keep moving about.
#7 I Guess The Exit Isn’t An Option
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#8 Came Across This Intense Lookin Fella
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#9 Haunted Skinwalker Lurking
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Many of the images that end up on the Cryptid Dogs subreddit are incredibly meme-worthy. That is, they have a lot of potential to go viral on the internet. Meanwhile, a handful of them have already become memes that have been shared and reshared on social media for years.
It’s impossible to know for certain what kind of content will end up being popular, but a good rule of thumb is to look at how (un)relatable it is. To oversimplify, the best memes end up resonating with the target audience on some level.
#10 Who Let Him In
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#11 Halloween Photoshoot Failure
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#12 B E W A R E
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Cryptids are supernatural, mythical, or strange creatures from stories that some people believe exist or have existed in the past but have yet to conclusively prove any of this. Some of the most commonly known cryptids include beings like Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti, as well as the Loch Ness monster.
It’s easy to scoff at so-called cryptozoologists, but nature can be weird, wonderful, and evolve in very peculiar ways. Just look at dinosaurs—they’re not far off from dragons. And don’t even get us started about the weird beings that live at the bottom of the ocean.
That being said, believing in something really, really hard isn’t enough: you need substantial evidence that a being you think exists actually exists in the wild. Otherwise, the scientific community and the world at large won’t take you seriously.
#13 The Chupacaboye
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#14 He Watches
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#15 Unsolicited Stick Pic
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A lot of the ‘proof’ that amateur and ‘professional’ cryptozoologists have includes low-quality, grainy, or blurry photos or videos where it’s hard to tell what the subject matter actually is. With this in mind, the Cryptid Dogs online group’s name subtly suggests that the images its members share ought to be similarly peculiar and taken from odd angles. There has to be some sort of mystical, even creepy vibe to the pics.
#16 Stumbled Across This Sub And Realized It’s Exactly Where My Boy Belongs
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#17 I Think My Dining Room Is Haunted By A Ghost Horse
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#18 Heard You Guys Appreciate Noodles Made Of Creepypasta
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The quality of the photos isn’t the focal point; the goal is to capture your dog behaving and looking bizarre, as though it’s a mythical being. The weirder, the better. Even an adorable, cutesy, wholesome animal can look slightly terrifying and threatening if you adjust the lighting, pick an unusual camera angle, and intentionally take pictures while it’s moving.
Throw in a bit of gentle post-processing in Photoshop and there you go—something that looks like it could easily be a cryptid.
#19 Containment Breach
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#20 Tribble
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#21 Put This Creature Back To Hell
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Even though many of these photos are far from professional, they are authentic. They capture the side of your pets that not everyone is privy to. And that can be a lot of fun. On the flip side, if you want to take quality photos, then you don’t really need the best possible tech. If you have a decent smartphone, the odds are that it has a good camera.
#22 Smile
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#23 Behold, The Creature
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#24 In Loving Memory Of My Goofy Goober
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The key to good photography is having a bit of patience and perseverance as you develop your instincts.
That means taking lots of pictures and experimenting with different lighting, angles, framing, and timing. Eventually, you’ll take some professional-looking photos among all the cryptid-like shots.
#25 Skull Dog Feed On Your Mortal Soul
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#26 Her Owners Said She Was A Lab/Doberman But I Have My Suspicions
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#27 Why Does He Look Like A Werewolf
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We’d love to hear what you think, Pandas. Which of these photos amused you the most? Were there any that genuinely frightened you? What are some of the goofiest photos of your pets that you’ve taken?
Are there any cryptids that you personally believe could be real? If you have a moment or two, share your thoughts in the comments, tell your doggos we said ‘hi!’, and share your most peculiar pet pics in the comment section at the very bottom of this list.
#28 Louis, King Of The Cryptids
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#29 Those Damn Skunks
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#30 It’s Behind Me, Isn’t It?
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#31 This Sub Was Recommended For My Girl
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#32 Master Of Nose
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#33 I Apparently Have Some Kind Of Tarantula-Cerberus Hybrid In My Backyard
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#34 Biblically-Accurate Dog
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#35 Is It Friendly?
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#36 My Mother’s Ancient Chihuahua, Grizwald
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#37 Bom Bom Is Mostly Skinwalker We Think
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#38 Boot
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#39 Bro
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#40 This Thing…
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#41 He Watches From The Snow
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#42 Heckhound
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#43 I Was Told I Should Post This Little Girl On Here 🙂
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#44 I Wondered If Black And White Would Make These Photos Look More Normal. It Does Not
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#45 I Promise Hes Nice Thats Just His Happy Face
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#46 My Girlfriend’s Dog
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#47 Dog I Think
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#48 Was Told You Guys Might Like My 4-Eared Chihuahua
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#49 R/Dalmatians Told Me To Post This Here
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#50 No Thoughts, Head Empty
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#51 My Friend’s Dog, Rocco
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#52 Hey Uhh… You Got Any More Of Them… Milkbones?
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#53 I Don’t Have A Dog, I Have A Weird Naked Parrot
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#54 Max, A Jim Henson Joint, Probably
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#55 The Rat King
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#56 The Obscure One Beheld The Crustacean Of Infinate Strength
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#57 He Got Scared By The Fish
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#58 Say Cheese
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#59 Woah
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#60 Soggy
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#61 What Is In My Home
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#62 My Dog Began Melting In The Bath
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#63 A Face Only A Mother Could Love
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#64 Finally Found A Place To Post This Picture Of My Girl
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#65 When The Edibles Kick In
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#66 Hi All! 🙂 She’s My Little Gremlin
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#67 A Gentle One. ? ?
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#68 This Strange Creature Was My Grandmother’s Companion And, Now That She’s Passed On, It Haunts Me Instead
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#69 My Friends Dog Is Hungry
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#70 My Super Sweet Dog ❤️
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#71 I Just Found This Sub. I Thought My Little Boy Clefford Would Fit Right In Here
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#72 My Dog Broke
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#73 The Reason I Joined This Sub
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#74 My Little Cryptid ?
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#75 You Will Be Sniffspected. Do Not Resist
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#76 Human Flesh Was Her Thanksgiving “Dessert”. She Enjoys It, As You Can Plainly See
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#77 Feeding Time Smile
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#78 Our Buddy, Walter, Who Passed Away Last Month Would Have Fit Right In Here, I Think
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#79 Demons
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#80 What I Deal With Every Time I’m In The Bathroom
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#81 Walking Shadow
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#82 My Precious Lil Chupacabra
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#83 You’re 13 Minutes Late, John
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#84 I Was Told That This Sub Would Appreciate This
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#85 He Sees Into Your Soul
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#86 She’s Young But She’s Got The Spirit
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#87 Z W E E M !!! Babababa
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#88 Still Learning The Whole “Fetching” Thing
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#89 No Words
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#90 On The Way To Being Raptured
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#91 I Worked At A Boarding Kennel For A While And This Guy Always Creeped Me Out
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#92 Let Me In!!
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#93 I Can’t Think Of A Title Good Enough For This Photo
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#94 I Think The Image Alone Is Self-Explanatory
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#95 Dog Or Muppet?
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#96 Bentley
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#97 Waiting Patiently And Not So Patiently
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#98 The Moment She Spotted Me. I Barely Escaped. (She Uses Human Blood To Dye The Carpet)
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#99 This Thing Has Been Floating Outside My Door. Should I Let It In?
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#100 Come Closer, Ollie Has A Secret To Share With You…
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#101 My “Dog” After Stealing And Eating An Entire Pepperoni Pizza
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#102 I Hate This Photo Of My Dog Who I Adore
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#103 She Was Sucking Out My Soul (I Didn’t Survive)
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#104 The L I M B Thief
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#105 Is Dog?
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#106 Thought She Might Fit In ☺️
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#107 Blood For The Blood Gods! Sophie’s First Time At The Dog Park
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#108 Yep
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#109 She Swooped Down From The Sky And Killed All My Livestock
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#110 Figured My Boy Belongs Here
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#111 Rare Rainbow Biblically Accurate Limbs
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