{"id":132,"date":"2009-12-15T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T05:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=132"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:53:06","slug":"alastyn-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2009\/12\/alastyn-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"ALASTYN: (IRELAND)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/aquatic-enigmas\/page\/4\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-134\" title=\"aquatic-enigmas\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/aquatic-enigmas1.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"aquatic-enigmas\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>This Gaelic sub-species is considered to be the least violent of the British  Isles&#8217; vast carnivorous Water-Horse population.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also referred to as the Aughisky, this aquatic-equestrian is purported to share many of the same characteristics as the Scottish KELPIE and EACH-UISGE. Although most regard this Gaelic beast to be the least aggressive of the three it is still renowned for its predatory nature and much feared in certain locales.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses have described the animal as a WATER-HORSE, although it is allegedly capable of acheiving the supernatural feat of assuming the characteristics of a man, save for its ears, which retain their horse-like appearance.<\/p>\n<p>According to legend the Alastyn&#8217;s favorite pastime was to lure unsuspecting humans onto its back by appearing to be a docile horse. Once the trusting individual was firmly situated on the creature&#8217;s spine it would suddenly bolt for the nearest lake or riverbed, where it would proceed to devour its victim posthaste.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-133\" title=\"Alastyn\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/kelpie2-300x154.jpg?resize=300%2C154\" alt=\"Alastyn\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/kelpie2.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/kelpie2.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Gaelic sub-species is considered to be the least violent of the British Isles&#8217; vast carnivorous Water-Horse population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[1113,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aquatic-enigmas","8":"category-monsters","9":"tag-aquatic-enigmas","10":"tag-monsters"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/alastyn.png?fit=325%2C325&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10448,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/10448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}