– – Be afraid, be very afraid…of the rabid raccoons in New York City’s Central Park, that is! You may also want to stay away from skunks, bats, and stray dogs and cats…(hey, I rhymed!)
The advisory was issued by health officials Monday, who believe that rabies is being transmitted among raccoons in the park. Three rabid raccoons have been discovered at Central Park, two of them in the past week! While rabid raccoons are rare in Manhattan, four have been identified so far this year.
Rabies is a viral disease that is usually transmitted from a bite or scratch by an infected animal; if not treated promptly, it can be fatal. There hasn’t been a human rabies infection in New York City since 1953…
– –Destination Truth recently had an episode with a secondary storyline line on the Arica Monster, a supposedly raptor-like creature inhabiting the Northern Chilean desert. On the desert road, people have reported seeing a dinosaur-like beast keeping pace with their cars, a neat trick. Described as large, standing on his hind legs, and having leathery skin, the beast is a fast runner with a distinctive three-toed print who attacks with razor-sharp teeth. 
– – MonsterQuest recently aired a two-hour episode investigating the killing of over 100 peasants by a werewolf-like creature in southern France during the mid-1700’s. As the slayings occurred over 240 years ago, extensive speculation and reconstruction was involved as provided by a cryptozoologist and a criminal investigator.
— A nineteen year old singer-songwriter from Toronto, Taylor Mitchell, was attacked and killed by coyotes as she was hiking alone in a park in eastern Canada. 
– – MonsterQuest finally came up with their long-awaited episode on the Yeti on October 25th after previous ho-hum episodes on wild dogs and rats.- –
– -You don’t often hear about blue whales washing ashore, but one did on the Northern California coast near Fort Bragg Monday night. 
— In Sacramento, California animal control officers seized 77 cats from a home in one of the worst animal hoarding cases seen in that county. Cat cages were stacked floor to ceiling with animals roaming everywhere and feces caked around the home…the homeowners say that they were taking good care of the cats…right!
– – The History Channel has mounted a triple threat, featuring episodes of MonsterQuest, Nostradamus Effect, and MysteryQuest run back-to-back. The Bermuda Triangle offering on MysteryQuest was a first run episode, examining the legendary disappearances of boats, planes, and personnel in the 500,000 square mile area that extends between Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. 
— What’s black, wrinkly, Texan, and bald all over?
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