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Did We Wipe Out the Prehistoric Hobbit Man?
A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what appeared to be a new species of hominid that matched closely with local myths of a creature known as the Ebu Gogo. An ancient 'hobbit man' had been discovered...
Continue reading...Where the Wild Things Are: The Legend Behind the Hodag
Friday, October 9, 2009
The beast had two horns growing from its temples, large fangs and green eyes. Its stout and muscular body was covered with short black hair and its back was covered with spikes, leading to a powerful tail. The animal fixed its green eyes on its uninvited guest, spouting flame and smoke from its nostrils, followed by a horrible odour…
Continue reading...Italy’s Park of Monsters
Monday, September 28, 2009
Shaded by trees and lightly cloaked in a patina of moss, the massive stone figures stare down at the awestruck visitors. What kind of garden features the screaming face of a terrible ogre that’s like a doorway to hell, a mythical giant hero literally tearing his foe from limb to limb, one of Hannibal’s elephants goring a legionnaire, and a Siren straddling the ground? You may well ask. The answer is the Park of the Monsters, an amazing monumental complex tucked away 65km north of Rome.
Continue reading...What’s That Coming out of the Sewer? Is it an Alligator?!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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...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.
Continue reading...Captured in Dreamtime
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Australian aboriginal Dreamtime is a timeless mythic 'world' that exists for all eternity. In the Dreamtime, the Ancestors walked the earth, and created everything - plants, animals, geology and landscape. Many rituals in Australian aboriginal culture allow the tribe to contact the Dreamtime, to once again 'live in it' and be renewed, if only for a short time.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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