Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at the Not-Deer. The history of this creature is quite odd, appearing on Reddit first in 2019. There's a lot of jumping backwards and forwards during the history of this creature. Because they mostly look just like a deer with something off about them, there's no description of them this time. Where did the story of the Not-Deer first appear? Is there any evidence of these creatures? Are the eyewitness reports to be trusted? Listen in to find out!

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References:-

“Chronic Wasting Disease in Animals | CWD | CDC.” Chronic Wasting Disease, https://www.cdc.gov/chronic-wasting/animals/index.html#:~:text=Chronic%20wasting%20disease%20(CWD)%20is,is%20no%20vaccine%20or%20treatment. Accessed 27 June 2024.

“Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease (EHD) | GOV.WALES.” GOV.WALES, https://www.gov.wales/epizootic-haemorrhagic-disease-ehd-guide#:~:text=Epizootic%20haemorrhagic%20disease%20(EHD)%20is,Notifiable%20diseases. Accessed 27 June 2024.

Pfeifle, Teresa. “Not Deer — Astonishing Legends.” Astonishing Legends, Astonishing Legends, 27 Oct. 2023, https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/27/not-deer.

Powell, Mike. “Not Deer, or a Deer? | Skeptical Inquirer.” Home | Skeptical Inquirer, 10 Sept. 2021, https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/not-deer-or-a-deer/.

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