Beware the Blood-Sucking Alien Vegetable Men of West Virginia. With link

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Oh my dear God, there are no words for how silly this is. And in West Virginia, to boot.

The only things missing are the History Channel Special and the phrase alcohol was believed to be involved.

{LINK} “Barker interviewed Jennings H. Frederick of Grant Town, who claimed to have encountered the Vegetable Man (as Frederick called it) in the middle of July 1968. The young man was returning to his father’s property after an unsuccessful day bow-hunting for woodchuck when he stopped to rest under some maple trees.” Because of course he was.

Frederick received a dishonorable discharge and, four months later, the Men In Black came calling. He was awoken in the middle of the night by a red flash, and saw a small canister the size of an apple come bouncing into the room, emitting a red vapor. Before Frederick could pull his .38 pistol out from under his pillow, he felt a needle prick his left arm. (Poor Frederick had a penchant for getting poked and prodded.)

OKKAAAAYYYY….!

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Paging @JaneDoe42 who lives near there. If she hasn’t been abducted or worse.

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Is “bow-hunting for woodchuck” anything like “chasing the dragon” ?

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Anyone who can go out woodchuck-hunting and come back empty-handed is incompetent indeed.

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Hmmm:

In American folklore, Mothman is a humanoid creature that was reportedly seen around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman\\]

Jennings H. Frederick of Grant Town, who claimed to have encountered the Vegetable Man (as Frederick called it) in the middle of July 1968.

Clearly this cannot be a coincidence! Mothman is evolving!

Or W VA should stop trying to mine coal and capitalize on the fine psychedelics that they seem to be growing.

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Sounds like the Lakeview Man.

A dog disappears, a cow is found dead
A chicken is missing, found missing its head
Shotgun gone, print in the sand
Two toes shy, the Lakeview Man

  • The Rainmakers

Kary Mullis would’ve known how to handle these apparitions.

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I got this title confused in my head, and immediately thought Bunnicula.

The vegetable-sucking alien rabbit of my childhood days.

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Is that what they’re calling it these days?

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Cannot worry about this critter. Got Bigfoots up in these woods.:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

(I can’t imagine bow hunting for woodchucks)

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Just sic the Yeti on 'em and it’ll all be fine.

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Bigfoot is a meat eater. Vegan ain’t his style. Just sayin’

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Hang on - how do we know anything about Bigfoot?!

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I had the same thought! I love Bunnicula. I recently reread the first few books and they hold up pretty well, largely because the stories don’t depend on technology and any idiocy is explained by the narrator being a dog.

My son and I will often act out the horror of “what is it? Oh God, what is it…?”

“It’s…. it’s…. it’s….A WHITE ZUCCHINI!”

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Uhhhh. There’s like a million crap shows on TV that tell you all you need to know about Bigfoot. A few movies. Books. Bigfoot enthusiasts and those who’ve claimed sightings.

I can’t really vouch for the veracity of any them. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

One never knows.

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Of course I agree. :face_with_monocle:

I watched a few Bigfoot shows and find it staggering how absolutely nothing happens. :astonished:
No sightings, no footprints, no discarded prey (confirming that we don’t know anything about Bigfoot’s diet) - not even a single hair!

There’s a load of guff like:

  • “this is an area where Bigfoot has been reported”
  • “we’ve been here a week and will stay until we find something”
  • “what was that noise?!”
  • “as an expert* on Bigfoot…”

*words fail me! :nauseated_face: