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I know that the context of your statement pertained to modern globalized society, but if you consider isolated peoples [1], then it might be the case that exact

I know that the context of your statement pertained to modern globalized society, but if you consider isolated peoples [1], then it might be the case that exactly the same phenomenon that inspired medieval beastiary exists today. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples

blotter_paper 7y ago
Going out on a limb, you could argue that cryptozoology is alive today in out interconnected world. I would be surprised if a bigfoot were found today, but it wouldn't upend my worldview. Comparable creatures (gigantopithecus) have existed in human prehistory, and we still find previously undocumented animals today. I don't think we'll find evidence of a bigfootesque creature existing in historical times, but if presented with the evidence in 1818 I might have bet on it. There is still popular media being produced that is profitable because people want to see Survivorman find a bigfoot, and they think he might.