Comments on: Three-Toes Revisited

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:53:29 +0000

I find it interesting that this all started in 1948. What would account for that? No history of a cryptid of this type in that area and then suddenly a rash of sightings starting in 1948? Now perhaps this animal, if it exists, isn’t indigenous to the area and somehow ended up there? That would explain how a giant penguin (if that is what it is) would end up in the tropics I suppose, because I highly doubt it would have been a native species to that area. If this is not a hoax then what other explanation could there be for it not being seen until 1948? Was the area remote and just being developed then? I feel the relatively recent appearance of this creature from out of the blue is a bit unusual and it leads me to suspect some sort of human influence here. I won’t outright say hoax just yet, but I would not be unduly surprised if it turned out to be just that.

By: busterggi

busterggi — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:05:18 +0000

Personally, I have a hard time believing the claims of people who brag they are liars, which is what hoaxers really are.

Don’t suppose there are any casts of the originals to compare with Mr. Signorini’s footies?

By: Rillo777

Rillo777 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:42:37 +0000

I wonder if it couldn’t be a combination of a hoax and a real cryptid sighting? Granted, it would be a peculiar coincidence but it is possible. It is also possible that the tracks merely fed people’s imaginations and sightings of anything remotely unusual or unexpected were then blown up to become strange animals.
We can’t always rely on witnesses unfortunately. The human mind can play strange tricks.

By: sharmcos

sharmcos — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:31:52 +0000

Sounded like a monster from Japanese TV series the Ultraman

By: Lee Murphy

Lee Murphy — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:32:29 +0000

I remember in Brad Steiger’s “Monsters Among Us” (the first crypto-related book I had), he went over the case in detail and suggested it was an extant therapod dinosaur. It wasn’t until I read Sanderson’s account some time later in which he proposed the giant penguin. I don’t believe he ever mentioned therapod.

It was a good lesson in cross-referencing research material, and left me a little disappointed in Mr. Steiger’s book.