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The Cryptozoologist

by Jim Frankenstein

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The Cryptozoologist - the lone defense against the wild, wild woods. But what are they really looking for?

This song was released as part of a promo for the @newportzine Hallowzine 2023.

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Verse 1
Are you out there?
Asked the cryptozoologist
In the woods behind his trailer
to the silence.

What’s the point of all this
Searching in the brush
If what I’m looking for is something
That’s beyond the reach of science?

Chorus
And I’ve never ever seen a single shred of evidence to tell me what I wanna know –
There is someone out there and that I am not alone.

Verse 2
Can you hear me?
Cried the cryptozoologist
To the laughter of the people
That he yearned for

It was then he heard
The snapping of his trap
That had just captured up the very legendary
Creature he’d been spurned for

Prechours
And his mind began to race with all fame that he would find
He could almost hear the fearful cheers of the people who would get in line for his

Chorus
Cryptid carnival –
Where everybody loves me and I’ll never be alone


Bridge
The creature gave out a blood-curdling cry
Under matted black hair, covered in flies
The hunter leaned in to look upon his prize
But he knew from the glowing green eyes
Of the creature he had searched for all his life
That the most incredible cryptid would always be inside

Verse 3
I can’t believe
That I have found you, cried the man
to the beast before he
Freed it from the snare

I think the mystery
Is lovelier than knowing
What awaits us in the darkness
That we share with one another

And I never ever thought I’d be so close to something great and then I’d have to let it go
Cuz if there is something out there, I don’t have to feel alone.

credits

released September 1, 2023
Written, recorded, and mixed by Jim Frankenstein in Minneapolis, MN.

© Jim Frankenstein/Brian Reed 2023

Big thanks to the video sources:

Slapped Ham Cryptid Compilation Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WbeMUpkXW0

Patterson Gimlin Footage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60mSMmhTZU

Maximum Fear Cryptid Compilation Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9m3WmiCIXA

Sir Spooks Cryptid Compilation Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEaNp0vx3s

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"Irreverent yet poignant, the experimental indie Ghostbustery of Jim Frankenstein evokes a malty, existential angst with the bourbon oak undertones of a bassy pasquinade. Jim is truly the soul of an old man who died asking 'why?'" -Stone McSullen

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