Via Peter Suderman over at The American Scene, a wonderful article from The Skeptical Enquirer debunking various tropes from the history of monster myths.
Greatest bits are definitely the chart plotting the exponential rise of vampire populations, and the completely un-fun explanation of how one might go about creating a 'zombie' using the neurotoxin from puffer fish.
Happy Halloween, everyone! I'm off to the Nuggets season opener (Go Powder Blues!), so more when I get back.
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David Samuels is a Technical Sales Engineer based out of Denver, CO. He is 30-something, and currently going through his quarter-life crisis. Incidentally, he is also a serious optimist. He enjoys cooking, eating, trail running with his fabulous dog and even more-fabulous wife, and threatening the performers at poetry slams after 2 triple mochas. He can be reached at samuelsd@gmail.com.
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2 comments:
Well to debunk a pair of their debunking, who says a vampire has to kill every month to feed? More than one vampire could share a victim or keep the same victim month to month and just not drain him completely.
For zombies, see http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html for a completely scientific explaination for zombie apocalypse in our near future.
I received "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" for my birthday. I'd be happy to share some tips with you on surviving the coming zombie apocalypse.
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