What is it?

Other than nasty and doubtless smelly, that is. Discovered by persons unknown near the Parana River in Carmen del Paraná, Itapúa, Paraguay, the decomposing corpse looks a little like an alien. Or a Chupacabra. Or a skinned orangutan. Or a miniature version of the Flukeman from my favorite episode of THE X FILES. Or the latest Charles Band creation. Think of it as a three-dimensional, odorous version of a Rorschach test. There are no “wrong” answers. Make of it what you will. What do YOU see?

My point here is that anything discovered in an advanced state of decomposition is never good evidence for the existence of ANYthing. Things become largely unrecognizable as they decompose, and only DNA testing or examination by some expert is going to prove sufficient to identify it. And in almost every instance, the identity of the unknown creature turns out to be something mundane. Nine out of ten this critter here proves to be a dog or a regular monkey or something. If it was Flukeman or an alien, the guv’ment would have swooped in and carted it off before anybody had the chance to smell it. I mean photograph it. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, now.

By The Evil Cheezman

WAYNE MILLER is the owner and creative director of EVIL CHEEZ PRODUCTIONS (www.evilcheezproductions.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/evilcheezproductions), specializing in theatrical performances and haunted attractions. He has written, produced and directed (and occasionally acted in) over a dozen plays, most of them in the Horror and Crime genres. His first novel, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF, is available for purchase at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/734763 MORTUI VELOCES SUNT!

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