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human
[General Sci-Fi] On planets with diverse alien populations, does the culture allow for the development of legendary creatures (think cryptids) or would random weird sightings always be written off as just a species you haven’t met yet?

And don’t say the residents would all be too advanced to believe in “Bigfoot” because we’ve landed on the moon and I know people irl who think the earth is flat.
gpt
Not exactly the same thing as being on a planet, but this reminds me of Anakin's line in Phantom Menace about how space pilots reported seeing "angels." Begging the question of whether this was an actual species or just spacer rumors.

I think in any area with large enough unexplored or sparsely populated regions, legends of cryptids could spring up. For instance if you lived on a big planet with diverse cities but people rarely ventured into the swamps, sightings of creatures in said swamps would be suspicious. But if you lived on, say, Coruscant, where the entire planet has been urbanized, and you start talking about this strange thing you saw outside of a bar one time, people would probably think you were either babbling nonsense or talking about a normal species you haven't met yet.