📚 2 Books mentioned in "Cryptids of India: an Untold Story | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The earliest mention of it comes from another ancient historian, a Greek named Ctesias, who wrote a book called Indica in the fifth century BCE. The book, which translates to 'the couch,' is unfortunately lost to history.

In this segment, the hosts discuss the Greek historian Ctesias and his book 'Indica,' highlighting it as the earliest reference to the Manore cryptid while pointing out that the text has unfortunately been lost to history.

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And it's weird; when you look at what he writes in Natural History, he is kind of the first cryptozoologist; like, the scholarly burden of proof is not really a thing, so this guy is just sort of like when Freud was making up psychoanalysis.

During the episode, the hosts discuss the writings of Pliny the Elder, particularly his book 'Natural History', highlighting his contributions to early cryptozoology and how his descriptions relate to the study of cryptids.

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