Archive for April 2009

“The Mysterious Water Ape”

April 30, 2009

ape-island–Vancouver Island off the Canadian coast was visited by MonsterQuest during a recent episode in search of a large, ape-like cryptid 6′ – 9′ tall and weighing about 800 lbs., reported to be agile despite his size.  The island can only be reached by water, but grizzlies can do this and primates likewise can learn to use water.  This cryptid appears near water-rich areas, and appears to enjoy shellfish.

Despite the lack of a fossil trail, numerous eyewitness accounts (at least 80) dating back to 1900 exist of the “water ape,” and castings of footprints remain the most convincing evidence.  “Call-blasting” of reported Sasquatch cries by MonsterQuest failed to yield the rascal, and imaging equipment yielded only a heat imprint.

With casts of “unknown origin,” there appears to be strong physical evidence of something on Vancouver Island.  You don’t want to kill the creature, however, with native legends suggesting that death with find you within seven years if you harm this cryptid…

Evil Blooms…

April 27, 2009

talking-flowers–Being a twisted piece of work, I like the idea of verbal, insulting flowers, and there hasn’t been vegetation this bad since the 1962 movie, Day of the Triffids or the musical, Little Shop of Horrors. If you wish to see nasty flowers of a more recent vintage, check out the recent Teleflora commercial featuring blooms delivered in a box which rear up out of the same to insult and offend the recipient! The flowers (some tulips) move their pedals convincingly as they speak in deep male voices.  (Nice flowers, apparently, come in tasteful vases, not boxes!)

The evil flowers were first featured in a Super Bowl XLIII commercial when they brilliantly taunted their office recipient like Hannibal Lecter vegetation, telling her that she should “…get home to her romance novels and her fat, smelly cat!” A final barb flung by a bloom was that “…no one wanted to see (her) naked!”

Tragically, the flowers are forced down a disposal in the most recent commercial…but if someone ever sent me such evil, talking blooms, I would nurture and cherish them forever! – – Imagine your house surrounded by a garden of insulting, sentient flowers…you’d never suffer unwelcome visitors again!

Feeling Bully In An Irish Grocery Store!

April 27, 2009

bull–In a role reversal, the product went shopping when a bull escaped from a pen in a livestock market and ran through a grocery store in Ireland, shocking customers. The farmer who owned the bull followed him into the store, and in a moment of poetic justice was briefly chased by the bull!

The bull made his way through the store before turning around and leaving from the front exit.  Fortunately, no customer came into the bull’s path or store shoppers could have been the ones turned into hamburger.  –Let it be a lesson to sapiens pathetica!

Tampa Bay Sea Monster

April 24, 2009

tampa-sea-monster-1–What caption could we put with this picture?–“That’s the last time I order the ‘Catch of the Day!?’

Actually, it’s a sculpture by artist Juan Cabana, images of which have circulated on the internet since 2006…

Florida’s Sea Monster…

April 23, 2009

florida–It has a large, somewhat mammalian head, clawed fins, and a trident-like tail…so they say of Florida’s sea monster, with sightings dating back to the 1800’s.  There’s apparently more than one of these puppies, and they have the potential to move quickly with a lot of power.  Hours of video footage exist by a guy named Sowerwine showing bits and pieces of the creature.

MonsterQuest went to an ocean-fed coastal lake in Florida to investigate such legends of a sea monster with a forked tail, but the lake was full of sediment, and the divers couldn’t see diddly.  They did, however, have an intriguing sonar hit of something about 14 feet long moving quickly, although murky water conditions made it impossible to find the sucker.

One expert feels that the creature is a manatee, although the snout of the beast is skinnier and its eye and head structure appear different.  Others feel that the animal is a seal of some kind following the Gulf Stream, possibly a Hooded seal or a Caribbean Monk seal, thought to be extinct.  Then it may be a hybrid creature, part-manatee and part seal…

…at any rate, there’s something as yet undiscovered in Florida waters!

“Wood” You Believe?

April 21, 2009

tree-in-lung–It’s an old wives’ tale not to eat a peach pit or certain seeds, lest they grow into a tree inside you.  –Well, a five-centimeter fir tree was reportedly found in the lung of a Russian man who complained that he had a strong pain in his chest and was coughing up blood.  This is seldom good…

Doctors X-rayed the chest of the 28-year-old male patient, and found a tumor in one of his lungs.  Suspecting cancer, they decided to perform a biopsy, but when they cut the tissue reportedly found a small fir tree growing, which was removed.  The needles were poking capillaries, causing the bleeding.  It was felt that the patient had inhaled a small bud which started to grow inside the lung, a portion of which has been preserved with the little fir tree for further study.

Western experts doubt the entire story, feeling that an object that large couldn’t have been inhaled without being coughed out or lodging in the patient’s airway.  Or perhaps, the patient was taking too seriously the admonition to “…carry a little bit of Xmas around with him all year ’round…”   😉

Snakes On A Plane!

April 17, 2009

pythons–Life imitated art (well, bad movies, anyhow) in Melbourne, Australia when four six-inch baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights.

There were twelve snakes in the original package, and a reptile expert searched for the missing four, but did not find them! It was unknown of the snakes were still on the plane, or escaped after the plane landed.  The airline (Qantas) fumigated the plane, and returned it to service.  Maybe this is why the koala in Qantas ads once said, “I hate Qantas!”

One can imagine that some folks in Melbourne checked out their toilets and looked under the beds thereafter…for many share the sentiments of Indiana Jones when he said, “I…hate…snakes!”

The “Deadliest Warrior” Show On Spike TV!

April 15, 2009

samurai–If you’re like me, there are some things on TV you watch even if you’re not proud of the fact.  Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior series is such wonderful nonsense, great guy stuff!  Remember the old pointless arguments about the victor in a fight between a ninja and a pirate?–Well, now they’ve built a show around this kinda premise!–Is this a great country, or what?!

Forget the fact that the combatants were products of different times and different places, and would never meet in real life…forget the fact that you can’t compare apples and oranges…just shut up, sit back, and watch the most unlikely of death matches between a Roman gladiator and an Apache, or between a Viking and a samurai!


Leading up to the main event are analysis of the weaponry and fighting styles of the two opponents pitted against one another, with consideration given to such things as who possessed the weapons most effective at long, medium, and close range.  The information is then factored into a computer simulation program which predicts the likely victor in many of such clashes.  For your viewing pleasure, a computer-generated death match is then presented at the end of the show.  The series is similar to Jurassic Fight Club, but with human combatants.

I was kinda surprised that the Apache was predicted to be victorious in the majority of match-ups against Roman gladiators, but the gladiators seem to have been portrayed as plodding  juggernauts vulnerable to the attack and retreat tactics of the more nimble Apache.  I was unsurprised by the victory of the samurai warrior over the Viking, although I do have as a furry great respect for the Vikings, the berserker version of which howled, wore bear or wolf skins, bit their shields, and in general worked themselves into a rage intended to frighten their enemies.

No, we’re not apparently gonna see Ninjas vs. Pirates on future versions of this show, but we are going to be treated to Pirate vs. Knight and Ninja vs. Spartan. By the way, in a Ninja vs. Pirate match, my money would be on the ninja.  Personally, though, I’d prefer to be a pirate, as I think they had more fun.  Ninjas were more into discipline, and pirates more into wenching, drinking, and pillaging. –When’s the last time you went to a good pillaging?–It’s a lost art, really…

Sure, it ain’t Shakespeare…but it  is great guy entertainment! —Woo-hoo!!!   😉


Polar Bear Attack!

April 13, 2009

polar-bear-attack–At the Berlin Zoo on April 11th, a 32-year-old woman who deliberately jumped into the polar bear enclosure was (predictably) mauled by a bear.   The bears did not behave abnormally; the woman did! Keepers were able to extract the woman while holding the bears at bay with poles. The attack occurred near the famous Knut, who was hand raised by a keeper from the time that he was a cub.

It is not known why the woman pulled the dangerous stunt, but she initially appeared to be elated as she swam towards a bear in the enclosure.  The woman underwent surgery for treatment of bite wounds on her arms and legs, but was fortunate overall to have escaped with her life.  Polar bears are not the cuddly creatures that some apparently regard them to be…

Dog Eats Money!

April 10, 2009

dog-eats-money–A North Carolina dog named Augie (…remember Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy?) ate $400 in cash March 19th that their owner left in the bedroom.  The bills were three $100’s and five $20’s.

Parts of the bills were later found in the dog’s err, leavings. The owner hosed down the pieces, and is trying to collect enough to redeem them.

Did eating the money hurt the dog’s health?–No change, hehehehehe!