Deer Takes The Plunge!

Posted November 3, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Deer-In-Pool01– -Swimming is great exercise, and it was no Halloween prank when a deer in Gastonia, North Carolina got a workout after he jumped from a balcony through a glass roof and into the area surrounding an indoor pool at the Ashley Arms Historic Apartments on October 30th. After pacing the pool’s perimeter a few times, the deer took the plunge and started swimming laps for about 15 minutes, looking for a way out!

Maintenance supervisors were able to use a net to herd the tiring animal to the shallow end of the pool, where he walked up the steps and ran away, successfully avoiding the traffic. – – It was all caught on security camera video!– -And wait until the does catch a look at that buck’s swimmer’s bod!

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The “Real” Werewolf on MonsterQuest

Posted November 1, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Gevaudan werewolf– – 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.

The Beast of Gevaudan slaughtered primarily women and children in an often gruesome fashion, at times decapitating the victims, eviscerating them, or consuming limbs.  The killings began in 1764, and continued for about three years, drawing the attention of Louis XV whose expert hunters dispatched a large wolf but failed to halt the peasant slayings.

That task was accomplished by one Jean Chastel, who used (–what else?) a silver bullet to kill the beast.  Speculation by the MonsterQuest investigators and others has been that the true “werewolf” was in fact a striped hyena, which may have actually been trained to accomplish his mayhem by Chastel himself!

The Beast of Gevaudan will continue to fascinate speculators, and the events form the historical basis for much of the rich present day werewolf sagas, which one hopes will continue for the indefinite future…150px-Woman_&_La_Bete

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Hold That Tiger!

Posted October 31, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Tiger— Tigers could become extinct in the wild in two decades unless conservation efforts are stepped up to halt the decline in their population, wildlife experts said on Wednesday…

…barely 3,500 tigers are estimated to be roaming in the wild in twelve Asian countries and Russia compared to about 100,000 a century ago, according to conservationists and other experts.

Tigers are being illegally killed for their body parts, with skins selling for up to $20,000 on the black market in countries like China.   The destruction of habitats and the depletion of their prey base also figures in the dwindling number of tigers.  Tiger habitat alone has declined by 40% in the past decade due to the destruction of forests…

…and by the way…Happy Halloween from Foxsylvania!

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Coyotes Kill Woman!

Posted October 30, 2009 by vulpesffb
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coyote— 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. Police who were in the area reached the scene quickly and shot one of the animals, apparently wounding it.  The injured coyote and a companion coyote managed to get away, however.

The woman was in critical condition when paramedics arrived with multiple bite wounds over her entire body. Despite being airlifted to a Halifax hospital, she died last Wednesday morning.

Coyote attacks are extremely rare because the animals are usually shy.  A retired biologist with the Nova Scotia department of Natural Resources said that its possible the coyotes thought that the victim was a deer or other prey…

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Howloween’s Coming…

Posted October 29, 2009 by vulpesffb
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furries– – If you’re like me, you’ve always loved Halloween…I mean, really loved it!  Halloween is the one day of the mundane world year that kinda allows the freak show playing in the heads of many of us for the other 364 days as well to go on.   It’s a day when you can bring your inner furry self out without being condemned or stigmatized as much as you otherwise might be.   For a while, you can actually just kinda belong, and be yourself!

…I think that acceptance is what a lot of us who are furries really want, because so often it seems like we are put on the defensive, forced into the position of running damage control.   We just want to be allowed to be ourselves for the admittedly strange to some but rather unique creatures that we are, with paws in two worlds…is that so wrong, too much to ask for?


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The Abominable Snowman on MonsterQuest!

Posted October 26, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Abominable– – 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.- – Here at last is a cryptid worthy of consideration!  The Abominable Snowman differs from his North American Bigfoot cousin in being more aggressive and carnivorous; he’s nocturnal, and goes after both people and their livestock in the Himalayas.- – You gotta give the big guy credit for that!

Examined were hair and footprint evidence as well as images from cameras.  The most recent footprint from 2008 was actually regarded to be a hoofprint, kind of a drag-impression in the snow distorted by multiple freeze and thaw cycles.  Fifty-year old hair samples supposedly from the skullcap of a Yeti were also analyzed, and found to be from a deer-like creature.  Picture images from cameras set up at different locations were of the usual birds with perhaps an antlered beast or two thrown in.  Lastly, eyewitness accounts of the Yeti were chalked off as being misidentified bears!

There were some interesting sidebars; apparently, the Nazis had sent teams out in pursuit of the Yeti, and locals led the Nazis to a supposed lair where they shot…a bear! I also loved a scene where an investigative team came upon a slaughtered and partly-eaten goat, perhaps consumed by the Yeti; the lead investigator indulged himself in the treat, which had been lying out for five or six days, and found it to be like jerky…”rather tasty, actually,” he proclaimed.–Anyone else up for five-day old goat, partly eaten by who knows what?–Didn’t think so…

It’s well been pointed out that even known identified species are hard to track over wild terrain, so I’m really not surprised by the lack of Yeti evidence. –And why do we call him Abominable, together with “terrifying” and “ferocious?” – – Doesn’t the Yeti just need a good spin doctor?–Why not as in the Tundra cartoon, come up with an Amiable Snowman?

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Soupy Sales Gone…

Posted October 24, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Soupy Sales— I can’t take the loss of many more of my childhood icons; Captain Kangaroo has passed on, and now also Soupy Sales at age 83.   Soupy in my opinion has never gotten the credit or recognition that he deserved; a comedian of television, radio, and film born Milton Supman, Soupy drew heavily from slapstick and also used word play and improvisation. His comedy wasn’t always sophisticated, but it could be clever and was always funny; taking a pie in the face was a stock in trade, and Soupy estimated that he and his visitors took 20,000 pies in the course of his career.  Soupy was big at the time in the New York area where I grew up in to the extent that kids would imitate him and do his routines.

Soupy had furry elements; two of the visitors to his shows were dogs called White Fang and Black Tooth, who appeared at his door as giant shaggy paws with felt triangular claws.  White Fang spoke with unintelligible growls and grunts which Soupy repeated back to his audience in English; Black Tooth was also unintelligible, but was into giving loud and sloppy kisses to Soupy off-camera.   Then there was Pookie the Lion, a hip character prone to appearing in Soupy’s window who you could understand. – -Soupy even had a novelty dance record and song called The Mouse which was wildly popular in the mid-1960’s!- –Hey!–Do the Mouse, Yeah! I last saw Soupy on game shows, those last retreats of celebrities past their popularity prime.  Even then, he was funny, using his improv talents to transcend the medium and material that he had to work with.

As Soupy was influenced by the Marx Brothers, so he also influenced other comedians including Andy Kaufman and Paul Reubens; if you twist and press Soupy’s persona, you get Pee-wee Herman!   Soupy was an earlier prototype of the cheerfully demented childrens’ TV show host, filled with manic energy.   All of these comics realized that much comic inspiration can be drawn from childhood, which can be darker and more twisted  than many realize…

Thank you, Soupy, for all the laughter and the furry undertones!   To quote lyrics from The Mouse, “every cat in the neighborhood will be in shock.”

Cats, you see, loved Soupy Sales, and will miss him as will I…


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Blue Whale Washed Ashore

Posted October 23, 2009 by vulpesffb
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beached whale– -You don’t often hear about blue whales washing ashore, but one did on the Northern California coast near Fort Bragg Monday night.

Authorities believe that the blue whale died after it was hit by a ship Monday.  The animal had two gashes on its back, including one that went down to the spinal column.  Last week, another blue whale had washed up on a beach in Monterey County after being hit by a ship.  The last time before that when a blue whale washed onto a California beach was in 2007.

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Beer Bear!

Posted October 20, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Beer Bear– -A bear walked into a beer department in Wisconsin…no, it really happened last Thursday!  The 125-pound black bear wandered into a Hayward grocery store, went up and down the aisles, and then decided to check out the bruin, going into the beer cooler in the liquor department, and climbing twelve feet up onto a shelf!  No other customers were in the store at the time, and the single store clerk just kind of blocked things off and summoned authorities.

The bear sat on the shelf for about an hour until Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officers tranquilized the bear, and removed him unceremoniously from the store.  No bottles of beer were broken…

…was the bear hangin’ with his Bud?—Hey, hey, hey!–He’s smarter than the average bear!–If the Ranger had given him one more pic-a-nic basket, this might not have happened!

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Goat Renaissance!

Posted October 19, 2009 by vulpesffb
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Goat– – Goats are going through a bit of a renaissance lately…there’s a wonderful new Thera-gesic arthritis commercial with an old woman extolling the virtue of goat tears (“Takes the pain riiight away”), and now there’s a George Clooney movie with goats,  Men Who Stare At Goats.

I’ve always felt that goats have been under-rated for years; they’re intelligent, whimsical, and can make good pets, too.  Perhaps our trendy celebrities will take to championing and adopting goats.- -See, goats aren’t so baaad…

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