– – 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 a complete package.
Indigenous to India, accounts of Monkey Man date back to 77 B.C., when he was described by Pliny. Supposed attacks of the creature reached a high in May 2001 in Delhi, with victims beaten and clawed by a powerful assailant; three people died while fleeing the creature, and dozens were hospitalized. The most recent attacks are attributed to Meghalaya, where 14-1/2″ footprints and broken branches were found. Natives in this part of India call the creature “the forest man.” Blood samples were taken from the walls of a dwelling where an encounter occurred, and hair samples were also found elsewhere.
And what, you may ask, did MonsterQuest find?–Interestingly enough, the bites that were found on supposed victims were of a different nature than those inflicted by a monkey or another animal. Hairs that were found and subjected to microscopic analysis were found to be similar to those of the red panda; blood samples were human. Police investigations in Delhi were negative, and experts suggest a mass hysteria/psychosis phenomenon.
A Hindu deity also has simian features, but he is noted to be a benign type, not really into the biting, scratching, and clawing thing…
– – 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.
– – 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.
– – 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. It is largely nocturnal, and most strangely is in some accounts said to be bioluminescent.
– – Not wishing to alarm you, valued readers, but you may wish to know that a cat has been born in Chongqing, China with wing-like growths on their back…moreover, other cats with this feature were noted in Sichuan province in China in August of 2008 (pictured).
– – “If you talk with the animals they will talk with you, and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them, and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears one destroys.” — Chief Dan George
– – Or so was how MonsterQuest described this episode…but somehow, a jellyfish attack lacks the “shock and awe” factor of say, a shark attack. Still, it is a matter to be reckoned with, as the sting of a box jellyfish can kill in three minutes!
– – The History Channel aired a most intriguing presentation on the evening of May 25th called, The Link. It concerned possibly the oldest and most complete human ancestor, a 47 million year old fossil primate revealing an over 95% complete skeleton
– – A swarm of bees recently trapped workers inside a game store in Union Square in New York City for hours! A good samaritan outside the store without protective gear managed to lure many of the bees inside a box, and a specially-dressed expert arrived later to capture the rest of the swarm, with the bees successfully re-located unharmed.
— The belief systems of indigenous peoples throughout the world share an almost universal faith in Animal Spirit Guides, who help the people in their daily lives by offering protection, guidance, and healing…
FOXSYLVANIA 
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