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Cryptids as Cultural Texts: The Psychology of Monsters | Jack Dreher | ANOMACON Halloween Special

#monsters #cryptids #halloween This Halloween season, step into the shadows where folklore meets psychology—and where monsters become mirrors. 👁️🕯️ In “Cryptids as Cultural Texts: Understanding and Interpreting Cryptids through the Lens of Monster Theory,” clinical counselor and mental-health advocate Jack Dreher explores how our most legendary creatures—Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, and beyond—reflect the fears, boundaries, and desires of the societies that imagine them. Drawing from Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s groundbreaking “Monster Theory,” Dreher examines how cryptids serve as symbols of cultural anxiety, how they challenge what we consider “normal,” and why humanity has always needed monsters to understand itself. Through an interdisciplinary lens blending folklore, psychology, and cultural theory, this ANOMACON 2025 presentation transforms the monstrous into a map of the collective unconscious. This Halloween, look closer—what if the monster in the dark is just our reflection staring back? 🎃 👉 Watch more ANOMACON 2025 presentations here: http://www.anomacon.com #MonsterTheory #ANOMACON2025 #HalloweenSpecial #Folklore #Psychology #CulturalAnxieties #Bigfoot #Mothman #Monsters