We here in the States have a plethora of cryptozoological crapola with which to infuriate our better skeptical faculties: Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra (I guess we share him with Mexico), the Dover Demon, the Montauk Monster, and of course the Devil Monkey.
(Note: I have excluded the Jersey Devil because it is silly. All the others are of profound interest to the mainstream scientific community.)
In the United Kingdom, the next biggest thing to UFOs and Nessie is Alien Big Cats. People in the UK keep claiming to see panthers, leopards, cougars, basically just giant, non-indigenous ("alien") cats everywhere. There are thousands of such sightings every year, and the Evil Government has finally come forth with a complete, detailed compendium of every single reliable Alien Big Cat sighting from the past seven years.
Turns out that there have been two.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
You forgot the Jersey Devil!
When confronting claims of cryptozoology and extraterrestrials, I sometimes take a psychological approach. Big Foot? Sure, we want to investigate our origins (granted, many Americans probably couldn't tell you that there are no indigenous hominids, hominoid apes, or anthropoid monkeys in North America except Homo sapiens). Aliens? We want to be believe that we are not alone. The Dover Demon, The Chupacabra, Moth Man? Perhaps a need to confront a sense of primordial alienation and darkness.
But giant frikkin' cats? They could at least have laser beams on their heads. Or walk bipedally. Or something. Throw me a bone here!
Man, what on Earth is going on????
Oh man, our local "news" actually reports on Chupacabra sightings (sigh) - good post, thanks for a good laugh!
Post a Comment