Tag Archive | "monsters"

Life After Death: Taxidermy’s Most Macabre Creations

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Life After Death: Taxidermy’s Most Macabre Creations

All artists, it can be argued, are playing god when they bring their works into the world, but while some of these creations aim to please through their beauty, others are geared to cause pain as well as pleasure, fear as much as fascination. These objects of sublime horror have been sent to haunt our dreams; take a browse through this bizarre bestiary and you’ll see what we mean.

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18 Creepiest Landscapes On Earth

Friday, September 25, 2009

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18 Creepiest Landscapes On Earth

Landscapes are usually associated with rolling hills and lush meadows, the tranquil quiet broken only by occasional birdsong. Not these landscapes. Full of fiends and strange faces, some of them might make you think a wizard muttered incantations to invoke nature's sinister spirits. Others appear as gateways to other worlds best left unexplored, while still others seem like sets straight out of a horror flick director's sick dream. Muhahahahahahaha!

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In Search of the Mysterious Sea Serpent

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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In Search of the Mysterious Sea Serpent

Sea Serpents have been sighted for centuries. Most sea serpents are reported as large and reptilian; many types have been seen in lakes (‘Nessie’ in Loch Ness, Scotland) and oceans. Assuming that most sightings are ‘real’ and not hoaxes created for publicity purposes, precise identification is a difficult and fascinating problem.

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