STRANGE CORPSE IN PANAMA

It is undeniable that J.R.R.Tolkien was a fine writer, and that The Lord of the Rings is a masterpeice, but is it really necessary to use his imagery over again when cryptozoology is concerned. It was bad enough when a light-hearted comment has ended up with Homo florisiensis being described as `hobbits` for the last six or seven years, but now a strange animal recently stoned to death in Panama is being described as a 'Gollum.'

Even more irritating, it is being described as a 'Montauk Monster'. It ain't a monster, and it ain't from New York's Montauk business district like the dead raccoon that washed up there a few years back

I know I am rapidly becoming a grumpy old sod, but this `branding` of unknown animals, especially when they are relatively benign, is beginning to get annoying.

It's a dead sloth by the way...

Thanks to Judith J, Liam P, and Kithra amongst others who drew my attention to this peculiar tale.

Read the whole story on Kithra's blog