November 16, 2012
At Mysterious Universe, there’s a new article from me that focuses on one of the most-often-suggested scenarios to explain Cryptids in our midst: that they are nothing stranger than escapees from circuses.
But, the significant number of such reports, rumors and tales makes it obvious – as far as I’m concerned – that this is simply a case of ongoing folklore, myth and rumor.
And here’s how I begin…
“One of the many and varied explanations put forward to try and explain away the presence in our midst of strange beasts and creatures – ‘Cryptids,’ as they’re known within the fields of Cryptozoology and monster-hunting – is that they’re nothing stranger than zoo-escapees. Some might say that the theory is a highly plausible one. Well, I would agree to a degree, were it not for one important and undeniable fact: such tales have been dutifully trotted out on so many occasions now that it’s abundantly clear they, themselves, are nothing more than folklore-in-the-making. Let’s take a look…”
About Nick Redfern
Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.
Filed under Cryptozoology, Folklore, Forteana, Hoaxes, Lair of the Beasts, Out of Place