In London in 1960, quite by accident, while repairing the orphanage building, the builders discovered the entrance to the dungeon, which was carefully walled up so that not a single soul could enter it.
This underground vault contains thousands of artifacts and cryptids that defy any reasonable explanation, except for the assumption that our world is not organized at all the way pundits present it to us, and of all stripes, from historians to biologists.
In the basement were eerie skeletons of some fantastic creatures, strange devices and unique old manuscripts. The researchers suggested that all these things once belonged to Thomas Theodore Merlin. And there were certain reasons for this.
Thomas Merlin was born into an aristocratic British family in 1782. Since his mother died in childbirth, the boy was raised by his father Edward, who devoted the rest of his life to this. As a military man, he soon retired, and since he was not a poor man, he went traveling with his son, collecting and collecting rare plants and various artifacts along the way. This was facilitated by the fact that Edward was fond of esotericism, as well as natural history.
So father and son traveled for many years, until Merlin Sr. passed away. Thomas, having hardly survived the death of his father, turned into almost a hermit, who was fascinated only by collecting rare exhibits of plants and animals, artifacts and old manuscripts. However, on the other hand, all this made him a fairly well-known scientist in certain circles in England. He traveled the world many times (with and after his father), visited its most isolated corners, met with a wide variety of people, thanks to which he expanded and deepened his esoteric knowledge received from his parent.
The mystery of Thomas Merlin
Sir Merlin, according to the descriptions of his contemporaries, was a surprisingly ageless man. Already at an advanced age (to say the least), he remained in excellent physical shape, while no one gave him more than forty years. It was rumored that this eternal youth and health was brought to him by his occult practices. Merlin began to be afraid and shunned, after which he realized that it was time to disappear from the circle of people he knew. And he disappeared...
It was not until the spring of 1942 that rumors leaked out that someone posing as Thomas Merlin had produced (undoubted authenticity) documents confirming his ownership of a house in London. This gentleman, no more than forty years of age, wished to give the property to the Tunbridge Orphanage on the condition that the house should never be put up for sale.
Some researchers who knew a little about Thomas Merlin immediately became interested in this strange person, since the owner of the house for sale at that time would have to be one hundred and sixty years old. However, the mysterious Merlin disappeared again, and now, it seems, forever ...
The house given over to the orphanage was not actually for sale, but in 1960, as it was said at the beginning of the article, it was overhauled, during which a basement was discovered with numerous fantastic cryptids and artifacts that Sir Merlin had been collecting for many years around the world...
In the 1960s in London, while clearing a site for the construction of a new residential area, an old, long-abandoned mansion formerly owned by a certain Thomas Theodore Merlin was sent for demolition.
In the basement of the house, builders found several thousand small wooden boxes tightly sealed. What was their surprise when inside they began to find the corpses of strange mythical creatures that, it seemed, should have lived only in fairy tales.
Lord and Professor Thomas Theodor Merlin.
Sir Merlin was born into an aristocratic London family in 1782. His mother died in childbirth and the boy was raised by his father Edward. His father was a military general, but rather soon after the birth of his son, he retired and began to get seriously interested in esoteric natural history. Good investments in profitable commercial companies allowed him to travel around the world in search of a variety of artifacts and unknown species of animals and plants.
They traveled together for many years until Edward passed away. Thomas took the death of his father very hard. Seeking solace in his work, he became practically a hermit, collecting at home an impressive library and specimens found of unseen creatures. However, he found the strength to return to the scientific world. During his long career, Thomas Merlin traveled the globe many times, he was friends and corresponded with many famous scientists of that time. And, of course, he continued to build his collection.
Once in 1899, he even made an attempt to show it to the world by going on tour across the ocean to America with a small part of his impressive collection. But the local conservative-minded public reacted sharply negatively to those creatures that Merlin showed them. The tour had to be canceled before he could get to California. Surprisingly, even at his venerable age, Sir Merlin maintained an amazing physical shape. In appearance, he was rarely given more than 40 years. It even got to the point that some began to accuse him of occult practices that supposedly gave him eternal life.
These doubts were only strengthened in the spring of 1942 when someone claiming to be Thomas Merlin presented the paperwork for the house and stated that he wished to transfer ownership of it to the Tunbridge Orphanage on the condition that the house was never sold and the cellar was never opened. People who followed the work of Thomas Merlin naturally assumed that he had died long ago, because in 1942 he must have been over 160 years old. But this man quickly disappeared and it was no longer possible to find him. The orphanage kept their promises, they never opened the basement of the mansion. But in the 1960s they had to move out, and the house was demolished. Only by destroying it almost to the ground, the builders managed to find Merlin's secret collection. And what was there is simply amazing.
fairies
Newborn dragon Draco Magnus
Homo Vampyrus
Complete skeleton of Draco Alatus
Homomimus Aquaticus, or Icthyosapien - a distant ancestor of jumping fish,
who evolved into some kind of mermaid
Draco Alatus
Homo Vampyrus (Vampire) Homo Lupus (Lycanthrope)
Homo Lupus (Lycanthrope Cub)
devil child
adult male lycanthrope
Homomimus Dentata (Tooth Fairy)
Homunculi (Goblin)
Homunculi (Dwarf)
Nymph
Succubi (Succubus)
Lepus temperamentalus (Horned hare)
sea monsters
Ceratopsid Dinosaur
Draco Fluminis
Mummified baby vampire
Head of a lycanthrope
An important addition.
In order to avoid all sorts of misunderstandings, one should nevertheless make a separate clarification (although this is already so obvious) that this entire collection is just a set of interesting miniatures created by artists that have nothing to do with reality. And the story of Sir Thomas Merlin is nothing more than a beautiful legend. In our pragmatic everyday world, sometimes you want a little secrets and mysteries. Take it easy.
British builders in the 60s accidentally discovered a basement with boxes in which the remains of mysterious creatures were kept during the repair of an orphanage, and scientists immediately suggested that it was the collection of Thomas Merlin. Their colleague devoted his whole life to the search for cryptids, the existence of which he managed to prove.
For many centuries, experts have tried to prove the reality of the most famous monsters described in the stories of eyewitnesses of events. This concerned Bigfoot and a monster from Scotland, but then no one found weighty arguments confirming their presence in the world. It is worth adding right away that these animals are called cryptids, and the scientists involved in the search are sure that there are hundreds of unknown species on the planet, hiding in hard-to-reach corners and known only to local residents or described in their legends. Until the 19th century, the gorilla or giant panda was also referred to as these individuals, not found in nature. Lakes and seas are the most frequent havens for mysterious monsters, because they are only 3% explored and can bring sensational discoveries to the scientific world.
Ancient sailors often described encounters with creepy creatures that could drag ships to the bottom. Krakens really were in real life and are mentioned in the annals of the 12th century, where some people described them as octopuses or crabs. Such monsters can be found not only in the depths of the sea, since the Americans from Oklahoma also repeatedly noticed a giant monster with tentacles attacking people in the waters of the lakes. Therefore, there are much more deaths in this corner than in other water bodies of the country. Mysterious fish of incredible size have also been found. Many residents of the South African city of Marghita in the 20s witnessed an incredible fight between such an individual, covered with hair, and killer whales, but no one else saw her.
Also, scientists cannot classify the inhabitants of the underwater world living in such places, so Nessie is still considered a type of dinosaur or warm-blooded creature, but most experts find it difficult to answer this question. Skeptics used to say that they simply did not exist, but only after the 18th century was the sea cow recognized as a biological species, and until that moment it was only seen by sailors while sailing. This refers to flying monsters, striking in their resemblance to the ancient extinct pterodactyls. Pilots flying over Papua New Guinea saw a 10-meter-long ropen with a reptile-like beak and a crest on its head. The Indonesian jungle hides from people akhuls, which are giant bats that come out to hunt at night and have 3-meter wings. They were first discovered by the scientist Ernest Bartels, who explored these territories in the 20s, after which he described that these individuals are covered with thick hair and feed on caught fish. Latin American Indians even have legends about mice with a human head that drink the blood of people and still live in mountain caves.
Many cryptids resemble monkeys in appearance, so the Kenyans were absolutely right in talking about a monster that steals sheep from the villages for its dinner, but is afraid of the sound of drums. Bigfoods are also often mentioned by Americans who have seen their large footprints, and also describe these creatures as three-meter giants covered with wool, with a small forehead and weighing 200 kilograms. They are able not only to frighten a person, but also to hypnotize him with the help of superpowers, and also to suddenly disappear from view, passing through a temporary portal. Mapinguari also outwardly resembles a primate, only it moves on two legs and emits a strong stench after death, so the hunters were forced to immediately bury the corpses in the ground. This includes the yeti, which looks like a person and lives in the highlands of Pakistan and Nepal at high altitude.
The most famous species of cryptid was the tatzelwurm, which lives in the Alps. Scientists consider it a kind of reptilian, and the first mention of such an unusual dragon can be found in the annals of the 15th century. Then many people variously described a creature reaching 4 meters, and having a sharp ridge on its back, covered with scales or warts. Then it disappeared from sight until 1850, when the temple's parishioners for the first time could contemplate the remains of the slain monster, put on public display. Then they decided to destroy them, and already in 1914 in Slovenia, the military caught such a monster and made a stuffed animal out of it. Then came the turn of falsifications, when instead of a dragon they showed an American lizard and pictures of a figurine, and Europeans on the first day of April were already accustomed to taking every new sensation about finding a creature as a joke.
But what then did the legendary collector, who himself was also a mysterious person, collect? Thomas Merlin was born in 1782 and then wandered the world all his life in search of mysterious exhibits, and then decided to show the Americans his collected collection, only in 1899 no one appreciated such a great discovery. Then the scientist crossed the 117-year mark, but contemporaries described him as a 40-year-old man, after which the strange features of the body began to be considered witchcraft. No one wanted to communicate with the man who disappeared along with his rarities, but in 1942 he suddenly appeared in the British capital and showed the original documents for his house, transferring the building to the shelter on the condition that it would never be sold. Then his age was 160 years old, only the scientist again disappeared mysteriously. The collection of unique cryptids was partially mummified, and there were also old manuscripts proving the authenticity of the exhibits. Now 800 specialists from 20 countries have formed an alliance to find traces of mystical creatures and people are still waiting for new discoveries in the future that can turn current scientific theories upside down.
Reshetnikova Irina
Thomas Merrilin was born in 1782 into a wealthy aristocratic family. His mother died in childbirth and he was raised by his father Edward. His father was an army general, but in retirement he became interested in esoteric and natural history. He invested in profitable companies to finance his travels around the world in search of various artifacts and unknown species that lived on forgotten continents or lost places, far from prying human eyes.
They traveled together for many years until his father died of sudden death. This event turned Thomas into a recluse, and he sought solace in his work. He studied in the large library at his home and also studied at University College London, Gower Street. Even then, he isolated himself from the other students.
In subsequent years, Merrilin expanded the collection exponentially. He traveled all over the Earth, learned a lot, but he himself remained a mystery to everyone. He simply disappeared in 1942.
In the spring of that year, a man who identified himself as Thomas Theodore Merrylin donated the townhouse to an orphanage. His only condition was that the house would never be sold and the basement of the house would always be closed. Thomas Merrilin, pictured in the local newspaper handing over the deeds to the house to the new owner, looks to be in his 40s when he should be 160. It is said that he quickly disappeared, leaving no trace of his existence.
The promise was kept in the orphanage, but in the 1960s it was closed and the existence of the basement was forgotten. The door, sealed behind two brick walls, could only be discovered by chance, which happened before the demolition of the building.
Alex CF explains that all of these outlandish creatures and mysterious manuscripts are currently on display at the Merrylin Cryptid Museum and are real. Scientifically, their authenticity has never been proven.
It is believed that the Merrylin Cryptid Museum collection is actually a fictional invention of Alex CF, a London-based illustrator, writer and sculptor with a bizarrely twisted imagination and a flair for all things mysterious. And now you can add the skill of a marketing specialist to his merits, so he promotes his Merrylin Cryptid Museum so superbly.
Of course, such truth destroys the illusion, but this does not stop his creepy creations from being amazing.
