The Bayfart is an animal whose existence is reported by the inhabitants of Finnmark. It is something like a seal, roughly the same size and shape. Its fur is greyish. It has small ears and a single horn on its head surrounded by hair, and hog-like bristles around its nose. Its forelegs have claws as long as a lion’s, while its has two flippers for hind legs.
Thevet received a bayfart skin from a Scotsman, who obtained it in Denmark in 1570. It had been caught in the Northern Sea.
References
Thevet, A. (1575) La Cosmographie Universelle. Guillaume Chaudiere, Paris.
A Book of Creatures 
looks like Ikkakumon!
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Or, well, Seel!
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Ahh yes, Finnmark.
So its just a Walrus/Narwhal?
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I think Thevet got sent a skin with a walrus/narwhal tooth stitched on top of the head.
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Isn’t that what they call the Transformers movies?
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Bumblebee was good though, it wasn’t a Bay fart
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The Baywatch reboot we never got
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The one we deserve but not the one we need
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EEEEEEEEEE!! Oh. Wait. Can I know if it has evil intentions or devours human souls before I want one as a pet?
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It’s an animal with no supernatural powers, so should be fine!
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Hello it’s me again with another question. Is the mörkö from finland an actual bogeyman or is it just the translation for The Groke in the Moomin series?
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I have no idea offhand… wouldn’t be surprised if it was the latter?
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I have seen it listed as a separate creature which the Groke was based on, but I can’t recall where I saw that and couldn’t swear to its accuracy.
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I have no idea what I just read.
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What I wrote? 😦
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It’s the BAYFART. It’s what happens when a bay farts.
In all seriousness, how, exactly, did this name come to be used?
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Bad luck I guess?
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I wonder if this was the inspiration from ikakkumon
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Severely doubt it
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