I came across the Alot creature from this excellent post at "Hyperbole and a Half."
I had a sign with the non-existing word "alot" with the cross-out sign over it and would freak out, in a perhaps futile attempt to rid the critter from littering the page.
If you, too, have a mini stroke whenever you see the phrase a lot combined into the non-existent word alot, read this awesome little post. It's very soothing.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html