Wild Man, 1888
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 30th, 2009
What are we to make of this one?
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So thats where mountain dew came from
Goodness. Not only insulting the men, but political slams and a dig at the competition too.
Nope. No ridiculing of witnesses here, uh uh. (sarcasm)
an unknown number of unidentified men saw what they believed to be a large hominid in Nickstown, PA. they were unfortunate enough to tell the tale to real jerks.
I’m sorry but there is still that same kind of condescending attitude present in the modern news media. Witness CNN, FOX, and the other major news network and the way they handle these things. Underneath the tone, a snicker.
Wikipedia says this is Jimmy Stewart’s Hometown………wonder if anybody would have believed him?? Funny how these old stories turn up and they are in close proximity to current “hot spots”. I’m sure that as enough time goes by,with all the data tracking that is being done now, the patterns and concentrations will develop into a true pattern that will make itpossible to actually pinpoint areas for a search. Seems like a logical conclusion.
Interesting! This report seems to have come out before the generally accepted descriptions of Sas in the Northwest. There are some old sightings similar to this in the East that is true, but I’m thinking the reports were rather few and far between and many had some fantastic overtones to them. This might be real!
Just kidding!
(Nice slam at the Dems, too)
Well, trail pretty cold here.
But the estimated size of the animal and the track size seem to conform with recent reports.
All you can say is: one more.
Although I will never for the life of me understand how the fantasy got started that one can halllucinate cryptids on alcohol. What is the worst hallucination anyone here has ever had drunk?
I’ll go first.
NONE.
Next?
Hello all,
I’m a long time lurker and enjoy the site every chance I get. I’m posting here for the first time because there’s finally a topic I can chime in on… alcohol!
To Samson77, yes any distilled liquor that escapes the notice of the tax man (revenuer) can be called mountain dew. The still is hidden in remote mountainous areas to avoid detection and the “dew” is the product of the night’s work- in the same way the morning dew you see on grass is the mysterious product of the night before. The original ad campaign for the mountain dew soda pop featured cartoon hillbillies swigging from xxx jugs.
To DWA, severe DTs are often characterized by hallucinations, but more to the point here, sudden acute lead poisoning will absolutely cause hallucinations. The mention of bad whiskey in the article would be a reference to this, and would be immediately understood by readers from that area and time. The lead poisoning results from improper distillation, or from drinking alcohol out of pewter vessels.
Of course all this has nothing to do with Ol slippry skein, but I’ll stick to what I know. Well for the first pass round of the jug anyway… I won’t ask how many nips you got in ya, but mind you don’t get too far afield, you might not make it back to camp in that condition ; )
@ DWA
“Although I will never for the life of me understand how the fantasy got started that one can halllucinate cryptids on alcohol. What is the worst hallucination anyone here has ever had drunk?”
Well I do have extensive data supporting the “beer goggle affect” where by women who resemble primitive hominids are rendered into beings of stunning beauty by the hallucinatory effects of alcohol. There is also a non-gender specific affect; IE. beautifull drunken women may also be attracted to hairy knuckle walking males(like myself). Thank you God!
The “goggle” syndrome does not itself indicate that one would not in fact hallucinate cryptids but just that in general inebriation in humans tends to drive human interests towards exagerated standards of beauty and mating with reckless abandonment. Sort of bringing out the wild one that dwells within us all!