The Demonization and Canonization of Michael Jackson

– So what’s a Michael Jackson post doing in a furry blog?  Well, don’t forget that he did a rather good were in his Thriller video!
I think it’s important to separate Michael Jackson the artist from Michael Jackson the Sideshow, which occupied most of the public and press attention for the past 20 plus years [...]

The Last Dinosaur?

–A previous post here has looked at Mokele-mbembe, but now MonsterQuest has done a feature as well.  Going into the West African jungle in search of a sauropod-like creature with a long neck and tail and a small head, Mokele-mbembe is a territorial, amphibious creature known to attack humans.  It is active at night, browsing [...]

“Warehouse 13″ Is Coming…

– Warehouse 13 debuts on the Sci Fi channel July 7th, the story of an underground government storage facility hid away in the Badlands of South Dakota that houses every conceivable kind of strange and harmful device both modern and ancient.  Featured are two secret service agents with totally different styles of investigation…
…if this is [...]

The Starchild Skull

– Featured on UFO Hunters, the Starchild Skull is an unusually elongated and flat skull further distinguished by extremely shallow eye sockets and a total lack of front sinuses, morphology which cannot be accounted for by any known combination of deformities.  The skull appears similar to what one might anticipate from the “Greys,” the classic [...]

The Barrel Monster!

- -Hehe! –Maybe MonsterQuest should cover the Barrel Monster!
It’s an arresting sight…or at least it got its creator arrested!  Standing ten feet tall, the Barrel Monster was the creation of Raleigh, NC history major Joseph Carnevale, who chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create this 10′ sculpture [...]

“Deadliest” Again…

– I was able to catch a Deadliest Warrior marathon, a show I secretly enjoy as kind of an ultimate fighting thing with more cognitive functioning thrown in.  I’ve never seen so many pig corpses slashed with a variety of weapons; just wait until they get their revenge!
The Warrior simulations are also fun as [...]

Curse of the Monkey Man!

- – Heh, you gotta love MonsterQuest for its theatrical episode titles, and this one sounds like a B-movie out of the 50’s!  Anyhow, the Monkster is described as up to 8′ tall but nimble; he’d be a great b-ball player.  Monkey Man also has black hair, a gorilla-like face, and makes strange sounds.  It’s [...]

Cat’s Cradle

- – Experts originally thought that the Egyptians were the first to domesticate the cat about 3,600 years ago, but recent genetic and archaeological discoveries indicate that cats were being tamed nearly 10,000 years ago in the Mediterranean.
In 2004, a 9,500-year-old burial site of an adult human and a cat was discovered on the island [...]

Jellyfish Crop Circle!

- – Crop circles have long appeared in a variety of designs, mostly geometric.  A recent one to appear in England is most unusual in that it has the shape of a jellyfish, and is the only known jellyfish crop circle to have been seen in the world…
…this crop circle is additionally unusual for being [...]

Flying Monsters!

- – Do pterosaurs still exist in the 21st century?- -Perhaps in Papua, New Guinea, suggests MonsterQuest. Called the Demon Flyer or Ropens by natives, stories exist concerning the creatures going back to the 16th century.  The creature is said to have killed men and scavenged graves, and may boast wingspans of over 30 feet.  [...]