Why are cryptids not real?

There is a slim chance that some may be proved eventually to be real, but then they would no longer be cryptids.

This is precisely the question cryptozoologists attempt to answer by setting out to verify rumors or legends of strange beasts or creatures. Sometimes it turns out that the stories have some truth, sometimes no trace can be found of anything and other times there is inconclusive evidence that requires further study. Often, however, despite the inroads of scientific inquiry, the more famous cryptid legends and local beliefs remain unaffected by scientific results either because of deep superstition, custom, distrust, or because there are witnesses who are absolutely sure of what they have witnessed. Science can only go so far since often the funding for such expeditions is sparse and the equipment that can be borrowed for such endeavors is often second-rate. Cryptozoology, though not treated on par with other scientific disciplines is more concerned with possible actual creatures and less with vampires, demons, and creatures of purported supernatural abilities. These are rather fodder of paranormal investigators.

Some cryptids that were eventually proved real include the platypus, the pongo (gorilla), the okapi (a giraffe/zebra type animal), and the coelacanth (a prehistoric fish thought long extinct).

So.... they might be real. You just have to go out there and see for yourself.

criptids are absolutely real.I have seen them. i have seen moth man, El chupacabra, and terrors from the Sky's