Do you have a cryptid running around your town or even your home? If so, please call the DNR special unit or even an Animal Control expert who even specializes in Cryptids. Don't worry about finding the number, it’ll appear when you need it.

This is The Midnight Effect, featuring The Crypt Keeper’s Journal: Entry 9, where we use our cryptozoology knowledge to explore stories of creatures like Dogman and Hidebehinds.

In this episode we read:

Title: In the 1970s, the mayor of my town invented a bizarre cryptid to attract tourists. I’m starting to think it wasn’t made-up.

Author: u/[deleted]

Location: r/nosleep

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/14rs82e/in_the_1970s_the_mayor_of_my_town_invented_a/

Title: I work for the DNR in a special unit that deals with dangerous cryptids, this is one of the methods we use when someone is attacked by a Dogman

Author: u/drewtheunquestioned

Location: r/nosleep

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/v139a6/i_work_for_the_dnr_in_a_special_unit_that_deals/

Title: I’m an Animal Control Expert Who Specializes in Cryptids. One Cryptid is Entering Human Homes More Often Than Usual. This is a PSA.

Author: u/mrbeefthighs

Location: r/nosleep

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/y01zv4/im_an_animal_control_expert_who_specializes_in/

Title: I’m an Animal Control Expert Who Specializes in Cryptids. (Part 2) My First Cryptid Encounter.

Author: u/mrbeefthighs

Location: r/nosleep

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/y1wjc6/im_an_animal_control_expert_who_specializes_in/

Music created by Sascha Ende and is subject to the CC BY 4.0 license

Intro: Music: Drama Intro 5 (Water Drop), produced by Sascha Ende

Link: https://ende.app/en/song/419-drama-intro-5-water-drop

Mid: Music: Lost Place Atmospheres 004, produced by Sascha Ende

Link: https://ende.app/en/song/12218-lost-place-atmospheres-004

Outro: Music: Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002, produced by Sascha Ende

Link: https://ende.app/en/song/5789-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-002