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What's Your Favorite Monster?
Pickens writes "Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters, and mythologies from around the world include stories of strange and terrifying creatures. Examples include the half-bull, half-human Minotaur of Greek myths, the living clay Golem of Jewish traditions, British elves and Chinese dragons. Live Science has an interesting photo essay on their ten favorite monsters that may have a basis in real life. Their rogue's gallery includes the Ogopogo, a mysterious monster in Canada's Lake Okanagan; the Chupacabra, that Latin Americans believe is the unholy result of secret US government experiments in the jungles of Puerto Rico; and the perennial favorite Bigfoot."
Sure, everyone's for keeping Hitler's brain in a jar, but when you put it into a body of a great white shark, you've gone too far.
God spoke to me.
FEAR Manbearpig!! :)
"Bigfoot's territory is being threatened, if he exists, although if he doesn't, it's not."
Meh, that article was too consensual to be interesting; Big Foot, vampires and werewolves in the top three, no surprise there. Better browse the monster list of international monsters in Wikipedia or Live Science's own Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth.
I cast my vote for the Cookie Monster. They've tried to keep him down in recent years by forcing him to give speeches about vegetables and other such nonsense. But we all know underneath all that blue fur all he wants is more cookies...
Is there no other monster to have as a favorite?
Gator/Claria is Spyware.
A stray I took in when he was more than a kitten, but no where near full grown.
I just know that one morning I'll walk outside and he'll have Gojira's carcase lying at the base of the porch steps.
don't paste perl in here.
Like it or not, I believe "humans" are the worst of all monsters. Unlimited potential for evil, and the will to do so at any time.
Fighting over religion is like seeing whose imaginary friend is best.
Daleks of course !