CryptoZoo

a secret world of strange and fast-moving creatures

Supplies

Get everything you need to organize your own cryptid chase!

Achievement badges

Whenever you and your friends master a new running style, declare your achievement with these badges. Each species of the cryptid 13 has its own badge. They're shiny, they're sticky, and they reveal your secret: You are a cryptid chaser!



Evidence cards

Collect all 13 sets. On the front, they feature a photograph of tracks in the wild. On the back, they explain exactly how to run like that cryptid. Make a local pack: Each set comes with 20 copies of the same cryptid profile card, which you can share with friends and anyone else who comes out to play with you. Once you've got 20 chasers of the same species -- that is 20 people who know how to run with that species -- you've made a local pack! Order your favorite species, or order them all!



Invent your own evidence cards and achievement badges!

Did you discover a new species? If you've uploaded a video showing us where it lives and how it runs, you can take your cryptozoography to the next level by designing a badge and an evidence card on Zazzle. Tag it crytpozoo so other chasers will be able to find it!



Cryptid track stencils

Although it looks like an educational site for studying ordinary animal tracks (coyote, Great Blue herons, mountain lions, and so on), we have it on excellent authority that these stencils are actually perfect for creating cryptid tracks. Especially the tracks in the Pacific Northwest collection!




Cryptid chalk

You can make cryptid marks with any chalk, but if you want to match the colors perfectly, we love this cryptid marking chalk the best.

About CryptoZoo

Pssst... the really cool kids say crypto ZOH-oh.

WHO: Meet the creative team, and find out why we're chasing cryptids.

HOW: Discover the 5 ways to play...

WHERE:You can chase on your own, wherever you live. Just search the evidence, read the field reports, and add your trails to the map

Latest Activity

Jack Shuttleworth added an event
Herbert Last Saturdays at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
February 27, 2010 from 11am to 1pm
We are exploring the local cryptid populations as part of our family friendly saturday event. We are Coventry's (UK) civic museum, art gallery, archive and media centre, and as such need to know as much about local wildlife as possible. Expeditions…
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Jack Shuttleworth and alexa grim joined CryptoZoo
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Members

  • Jack Shuttleworth
  • Morgan Seal
  • alexa grim
  • cattavery
  • volter
  • Tina Nink
  • Aisha Lev
  • Marque Cornblatt
  • Sara Ruiz de Diego
  • john groom
  • Josh Giesbrecht
  • Eric Todd

Lead CryptoZoo Team

Jane McGonigal,
Crytpo-Zoologist

Jane
is the creator of the CryptoZoo network, and lead researcher of the Cryptid 13.

Natalie Cartwright,
Crypto-Zoographer

Natalie is the official photographer and creature artist for the CryptoZoo project.

Kiyash Monsef,
Crypto-Documentarian

Kiyash is the producer and director of the CryptoZoo documentary.

Chelsea Howe, Free Range Cryptid Scout
Chelsea is leading up international efforts to discover and document new cryptid species.

Kristi Miller Durazo,
Crytpo-Zoologist

Kristi
is a cryptozoologist and avid crptid chaser from the American Heart Association. Often seen in the company of NinjaRabbit.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

CryptoZoo is a non-commercial, indie game created by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future.

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