Final round: Vote for your favorite Kentucky cryptid to rule them all in our bracket

Have you ever wondered who would win in a fight between Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster? First of all: Bigfoot. Second of all, I’ve also wondered, but then I pondered, “Why must these two majestic creatures fight?”

There’s no reason these two highly esteemed cryptids would need to battle it out to the death. They have their own full, rich lives with no need to engage in senseless violence. However, people love a spectacle and how could I disagree?

That’s why I’m happy to introduce the Herald-Leader’s largely unscientific, but super fun, Cryptids of the Commonwealth bracket; it’s like March Madness, but in October, and instead of basketball it’s Mothman.

Here’s how this bracket will work: Every round, the four cryptids with the lowest vote totals will be eliminated and not advance to the next round of voting; also worth noting, you can vote multiple times, just refresh the webpage.

For our final round, voting will end on Halloween day with the newly crowned Cryptid Champion.

If you’re looking to read up on the competitors in this bracket I’ve already compiled a list for us right here. In the first round we eliminated the following cryptids: Bearilla, Sheepsquatch, the Milton Lizard and Giraffe-Possums. Now that round two has ended here are the eliminations: Beast Between the Lakes, Bigfoot, Demon Leaper and the Boonesborough Octopus.

They are gone but not forgotten.

Get to voting in round three and may the creepiest, crawliest cryptid win.

Andrew Henderson

Lexington Herald-Leader

Andrew is the deputy audience editor for McClatchy’s mid-sized and smaller newsrooms. His home newsroom is the Lexington Herald-Leader and he occasionally writes opinion columns for the paper. He was previously the editor of the Oldham Era and is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. Andrew is from Olive Hill in Carter County.