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What’s That Coming out of the Sewer? Is it an Alligator?!!!
1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed to beat it to death with their shovels.
Continue reading...The Legend of the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The year is 1878. The place: the steaming, savage jungles of Madagascar. Machete in hand, German explorer Carl Liche leads a group of Mkodo tribesmen through this terra incognita to find something no white man has ever seen before. Entering a clearing, Liche suddenly halts, frozen by the sight that stands before him. A legend is about to be born which will refuse to die...
Continue reading...5 Picturesque Infernos: Fumaroles From Around The Globe
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The volcanic vents known as fumaroles have serious associations, often lying on active volcanoes in times of comparative quiet between eruptions. These smouldering fissures in the earth are visible emitting hot steam and volcanic gasses in places as far and wide as Italy, Indonesia, Hawaii, Yellowstone and Iceland. With their fizzing, more than faintly menacing behaviour, it’s easy to see why fumaroles are shrouded in myth and legend.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
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