Trying to cut down on the repeats of miniatures, but I think this is a new one. I suppose that literally, it's new! Baby Cockatrice monster in Resin from nidsnbits.

And here's one more from FORG3D_MNL. They have a sweet D&D style basilisk as well. I was never brave enough to go for all 8...

Pop culture piece on Looper, Harry Potter's Basilisk goes a bit into different interpretations and may spark a bit of research, which is a good thing! And best of all: Speaking of serpents, a basilisk almost never looks like what Rowling created...most depictions of basilisks are far smaller and more iguana-like. Basilisks often feature a mixture of scales and feathery plumage, along with a varying number of legs or wings, depending on the region.

Old school fanzine, Cockatrice, dating back to 1963! I dig the illustration. (I've placed it here and here as a backup.) Who is Crockett, and what did he remember?

Exeter, considered one of the UK's most haunted cities, had a Halloween ghost hunt at the White Hart Hotel, the site of a potential massacre due to a cockatrice in a well (though it could have been marsh gas):

"Tragedy struck in 1649 when the inn had an old well that had long been neglected.

The White Hart's owner, Roger Cheek, employed Paul Penrose to climb down the well to repair it. At the bottom, Penrose suddenly fell dead, suffocated by ‘an uncommon stench’. A second workman, named William Johnson, was called to go down and investigate. When he reached the bottom, he too fell dead.

A friend of the men wishing to help his workmates, also descended the well and almost died himself, but was pulled back up. He rolled around in agony, to be revived with water and oil.

When he recovered, he said that there was a strong smell that hindered his breath. Some onlookers said that it was a Cockatrice - a legendary creature that is part lizard, part rooster - that caused the deaths..."


Basilisk Cryptocurrency (BSX) underwent a shocking 30.38% increase on Saturday, Oct. 28...reaching values of just over 65 microdollars! Or 6.5 millicents. That's $0.00006536 for people who don't know the metric system. If only I had gotten a hold on some of that while it was still inexpensive. I wouldn't have to live in wells and other holes in the ground. On Halloween, it dropped to 64 microdollars and recieved a short-term technical ranking of 77 for what that's worth. Buy! Buy?


And I hope you had a Happy Halloween!