True, I think many know of Cthulhu but they might not know the story or who wrote it. I also notice a lot of people take the descriptions too literally, as in using an actual octopus as the head. I think it is worth considering how accurate one's descriptions can be when they are experiencing sheer terror, and how the descriptions may be more like vague impressions and the closest earthly comparisons. My only comparable experience would be running into bear while out in the woods, at those times I was more consumed with the surprise and being safe, there are very little specific descriptions I could offer about it. Now imagining if this were a far more alien creature and I probably would have been very inaccurate.





