Basic Cryptozoology - Wednesday - First Period - 7/30

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Lucky for her class, Abigail Irene Garrett was in fact in a lovely mood for the day. She had a date set for Friday, there was a play on the island which sounded very interesting, and her patchwork terrier Mike was up on her desk, insisting on getting a scritch from under her hand.

"Today, as I told you last week, I'll be asking each of you to present a few minutes on the subject of a creature, perhaps a cryptid, from your own world. I'll start things off for all of us...

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Re: A Creature From Your World

[likethegun]

Sam looked a little guilty as he nodded. "Thanks. I think I might just have to do that."

Re: A Creature From Your World

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She noticed the guilty.

She was an investigator. It's what they do.

"Certainly. Though is something the matter?"

Re: A Creature From Your World

[likethegun]

"No," Sam said quickly. "I just should have picked something I had firsthand experience with. I apologize."

Re: A Creature From Your World

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She chuckled faintly.

"It's not a problem, Sam. I don't expect everyone to have dealt with the creatures they mentioned today. I only mentioned it as a point to keep in mind.

"And a source with first hand experience is still an excellent resource, especially as you'd know the context of the person giving you the information. No one person is going to experience everything and it's important to learn from others and their mistakes. It's when you get into pure scholarly work where second hand and third hand sources are working off one another or the level of a source is unknown to you personally that things get a bit murky."

She scritched her dog.

"I'm sorry if how I put things made you think differently."