tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15955312481896941462024-03-19T01:12:37.840-07:00Can of MysteryThe world is a mysterious place. The can of mystery highlights some of those mysteries. This site is a class project for Amanda Warren's English 101 class at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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If you have questions or tips on mysteries, please leave a comment or contact AmandaW at USCA dot EDU. Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.comBlogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-20967151864079911562023-12-16T14:26:00.000-08:002023-12-16T14:28:57.598-08:00Kentucky Meat Rain<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> For years, people in Kentucky have been talking about the peculiar and eccentric weather phenomenon known as the "Kentucky Meat Rain." Locals are left scratching their heads in astonishment and awe at this strange phenomenon where chunks of raw flesh fall from the sky. The Kentucky Meat Rain is still a mysterious and intriguing natural phenomenon, despite a plethora of theories and ideas regarding its cause.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBAvJ2o1RghLlv1eIRwd52X3D46iNBPsbR1lE9h2UIQB6uD9EehCGR2Pv65a356Gs2rqwvbmtgrzTdIvmuYhV3m85PZ2dLlwKBvw0Kc6QMWd1pK2vM3_v85PCVRGA5hV2lP6653hUXqvGmLuNFsrYNYT3weTOpktqlzPKnuYPgGdxEpj764IRD5neYbg/s897/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20172442.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBAvJ2o1RghLlv1eIRwd52X3D46iNBPsbR1lE9h2UIQB6uD9EehCGR2Pv65a356Gs2rqwvbmtgrzTdIvmuYhV3m85PZ2dLlwKBvw0Kc6QMWd1pK2vM3_v85PCVRGA5hV2lP6653hUXqvGmLuNFsrYNYT3weTOpktqlzPKnuYPgGdxEpj764IRD5neYbg/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20172442.png" width="228" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kentucky Meat Rain </a>was observed by the nice people of Olympia Springs, Kentucky, in 1876. This is where our voyage into the world of meaty precipitation began. People were in complete disbelief as various types of meat, including venison and steak, appeared to fall from the sky. The tale quickly became viral, igniting a flurry of interest and ideas about the meaty downpour.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Meat showers persisted in appearing in different locations around Kentucky in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Even more, a report from the 1876 incident said that the meat parts were "large irregularly shaped flakes, one of which was 6 by 8 inches in size."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Numerous theories, ranging from the serious to the absurd, have been proposed on the Kentucky Meat Rain:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vultures and other scavengers dumping meat: A few scientists hypothesized that meat was being dropped by vultures and other birds while they were in the air. This theory, however, isn't entirely credible because it seems improbable that birds could carry about such large amounts of meat.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prank or hoaxes: A few doubters speculated that these instances may have been the work of neighborhood jesters or pranksters. Despite the possibilities of pranks and hoaxes, numerous reliable witnesses attest that these incidents actually happened.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some scientists believe that meat from farms or slaughterhouses may have been picked up by tornadoes or waterspouts, which then dropped the meat into the air.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY2-_4zCN8hVGThr7bW9x-9AH_Vy9xtphTZZBCvGnB4FyuwuRNUz-WlbtOKoP8EOZnAl0OH0ISzW5dMxZ4jJpiz8Luf54Fx1t8YqlaLAf9MRJ_uKeXB2kA3F0anaGI26Of9wOMy8UJ-Emv3skCeoWkHgZOl0b-CBR0xNdbsHHA5i0xqGiZETSa6M2gOo/s1280/57d01618-1176-47b9-be32-398d4b53d67b106847daab4e71f2aa__US%20Absurdity_Kentucky%20Meat%20Shower_Page_1_Image_0001_CROP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1280" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY2-_4zCN8hVGThr7bW9x-9AH_Vy9xtphTZZBCvGnB4FyuwuRNUz-WlbtOKoP8EOZnAl0OH0ISzW5dMxZ4jJpiz8Luf54Fx1t8YqlaLAf9MRJ_uKeXB2kA3F0anaGI26Of9wOMy8UJ-Emv3skCeoWkHgZOl0b-CBR0xNdbsHHA5i0xqGiZETSa6M2gOo/s320/57d01618-1176-47b9-be32-398d4b53d67b106847daab4e71f2aa__US%20Absurdity_Kentucky%20Meat%20Shower_Page_1_Image_0001_CROP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Scientists are still puzzled by the Kentucky Meat Rain,
which also manages to enchant the general public. Although many theories have
been proposed, none of them have really solved the mystery. It's critical to
keep in mind that most weather events are well-researched and understood and
that these meaty showers are incredibly uncommon. The field of meteorology is
made more whimsical by the Kentucky Meat Rain. Even though the mystery is still
unsolved, it serves as a reminder of how delightfully strange our natural world
can be. Who knows as science moves forward? Perhaps one day we'll figure out
what causes the Kentucky Meat Rain. Up until that point, it remains a
distinctive and peculiar aspect of American folklore that keeps us all in the
dark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Works Cited</span></u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Duckworth, Matthew, “‘Kentucky Shower of Flesh’: The ‘Great Kentucky Meat Shower’ fell 147 years ago” Fox56News. Mar. 2023 https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-147-years-passed-since-the-kentucky-shower-of-flesh/ Accessed Oct. 2023.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">McManus, Melanie, “10 Times It Has Rained Something Other Than Water” HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/10-times-it-rained-something-other-than-water.htm. Accessed Oct. 2023.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Kentucky meat shower”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower, Wikipedia. Nov. 2023.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-87083542111547912252023-12-16T14:19:00.000-08:002023-12-16T14:19:02.507-08:00The Downfall of Phineas Gage<p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Kierstin Harmon</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>On October 8<sup>th</sup>, 2021 an author named Katie Serena posted “<a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/phineas-gage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THE SHOCKING STORY OF PHINEAS GAGE, The Railroad Worker Who Survived A Spike Through His Skull</a></span>” <span>this
article talks about how Phineas Gage was just a young man who was very
good at his job and always knew what to do and how to do it. </span><span class="normaltextrun">Phineas was born in New Hampshire, and he was also raised there. By the time </span><span class="normaltextrun"><span>Gage was 25 he had become </span>an incredibly talented blasting foreman that worked for railroad companies. Gage had been doing his job for years, so he was familiar with what he was doing, and he felt confident about it. Blasting rocks back in 1848 was risky, but Gage took the risk every day because he was experienced and skilled at the task.
Gage was using his Iron tamping rod to pack the explosives powder into
the hole and as he was packing it, the powder detonated sending the rod
flying upward. When the rod came down it penetrated right through his
left cheek and tore through his brain and exited through his skull
before sending him 80 feet away. </span>After all of
this, Gage still lived, he laid there for a while, but he was
conscious. Eventually he got up and started walking, everyone was
helping him and making sur he was okay, they could not believe that he was even conscious. Phineas of course had to be seen by doctors so they could treat him.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HLKI19jhsroMaUZqIjdj-AnPkoqZ01BVKbHAyXMtENo3MhdEbOrRJZp_io02j77-HEKkZPos3O56OJZW7JbUatVJk0eCQYGXnitPOk_5dRfOwgly2WsjXmNpRPqkojPsXQypVX8i1CLjXqm0XiTiAGItTFzl9EGrGoZM_P3-PW_KVRyYRgoKDco9rcs/s2170/Phineas-Gage-neuroscienze.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2170" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HLKI19jhsroMaUZqIjdj-AnPkoqZ01BVKbHAyXMtENo3MhdEbOrRJZp_io02j77-HEKkZPos3O56OJZW7JbUatVJk0eCQYGXnitPOk_5dRfOwgly2WsjXmNpRPqkojPsXQypVX8i1CLjXqm0XiTiAGItTFzl9EGrGoZM_P3-PW_KVRyYRgoKDco9rcs/w400-h249/Phineas-Gage-neuroscienze.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oOkISlxST38" width="320" youtube-src-id="oOkISlxST38"></iframe></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">This picture shows how the iron rod was positioned in Phineas Gage
head. Gage was paralyzed on the left side of his face. He suffered a lot
of different injuries from the iron rod going through his skull, most
of his brain was destroyed. Gage was not able to return to his old
position due to his personality changed, he was basically half brain
dead. He had no personality and forgot a lot of things; he didn’t really
talk much and did not really think much. </span><span class="normaltextrun"><span>Gage
was now broken, disconnected, and impatient, said Mr. Harlow. Mr. Gage
could not use the right side of his face, and he was blind in his right
eye. Mr. Gage was going through a lot, but he was able to live his life
and he kept going.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="eop" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In this video the youtuber SciShow Psych basically speaks about all the different stories people write about Phineas Gage. He says that most people where making things up because there was not a lot of information about how long gage lived and that his symptoms were not that terrible. You really must read the articles and stories because a lot of them aren’t true. He talks about how people put made up things onto their stories just to catch the reader’s attention.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;"><b><u>Work Cited:</u></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://youtu.be/oOkISlxST38?si=1uEamgm66889jwxe" style="color: #0563c1;">https://youtu.be/oOkISlxST38?si=1uEamgm66889jwxe</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.cinziamalaguti.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Phineas-Gage-neuroscienze.jpg" style="color: #0563c1;">https://i0.wp.com/www.cinziamalaguti.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Phineas-Gage-neuroscienze.jpg</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;">Damasio, Hanna, et al. "The return of Phineas Gage: clues about the brain from the skull of a famous patient." <i>Science</i>, vol. 264, no. 5162, 20 May 1994, pp. 1102+. <i>Gale Academic OneFile</i>, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15415834/AONE?u=uscaiken&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=a221025b. Accessed 3 Nov. 2023.</span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/phineas-gage" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Phineas Gage, The Man Behind History's Most Famous Brain Injury (allthatsinteresting.com)</span></a></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;"><b><u>Further Research:</u></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;">Shelley,
Bhaskara. "Footprints of phineas gage: Historical beginnings on the
origins of brain and behavior and the birth of cerebral
localizationism." <i>Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences</i>, vol. 4, no. 2, July-Dec. 2016, p. 280. <i>Gale Academic OneFile</i>, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A578160107/AONE?u=uscaiken&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=8689de7c. Accessed 3 Nov. 2023.</span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;">Van Horn, John Darrell, et al. "Mapping Connectivity Damage in the Case of Phineas Gage." <i>PLoS ONE</i>, vol. 7, no. 5, 16 May 2012, p. e37454. <i>Gale Academic OneFile</i>, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A477077200/AONE?u=uscaiken&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=575caa3b. Accessed 3 Nov. 2023.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="eop" style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit; padding: 0in;">Hodges, John. "An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage." <i>Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry</i>, vol. 71, no. 1, July 2001, p. 136. <i>Gale Academic OneFile</i>, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A76937469/AONE?u=uscaiken&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=efd42e21. Accessed 3 Nov. 2023.</span></p><p></p><p></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-61349255881586411992023-12-16T14:01:00.000-08:002023-12-16T14:01:01.717-08:00How The Crichton Leprechaun no longer benefits the African American community of Mobile Alabama<p> Courtney Wright</p><p>The famous story of the Crichton Leprechaun originated from a news story that was aired on March 14th, 2006, which covered the sighting of what the people in the city of Crichton, Alabama thought to be a Leprechaun. The story of the "Crichton Leprechaun" quickly became famous world wide, and is considered to be one of the worlds first viral videos (Toole, Connor. “Why the ‘Alabama Leprechaun’ Is Still the Best Video in Internet History 15 Years after It Came Out.” BroBible, 17 Mar. 2021). The people of Alabama recognized the fame that the news story brought to their state, in fact, the business owners of Alabama immediately understood how the story of the Crichton Leprechaun could be used for the benefit of their business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every year on around St. Patrick's day, statues of the Crichton Leprechaun are placed outside of these businesses, and merchandise featuring the amateur sketch of the leprechaun are sold. The success that businesses see from the use of the Crichton Leprechaun have been prevalent for years, but more recently the question of whether or not those business owners should continue to profit from the use of the Crichton Leprechaun has been asked among the individuals of Alabama more and more. People have discovered that a majority of the business owners that have profited from poking fun at the story of the Crichton Leprechaun are white, and many African American's residing in Alabama aren't too comfortable with the idea of white business owners gaining benefits by joking about a story that originated in an African American community. Crichton, Alabama is a city that is made up mostly of individuals that are African American, and most of these business owners do not live anywhere near Crichton so to many individuals who do live in Crichton, it appears strange that they are the main ones benefiting from it's success instead of the people who actually do live in Crichton (Harris-Marshall, Sharonda. “It’s Time to Retire the Crichton Leprechaun.” Medium, 4 June 2021).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is evident that the Crichton Leprechaun has benefited the people of Alabama, but whether or not it has benefited the right group of people is still a question that people are trying to answer. Many people worry if the Crichton Leprechaun's lingering impact has negatively impacted the way that people view the African American individuals of Alabama to this day, as many people have concerns regarding the old, and harmful stereotypes about the education of African Americans and whether or not it is as good as their white peers (Brantley, Mike. “TV’s Bill O’Reilly Asks: Is Crichton Leprechaun News Story Racist?” Al, 30 July 2009). While the Crichton Leprechaun is a funny story and should be recognized as such, it is important to consider the individuals who really deserve this recognition, as well as the individuals who actually should be benefiting from the fame the news segment has in the long run. </p><p>Work Cited:</p><p>Brantley, Mike. “TV’s Bill O’Reilly Asks: Is Crichton Leprechaun News Story Racist?” Al, 30 July 2009</p><p>Harris-Marshall, Sharonda. “It’s Time to Retire the Crichton Leprechaun.” Medium, 4 June 2021</p><p>Team, WDSU Digital. “‘where Da Gold at?’ Viral Mobile Leprechaun Video Turns 15 Years Old.” WDSU, 24 June 2021 (Image)</p><p>Toole, Connor. “Why the ‘alabama Leprechaun’ Is Still the Best Video in Internet History 15 Years after It Came Out.” BroBible, 17 Mar. 2021</p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-21249404858988691852023-12-16T13:00:00.000-08:002023-12-16T13:00:32.178-08:00Dancing Mania or Dancing Plague<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Author: Glenn Tafe</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzy4XGOjGnPjaZ5aPr4odpcSWhrLUhYHZ-3ZTRJKoGSRoBmz1PnEOjGCw24bTQjlsDxGQdItmilRCk9b-FJi-2vQTsKdkZy50O-24NSUi3L6aATi8hAgTjPqpaLoZY7pE8t-7gnTuvoMV_qFqKQcMBr3mobjC-4sgsuARXLvw-SikpakbTtHvjIY4FB0s/s259/images%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzy4XGOjGnPjaZ5aPr4odpcSWhrLUhYHZ-3ZTRJKoGSRoBmz1PnEOjGCw24bTQjlsDxGQdItmilRCk9b-FJi-2vQTsKdkZy50O-24NSUi3L6aATi8hAgTjPqpaLoZY7pE8t-7gnTuvoMV_qFqKQcMBr3mobjC-4sgsuARXLvw-SikpakbTtHvjIY4FB0s/w400-h301/images%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Dancing Plague of 1518” </a>was an event in which hundreds of citizens of Strasbourg, France danced uncontrollably and apparently unwillingly for days on end. The mania was said to have lasted for two months. The plague started when a women by the name Frou Troffea walked into the street and began dancing erratically, and seemed unable to stop. She kept dancing and soon collapsed from exhaustion. After taking a break she began dancing again and continued this way for days. The number of dancers began to increase, and the civic and religious leaders theorized that more dancing was the solution. They arranged for spaces for dancers to dance in, musicians, and professional dancers to help the afflicted continue dancing. It only worsened the contagion, and more than 400 people died because of the compulsion. Theories of the plague were that the afflicted may have eaten bread made from rye flour which contained a very dangerous fungal disease called ergot. Other theories include demonic possession, overheated blood, etc.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QGgTkEPAFws" width="320" youtube-src-id="QGgTkEPAFws"></iframe></span></div></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this video posted by HistoryPod, he describes the history of the mania, and how it spread in the German city of Aachen. The people of the city began suddenly dancing in the streets and didn’t stop for weeks on end. Other names for the mysterious dancing include St John’s Dance, St Vitus’ Dance, or the ‘dancing plague’. Many of the victims danced until exhaustion, and foamed at the mouth and twitched their limbs until they recovered only to begin dancing again. Some died of injuries sustained from the dance, others died of cardiac arrest. Some speculated the cause of the ‘dancing plague’ was religion or punishment from Saints John or Vitus who were closely associated with both the cause and the cure. People also thought that the dancers were members of cults performing rituals. Its been noted that the disappearance of the outbreaks curiously coincided with the spread of Protestantism and its rejection of the veneration of saints.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3NyZY1ZdnMKJ7IldX7p6kGzxbphzGfqM4Dig1hFVgWecxsrPtMPSXZM6i6TOxa9VSlg2g5idhoI2pM9zOgFe07oI1xV1gzHN_Louc6pi3GaIcNIH-qfJGuSLFnjrLZvnEUT8jF1svRSWCXCxXy9ZdP0RP3MAAW54KPU7T5pbMhTvFVHUxrTjS5XXHm4/s272/images%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="272" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3NyZY1ZdnMKJ7IldX7p6kGzxbphzGfqM4Dig1hFVgWecxsrPtMPSXZM6i6TOxa9VSlg2g5idhoI2pM9zOgFe07oI1xV1gzHN_Louc6pi3GaIcNIH-qfJGuSLFnjrLZvnEUT8jF1svRSWCXCxXy9ZdP0RP3MAAW54KPU7T5pbMhTvFVHUxrTjS5XXHm4/w400-h272/images%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Aachen, Germany, in 1374, the worst outbreak of dancing mania was recorded. It was said to have spread to towns in Belgium and the Netherlands along the Rhine River. Many villagers danced in the streets to music nobody else could hear. The dancers seemed as if they were stuck in a trance, unable to control themselves. Some dancers screamed, and cried out in pain, but couldn’t stop. The dancing mania went on for weeks, affecting thousands of people. One theory of what caused the plague was the ergot fungus which grows on rye and grains. One of the key chemical components of ergot is lysergic acid, which is the ‘LS’ in LSD. This has been known to cause delusion, and hallucinations. Another theory was psychogenic illness or mass hysteria, which is a contagion of an idea or belief can spread through a population, usually during times of stress. Although many scientists, and psychologist have expressed their theories on the cause of the plague, <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-medieval-dancing-plague-728701" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“The Mystery of the Medieval Dancing Plague”</a> is still unsolved to this day.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Works cited: </u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Atwal,
Sanj. “The unsolved mystery of the medieval dancing plague”. <i>Guiness World
Records</i>, 5 Dec. 2022. <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-medieval-dancing-plague-728701">https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-medieval-dancing-plague-728701</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>Bauer,
Pat. “dancing plague of 1518”. <i>Britannica</i>, 7 Sep. 2023. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518">https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>“24<sup>th</sup>
June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues
for many weeks.” YouTube, uploaded by HistoryPod, 23<sup>rd</sup> June 2022, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgTkEPAFws&lc=Ugzkz7CZXYNhQndn1jd4AaABAg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgTkEPAFws&lc=Ugzkz7CZXYNhQndn1jd4AaABAg</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>Jana,
Rosalind. “The people who ‘danced themselves to death”. <i>BBC Culture</i>, 12
May. 2022. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>Fessenden,
Maris. “A Strange Case of Dancing Mania Struck Germany Six Centuries Ago
Today”. <i>Smithsonian Magazine</i>, 24 June. 2016. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/strange-case-dancing-mania-struck-germany-six-centuries-ago-today-180959549/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/strange-case-dancing-mania-struck-germany-six-centuries-ago-today-180959549/</a>.</span></p><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Links for Further Research:</span></u></b><div><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Strasbourg Dancing Plague | A Short Documentary |
Fascinating Horror.” YouTube, uploaded by Fascinating Horror, 24<sup>th</sup>
April 2020, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGqyiSutF8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGqyiSutF8</a>.
This video uploaded by Fascinating Horror, goes into further detail about the
Strasbourg dancing plague. He explains how a Catholic saint by the name St
Vitus was believed to be able to curse the sinful to dance themselves to death.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b>“What caused the deadly ‘dancing plague’ of 1518?” <i>History
Skills, </i><a href="https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/dancing-plague/">https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/dancing-plague/</a>.
This article posted by History Skills goes into the probable causes/theories of
the plague, such as a mass ritual or protest carried out by Catholics and
Protestants since the city of Strasbourg was a religiously diverse city. Some
historians believe that the dancing may have been a form of ecstatic religious
experience or a protest against social and religious hierarchies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b>“A forgotten plague: making sense of dancing
mania” <i>The Lancet</i>, <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736%2809%2960386-X/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736%2809%2960386-X/fulltext</a>.
This article published by John Waller on February 21<sup>st</sup>, 2009, tells
us of another incident of the ‘dancing plague’ outside a church in the German
town of Kölbigk. The priest of the church was unable to perform mass due to the
constant clapping, leaping, and chanting of the dancers. Due to this the priest
cursed them to dance for their failure to listen, and the dancers began to
regain control of their limbs</span></p><p></p><p></p><h1 style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><br /></h1><b><u></u></b><p></p></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-9315175993249084322023-12-16T12:49:00.000-08:002023-12-16T12:49:53.448-08:00The Twins from Siam<p> Hugo Garcia </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGPCg6nVqLGqgyzwvfHqOI3Cn3tY-DryuLh49QLMVxhuxsT2VGU22Zocc5nFvf-tyYCK2re8CjK40bT9AnuFx4QOdD2seiMMNTn6Zvs0s5wA3CqqmJzQKJ_LkRjsEZ0nuX_KpV6Ud9qyK76Chjh7itPcLv1wMNN0HF_QIKJOxyhOB_c2fBxxQFG6aCh8/s295/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20154013.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="202" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGPCg6nVqLGqgyzwvfHqOI3Cn3tY-DryuLh49QLMVxhuxsT2VGU22Zocc5nFvf-tyYCK2re8CjK40bT9AnuFx4QOdD2seiMMNTn6Zvs0s5wA3CqqmJzQKJ_LkRjsEZ0nuX_KpV6Ud9qyK76Chjh7itPcLv1wMNN0HF_QIKJOxyhOB_c2fBxxQFG6aCh8/w219-h320/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20154013.png" width="219" /></a></div><br /><p>The term “Siamese twins” is often used to describe a pair of twins that have been physically connected to each other since birth. But where did this term “Siamese twins” come from? Conjoined twin bothers Chang and Eng were born on May 11 th, 1811, in <a href="https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/chang-and-eng-bunker-1811-1874" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meklong</a>, Siam, better known as present-day Thailand. They were connected by the sternum by a short, flexible band of flesh. In the past conjoined twins were rare, most conjoined twins at the time wouldn’t survive past birth, making the pair of brothers a rare occurrence. Their mother would encourage the brothers to exercise in their youth, this led to the brothers stretching the piece of flesh connecting to two of them enough to walk side by side, swim, and even operate a boat together. In 1824 the boys were spotted by British merchant Robert Hunter, who at first thought the boys were some sort of wild creature but as he got closer, he realized what he was see was not some creature but conjoined twins. Immediately he realized he could use the boys’ unnatural looks to make a profit by exhibiting the brothers like zoo animals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeetC6ILDU-X02XNAduXeUirG4aS_d3gCTv80IOXfcAhZ_CjvPGkwO55wTwf5O6ZyDtPbO2vlpkPwcbmdd7h-0e0qk8dtXNZ5I5GpQ0XaQgMIf2SMhFJ-I4fwirdyPeN3iv9Hz9fHGd4SY15uwDYI2ch-H6ZescoghwTmcjMtKJ0yX_QyVX36giH0cmEM/s1856/ChangandEngLithograph(1860).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeetC6ILDU-X02XNAduXeUirG4aS_d3gCTv80IOXfcAhZ_CjvPGkwO55wTwf5O6ZyDtPbO2vlpkPwcbmdd7h-0e0qk8dtXNZ5I5GpQ0XaQgMIf2SMhFJ-I4fwirdyPeN3iv9Hz9fHGd4SY15uwDYI2ch-H6ZescoghwTmcjMtKJ0yX_QyVX36giH0cmEM/w280-h400/ChangandEngLithograph(1860).jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p>Chang and Eng would start their first tour on April 1st, 1829, aboard a trade vessel on its way to Boston, Massachusetts. Chang and Eng were popular among doctors and scientists, who would want to perform various experiments on the twins. With one doctor getting permission from Hunter to run simple experiments, it was discovered that if one felt pain the other would feel it, along with having similar habits and taste, all while having distinct personalities. They would later be experimented on by a physician named George Bolton, he noted that the band connecting he brothers, when extended wouldn’t cause pain to the brothers. During their travels, because Chang and Eng were from Siam, they would often be remarked as Siamese Twins.</p><p>Chang and Eng would soon gain their independence from Hunter and run their own tours. During his time, they would work with Phineas Barnum a showman and circus manger. After some time of touring Chang and Eng would later decide to settle down in North Carolina, where they got their citizenship, and purchase a farm in Wilkesboro, along with thirty slaves to help operate the farm with most of them being under the age of seven. After establishing their farm, Chang and Eng would meet the Yates family and consequently meet their future spouses Adelaide and Sarah Yates. They would later on go on to have 21 children in between them along with two separate houses, where they would rotate houses each three days.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><u>Work cited:</u></b></p><p>Atwal, Sanj. “The dark history of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker.” Dec. 22 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-dark-history-of-the-original-siamese-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker-730957</p><p>Bahjat, Mudhaffar. “Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874)”. Jan. 1st Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (2018-01-22). ISSN: 1940-5030 https://hdl.handle.net/10776/13046.</p><p>The Granger Collection, New York “Chang and Eng” https://cdn.britannica.com/39/23739-004-D7624CE5/Chang-and-Eng.jpg?s=1500x700&q=85</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: 360.75pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">National
Library of Medicine </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“the World Renowned United Siamese Twins” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/ChangandEngLithograph%281860%29.jpg <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><b><u>Links for Further Research:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Settling Down in North
Carolina. <a href="https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/chang-and-eng/settling">https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/chang-and-eng/settling</a>. This web source provides more in-depth detail about Chang and Engs more personal
lives in North Carolina <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Morbid Monday: The Death
of Chang and Eng, Conjoined twins until the Last. <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-demise-of-chang-and-eng">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-demise-of-chang-and-eng</a>.
This web source goes over the moments leading up to Chang and Engs deaths,
along with information of their conjoined limb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">How the original Siamese
twins had 21 children by two sisters… while sharing one (reinforced) bed. <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2825888/How-original-Siamese-twins-21-children-two-sisters-sharing-one-reinforced-bed.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2825888/How-original-Siamese-twins-21-children-two-sisters-sharing-one-reinforced-bed.html</a>
This web article goes over the more intimate
relationship the twins would have with their wives and how it resulted in them
have 21 kids.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-75553598103179308692023-12-16T12:33:00.000-08:002023-12-16T12:33:32.209-08:00Spontaneous Human Combustion<p> Huda Raeisi</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAMlNUH7_sJnk99AHZ7zXkn1PDded6cQO13tWaoPnklmVLCVE7uO-q5DRVRR5CYGJg7DDOfRKp9rKTrfehlS8jzORQ5K3PB-i_uQtyn2oiRo8eQsWJwfQG7M8nJs8T9aii2BZZoMK5OiDS_fEoSpWt38Xd5j_sWB4r6PJ6si_-T9hZ1UxE4GC3b4g0ws/s620/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20at%2015-25-27%20Spontaneous%20Human%20Combustion%20(2005).png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="620" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAMlNUH7_sJnk99AHZ7zXkn1PDded6cQO13tWaoPnklmVLCVE7uO-q5DRVRR5CYGJg7DDOfRKp9rKTrfehlS8jzORQ5K3PB-i_uQtyn2oiRo8eQsWJwfQG7M8nJs8T9aii2BZZoMK5OiDS_fEoSpWt38Xd5j_sWB4r6PJ6si_-T9hZ1UxE4GC3b4g0ws/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-16%20at%2015-25-27%20Spontaneous%20Human%20Combustion%20(2005).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is a Phenomenon that occurs when a person is supposed to burst into flames and burn frequently with no or little external source of ignition. It is commonly used to describe incidents in which a person's body is found with ashes and burned remains. It's a controversial and rare incident, and there's a lot of discussion concerning its reliability and its root causes.</p><p>Rolli developed the term in Philosophical Transactions, which was published in 1744 by the London Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy. Rolli described it as "a process in which a human body allegedly catches "<a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fire</a>”as a result of heat generated by internal chemical activity, but without evidence of an external source of ignition.” During the Victorian era, spontaneous human combustion became associated with alcoholism. Since the late 1400s, spontaneous combustion has been reported numerous times in Milan. </p><p>Although this is the case, it is important to keep in mind that SHC is a complicated and unclear concept and that many scientists and professionals have doubts about its existence. In spite of the fact that there are only a few documented cases of spontaneous human combustion worldwide, there have been numerous recorded instances over the course of history. In the 19th and 20th centuries, reports of suspected cases of SHC continued to surface, mainly in Western countries. It was common for medical journals and newspapers to report these cases. </p><p>The cases mainly involve elderly individuals, and the majority of documented cases date from the 17th to 19th centuries. The earliest reported cases of spontaneous human combustion date back to the 18th century, and most reported cases can be explained by known mechanisms of fire. However, there may have been earlier undocumented cases. Cases apparently have highly individual features. Typically, victims are elderly, overweight Caucasian women who are isolated from society and have consumed excessive amounts of alcohol.</p><p>Additionally, on the website, “<a href="https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is Spontaneous Combustion Real</a>?” It details everything about the SHC and anything else that was necessary to know. It discusses what happened during the fire and whether it was based on spontaneous human combustion (SHC) or not. Nowadays, spontaneous combustion incidents are rare, and scientific tests have not been able to provide conclusive evidence of their occurrence. Due to these circumstances, SHC has become more of a historical curiosity, a subject of debate and skepticism, than a well-established scientific fact.</p><p>Therefore, spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is an unclear phenomenon that occurs when people appear to burst into flames without any apparent external source of ignition. Several recorded incidents can most likely be attributed to traditional sources of ignition as a result of the lack of consistent evidence and confusion within the scientific and medical communities. There is currently less acknowledgement of SHC as a scientific phenomenon and more of a historical curiosity. In addition, it is necessary to conduct thorough research in order to determine the exact nature of these events.</p><p><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></p><p>Halperin, Jonathan. Image from Spontaneous Human Combustion. 2005, IMDB, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1624624/mediaviewer/rm2642788352/?ref_=tt_ov_i.</p><p>Harris, Tom. “How Fire Works” HowStuffWorks, Updated, 2023, https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire.htm.</p><p>STAFF, HISTORY. “Is spontaneous human combustion real?” History, February 6, 2013. https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real.</p><p><b><u>Links for Further Research:</u></b></p><p>STAFF, HISTORY. “Is spontaneous human combustion real?” History, February 6, 2013. <a href="https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real.">https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real.</a> This website was published by HISTORY STUFF and provides background information on spontaneous human combustion. It determines whether it is real or not, and it shows every aspect about it, as well as the aim of it, which may be read from it. Furthermore, the website's most recent change was on August 9, 2023. It contains up-to-date information on how spontaneous human combustion has evolved over time.</p><p>Watson, Stephanie & Mancini, Mark. “How spontaneous human combustion works” HowStuffWorks, September 21, 2023. <a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire.htm">https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/fire.htm</a>. This website was created by Stephanie Watson and Mark Mancini to provide information about spontaneous human combustion. It explains how and why spontaneous human combustion began. It is detailed in every aspect and aids knowledge. Furthermore, the website's most recent update was on September 21, 2023.</p><p>Byard, Roger W. "The mythology of 'spontaneous' human combustion." Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, vol. 12, no. 3, Sept. 2016, pp. 350+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A713962305/AONE?u=uscaiken&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=1650d8ec. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023. Roger W. Byard wrote this article, which discusses the methology scientists of spontaneous human combustion. It reveals how scientists understand spontaneous human combustion and how they uncover it over time when human bodies are burned and destroyed. It is thorough with every detail and aids in understanding.</p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-15123053024784247892023-12-16T12:01:00.000-08:002023-12-16T12:01:04.699-08:00Tollund Man <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Th</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">is article/website is about the Tollund Man. The Tollund man is a mummified corpse. It was a man who lived in the 5th century BC. The Tollund man was discovered May 5,1950 in a peat bog near Tollund, Denmark. What makes this case so interesting is how well his body is preserved after all these years. His preservation was so good you could see the wrinkles in his face down to the stubble on his chin. He is one of the most famous bog bodies in the world. The purpose of the article is to educate and help people understand more about bog bodies. The circumstances of the Tollund Man's death are the subject of much speculation. Some researchers believe that he was a sacrificial victim, possibly as an offering to the gods or as a punishment for a crime. The man's last meal, which was found in his stomach, consisted of a porridge made from various seeds, suggesting that he may have eaten a ceremonial last meal before his death. For archaeologists and historians, bog bodies like as the Tollund Man present a rare chance to gain insight into the customs, beliefs, and knowledge of past societies. These remains' preservation in peat bogs offers a glimpse into life in the Iron Age and even previous eras. Researchers investigating a section of Tollund Man's colon discovered that he also had multiple parasite diseases from whipworms and mawworms, as well as the first documented case of tapeworm ever discovered in an ancient body preserved in a swamp.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliAlAjplB35zPYSX7DBZWf08aaELXpPGtHr28lfVMCVkO0JWVuj_2YA5uvKPYo_GgUXipNFim67iCXpJtPKOsYf2SzmPPQacdNWESxH0qBCPkrCbCp2HjXVxlRrkS4xr6eqtFfMrh1gUUZNoLPRhoMjfk8uYwFOe7i2SrRChPB3SOWcnphc_MknBAFtw/s2244/Tollundmannen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1983" data-original-width="2244" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliAlAjplB35zPYSX7DBZWf08aaELXpPGtHr28lfVMCVkO0JWVuj_2YA5uvKPYo_GgUXipNFim67iCXpJtPKOsYf2SzmPPQacdNWESxH0qBCPkrCbCp2HjXVxlRrkS4xr6eqtFfMrh1gUUZNoLPRhoMjfk8uYwFOe7i2SrRChPB3SOWcnphc_MknBAFtw/s320/Tollundmannen.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tollund Man</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Links for Further Research: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Smithsonian Magazine <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/</a> The Tollund Man body appeared rubbery and deflated .</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Live Science <a href="https://www.livescience.com/bog-body-tollund-man-last-meal.html">https://www.livescience.com/bog-body-tollund-man-last-meal.html</a> the Tollund Man had several parasitic infections .</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">National Geographic <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/tollund-mans-last-meal">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/tollund-mans-last-meal</a> The Tollund Man was discovered in North-Central Denmark.</span></p><div><br /></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-36380811447030029812023-12-16T11:41:00.000-08:002023-12-16T11:41:58.666-08:00The Soap Lady<p> Author: Nyree Hardwick</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga789VbpdBAkzilnRnl__CZJEnbGX7NysES90soCmg378yIFP9KLk9v3AaCsOkGmSTI5XdYovtnbDZft040uYgAhX1JJxB06BoUkGqcVQEK1lRaOajxy57h0RsE0lFLkDDgn5xPuP8SlQ30vv3Fgtu_QKZT89jL7fXGYu9E_Ncd-8yxAzvFWileYcs7CU/s616/1536765375364.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="616" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga789VbpdBAkzilnRnl__CZJEnbGX7NysES90soCmg378yIFP9KLk9v3AaCsOkGmSTI5XdYovtnbDZft040uYgAhX1JJxB06BoUkGqcVQEK1lRaOajxy57h0RsE0lFLkDDgn5xPuP8SlQ30vv3Fgtu_QKZT89jL7fXGYu9E_Ncd-8yxAzvFWileYcs7CU/w400-h225/1536765375364.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Imagine you are invited to a popular older woman’s house. Say you have been looking for a job or love and she says she found you someone, but you must go quite a distance away just to meet them. Here’s the kicker, she tells you to promise her not to tell a living soul about where you’re going or what she has told you. All of a sudden… you pass out and then? You’re dead. This was how it was for the victims of “The Soap Lady”</p><p>According to many sources and records, Leonarda was both a mother and a wife to 18 children. She had become very superstitious over the years, having believed her mother cursed her and her marriage out of spite since she refused to marry the man who her parents wanted her to. She also believed this due to them not giving her marriage their blessing. After this, she had gotten arrested for fraud and her home was destroyed by one of today’s deadliest earthquakes. </p><p>Now, it wasn’t as bad at first but due to her getting pregnant 17 times, having 3 miscarriages, and losing 10 of her children from a young age. Due to this she went and spoke to a fortune teller in hopes that everything would turn up but instead was told that in her right hand they saw prison and in her left they saw an insane asylum. That didn’t drive her off the edge though, what drove her off the edge was when her eldest and favorite son came to her and told her that he was going to join the war. All her effort to protect her children was going to fail if he went to war so she did one thing in hopes to protect him. Blood sacrifices. </p><p>This was how “The Soap Lady” came to be, she went and collected three women. Managed to trick them and turned two of them into tea cakes while she turned the last one into tea cakes and soap before going on about how sweet they each were. She even went as far as to demonstrate how she did it seeing as the police had begun to assume her son, who she had been trying to protect, was the one who murdered those woman. Just like the fortune teller told her, she was arrested and sent to prison as well a insane asylum for her crimes and died there as well.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Works cited: </u><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Serena, Katie “Serial Killer
Leaonarda Cianciulli: Turning People Into Soap” Topic. August 2022. https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Cannibal-Leonarda-Cianciulli-Famous-Female-Serial-Killers.
Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">M,
Pilar. “Serial Killer Leonarda Cianciulli: Turning People into Soap” <i>The
Crime Wire</i>. August 12, 2022.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Infographics Show. “Leonarda Cianciulli AKA The Human Flesh Soap Maker”
Youtube. May 4, 2018. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eniqma.
“Leonarda Cianciulli | True Crime Story of the Soapmaker of Correggio” <i>Youtube.
</i>July 30, 2022. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rowlatt,
Justin. “Sodium: Getting Rid of Dirt – and Murder Victims.” <i>BBC</i>. May 3,
2014. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Links for Further Research:</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->The Crime Wire, <a href="https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Cannibal-Leonarda-Cianciulli-Famous-Female-Serial-Killers">https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Cannibal-Leonarda-Cianciulli-Famous-Female-Serial-Killers</a>,
A clear view of ‘The Soap Lady’ and how she killed and used her victims as well
as her reason for doing such things.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1.</span><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Museo Criminologico, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060912155116/http:/www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Correggio soap-maker - Mucri - Criminology Museum (archive.org)</a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">, It gives
you the quotes of what Leonarda said about each of her victims when she was on
trial.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->All That’s Interesting, <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli">Meet Leonarda
Cianciulli, Italy's Infamous Female Serial Killer (allthatsinteresting.com)</a>,
It gives more of an insight on her backstory.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><div><br /></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-12647341646668921222023-12-16T11:32:00.000-08:002023-12-16T11:32:22.721-08:00Mortsafes: Why they existed…<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Tiffany Marsh
</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUnR5rIgFC2wrWQG-2HBugNh2ZKTfi2f2xupNC_cfyiJs6IqY7QAPsPWZGagYtRCHPA2699nj3-GT4M3tDSDh08_mo8cnEnsKL-ZPGe3z3teihXy46lhjxR41mc1ntwWBHg3rmdeNez1WK1AabfviptvVXzcUujoYh1ujAdDnmFv_7RxoYa_Enulsz2A/s640/Mortsafes-in-Logierait-kirkyard.-Photo-Credit-640x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUnR5rIgFC2wrWQG-2HBugNh2ZKTfi2f2xupNC_cfyiJs6IqY7QAPsPWZGagYtRCHPA2699nj3-GT4M3tDSDh08_mo8cnEnsKL-ZPGe3z3teihXy46lhjxR41mc1ntwWBHg3rmdeNez1WK1AabfviptvVXzcUujoYh1ujAdDnmFv_7RxoYa_Enulsz2A/w400-h300/Mortsafes-in-Logierait-kirkyard.-Photo-Credit-640x480.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Have
you ever thought of a grave being locked up in a cage like a wild animal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Mortsafe allowed this to be accomplished
very easily. Around 1816, the Mortsafe was created. These were heavy iron or iron-and-stone devices with a variety of designs. Frequently, these were
intricate, heavy iron devices consisting of rods and plates that were padlocked
together; remnants of them may be discovered near every medical school in
Scotland. Rods with heads were inserted through holes in a plate that covered the coffin. By placing a second plate over the first to create incredibly thick
protection, these rods were held in place. Two people with keys would remove
it, after covering the coffins for roughly six weeks, after the corpse had
properly decomposed, and use them again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GsWmoDF1rbo" width="320" youtube-src-id="GsWmoDF1rbo"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“A Cage for The Dead- The
Mortsafe”( video published by Phoenix History)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The question is, why were Mortsafes used in the first place? Mortsafes have only ever been used to keep the dead safe from the living. They were intended to serve as a deterrent against body snatchers, often referred to as <a href="https://www.archaeology.org/issues/89-1305/features/737-royal-london-hospital-burials" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resurrection Men</a>, who preyed on graveyards in the early 1800s, removing fresh corpses from their tombs and selling them to nearby anatomy schools so that they could be dissected in anatomy classes. According to an article published by Virginia Department of Historical Resources, “Before modern laws were set in place to give medical schools access to human remains, anatomy professors struggled to acquire bodies. Those of prisoners condemned to death would end up on their tables, but there </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">were
nowhere near enough bodies to meet demand. This led to a black market in the
remains of the recently deceased.” </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">(DHR)<br /></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />The progress made in the study of anatomy and medicine is closely linked to the illicit activity of body snatching. The practice of taking bodies from cemeteries for sale…mainly to medical colleges where they were utilized for anatomy and dissection classes. According to the PBS article titled “ Body snatching around the World”, “In fact, the first known case of body snatching was committed by four medical students in Bologna in 1319. Several years earlier the famed professor at Bologna, Mundinus, had revived the study and teaching of anatomy. He conducted public dissections of bodies, usually those of condemned criminals.” (Body Snatching Around the World | History Detectives | PBS) Although, many of the bodies stolen were those of condemned criminals, some people went out of their way to make bodies available quicker.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A great example of this are the crimes that were committed by William Burke and William Hare. As said before, there was a great need for bodies in anatomy classes. According to the “Burke and Hare” article written by The University of Edinburgh, “During the 19th century, there was a chronic shortage of cadavers for anatomy classes in Edinburgh. This gave rise to a new industry in the city: grave robbing. The best-known of the 'Resurrection Men' were William Burke and William Hare, who took the grisly practice one step further. The pair murdered at least 16 people during the period 1827-1828, selling the cadavers to Dr Robert Knox's anatomy school.” (“Burke and Hare”) This continuous stealing of bodies, along with the added practice of murdering individuals to provide to medical schools; caused a very large concern to families.<br /></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />Many people no longer felt safe and did everything they could to protect their loved ones. Even putting them in cages… <br /><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Works cited: </u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">“Body Snatching
around the World | History Detectives.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, </span><a href="http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/body-snatching-around-the-world/Accessed%2026%20Oct.%202023" style="text-indent: -0.5in;">www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/body-snatching-around-the-world/Accessed
26 Oct. 2023</a><span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">.<br /></span><span style="text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />“Burke and Hare.”</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.5in;"> </span><i style="text-indent: -0.5in;">The University of Edinburgh</i><span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">, 22
Sept. 2021,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.5in;"> </span><a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/about/history/burke-and-hare" style="text-indent: -0.5in;">www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/about/history/burke-and-hare</a><span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">DHR. “Mortsafes.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>DHR</i>, 25 May 2023,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/blog-posts/mortsafes">www.dhr.virginia.gov/blog-posts/mortsafes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Mortsafe.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Thevintagenews</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/10/Mortsafes-in-Logierait-kirkyard.-Photo-Credit-640x480.jpg">www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/10/Mortsafes-in-Logierait-kirkyard.-Photo-Credit-640x480.jpg</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Phoenix History. “A Cage for the
Dead - the Mortsafe.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>YouTube</i>,
8 July 2023,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWmoDF1rbo">www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWmoDF1rbo</a>.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Links for Further Research:</span></u></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Archaeologists in West Bromwich Find Grave Robbing Evidence.” BBC News, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-21044770">www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-21044770</a>. 17 Jan. 2013. This short article published by BBC News discusses the evidence of grave robbing in West Bromwich which led to the use of Mortsafes to lower the risk of bodies being stolen. For the grave robbers who supplied the anatomy and medical schools being established in Birmingham in the late eighteenth century, West Bromwich would have been a prime target. The purpose of this article is to explain how important it was to have protection over graves in the 19th century, even though many families were still afraid that body snatchers would be able to take their loved one’s body.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brian Ferguson. "Biggest ever exhibition examining crimes of Burke and Hare set to open in Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News, advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:65SS-4641-F15H-21GB-00000-00&context=1516831. 27 Jun. 2022. This newspaper article written by Brian Ferguson focuses on the true crime stories of William Burke and William Hare. These two men were known as “Resurrection Men”, which sparked a large public outcry in Edinburgh. Burke and Hare would set out to kill the most “valuable” people, which were usually considered to be those which would most likely have a Mortsafe.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“WHITFIELD J. BELL, Body-Snatching in Philadelphia, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XXIII, Issue 1, January 1968, Pages 108–b 109, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXIII">https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXIII</a>.1.108-b. This text written by J. Bell Whitfield discusses the events of body snatching within Philadelphia. The purpose of this article is to give some information on other places body snatching has occurred other than the UK.</span></p></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -48px;"><br /></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-23833231438622647182023-12-15T14:55:00.000-08:002023-12-15T14:55:05.111-08:00Changeling<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Dallas Hitt<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you think of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fairies</a> ,
you probably think of this nice and sweet little creatures with wings and an little wand, that has glitter on it. You probably don’t think of little thieves
that still children. That is not the case with the Folklore creatures,
Changelings. Changelings are fairies that were left in the place of the child
that the fairies stole from the humans.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjMLMUoSpE2VmgIJ-MGsDNpyWvnkdiLmPRW64dVlmqifvi9hsYTHqsptOvWKDQUMC9_Bwe00lXc5XzmUNGspmluPUrft64AdVzfrcU2B3c2UPGa7ILbFjGA6b5S2ucJG9n3fPdNnFIV2nP0WkYUZpSIGbfiTqpAzQGj48lqoB0mf_fi7U2qjxrwdnbso/s902/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20175026.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjMLMUoSpE2VmgIJ-MGsDNpyWvnkdiLmPRW64dVlmqifvi9hsYTHqsptOvWKDQUMC9_Bwe00lXc5XzmUNGspmluPUrft64AdVzfrcU2B3c2UPGa7ILbFjGA6b5S2ucJG9n3fPdNnFIV2nP0WkYUZpSIGbfiTqpAzQGj48lqoB0mf_fi7U2qjxrwdnbso/w289-h400/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20175026.png" width="289" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Children would be taken and replaced with a change
for one of several reasons. The first reason is that it would be taken is for
the child to act as a servant to the fairies. Another reason the fairies would
take the child was so that the change could get the love from the humans like a
human child, and the last reason would be so that the fairies could get revenge
on the humans for something. Sometimes the fairies would replace the child with
an elderly fairy so that it could live out the rest of its life in the care of
the humans. People would notice their baby become ill or become not bale to
properly function and they would assume it had been “fairy struck.” The people
would say the children had been replaced by a changeling and they abandoned
them or sometimes even killed them.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There
were a few ways to identify if your child was a changeling. Irish legends say
that changelings might look sick and not grow to full size like normal humans.
Changelings also had a very large apatite and would eat a lot more food than a
normal human child.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One
theory that folklorist and historians studied was that people would substitute
their children for changelings during raids and attacks on their villages in
thoughts that they might be saving their children by doing this. Another theory
about the origin of the changeling was a lot different than the other. Some
people believe that changelings came from a very dark part of the mind from
pre-industrial Europe. If a family felt that they wouldn’t be able to care for
their child, especially if the child that had a disability or had an illness or
deformity, it was easier for them to lose their child thinking it had just been
talking by fairies, rather than believing they were just letting their child
die. Some physical characteristics that a changeling had that you might be able
to notice was they had long teeth and scraggly hair.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Changelings
would continue to appear again and again in folklore in Europe. Doctors say
this list of diseases from today’s time such as: </span>cystic fibrosis, Down Syndrome, spina bifida, PKU,
Williams syndrome, Hunter syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, progeria, Hurler
syndrome, and Prader-Willi Syndrome, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">match
the description of what changelings might have been like. Now adays in the
modern world no one would really believe in changelings, but doctors say that a
lot of autistic children might have been labeled as changelings in that time.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Works cited: </u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin-left: 28.35pt; text-indent: -28.35pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Https://Static.Wikia.Nocookie.Net/Mythology/Images/2/29/Changeling2-800x0-c-Default.Jpg/Revision/Latest?Cb=20180713191804.</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Accessed 1 Nov. 2023.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dimri
, Bipin. “Your Child Is Not Your Own? The Horrific Tales of Medieval
Changelings.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Historic
Mysteries<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>, 6 Oct. 2021, </span><a href="http://www.historicmysteries.com/changeling/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">www.historicmysteries.com/changeling/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Post, Irish. “Exploring Irish Mythology: Changelings.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Irish Post</i>, The Irish Post,
22 Dec. 2021, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-the-irish-mythology-changelings-170347"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-the-irish-mythology-changelings-170347</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Links for Further Research:</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Encyclopedia
Mythologica<br /></span><a href="https://encyclopediamythologica.com/changeling" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://encyclopediamythologica.com/changeling</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This website will tell you about different myths from
other parts of the world about changelings.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wikipedia<br /></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This website will just give you a very good overview
of changelings if you just really want to find out more about them.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BMJ
Journals<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="https://adc.bmj.com/content/90/3/271"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://adc.bmj.com/content/90/3/271#</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This website will tell you more about how diseases
were in involved in changelings like autism.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><u></u></b></span><p></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-74983639080691724232023-12-15T14:42:00.000-08:002023-12-15T14:42:51.240-08:00Cutaneous Horn<p> Author: Jax Davis</p><p>Unicorns. What are unicorns? They are mythical creatures. But what’s significant about them? They’re horns. Unicorns have horns.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXJ4IeRd7yfsLnTaT9HBNKhHnWMfp42LFSuHtIzs4TQOWTxzVanCL6wPRg11J6Bza4u6p08BXoTa_4WlkOU6_adr_pR5bu4JIVnkXgpgoZm-hiOTVJq4FgIg9V_kPsB34wXEK5GbJ3I-Ltvet0jNvvu-D5ik3yuL-rRYBW931RtMe7rxRFCvK4MQ9cus/s2400/DomenichinounicornPalFarnese.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1983" data-original-width="2400" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXJ4IeRd7yfsLnTaT9HBNKhHnWMfp42LFSuHtIzs4TQOWTxzVanCL6wPRg11J6Bza4u6p08BXoTa_4WlkOU6_adr_pR5bu4JIVnkXgpgoZm-hiOTVJq4FgIg9V_kPsB34wXEK5GbJ3I-Ltvet0jNvvu-D5ik3yuL-rRYBW931RtMe7rxRFCvK4MQ9cus/w400-h330/DomenichinounicornPalFarnese.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virgin and Unicorn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Unicorns are supposed to be mythical. Meaning fake. If you thought that I would be telling you that they are real, I’m sorry to inform you that you are wrong. But there are humans who have unicorn horns. There’s a condition called the Cutaneous Horn. The cutaneous horn is a medical condition in which a person grows a horn anywhere on their body. More specifically, anywhere that is exalted to the sun. Not saying that if you are exposed to the sun, you will get a horn, but the sun does cause this condition. According to a published article by the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC421749/#:~:text=A%20cutaneous%20horn%20(cornu%20cutaneum,benign%20or%20malignant%20epidermal%20lesions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Library of Medicine</a> (NLM) a cutaneous horn can also be caused by “…actinic radiation or burns.” The horn is a dense lesion made out of keratin and as the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563280/#:~:text=Cutaneous%20horns%20can%20be%20treated,medically%2C%20or%20via%20laser%20ablation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NLM</a> puts it “…can be treated surgically, medically, or via laser ablation.” It’s a very interesting and unattractive condition. On the rarer side of the spectrum of diseases and conditions to get. It is said that the horn is common in elderly ages sixty to seventy and there are some peculiar cases on people who had the condition.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIljP3PPKY_BpRr6tKPBzlqV-XXK-29QETWfhhuOzWyOEESD-kNILwRAemnd339W8_EEv7jHg4PcmLtDHxx1kLtuGBI1sU2inf66g9we8aGTzHfHT07ceAaG1Y5odmaFFeZNkGwmmtBUKJ-JyfEs8NCqFz4-TZc4XjDS41o7l7CfIfhdziqkrpWQBcls/s3264/Cornu_cutaneum_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIljP3PPKY_BpRr6tKPBzlqV-XXK-29QETWfhhuOzWyOEESD-kNILwRAemnd339W8_EEv7jHg4PcmLtDHxx1kLtuGBI1sU2inf66g9we8aGTzHfHT07ceAaG1Y5odmaFFeZNkGwmmtBUKJ-JyfEs8NCqFz4-TZc4XjDS41o7l7CfIfhdziqkrpWQBcls/w300-h400/Cornu_cutaneum_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutaneous horn on right ear</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNsPJNZBE_k" width="320" youtube-src-id="pNsPJNZBE_k"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caption: Cutaneous Horn…Explained by a Dermatopathologist</div><br /><div><div>To start off we have Madame Dimanche, otherwise known as Widow Sunday, was a French woman at the age of 76, who lived in Paris in the 19th century, who grew a cutaneous horn. It grew from her forehead at 24.9 cm (approximately 9.8 inches) in length before it was surgically removed. This case is so famous that there is even a wax figure of her in the Mütter Museum. Next, we have 101 years old Zhang Ruifang growing her cutaneous horns. Yes, horns, as in plural. One grew to be at least 2.4 inches long. And the other was just starting out. It was said that she was very happy to have her horns.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjktAaUnxNrsMqfagdQxEf_VJXX0Lo1bSO9OZdswAvceHYN1bjvauQ_hawdzeIipG1F9tBY3iJryojNyqz3mVXYBOwEPHW2l-YqUkvQpbxDJsp_6E7qATGrQwiWlWNqMRc8-2egujgnwN8tLqsERXS2sSEP84GSSG_I9jNdbSAJF_OH3SYKxKHFaXIDk/s640/horn-20__WatermarkedWyJXYXRlcm1hcmtlZCJd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjktAaUnxNrsMqfagdQxEf_VJXX0Lo1bSO9OZdswAvceHYN1bjvauQ_hawdzeIipG1F9tBY3iJryojNyqz3mVXYBOwEPHW2l-YqUkvQpbxDJsp_6E7qATGrQwiWlWNqMRc8-2egujgnwN8tLqsERXS2sSEP84GSSG_I9jNdbSAJF_OH3SYKxKHFaXIDk/s320/horn-20__WatermarkedWyJXYXRlcm1hcmtlZCJd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Lastly, we have a man named Wang. Wang was a Manchurian farmer who had a 13 inch horn coming out the back of his head. One day a Russian banker took a picture of Wang and sent it to a man named Robert Ripley. Ripley was a entrepreneur and at the time had a newspaper column where he talked about Wang. Ripley, most likely wanting to get an exclusive interview with this man, tried to track down Wang, spent years doing so, but never succeeded. It was almost like he never existed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cutaneous horns aren’t just grown on people. Rabbits have a condition where they can grow one too. It is called cottontail rabbit papillomavirus. Rabbits, specifically cottontail rabbits, have the affinity to get lesion sites that develop into cutaneous horns. Imagine seeing a rabbit with horns coming about of its face in all directions. Talk about creepy. Its honestly saddening though. To know those poor creatures have to deal with that, and that they don’t have the access nor ability to get help like humans do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cutaneous horns can be dangerous. They have the ability to be premalignant, benign, or malignant. So, if you ever get to the ages of sixty to seventy and get a random patch of skin on your body that discolored, please get it checked out. Because you could wake up with one day with the greatest Halloween costume of a unicorn ever seen. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></div><div>Cladel, Nancy M., Peng, Xuwen, Christensen, Neil, Hu, Jiafen. “The rabbit papillomavirus model: a valuable tool to study viral–host interactions.” 2019, NLM, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501911/</div><div><br /></div><div>Copcu, Eray, Sivrioglu, Nazan, Culhaci, Nil. “Cutaneous horns: are these lesions as innocent as they seem to be?” 2004, NLM, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC421749/#:~:text=A%20cutaneous%20horn%20(cornu%20cutaneum,benign%20or%20malignant%20epidermal%20lesions.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cutaneous horm on right ear. Photograph. Wikipedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Cornu_cutaneum_2.jpg</div><div><br /></div><div>Cutaneous horn. Photograph. DermNetNZ, https://dermnetnz.org/assets/Uploads/lesions/horn-20__WatermarkedWyJXYXRlcm1hcmtlZCJd.jpg</div><div><br /></div><div>Hartzman, Marc. “A Brief and Rather Unpleasant History of Human Horns.” 2016, Weird Historian, https://www.weirdhistorian.com/human-horns/</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Domenichino. Virgin and unicorn. Photograph. Circa 1602, Wikipedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/DomenichinounicornPalFarnese.jpg</div><div><br /></div><div>Nickson, Chris. “Echo of the widow Dimanche.” 2019, Life In The Fastlane, https://litfl.com/echo-of-the-widow-dimanche/ </div><div><br /></div><div>Gardner, Jerad. “Cutaneous Horn…Explained by a Dermatopathologist.” YouTube, 29 August</div><div>2018, https://youtu.be/pNsPJNZBE_k?si=fkah9Tua8EuMRt3g </div><div><br /></div><div>Theirs, Bruce H., Strat, Nicholas, Snyder, Alan N., Zito, Patrick M.. “Cutaneous Horn.” 2023,</div><div>NLM, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563280/#:~:text=Cutaneous%20horns%20can%20be%20treated,medically%2C%20or%20via%20laser%20ablation. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Links for further research:</u></b></div><div>Mail Foreign Service. “The goat woman: Chinese grandmother, 101, grows mystery horn on</div><div>forehead.” 2010, Daily Mail, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256398/Chinese-">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256398/Chinese-</a></div><div><a href="http://grandmother-grows-devil-horns.html">grandmother-grows-devil-horns.html</a></div><div>This discusses Zhang Ruifang and her cutaneous horn.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tian, Tina. “Cutaneous horn.” 2013, DermNetNZ, <a href="https://dermnetnz.org/topics/cutaneous-horn">https://dermnetnz.org/topics/cutaneous-horn</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Fransis, Sabine; Politis, Christophe; Schepers, Serge; Thonnart, François; Verquin, Michaël. “A</div><div>rare case report of graft-versus-host disease–related cutaneous horns of the lower lip.” 2022,</div><div>Jaad Case Reports, <a href="https://www.jaadcasereports.org/article/S2352-5126(22)00009-1/fulltext">https://www.jaadcasereports.org/article/S2352-5126(22)00009-1/fulltext</a></div></div><div><br /></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-56537030605878773052023-12-15T14:27:00.000-08:002023-12-15T14:27:44.672-08:00The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Author: Makayla</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus</a> is a 33-centimeter
cephalopod found in the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast. Contradictory to
the anatomy of most octopus, the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, also known as
the Octopus paxarbolis, is amphibious, living on both water and land. To
survive in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, it uses a form of locomotion
called tentaculation and has the ability to express itself and communicate with
other octopus through skin color change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE1QprHPJhxtROfIyB9spc2S_qz_utNs-qwOGuO7JBTOht7iW9rnEqZPN2QgMncqJRMP5exXHTqH2c9RQfYJo18viwzc1kQWTKG2tm303oYVCtCLx9Nz4ejM84R0rv5zegRI7l9HQnTgkQumUS2t3CkU-cxsBKfNEnA3qQ5b7QZkEdK3gfQWRjEGUauU/s800/2347613351_1428832469_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE1QprHPJhxtROfIyB9spc2S_qz_utNs-qwOGuO7JBTOht7iW9rnEqZPN2QgMncqJRMP5exXHTqH2c9RQfYJo18viwzc1kQWTKG2tm303oYVCtCLx9Nz4ejM84R0rv5zegRI7l9HQnTgkQumUS2t3CkU-cxsBKfNEnA3qQ5b7QZkEdK3gfQWRjEGUauU/s320/2347613351_1428832469_c.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancingsausage/2347613351/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gus Andrews</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, this extraordinary
creature is losing its home in the trees to the building of roads and suburban sprawl,
which is cutting off its access to the water. It is also targeted by loggers, foreign
animals, and its national predators, the bald eagle and the sasquatch. Loggers view
the octopus as a nuisance and often kill them at logging sights to eradicate
the amphibian. As a result of the countless hunting and killings and the
destruction of their homes due to manmade geography, the number of Pacific
Northwest Tree Octopus is critically low, and they are endangered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrp7kryiHxPJIhwKJV20flJj1Alme83W-1EqcKfynPLrHdaJQNVc1fOghxaMBEKThJfE_zLSWI4kv5UPTQxOzpXimLdFyky-G-h6bUJBmwFr6TtUZ7RM_pFJfFJAJQ_XNXv7rSGXMTvKF9iPYO_reX_s_UjpB4fGNnO9O0W8p8UscxVQToY6Pbs1rxjs/s1000/bones_hartzell-tree_octopus_exhibit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrp7kryiHxPJIhwKJV20flJj1Alme83W-1EqcKfynPLrHdaJQNVc1fOghxaMBEKThJfE_zLSWI4kv5UPTQxOzpXimLdFyky-G-h6bUJBmwFr6TtUZ7RM_pFJfFJAJQ_XNXv7rSGXMTvKF9iPYO_reX_s_UjpB4fGNnO9O0W8p8UscxVQToY6Pbs1rxjs/s320/bones_hartzell-tree_octopus_exhibit.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Luckily for the octopus, it does not exist. The
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus was a hoax, created on March 8, 1998, by a
person who’s created multiple other fake articles under the pseudonym of Lyle
Zapato. Zapato made up the octopus and the website to mock gullible internet
users. Many fell for the fake website, and it prompted research, studies, and other
attempts to replicate Zapato’s work. According to Hana LaRock, a journalist who
was a high school student in a computer class when the website was posted, stated
that, “The site was used to
teach young internet users the importance of “doing your research” - of
understanding that <i>anything </i>could<i> </i>be found online”. Though this
wasn’t the exact purpose behind Zapato’s website, the biggest impact of his
website was its appearance in internet literacy tests. In an <i>NBC Connecticut
</i>news article, in 2011, It was reported that The University of Connecticut
was recreating the hoax to see how many students would believe it without fact
checking first. They stated that, “Most people who took part in the
study, fell for it, hook, line and tentacle. In fact, not only did the students
believe that the tree octopus was real, <a name="_Int_r690psCt">they actually</a>
refused to believe researchers when they told them the creature was fake.”
While Zapato aimed to belittle and mock internet users, he instead helped many
with his Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus hoax, and further encouraged internet
literacy.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Works Cited:</span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Beaulieu,
Scott. <i>An Octopus in a Tree Seems Real, Doesn't It? </i>https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/an-octopus-in-a-tree-seems-real/1871501/.
7 February 2011 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Andrews,
Gus. </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in repose. </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">26 December 2004. Flickr,
20 March 2016 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">LaRock,
Hana. <i>The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: A Virtual Artifact of
Misinformation</i>, https://misbar.com/en/editorial/2021/05/04/the-pacific-northwest-tree-octopus-a-virtual-relic-of-internet-misinformation.
3 May 2021. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Zapato,
Lyle.</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;"> Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">,
https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/. 8 Mar 1998</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Zapato,
Lyle. </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">TERROR OF LOGGERS AND FOREST RANGERS’. </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">29 December 2014. ZPi, 1998</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b>Links for Further Research:</b></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Only In Your State”, <a href="https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/pacific-northwest-tree-octopus-wa/">https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/pacific-northwest-tree-octopus-wa/</a>.
Explains more about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus as it was experienced by
people in Washington, the state of the hoax origin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“What
does The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Eat?”<i> </i><a href="https://justagric.com/what-does-the-pacific-northwest-tree-octopus-eat/">https://justagric.com/what-does-the-pacific-northwest-tree-octopus-eat/</a>.<i>
</i>This article is the story of the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pacific
Northwest Tree Octopus through the eyes of an animal scientist who believes in
the hoax and explains its background thoroughly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“ENDANGERED: Pacific Northwest tree
octopus might soon disappear”,
<a href="https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/lifestyle/family/2015/08/26/endangered-pacific-northwest-tree-octopus/985741007">https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/lifestyle/family/2015/08/26/endangered-pacific-northwest-tree-octopus/985741007</a>.
This article is one of the many ones that goes along with the hoax, trying to
convince readers, but also debunks the hoax as well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-90998369074371305592023-12-15T14:17:00.000-08:002023-12-15T14:17:48.247-08:00The People in the Shadows<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Author:
Tess Westafer</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shadow
people are a relatively new phenomena that appear to have come about in the
early 2000s however similar stories have existed for far longer. Shadow people
are often described as shadowy humanoids who appear during sleep paralysis.
Accounts vary on the nature of these beings as some just stand there in the
corner of your vision and others act more aggressive getting up in a person’s
face. There have been some scientific explanations offered up for why people
encounter these beings but there is no definitive reason.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5hZNnNb-pD75QvbfKtgwGyBG6SKXUvicynuIKrHMhJlLjEO1FbsNJQqEpA6Z_pBwRPNhxVqXcEKEupZqa-uc6RO_9Uc7clwTJu_RWgR-O2Dt6tC0WXM2bMApDOpC1Q_IQ0Owpo344v_jk2SzOshSG7GrQVjWslXfUN2C6RrhHwmxu1e6RXLXJbiOWLk/s744/hs59b548bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5hZNnNb-pD75QvbfKtgwGyBG6SKXUvicynuIKrHMhJlLjEO1FbsNJQqEpA6Z_pBwRPNhxVqXcEKEupZqa-uc6RO_9Uc7clwTJu_RWgR-O2Dt6tC0WXM2bMApDOpC1Q_IQ0Owpo344v_jk2SzOshSG7GrQVjWslXfUN2C6RrhHwmxu1e6RXLXJbiOWLk/w334-h400/hs59b548bd.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">One
popular tale of shadow people that is seen online is The Hat Man. The Hat Man
is a shadow person who appears as a shadowy man wearing a hat. This man causes
people to be paralyzed in fear and feel breathless (</span><a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">). The accounts surrounding The Hat
Man almost all have a fair degree of consistency according to the The Rolling
Stone (</span><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">). Almost all of these accounts
mention a tall man wearing a brimmed hat who appears when a person is
experiencing sleep paralysis. Another common detail in these stories is that
the person seeing The Hat Man has taken a large amount of Benadryl resulting in
them hallucinating. People </span>online are rather split when it comes to the
existence of The Hat Man. Some think he’s just a joke that’s been spread online
and others think he’s a real shadow person intent on hurting people.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />An
explanation that has been offered for why people see shadow people is that they
are hallucinating. During sleep paralysis it isn’t uncommon for people to see
things that aren’t really there. I myself have gone through sleep paralysis as
a child and can say I saw some pretty weird things that weren’t there. The most
vivid memory I have of this happening is when I was about seven maybe eight,
and I was sleeping in my mom’s bed. I was nice and sound asleep when I suddenly
opened my eyes and realized that my eyes were the only thing I could move. I
moved my eyes across the room when I suddenly saw a shadowy man that appeared
to be a doctor holding a needle that he was about to stab me with. At the time
I was terrified but looking back I most likely saw what I saw because I had a
fear of getting shots. <br /><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Works
Cited:</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quartz (<a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis">https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Rolling Stone (<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/</a>) </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><p></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-43356050416588377722023-12-15T13:40:00.000-08:002023-12-15T13:40:25.088-08:00 The Piltdown Man<p> Author: Wyatt McPherson</p><p>Amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson and geologist Charles Woodward declared in 1912 that they had found an amazing collection of fossils near Piltdown, England. The discovery featured a jawbone like an ape and a skull that appeared to belong to the same person. The most popular evolutionary theories of the time were supported by this assembly, which seemed to close the evolutionary gap between humans and their ape-like forebears.The Piltdown Man was considered as a key piece of evidence supporting human evolution for a number of decades. The idea of "Eoanthropus dawsoni" (Dawson's Dawn Man) gained widespread acceptance when it came up frequently in textbooks and scientific literature.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO04247rjjQQu9HVOWxL58FBrcHMG8w6HG2WLkFnAbqWn_bgxAAGWRzUxP9YTADuwaShV1uPdgLMORo3waSKG-modcbzztgaGQhx99j_sxiV59gZsJc1eptGq6_bNf7gocS2nUkgn8fkz6Fs-RGIGJf8d8_KURvhfOC7en1uR9NMwBI37ltwKHTFcwSw/s258/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="258" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO04247rjjQQu9HVOWxL58FBrcHMG8w6HG2WLkFnAbqWn_bgxAAGWRzUxP9YTADuwaShV1uPdgLMORo3waSKG-modcbzztgaGQhx99j_sxiV59gZsJc1eptGq6_bNf7gocS2nUkgn8fkz6Fs-RGIGJf8d8_KURvhfOC7en1uR9NMwBI37ltwKHTFcwSw/w400-h302/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Problem of Piltdown Man</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As the years passed, doubts grew. The significance of the Piltdown Man as the missing link appeared to be called into question by other major fossil discoveries, most notably the Australopithecus and Neanderthal discovery. The inconsistencies between the skull and jawbone led scientists to begin to doubt the fossils' authenticity.1953 saw the unveiling of the truth. An extensive series of testing and investigations revealed beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Piltdown Man was a fake. The jawbone belonged to an orangutan, but the skull was in fact human. It had been falsely damaged and altered for decades to create the impression of incredible age, fooling the scientific community.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/seh6n1TQEWo" width="320" youtube-src-id="seh6n1TQEWo"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Anthropology’s Greatest Hoax</p><p>Paleoanthropologist Isabelle De Groote of Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom started investigating the issue in 2009 by utilizing DNA analysis and contemporary scanning techniques on the original materials. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/study-reveals-culprit-behind-piltdown-man-one-science-s-most-famous-hoaxes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">She and her colleagues came to the conclusion that all of these parts came from an orangutan</a> by comparing computer tomography (CT) scans of the mouth and teeth to known ape specimens. De Groote believes the forger or forgers may have obtained the orangutan from a curiosities shop, as DNA sequencing of the teeth revealed they were all from the same animal. While reviewing the CT scans, De Groote observed that almost all of the bones had an odd, off-white putty on their surface. This putty had been filled in gaps and cracks that the forger accidentally made, painted over, and stained in certain places. She discovered tiny pebbles crammed into hollow chambers and sealed with the same putty inside the crania and teeth. Given that fossilized bones are significantly heavier than more recent bones, De Groote believes the hoaxer used these pebbles to weigh down the bones.</p><p><b><u>Work Cited:</u></b></p><p>Michael, Price. “Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science's famous hoaxes.” Aug 9, 2016. https://www.science.org/content/article/study-reveals-culprit-behind-piltdown-man-one-science-s-most-famous-hoaxes</p><p>The editors of encyclopaedia britannica. “Piltdown Man, anthropological hoax.” Jan. 2015.https://www.britannica.com/topic/Piltdown-man</p><p>Wikipedia. “Piltdown Man.” Last edited on Oct. 3, 2023.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man</p><p><b><u>For Further Reference:</u></b></p><p>Dr Kenneth Oakley, Dr Joseph Weiner, and Wilfred La Gros Clark. “Piltdown Man”. NHM. <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives/collections/piltdown-man.html">https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives/collections/piltdown-man.html</a>, accessed by 25 Oct. 2023. This article states, In 1912, an amateur archaeologist named Charles Dawson made a remarkable claim that he had discovered the "missing link" between ape and man. He found a human-like skull in Pleistocene gravel beds near Piltdown village in Sussex, England. Dawson shared his discovery with Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum at the time, through a letter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Samuel Redman. “Behind closed doors: What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today.” The Conversation 4 May, 2017, <a href="https://theconversation.com/behind-closed-doors-what-the-piltdown-man-hoax-from-1912-can-teach-science-today-76967">https://theconversation.com/behind-closed-doors-what-the-piltdown-man-hoax-from-1912-can-teach-science-today-76967</a>. This article talks about the hoax of Piltdown Man and how the spread of disinformation in the science world led to the misbelief and distrust of scientists as a whole. Although this hoax happened many decades ago, there are still similar instances to this day that prove how important facts and hard data are to prove the legitimacy of things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nandini Subramaniam, “The Problem with the Piltdown Man”. Science History Institute Museum and Library. <a href="https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-problem-of-piltdown-man/">https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-problem-of-piltdown-man/</a>, 27th August, 2023. This article is about the historical background of the piltdown man, where Dawson and other scientists went to go digging for other skulls, and how human evolution ties into the piltdown man. </p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-57813437661913670792023-12-15T12:38:00.000-08:002023-12-15T12:38:32.939-08:00Half Woman Half Animal Shocks the World<p> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Author:
Samuel Kramer<br /></span></p><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />Every day we as people forget that we are born with natural
beauty looks that are attractive to other people. However, this was not the
case for one unfortunate woman in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. Julia Pastrana
was a young Mexican woman who was born with two very rare genetic disorders. One
being hyperplasia which thickened her gums and lips to the point which protruded
her skull to an almost ape like face. The other being hypertrichosis which
caused her to grow an extreme amount of facial hair which was impossible to
live with. These conditions would soon be recognized by the rest of the world
soon after she was born, and she would soon be called the </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Bear Woman”</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbhXoFE5rEAPS7sUElizIROo1BIROGBomksThf69Fzwua9sDgDmvNWC2sc2KXR2_Z2VMmeAGweZeSDINtecdeqqZKGnGeBHtAf_ZCisGYXk02vqSBKpNNMsUdXMCCZzN_yH-bDXe8nj5v-S0Knd_To1IUuGvPlIk1Pm57cCUWL_W8W0DCrDSPRslqtzw/s850/15697675457_04ce9b0ba3_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbhXoFE5rEAPS7sUElizIROo1BIROGBomksThf69Fzwua9sDgDmvNWC2sc2KXR2_Z2VMmeAGweZeSDINtecdeqqZKGnGeBHtAf_ZCisGYXk02vqSBKpNNMsUdXMCCZzN_yH-bDXe8nj5v-S0Knd_To1IUuGvPlIk1Pm57cCUWL_W8W0DCrDSPRslqtzw/w456-h640/15697675457_04ce9b0ba3_b.jpg" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Julia
Pastrana, “A Monster to The Whole World”</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">In Pastrana’s early life, she was scolded by her family and
town for her looks and at one point, she was left in a forest to die but was
miraculously saved by an unknown person. Shortly after, Pastrana was sold into show
business by her own two parents due to her not being able to find work
elsewhere. Her parents and others thought that they could pass off Pastrana as
a “Circus Act” or “Attraction”. People all over the world came to see Pastrana
and her rare genetic mutations. Pastrana, at this point in her life faced
extreme depression due to racism, degrading names, and even some cases of
violence. Soon, however, Pastrana would be able to find some love in her life
in the form of her own manager.</span></span></div><p>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Though Pastrana fell for her manager named
Theodore Lent, Lent would continue to introduce her to the audience of the
circus as, “The Ugliest Woman in the World.” Pastrana would overlook these
things as she was genuinely attached to Lent as they traveled America and
Europe together. Though her appearance, Pastrana was genuinely a wonderful
singer and dancer. According to Francis Buckland, a British natural historian,
“She had great taste in music and dancing, and could speak three languages.” While
traveling, Pastrana would become pregnant with lent’s son. However, the baby
would inherit the diseases from Pastrana and die during childbirth. Shortly
after, Pastrana would also die from blood loss. Lent was distraught with what
had happened with his wife and his son. Not long after, Lent would also die and
soon Pastrana's body would be displayed along with her son. The story of
Pastrana is widely known for its sadness with her appearance, but Pastrana as a
person was able to overcome it with her interests and love for her wife. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Work Cited:</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Butler,
Aoife. “A Bearded Woman, Embalmed: The Post-Modern Display of Julia Pastrana in
the 19<sup>th</sup> Century”. <i>Pathological Bodies Project, </i>15<sup>th</sup>
Oct 2020. </span><a href="https://pathologicalbodiesproject.home.blog/2020/09/11/a-bearded-woman-embalmed-the-post-mortem-display-of-julia-pastrana-in-the-19th-century/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://pathologicalbodiesproject.home.blog/2020/09/11/a-bearded-woman-embalmed-the-post-mortem-display-of-julia-pastrana-in-the-19th-century/</span></a>.
Accessed by Oct 25<sup>th</sup>, 2023.<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Brown
Deneen. ““The Bear Woman”: The Brief, Sad Life of Julia Pastrana. <i>The
Washington Post, 4 </i>June. 2018. </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html."><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html.</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed Oct 25<sup>th</sup>, 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Carlton,
Genevieve. “The Sad Story of Julia Pastrana, The “Ape Woman” Sideshow
Performer.” <i>All That’s Interesting, 3 May 2023.</i> </span><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/julia-pastrana"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://allthatsinteresting.com/julia-pastrana</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.
Accessed by October 25<sup>th</sup>, 2023.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lovejoy,
Bess. “A Monster to the Whole World” <i>The Public Domain Review, </i>26 Nov.
2014. </span><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/julia-pastrana-a-monster-to-the-whole-world/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/julia-pastrana-a-monster-to-the-whole-world/.</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Accessed by October 31<sup>st</sup>,
2023. <o:p></o:p></span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wilson,
Charles. “An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story.” <i>The New
York Times, </i>14 Jan. 2023. </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.
Accessed by Oct 25<sup>th</sup>, 2023.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Woolfe.
John. “The Sad, Grotesque Life of </span><a href="https://lithub.com/the-sad-grotesque-life-of-baboon-lady-julia-pastrana/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Baboon Lady”</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">
Julia Pastrana. <i>Literary Hub. </i>15 Nov. 2019<i>.</i> </span><a href="https://lithub.com/the-sad-grotesque-life-of-baboon-lady-julia-pastrana/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://lithub.com/the-sad-grotesque-life-of-baboon-lady-julia-pastrana/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.
Accessed by October 25, 2023.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Links for
further research: </u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Medline
Plus, “Hyperplasia”. <i>National Library of Medicine. </i>30<sup>th</sup> July
2021. </span><a href="https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003441.htm"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003441.htm</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Accessed by October 31<sup>st</sup>,
2023. This website dives into more detail on what hyperplasia is, other names
it goes by, and what it is caused by. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Stat Pearls,
“Hypertrichosis”. <i>National Library of Medicine. </i>16<sup>th</sup> Aug
2023. </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534854/#:~:text=Introduction-,Hypertrichosis%20is%20defined%20as%20excessive%20hair%20growth%20anywhere%20on%20the,%5D%5B2%5D%5B3%5D."><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534854/#:~:text=Introduction-,Hypertrichosis%20is%20defined%20as%20excessive%20hair%20growth%20anywhere%20on%20the,%5D%5B2%5D%5B3%5D.</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Accessed by October 31<sup>st</sup>,
2023. Similarly to the hyperplasia website, this website deals with cause,
names, and even different forms of the disease which can be confused with
others.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Rogers, Lisa. “The Restless Corpse of Julia
Pastrana”. <i>Lisa’s History Room</i>. 9 May 2009. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://lisawallerrogers.com/tag/theodore-lent/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://lisawallerrogers.com/tag/theodore-lent/.</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Accessed by October 31<sup>st</sup>, 2023. This
website is for people who want to know more about Theodore Lent. Things such as
his background history, job, and how he came into Pastrana's life.</span></span></p><p></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-26521250198124948742023-12-15T12:30:00.000-08:002023-12-15T12:30:10.294-08:00The Stork Woman<p> Olivia Bozzone</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokZ72AjDwVz67pfHJpPzZpXaFaLfGCyL0z2TPGvB33J4neFXJjv84STdYX56pDgE95SMF9PV6hwh6BqRmk5TIoKqNmCTT_sez17kTgNDS2Nv2v8XrrcEIuHsJlY2Rf0gP3L4N-B_X9cCcMewvZWD5mgQy4lSuAf_NB5-apcN9iAB4de8N1qwa3hByQks/s400/Elizabeth_Green_the_Stork_Woman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="235" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokZ72AjDwVz67pfHJpPzZpXaFaLfGCyL0z2TPGvB33J4neFXJjv84STdYX56pDgE95SMF9PV6hwh6BqRmk5TIoKqNmCTT_sez17kTgNDS2Nv2v8XrrcEIuHsJlY2Rf0gP3L4N-B_X9cCcMewvZWD5mgQy4lSuAf_NB5-apcN9iAB4de8N1qwa3hByQks/w235-h400/Elizabeth_Green_the_Stork_Woman.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Elizabeth Green was an accomplished woman. Born on October 10,1905 in Springfield, Massachusetts, she came into the world with a birth defect called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seckel_syndrome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seckel Syndrome </a> that gave her peculiar features she was able to monetize later. Seckel syndrome, also known as Bird-Headed Dwarfism, is a type of dwarfism that causes bird-like features, such as a small head, small eyes, a large, beak-like nose, and a receding lower jaw (Wynbrandt). Because of this deformity, Green became a performer known as The Stork Woman in the Ringling Brothers Circus. She worked with the circus in the 1920s and 1930s. Green would wear a feather bird costume and stand at the entrance of the circus as an opening act. She was particularly placed there because she was considered less “strange” than the other performers (“Elizabeth Green Biography”). </div><div><br /></div></div>Alongside her title as The Stork
Woman, Green was also known as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl; a name given to one other
person, <a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo-Koo_the_Bird_Girl," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnie Woosley,</a> for the movie <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freaks</a></i> made in 1932. Although they were
both in the movie “Freaks”, and Green carried the title longer, Woosley will
always be the performer people think about when they hear the name Koo-Koo,
because she was the one hired for the role in the movie. No response was ever
given from Green about this, but after the movie was made she returned to her
position in the circus with the title of Koo-Koo (Meyer). It is said that Green
didn’t want to be a movie actress, but she was a movie fiend, and she wanted to
get the autograph of one of her favorite actors, Ronald Coleman (“Elizabeth
Green Biography”). That was why she signed the contract for the movie “Freaks.”<div><br />Green was also a very successful
businesswoman. According to IMBd she owned multiple apartment buildings in
Boston and managed them all when she was home from the circus. Her Agent once
said of her, “She may be koo-koo enough to make people laugh, but she’s not koo-koo
when it comes to signing contracts” (“Elizabeth Green Biography”).<br /><br /></div><div>Even though she had a disability,
she proved that she could not only sustain herself but do so incredibly well.
She turned an unfortunate circumstance into a business. She was a successful
comedienne and actress with many hobbies. Not much is known about Green’s life
after the movie or later in her career. We don’t even know much about her death,
except that she died on May 9, 2001. Much about her is left to the imagination,
but what we do know is that Elizabeth Green was able to beat the odds, and be
odd, while doing what she loved. </div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Works
Cited: </u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Elizabeth Green
Biography.”<i> IMDb.</i> <span class="MsoHyperlink">Accessed on 28
October 2023. </span></span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337822/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337822/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elizabeth Green the Stork
Woman</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">.
Accessed on 29 October 2023. <i>Wikipedia</i>. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Green_the_Stork_Woman.jpg#/media/File:Elizabeth_Green_the_Stork_Woman.jpg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meyer, Joseph R.<i> Series
Feature #4 – Life in The Circus From Yesterday to Today! – Koo-Koo the Bird
Girl (Minnie Woolsey and Elizabeth Green).</i> 29 August. 2020. </span><a href="https://josephmeyercreatives.com/2020/08/29/series-feature-4-life-in-the-circus-from-yesterday-to-today-koo-koo-the-bird-girl/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://josephmeyercreatives.com/2020/08/29/series-feature-4-life-in-the-circus-from-yesterday-to-today-koo-koo-the-bird-girl/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wynbrandt, James., and Mark
D. Ludman. “Seckel Syndrome (Bird-Headed Dwarfism).” <i>The Encyclopedia of
Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects, </i>Infobase Publishing, 12 May 2010, pp.
344-345.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><u>Links
for Further Research:</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joseph
Meyer Creatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://josephmeyercreatives.com/2020/08/29/series-feature-4-life-in-the-circus-from-yesterday-to-today-koo-koo-the-bird-girl/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://josephmeyercreatives.com/2020/08/29/series-feature-4-life-in-the-circus-from-yesterday-to-today-koo-koo-the-bird-girl/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is a blog post about some of the history behind the circus acts mentioned here.<span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wisconsin
Historical Society<span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS547"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS547</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
site provides more information about the circus that Elizabeth Green performed
with. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IMBd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337822/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337822/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
website gives the entire biography of Elizabeth Green. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-57405188179566888072023-12-15T12:18:00.000-08:002023-12-15T12:18:03.232-08:00Miller County’s Bigfoot: The Boggy Creek Monster<p> Jennie Overstreet</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people who live in the area surrounding Miller County, Arkansas claim to have seen a large, man-like monster. This cryptid is known as the Boggy Creek Monster. Cryptid is defined by the Merriam-webster dictionary to be “an animal that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist” According to the article “Fouke Monster” by Amy Thompson, sightings of this creature date back to 1946. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXsIQFBs27xvkyJjp1iOEoagbAbaLAO2raBbFnGRNGde7jd_U9b6JXZnWoUUPwa3PMH4F2kdnqVYEDdREzJDYURgmmZsvH0lsRauBfWM_mothPl6MVLQIZoOZS_ktdR7XHROnMh1h92XbG33XRySChO1Lpt5ksYXRp3Jnv688-_nYUYRtVkkhVuQoR1w/s877/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20151007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="877" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXsIQFBs27xvkyJjp1iOEoagbAbaLAO2raBbFnGRNGde7jd_U9b6JXZnWoUUPwa3PMH4F2kdnqVYEDdREzJDYURgmmZsvH0lsRauBfWM_mothPl6MVLQIZoOZS_ktdR7XHROnMh1h92XbG33XRySChO1Lpt5ksYXRp3Jnv688-_nYUYRtVkkhVuQoR1w/w400-h269/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20151007.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption">The Boggy Creek </td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption">Monster</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Boggy Creek Monster, also known as the Fouke Monster, is a cryptid very similar in appearance to the more well-known bigfoot. According to Jake Carter in his article “The Monster of Boggy Creek: The Real Story of the Fouke Monster,” it was described to be a hominid-shaped furry creature that was 7 to 10 feet tall with a chest 3 feet wide. It has been reported to have large red eyes and a terrible odor. </p><p>Sightings of the Boggy Creek Monster are all in the swamplands of southwest Arkansas. Its alternate name of “Fouke Monster” is derived from an encounter in 1971, where it attacked the home of Bobby Ford in the small town of Fouke. During the month of May, he said he had been out with his hunting friends when they saw the creature behind the Ford’s house. They shot at it, and claimed to have seen it fall, but as the group made their way toward the creature, they heard a woman scream. Bobby Ford immediately ran to the front door, where he was allegedly grabbed by the Fouke Monster. He was treated at a local hospital for scratches and minor shock. When his property was investigated, there was damage to the house and three-toed footprints, but not a trace of blood.</p><p>At least three movies were made with inspiration from this encounter. According to Jake Carter’s article, the first movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Boggy_Creek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Legend of Boggy Creek</a></i> was made in 1973 and grossed over 22 million dollars. Many eyewitnesses played as actors in the movie. The two other movies made after this were called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Boggy_Creek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Return to Boggy Creek</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggy_Creek_II:_And_the_Legend_Continues" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II</a>.</p><p>Many people have tried to explain the existence of the Boggy Creek Monster. Some have tried arguing that it is really a misidentified bigfoot, despite the footprints of the creature having only three toes versus Bigfoot’s five-toed tracks. Others have claimed that sightings of the cryptid are just misidentified black bears. The Boggy Creek Monster has captivated public attention since attacking the Ford’s home in 1971, with sightings dating back much further. Movies have been made focusing on the cryptid, sharing its existence across the country. Many have attempted to debunk the creature’s existence as a misidentified black bear or bigfoot, but the Fouke Monster continued to keep its identity.</p><p><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></p><p>Carter, Jake. “The Monster of Boggy Creek: The Real Story of the Fouke Monster.” <i>anomalien</i>. 29 Aug. 2020. https://anomalien.com/the-monster-of-boggy-creek-the-real-story-of-the-fouke-monster/. Accessed 20, Oct. 2023.</p><p>Mobley, Andrew. “'That's no deer': Fouke Monster legend haunts swamplands of southwest Arkansas with new alleged evidence.” <i>KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff</i>, 21 Oct. 2023. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/that-s-no-deer-fouke-monster-legend-haunts-swamplands-of-southwest-arkansas-with-new-alleged-evidence/ar-AA1iCVmp. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.</p><p>Thompson, Amy. “Fouke Monster.” <i>Encyclopedia of Arkansas</i>. 16 Jun. 2023. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/. Accessed 20, Oct. 2023.</p><p>“Cryptid, N.” <i>Merriam-webster</i>, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.</p><p><i>Bigfoot</i>. 29 Aug. 2022. anomalien, https://anomalien.com/the-monster-of-boggy-creek-the-real-story-of-the-fouke-monster/.</p><p><b><u>For Further Reference:</u></b></p><p>Carter, Jake. “The Monster of Boggy Creek: The Real Story of the Fouke Monster.” <i>anomalien</i>. 29 Aug. 2020. <a href="https://anomalien.com/the-monster-of-boggy-creek-the-real-story-of-the-fouke-monster/">https://anomalien.com/the-monster-of-boggy-creek-the-real-story-of-the-fouke-monster/</a>. Accessed 20, Oct. 2023. Jake Carter explains various topics of information about the Boggy Creek monster. The article goes on to talk about the history of the creature, its potential appearance, and the effects that sightings of this creature had on media. The purpose of this article is to discuss a variety of topics on the monster, from its origins to the movies inspired by it.</p><p>Mobley, Andrew. “'That's no deer': Fouke Monster legend haunts swamplands of southwest Arkansas with new alleged evidence.”<i> KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff</i>, 21 Oct. 2023. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/that-s-no-deer-fouke-monster-legend-haunts-swamplands-of-southwest-arkansas-with-new-alleged-evidence/ar-AA1iCVmp">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/that-s-no-deer-fouke-monster-legend-haunts-swamplands-of-southwest-arkansas-with-new-alleged-evidence/ar-AA1iCVmp</a>. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023. Andrew Mobley describes some general information about the Boggy Creek Monster. The article focuses on first-hand encounters with various people.</p><p>Thompson, Amy. “Fouke Monster.” <i>Encyclopedia of Arkansas</i>. 16 Jun. 2023. <a href="https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/">https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/</a>. Accessed 20, Oct. 2023. Amy Thompson describes some information on the Boggy Creek Monster that stalks the small town of Fouke, Arkansas. The article focuses on one incident in 1971 where the creature was reported to have attacked the house of Bobby Ford. There is also a short mention of a movie that was made with inspiration from this encounter.</p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-40966977054555204842023-12-15T12:06:00.000-08:002023-12-15T12:06:13.740-08:00Charles Byrne, The “Irish Giant”<p> Author: Justin Joiner </p><div><div>There have been many strange or rare occurences in the world, but what about someone over </div><div>seven feet? In this extremely rare case, one Irish man from Londonderry, United Kingdom, grew to be a staggering seven foot seven inches tall! According to Ian Halim in his article, “The Careless Display of Ill-Gotten Human Remains,” “advertising [Charles Byrne] in the newspapers as a "modern colossus" and "the greatest natural curiosity ever seen." </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs9rOorfEn_SOSF0jInB4-dFJdc3m0ppA31-3nLfROomkBJuTgfeMch4FpynHh0DBRIXkdyF9Ga3tvAgfsmvYaDqBc7Qq6iOK7QzjlmKw_ETq1X7hLZcAzPR1E5xZgEqDtE4UFWwSDZMtg-jJSKCQ4_5Evj5wqDkZBXuoKPaLDPfLFNDQuWVQjkDCS9g/s2738/Charles_Byrne;_James_Burnett,_Lord_Monboddo;_William_Richardson;_John_Bell;_Baillie_Kyd_by_John_Kay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs9rOorfEn_SOSF0jInB4-dFJdc3m0ppA31-3nLfROomkBJuTgfeMch4FpynHh0DBRIXkdyF9Ga3tvAgfsmvYaDqBc7Qq6iOK7QzjlmKw_ETq1X7hLZcAzPR1E5xZgEqDtE4UFWwSDZMtg-jJSKCQ4_5Evj5wqDkZBXuoKPaLDPfLFNDQuWVQjkDCS9g/w350-h400/Charles_Byrne;_James_Burnett,_Lord_Monboddo;_William_Richardson;_John_Bell;_Baillie_Kyd_by_John_Kay.jpg" width="350" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Byrne sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>Charles Byrne, real name Charles O’Brien, lived to only be 22 years old. His main health problems were “alcoholism and pituitary gigantism”, according to Laken Brooks of Forbes. He had a brain tumor that impacted his pituitary gland, which in turn, caused excessive growth from a condition called acromegaly. Since he was so tall, he made a living performing freak shows in the United Kingdom. He became a celebrity and entertainer because of his height, and lead to many researchers and doctors to pressure Byrne in donating his corpse for further analysis. Keep in mind Byrne lived during the late 18th, when many doctors and surgeons had little understanding of this excessive growth of a person. According to Allison Meier from JSTOR Daily, “an article from around the time of his death declared that “the whole tribe of surgeons put in a claim for the poor departed Irish giant and surrounded his house just as Greenland harpooners would an enormous whale.” Even though Byrne was pressured to donate, he wanted otherwise. As he was dying, he said he wanted to be buried at sea, as this would be a sure way to protect his remains. However, despite his efforts, it did not come true. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>His remains were Stolen by anatomist <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/british-museum-will-remove-the-bones-of-irish-giant-charles-byrne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Hunter</a>, who bribed someone to replace Byrne’s remains in his coffin. According to Allison Meier from the JSTOR Daily, John apparently “boiled flesh from bone” and stored his skeleton for four years. Hunter eventually turned the bones over to the Royal College of Surgeon’s Hunterian Museum, where they have displayed Byrne’s remains for over 200 years. As time went on, many critics objected this because it disrespected the Irish Giant’s wishes to not have his remains displayed. In the end, the trustees of the museum decided that it was best to take down the remains but keep them in private for further research. At the end of the day, while Charles O’Brien may had been extraordinarily tall, he was still a human, and we must protect his wishes. </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Aitken, Peter. “British museum will remove the bones of ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne.” <i>New York Post</i>, 18 Jan. 2023, https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/british-museum-will-remove-the-bones-of-irish-giant-charles-byrne/ Accessed 23 Oct. 2023. </div><div><br /></div><div>Brooks, Laken. “’Irish Giant’ Never Wanted His Body To Be A Specimen. Two Centuries Later, Museum Takes His Bones off Display.” <i>Forbes</i>, 26 Feb. 2023, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lakenbrooks/2023/02/26/irish-giant-never-wanted-his-body-to-be-a-specimen-two-centuries-later-museum-takes-his-bones-off-display/?sh=35ee87153039. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023. </div><div><br /></div><div>Halim, Ian. “The Careless Display of Ill-Gotten Human Remains.” <i>UNDARK</i>, 7 Apr. 2022, https://undark.org/2022/04/07/opinion-the-careless-display-of-ill-gotten-human-remains/ Accessed 26 Oct 2023. </div><div><br /></div><div>Meier, Allison. “Will an 18th-Centiry Giant Finally Get a Burial at Sea?” <i>JSTOR Daily</i>, 6 July 2018, https://daily.jstor.org/will-an-18th-century-giant-finally-get-a-burial-at-sea/ Accessed 24 Oct 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Charles Byrne; James Burnett, Lord Monboddo; William Richardson; John Bell; Baillie Kyd by John Kay.” <i>Wikipedia Image</i>, 29 March 2009, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Byrne;_James_Burnett,_Lord_Monboddo;_William_Richardson;_John_Bell;_Baillie_Kyd_by_John_Kay.jpg Accessed 26 Oct 2023</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><u><b>Links for further research: </b></u></div><div>Kolata, Gina. “In a Giant’s Story, a New Chapter Writ by His DNA.” The New York Times, 5 Jan. 2011, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/health/06giant.html#:~:text=Until%20now%3A%20researchers%20in%20Britain,Northern%20Ireland%2C%20near%20where%20Mr">https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/health/06giant.html#:~:text=Until%20now%3A%20researchers%20in%20Britain,Northern%20Ireland%2C%20near%20where%20Mr</a>. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023. This article talks about how an American surgeon by the name of Harvey Cushing removed the top of Charles Byrne’s skull, discovering he had a pituitary tumor. In addition, researchers “extracted DNA from Byrne’s teeth” and found a rare and “mysterious” genetic mutation that caused excessive growth, with this mutation found in 2006 in Northern Ireland, near where Charles lived over 200 years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeson, Conor. “The Irish Giant: Charles Byrne’s skeleton removed from display.” BBC News, 11 Jan. 2023, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-64234653">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-64234653</a> Accessed 26 Oct 2023. This source gives an update to Charles Byrne having his remains removed from the museum. </div><div><br /></div><div>Cleveland Clinic. “Gigantism.” Cleveland Clinic, 9 May 2022, <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22954-gigantism">https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22954-gigantism</a> Accessed 31 Oct 2023. This source by Cleveland Clinic gives more information about gigantism, the condition that Charles Byrne had. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-57966422589442543932023-12-15T11:53:00.000-08:002023-12-15T11:53:06.396-08:00The Mischievous Kobolds<p> Ken’ Niyah Johnson</p><p>According to German folklore, the kobold is a little, goblin-like animal with pointed ears and a short fuse. It also has a playful nature. He has a violent personality and gets angry when not fed properly. He occasionally sings to kids. Despite being generally regarded as genuine, it's stated that upsetting a kobold can be a dangerous mistake. A kobold can appear as a human, a fire, a candle, or any non-human animal, even though they are normally invisible. The most popular images of kobolds are of them being small humanoid creatures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExZE_UYVtnURZxL-ms1zWNTHhpOZDhfbGvTOBHT2eYD_Tqndzd7kqBFkaXv_t4u9rcuzyqqNrXXDubca92t11EA82sYJjGf3bOFFDT181gLJn9fnJdhJVaoZa3yR4MGm1wogizbXzDLYaHTahWTcNqalTDHNTAUNL1htv2AdKcKezwFRKrHf07CfLOMA/s271/220px-Kobold_artlibre_jnl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="220" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExZE_UYVtnURZxL-ms1zWNTHhpOZDhfbGvTOBHT2eYD_Tqndzd7kqBFkaXv_t4u9rcuzyqqNrXXDubca92t11EA82sYJjGf3bOFFDT181gLJn9fnJdhJVaoZa3yR4MGm1wogizbXzDLYaHTahWTcNqalTDHNTAUNL1htv2AdKcKezwFRKrHf07CfLOMA/s1600/220px-Kobold_artlibre_jnl.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p>There are three different types of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kobolds</a>: household helpers, underground and mining Kobolds, and ships and water Kobolds. The household kobold is a mischievous household spirit that usually helps with chores and other useful duties, but he also frequently pushes over people who are crouched or hides crops and domestic goods (Household spirits). Legends frequently depict underground kobolds as evil beings. People begged for protection from them in the medieval mining towns. They were held accountable for the disasters, cave-ins, and rock falls that troubled the human miners. Fooling miners into taking worthless minerals was a popular kobold trick. In the 16th century, for instance, miners may have come upon what appeared to be rich veins of silver or copper, but upon melting them, they would often find that the metal was dangerous or harmful. Those handling these ores experienced a scorching sensation. By making gifts of gold and silver and demanding that their fellow miners treat the kobolds with respect, miners attempted to win over the creatures. But according to some legends, kobolds only gave more deadly ores in return for their kindness. Kobold - Wikipedia) Title: Mine Spirit. Sea kobolds would reside on board and look after the crew and ship. While no one was looking, they would manage the cargo as well as pump water out of the hold, patch any holes, rescue those who had fallen overboard, and plug any leaks. It was also thought that the Kobolds' strength prevented ships from sinking in emergencies, thus if you ever saw them, your ship was bound to perish. Based on some stories, captains left out their best foods and wines for the Kobolds to enjoy, while in other accounts, crew members threw their captains overboard for denying their existence. (Kobold - Wikipedia) Title: Water spirits.</p><p>In German legend, kobolds are still valued as house spirits and protectors. Kobolds can be found in a lot of video games and television shows, including Dark Age of Camelot, Warcraft, The Record of Lodoss War, One-Piece, and Dungeons & Dragons. You are able to attract them to your home on Midsummer Eve, and they appreciate gifts, as opposed to most other house spirits. Clothing is their favorite item since it prevents kobolds from feeling mistreated or unappreciated.</p><p><b><u>Work cited: </u></b></p><p>Chris. “Kobolds: The Mischievous Goblin Creatures of Folklore”. June 8, 2020. https://inquisitivewonder.com/kobolds-the-mischievous-goblin-creatures-of-folklore/.</p><p>Professor Geller. “Kobold”. April 8,2017.https://mythology.net/mythical creatures/kobold/</p><p>Riley Winter. “Don’t Cross the Kobolds: Mischievous Spirits of European Folklore”. June 2, 2019. https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/nature-and-dangers-legendary-kobold-002121</p><p>Gloria Lotha and Emily Rodriguez. “Kobold German Folklore”. August 28, 2019, and February 12, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/kobold</p><p>Alex Tinsdale. “One Piece and the Real Myth of The Kobold”. August 21, 2017. https://archive.nerdist.com/one-piece-kobold-myth-going-merry-manga/</p><p><u><b>For Further Research: </b></u></p><p>“Klabautermann”. November 16, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klabautermann">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klabautermann</a></p><p>A. Sutherland. “Kobold: Mythological Spirit of Underground: Guardian of Miners and Earth’s Treasures”. June 13, 2016. <a href="https://www.messagetoeagle.com/mythological-spirit-of-underground-guardian-of-miners-and-earths-treasures/">https://www.messagetoeagle.com/mythological-spirit-of-underground-guardian-of-miners-and-earths-treasures/</a></p><p>The Cunning Wife. “Kobolds: Household Tricksters”. August 8, 2017. <a href="https://witchesandpagans.com/pagan-studies-blogs/hob-broom/kobolds-household-tricksters.html">https://witchesandpagans.com/pagan-studies-blogs/hob-broom/kobolds-household-tricksters.html</a></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-83264016335658964692023-12-15T11:43:00.000-08:002023-12-15T11:43:34.961-08:00Jean Hillard: A Frozen Miracle.<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Caitlyn McKenna</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In December 1980, a girl named Jean Hillard experienced a medical miracle that earned her the name “<a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesotas-frozen-woman-alive-and-well-decades-later" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frozen Woman</a> .” This shocked everyone in her small town Lengby, Minnesota. Her story
starts with a car accident, William DeLong wrote, in his article called
“Jean Hilliard: The Woman who Froze Solid and Thawed Back to Life” </span></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAVUQL764s5Za7yHeFrdr0tLDWq_SlKNm-noQs4rtT5N9Xc36H_fWHugxzJHnSt80KHVJi9jYbGkVEdG9khKHMCtTyUbiocz1Dbj2PPpof_N6WUnandIHL6ocKOuyCMasWj6ZGZrjgkSF5m8IkZJSXAR1Tf_CxFs0KsYXQ4QRcck869b0O9BLtTrRMVQ/s2592/minnesota-snow-ap-ml-230222_1677072030163_hpMain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1808" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAVUQL764s5Za7yHeFrdr0tLDWq_SlKNm-noQs4rtT5N9Xc36H_fWHugxzJHnSt80KHVJi9jYbGkVEdG9khKHMCtTyUbiocz1Dbj2PPpof_N6WUnandIHL6ocKOuyCMasWj6ZGZrjgkSF5m8IkZJSXAR1Tf_CxFs0KsYXQ4QRcck869b0O9BLtTrRMVQ/w279-h400/minnesota-snow-ap-ml-230222_1677072030163_hpMain.jpg" width="279" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Snow begins to fall around the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Feb. 21, 2023, <br />at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn.” Alex Kormann </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jean
was driving her father's truck that had no anti-brake locks, which
caused it to be a very dangerous vehicle to drive on icy, slick roads.
The truck ended up skidding on an ice patch and Jean ended up in a
roadside ditch. Jean recalled that she went to look for help, walking in
cowboy boots. She remembered getting frustrated thinking her friend
Wally’s place was much closer than it was. When she finally saw lights,
shining from Wally’s, everything around her went black – which was the
last thing Jean could remember. When Wally and his wife got Jean to the
hospital, Doctors were not optimistic about bringing her back since her
skin was so frozen that no needle could prick her skin, they just broke
from contact. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But
a medical miracle was formed hours later, when Jean awoke, talking
about how she was worried about her father being upset about his wrecked
truck. Many thought this miracle was due to the prayers that were being
said, but science determines that our bodies can go through a state of
hibernation. Since Jean was frozen solid, her blood slowed, and her need
for oxygen was less causing her organs to remain safe and unharmed.
Unlike most people that would’ve reacted to a second chance with a sense
of gratefulness, Jean kept waiting for something big to happen. She
says that it was as if she just went to sleep and woke up in the
hospital which to her was uninteresting. </span></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyUwZBFj6uSP-Zw_MlxdWJkwa5oW08NHSDouuhGjwj6vK3d6WifRjNB507ynx8zOT6lpxeZEKSNO3UhBWyZulWzCKszhyphenhyphenwcoq_UOuC3_3ouN8sVS9ZN1neagh3aC1XBbnjAuEmlA_gvFKKwremVn1Q3y8vzwRPitTPJ17jxex9aeZwMjuX6GPGNgJkFs/s1511/729a83-20180124-frozengirl-story.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1209" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyUwZBFj6uSP-Zw_MlxdWJkwa5oW08NHSDouuhGjwj6vK3d6WifRjNB507ynx8zOT6lpxeZEKSNO3UhBWyZulWzCKszhyphenhyphenwcoq_UOuC3_3ouN8sVS9ZN1neagh3aC1XBbnjAuEmlA_gvFKKwremVn1Q3y8vzwRPitTPJ17jxex9aeZwMjuX6GPGNgJkFs/w320-h400/729a83-20180124-frozengirl-story.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Frozen ordeal has happy ending” Thirteen towns newspaper, Fosston </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Life
for Jean is nothing but ordinary with no health issues from that night.
She’s had kids, been married, and she can now drive on icy roads at
night. Meanwhile doctors are using the so-called hibernation to see if
it be used to save people’s lives not only from hypothermia but also
gunshot wounds, stabbings, and heart attacks. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Works cited: </span></b></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">DeLong, William. “Jean Hilliard: The Woman who Froze Solid and Thawed Back to Life”, allthatinteresting, <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-hilliard">https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-hilliard</a>. Published 28, Jan. 2019 </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kormann, Alex. “Snow begins to fall around the Cathedral of Saint Paul, feb.21,2023, at the Minnesota state capitol in St. Paul, Minn.” Image. ABC news. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/massive-winter-storm-bring-heavy-snow-rain-states/story?id=97319954">https://abcnews.go.com/US/massive-winter-storm-bring-heavy-snow-rain-states/story?id=97319954</a> Accessed 28, Oct. 2023 </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maury, Glover. “Minnesota’s ‘frozen woman’ alive and well decades later” fox9.com, <a href="https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesotas-frozen-woman-alive-and-well-decades-later" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesotas-frozen-woman-alive-and-well-decades-later</a>. Published 2, March. 2020. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mcrae, Mike. “Amazing True Story: The Woman Who Survived Being ‘Frozen Solid’, science alert, <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-true-story-the-woman-who-survived-being-frozen-solid">https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-true-story-the-woman-who-survived-being-frozen-solid</a>. Published 23, Oct. 2023 </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snopes staff. “Jean Hillard: Miracle on Ice” Snopes, <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/miracle-on-ice/">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/miracle-on-ice/</a> Published 18, Feb. 2015 </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thirteen towns newspaper, Fosston. “Frozen ordeal has happy ending” Image. mprnews <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived</a> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Further research: </span></b></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Department of public health. Connecticut's state. “Frostbite and Hypothermia” <a href="ct.gov.com.https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Communications/Crisis-and-Emergency-Risk-Communication/Frostbite-and-Hypothermia">ct.gov.com.https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Communications/Crisis-and-Emergency-Risk-Communication/Frostbite-and-Hypothermia</a>.
Accessed 25, Oct. 2023. This article by the department of public health
of Connecticut talks about both hypothermia and frostbite. It lists the
differences between the two and gives people an understanding of what
to look for in case you feel like you might be experiencing one of the
two. For frostbite people complain of loss of feeling and color in the
affected area which is commonly fingers, cheeks, noses, and ears.
Compared to hypothermia it is less serious since with hypothermia your
body is losing more heat than it can produce. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rettner, Rachael. “How does a person freeze to death?’ livescience <a href="https://www.livescience.com/6008-person-freeze-death.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/6008-person-freeze-death.html</a> In her article she details how
core temperatures drop, frostbite danger, and how our bodies have a
built-in cold protection. One of the more interesting facts is the cold
protection is named Vasoconstriction, it limits the amount of heat you
lose to the environment. Another mechanism is how our bodies heat up is
shivering, it produces heat and allows our temperatures to rise. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , times , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p></div></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-19068841489646874282023-12-11T10:00:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:00:31.017-08:00Iceman Uncovered<p><b><u> Author:</u></b> Ma’Kayla Brown</p><p>On September 19, 1991, two German tourists by the names of Erika and Helmut Simon were hiking in the Otzal Alps and came across something very unusual. They found a frozen corpse sticking out of the snow. They believed that they had come across a hiker who had just recently passed and quickly alerted the proper authorities. The body was retrieved as well as the things that were found with it like tools and weapons such as stone arrowheads, knives, and a copper axe. Archeologists were brought in to look at the body and they dated the body to be at least 4,000 years old. They named the body Otzi because he was found in the Otzal Alps. Researchers began to try to find out the cause of death. When Otzi was first found, archeologists believed that Otzi was free of diseases but in 2007 researchers discovered that Otzi had been infested with whipworm and that he had suffered from arthritis. However, neither of those conditions contributed to his death.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmdic-rY2rm2O13zuDaZp1Syg1rLJ_DPvM3ePmH6D3SdmlRhRDN-8TcxZbjJ4sSkLMqN_AAifFu_vtWwuGjrJdoGuuiZBtXsnNIP-C6O8Gnjf2iJJUgj2E3A5q8rt-Mg_5ACEGFMYh1Qr6ZHVt8av3_jerCQCpVRJUumRftFzLW6bwo7GuPYAexsG6Do/s640/tumblr_nk7ewdWg241qdeispo2_540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="501" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmdic-rY2rm2O13zuDaZp1Syg1rLJ_DPvM3ePmH6D3SdmlRhRDN-8TcxZbjJ4sSkLMqN_AAifFu_vtWwuGjrJdoGuuiZBtXsnNIP-C6O8Gnjf2iJJUgj2E3A5q8rt-Mg_5ACEGFMYh1Qr6ZHVt8av3_jerCQCpVRJUumRftFzLW6bwo7GuPYAexsG6Do/s320/tumblr_nk7ewdWg241qdeispo2_540.jpg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Otzi the Iceman</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>They believed Otzi was about 5’2, weighed about 110 lbs, had died between 40-50 years old, and that he had lived through the copper age. Many theories of Otzi’s death floated around for some time, theories like Otzi had gotten caught in a horrible snowstorm and had frozen to death but a new discovery had come to light. Researchers had discovered that Otzi had a flint arrowhead lodged in his left shoulder and a deep cut was also found on his hand which is thought to be a defensive wound. With this evidence, scientists began to make sense of Otzi’s last days. Otzi had been shot by an arrow from behind and suffered extensive blood loss and died soon after. His body, clothes, and belongings were found undisturbed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k5LtD4G8JD4" width="320" youtube-src-id="k5LtD4G8JD4"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Otzi’s place of death with Albert Zink</div><p>A new study on the Iceman had begun. Scientists extracted DNA from Otzi’s pelvis and conducted an analysis of his genetic makeup. The analysis revealed that Otzi had dark skin, dark eyes, and was likely bald. Albert Zink, the head of the Institute for Mummy Studies at Eurac Research says, “It’s not surprising that Otzi was dark skinned.” He even adds that it’s believed that a lot of Europeans during that time likely had darker skin compared to present-day Europeans. A recent analysis of Otzi’s genome was done and they found that he has more than 92% Anatolian ancestry. This contradicted what was concluded in the original genome analysis. Researchers today still look for clues and evidence to continue to piece together Otzi’s life and his last days.</p><p><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></p><p>Historic Mysteries. “Otzi the Iceman: 5000+ year old murder case.” <i>YouTube</i>, 9 Apr. 2022. https://youtu.be/mRa0Gi_mRjs?si=E5JOpY2ZLtr-L98y .YouTube. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.</p><p>Hunt, Katie. “Otzi the Iceman’s True Appearance Revealed by New DNA Analysis.” <i>CNN</i>. 21 Aug. 2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/europe/otzi-the-iceman-physical-traits-scn. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.</p><p>National Geographic. “Onward A 5,300-Year-Old Mummy with Keys to the Future.” YouTube, 13 Nov. 2013. https://youtu.be/k5LtD4G8JD4?si=Tqas6-J4dBtK8C8A. Accessed 26 Oct. 2023.</p><p>Nothern Bushcraft. “Otzi the Iceman’s Clothes.” <i>Pinterest,</i> Northern Bushcraft — illvedere: Otzi the iceman’s clothes. (tumblr.com) Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.</p><p>Samadelli, Marco. “The Iceman is a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in the Otzal Alps.” <i>Pinterest</i>, Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.(24) Pinterest.</p><p>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Otzi.” <i>Britannica</i>. 20 Oct. 2023. Otzi | Discovery & Facts | Britannica. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023. Britannica. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.</p><p><b><u>Links for Further Research:</u></b></p><p>“Mysteries of Prehistoric Otzi the Iceman Mummy Are Finally Being Unraveled.” Newsweek. <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mysteries-otzi-iceman-mummy-finally-being-revealed-1820235">https://www.newsweek.com/mysteries-otzi-iceman-mummy-finally-being-revealed-1820235</a> This article written by Aristos Georgiou briefly goes over the history of Otzi the Iceman such as where he was found and how scientists believe he was killed. The article mainly speaks about the new discoveries made by scientists about Otzi like his genetic makeup, his genetic origins, etc.</p><p>“Testimony from the Iceman.” Smithsonian Magazine. Feb. 2023. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/testimony-from-the-iceman-75198998/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/testimony-from-the-iceman-75198998/</a>. In this article the author, Bob Cullen, tells the story of his travels to northern Italy to meet with Dr. Eduard Egarter Vigl, the Iceman’s caretaker. Here he describes what he’s learned from the expert regarding Otzi.</p><p>“Otzi the Iceman and the Copper Age World.” Dan Davis History. 22 May. 2023. <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/otzi-the-iceman-and-the-copper-age-world/crew/">https://letterboxd.com/film/otzi-the-iceman-and-the-copper-age-world/crew/</a>This video has different chapters that talks about each aspect of Otzi’s history and the life he lived. It talks about different topics such as Otzi’s clothes, his gear, his health, tattoos that were found on him, etc.</p><p><br /></p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-26684742782687508552023-12-11T09:34:00.000-08:002023-12-11T09:34:01.542-08:00Mercy Brown Incident: Vampires or Pure Coincidence?<p><b>Author: </b>Sebastian Garland</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vampires</a> are undead creatures who drink a person’s blood to feed their hunger, many people believed that these creatures live among us. Acting as which they are normal people. People called anything that looked out of place, a monster. So, it would not be completely shocking to mistake a scientific accident for a monster. A common illness that was seen as an act of a vampire was tuberculosis, which mostly ended in death during the 19th century. The most common symptom was that it made you slowly lose weight, which could be related to what happens when your blood gets ‘sucks’ out of your body. Which most people think vampires cause on their victims.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZWnTumtuxmfb-FRuVyQzwgIBxaYzqmOweswcjvyyagUByZaK92CDsPX-soNcaaRIgEKOA3gKdpRHIbIM6gYQ6sXBSY3ysfdo0ZY3efMx0c-GfLpTe7Z5ZkP3glsT1t5gNkQ_fSjp30qf5USpb0EFg9-GrrYqxyCaH0BDwCSqW-OJgXExlWpGOS80BgM/s736/b6cd1ae4b33a6502a50dc6185052b8ec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="736" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZWnTumtuxmfb-FRuVyQzwgIBxaYzqmOweswcjvyyagUByZaK92CDsPX-soNcaaRIgEKOA3gKdpRHIbIM6gYQ6sXBSY3ysfdo0ZY3efMx0c-GfLpTe7Z5ZkP3glsT1t5gNkQ_fSjp30qf5USpb0EFg9-GrrYqxyCaH0BDwCSqW-OJgXExlWpGOS80BgM/w400-h225/b6cd1ae4b33a6502a50dc6185052b8ec.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A person who fell to the illness of tuberculous during the 1880s.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>One of the first actions of the belief of the vampires is the Mercy Brown case. It started with the Brown family, George and Mary Brown, moving to this new town, Exeter, Rhode Island. The village thought the family was normal and did not think anything about it. Till the day Mary Brown, Mercy’s mother, fell ill with tuberculosis during the 1800s. It caused her to die, then her eldest daughter happened to have the same fate. Then the action happened again with her son, but he happened to pull the lucky stick and survived the illness. Finally, Mercy fell ill and had the same future as her sister and mother. The sudden rounds of death felt odd to the villagers, and they started to be a little more interested into the family’s personal business. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEJ76uf-AZN0_fs2gp9XOVQW9xGCGpvkYm2pKjbpHs7MnEkewhU29-ZPSYvhjPrhtXfd4UG7G4vOufqsaK1bCVnJvVC9UTpcFIVoqDVLYUiOUi0ExieBH2d99M9L1MwLjJge1wmUEEgrORgo7KzVGpjmBrc7MP4Z3h4BOUhnP708qscz3atWP-8p_Bts/s774/cbbe67da0e9534f1e23369159b74b08f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEJ76uf-AZN0_fs2gp9XOVQW9xGCGpvkYm2pKjbpHs7MnEkewhU29-ZPSYvhjPrhtXfd4UG7G4vOufqsaK1bCVnJvVC9UTpcFIVoqDVLYUiOUi0ExieBH2d99M9L1MwLjJge1wmUEEgrORgo7KzVGpjmBrc7MP4Z3h4BOUhnP708qscz3atWP-8p_Bts/w295-h400/cbbe67da0e9534f1e23369159b74b08f.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercy Brown’s grave as of modern day sights. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Mercy’s mother and sister were soon buried after their deaths, but Mercy was not due to the extreme coldness. So, the village decided to live Mercys body out and wait out till it became warmer. When the village turned their attention back to burying Mercy, they noticed something odd about her body. When the villagers opened her casket and saw she was in ‘perfect’ condition, no sights of decay and maybe even some growth within her hair as well as her fingernails. She was believed to still be alive due to the fact that she has change in a positive way and looked even better than when she died. They are though she was a vampire and was the cause of her family’s deaths. So, they decided to burn her body in order to ‘kill‘ the monster, saving her father and her brother from the same fate as the other two faced.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-TqX4nJiO9uClqa8dc-C90nl_8UQVN898zhS7BPcI_1oClVdY_YjTtXfY-23v2bk15KOvf7sB78_nhLxyRX1PJ7fG1Y45qIPp1_h2l5U7jeUzMlNpPGFS4bSm1viG3fQHkYRCPS72zJO9ZoDw-s5XU7jdIBIK6wPqrDViZ3z69Qr45ixA_FfRjkfYxE/s506/R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-TqX4nJiO9uClqa8dc-C90nl_8UQVN898zhS7BPcI_1oClVdY_YjTtXfY-23v2bk15KOvf7sB78_nhLxyRX1PJ7fG1Y45qIPp1_h2l5U7jeUzMlNpPGFS4bSm1viG3fQHkYRCPS72zJO9ZoDw-s5XU7jdIBIK6wPqrDViZ3z69Qr45ixA_FfRjkfYxE/w336-h400/R.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercy before she died, happy and safe.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>It was later believed that Mercy was not a vampire but rather just a scientific action. That the cold from the weather caused Mercy body’s to be left in a stable state and was not able to start decaying because she was basically frozen in time. Which counteracted the effect of decaying, but the growth of the nails and hairs has yet to be proven against, but it shown that stories sometimes change which could be mean that someone just added that detail to the story to make it a little more interesting than before.</p><p><b><u>Works cited: </u></b></p><p>Crystal Ponti. “When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis” A&E Television Networks, October 25, 2019, https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england. October 26, 2023</p><p>J.W. Ocker. “Explore the dark side of New England with these spooky sites” Boston Globe Media Partners, October 5, 2013, https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2013/10/05/explore-dark-side-new-england-with-spooky-sites/bV8m5801urtdRqf4tdQPjN/story.html</p><p>Staff Writer. “Mercy Brown, The Rhode Island Vampire Lady.” Any Mystery, December 14, 2022, https://anymystery.com/mercy-brown-the-rhode-island-vampire-lady/.</p><p><b><u>Links for Further Research:</u></b></p><p>The Mercy Brown Vampire Story, <a href="https://www.historicmysteries.com/mercy-brown/">https://www.historicmysteries.com/mercy-brown/</a> This article written by Doug MacGowan, who writes a lot of stories about historic true crimes, goes into detail about the actions that took place before, during and after the deaths of the Brown family.</p><p>Why The Mercy Brown Case Remains One Of History’s Craziest “Vampire” Incidents, <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/mercy-brown-vampire ">https://allthatsinteresting.com/mercy-brown-vampire </a>This article published by all that’s interesting, a website that writes a lot of facture but interesting stories, goes into details as well as the facts that stand base on the Mercy Brown case.</p><p>The story of Mercy Brown: New England’s last vampire, <a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/16/the-story-of-mercy-brown-new-englands-last-vampire/">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/16/the-story-of-mercy-brown-new-englands-last-vampire/</a> This article written by Marjia Georgevska shows a different theory on what happened after Mercy died and shows aspect that the first theory might of</p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-36229125064252272012022-12-09T14:27:00.000-08:002022-12-09T14:27:09.647-08:00Title: Drop Bear- Why it Scares Tourists<p> Author: Rachael Gilmore</p><p>Imagine being in an Australian forrest, then suddenly an animal is falling from the treetops attacking you. You try to run and knock it off you, but its razor-sharp teeth have sunk into the pink, tender flesh on your neck. You later die from blood loss due to an animal you never knew existed. In Australia, there is an animal that is rumored to be between the size of a leopard and a very large dog called the Drop Bear.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Z-0jKa7b2ihNvWAzyaL6Cf_rHaL_8PKC7lFhy-SAaKeZidOVJpAGuzuNMbIBQ6Z6FGwDku6of6Z6430zuhluiw4wLJaxjyEqVim8h-DnwadccNAIDbKuBZbMyetPtCrb6L5uM2vH3vi3Fouq9MhG6ij82fbUjN0AskCplSpuoCcJfdQFaH8vZq8l/s1600/201209133725-20201209-australia-drop-bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Z-0jKa7b2ihNvWAzyaL6Cf_rHaL_8PKC7lFhy-SAaKeZidOVJpAGuzuNMbIBQ6Z6FGwDku6of6Z6430zuhluiw4wLJaxjyEqVim8h-DnwadccNAIDbKuBZbMyetPtCrb6L5uM2vH3vi3Fouq9MhG6ij82fbUjN0AskCplSpuoCcJfdQFaH8vZq8l/w482-h271/201209133725-20201209-australia-drop-bear.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drop Bear</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>According to the Australian Museum, the drop bear is around the size of a leopard or a very large dog with coarse orange fur and some darker mottled patterning. They supposedly hunt by ambushing ground-dwelling animals from above, waiting to make a surprise kill. </p><p>Many sources have said that the only way to protect yourself is to slather yourself with Vegemite and speak in an Australian accent. National Geographic claims otherwise, though. “This is all nonsense, of course. There are no carnivorous koalas with a taste for tourists hanging around the eucalyptus trees of Australia” (<i>National Geographic</i>). </p><p><i>National Geographic</i> has suggested a similar species "prowled Australia during the last Ice Age." They believe that the ancient Thylacoleo animals were the ancestors of this animal.There are many similarities between the Thylacoleo and the Drop Bear. According to NatGeo, they both look very similar in the patterning of the fur, the size, and the size of their teeth. </p><p>Dr. Volker Janssen, a research associate at the University of Tasmania, led a team of researchers into Morton National Park, right outside of Sydney, searching for drop bears. Previous studies conducted show that drop bears hunt by ambushing ground-dwelling animals from above in treetops. Once prey is within their striking range, he says, the drop bear will plummet several meters out of the tree, skilfully latching onto the neck of its victim.</p><p><b><u>Works Cited: </u></b></p><p>Middleton, Amy. “Drop Bears Target Tourists, Study Says.” <i>Australian Geographic</i>, 9 Dec. 2021, https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2021/04/drop-bears-target-tourists-study-says/.</p><p>“Drop Bear.” <i>The Australian Museum,</i> NSW Government, 2022, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/.</p><p>Westcott, Ben. “The True and Unadulterated History of the Drop Bear, Australia's Most Deadly -- and Most Fake -- Predator.” <i>CNN</i>, Cable News Network, 18 Dec. 2020, https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/australia-drop-bears-history-intl-hnk/index.html. CNN provides live coverage and analysis of breaking news, as well as a full range of international, political, business, entertainment, sports, health, science, and weather coverage, and topical, in-depth interviews. This article aims to inform its reader that no Australian believes the Drop Bear exists. The main purpose of the myth is to scare foreign visitors. This source is unique because CNN describes the true reaction visitors get when locals tell them about the myth and how the story of the Drop Bear was created to scare Australian children into being good. This article was very helpful because this was the only article that had the origin and use of this myth. This article intended to reach people researching what they should know before going to Australia.</p><p><b><u>Links for Further Research: </u></b></p><p>Arman, S., Prideaux, G. 2016. Behaviour of the Pleistocene marsupial lion deduced from claw marks in a southwestern Australian cave. <i>Scientific Reports</i>. doi: 10.1038/srep21372</p>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-42804730148322393242022-12-09T14:08:00.001-08:002022-12-09T14:09:20.005-08:00The Boggy Creek Monster<p>Author: Koko :3 </p><p>The Legend of the Boggy Creek Monster begins in Fouke, Arkansas. The nearly 8 foot creature is said to have been first sighted in 1908. The Boggy Creek Monster is a hairy beast who crept around the small town of Fouke. There had been sightings here and there until early 1970 when an attack was reported. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ltzXu3vO_B3QKa1CiGThMpTShq_I3e6fnxyHQR1kmrAiJRkrqWGSlH5bFaNFr69G_5Tz0yYdnXHhdeeqLQ-zyd1J9DugGEMBXu2hWR4tAvURQm5escZ6c878BhUXL9HhfuHV3kc6gNSvYtu6Z66W8oSmJC0mqYkLqxldxHerpaDjqojBXPTFolS4/s620/Fouke_Monster.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ltzXu3vO_B3QKa1CiGThMpTShq_I3e6fnxyHQR1kmrAiJRkrqWGSlH5bFaNFr69G_5Tz0yYdnXHhdeeqLQ-zyd1J9DugGEMBXu2hWR4tAvURQm5escZ6c878BhUXL9HhfuHV3kc6gNSvYtu6Z66W8oSmJC0mqYkLqxldxHerpaDjqojBXPTFolS4/w268-h400/Fouke_Monster.webp" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>During May of 1971 Bobby Ford, a twenty five year old man, reported that he was attacked in his home near U.S. Highway 71. He reported the creature's appearance and how he though it was a bear at first however when it ran upright he knew it could not be a bear, the eyes on this creature were red, and it had very heavy fur. . He detailed how he just barely managed to get away before getting treatment at the hospital. After the story got out about the attack more sightings started to be reported. </p><p>From the 1970s till now the Boggy Creek Monster has gained more and more popularity. Even in the town of Fouke, Arkansas where the sightings and attack happened has embraced the cryptid and built a “monster mart” that carries Boggy Creek Monster memorabilia. Also there has been about five different movies made about this monster. Also on FoukeMonster.net there is a sightings log that was active up until 2021. </p><div><div><b><u>Works Cited: </u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Jackson, Nicholas. “Boggy Creek Monster.” <i>Atlas Obscura.</i> 20 Oct 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/boggy-creek-monster. </div><div><br /></div><div>Powell, Jim.” The Fouke Monster: A look at how the media recorded the reports of the 1971 alleged sighting of a large creature in rural Miller County,Ark.” 20 Oct 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20030803214623/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15694.txt.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>Links for further research:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>1.Fouke Monster <a href="http://www.foukemonster.net/">http://www.foukemonster.net/</a>. This website gives a profile of the cryptid and includes information about sightings. </div><div><br /></div><div>2. Cryptidz Fandom <a href="http://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Boggy_Creek_Monster">cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Boggy_Creek_Monster</a>. This website gives fans of the cryptid a space to talk about the creature and articles around the page give more info about the creature. </div><div><br /></div><div>3. Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1IahPyZW3U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1IahPyZW3U</a>. This video is a documentary about the Fouke Monster and how the history still follows them. </div></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595531248189694146.post-29861056160451464892022-12-09T13:52:00.006-08:002022-12-09T13:52:44.668-08:00Gravity Hills: Optical Illusions? Or Urban Legends?<p> Author: Anonymous</p><p>Around the world there seem to be these types of hills that you can drive down to the bottom, put your car in neutral, and then your car will slowly seem to move backwards. As Elizabeth Borne said on (“What are Gravity Hills?”) “A gravity hill is a place where gravity seems to be working against itself; where gravity seems to temporarily not work as it should”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkONxUI2fSNbxE9tYPBacHZ49xpCd_OXSdzrMu6DRfY_-v1UUFSgqT7lAeY-VfJ6JmNAYouB1ylk9bZxLHIQIgGc-ybMw9ZpVy17XbpDTlLXTV4Ybk4dZ9bSzXQjgMJtAHFYG86gRWNj48C2MsHuYNjQvOEqqbqURMUOgK4lwByJXdQn46IW81RIK/s1024/gravity-hill-gif_1024.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkONxUI2fSNbxE9tYPBacHZ49xpCd_OXSdzrMu6DRfY_-v1UUFSgqT7lAeY-VfJ6JmNAYouB1ylk9bZxLHIQIgGc-ybMw9ZpVy17XbpDTlLXTV4Ybk4dZ9bSzXQjgMJtAHFYG86gRWNj48C2MsHuYNjQvOEqqbqURMUOgK4lwByJXdQn46IW81RIK/w524-h213/gravity-hill-gif_1024.gif" width="524" /></a></div><br /><p>There are reported dozens of gravity hills around the world including in the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, and Italy (“These Gravity Defying Hills Are One of The Strangest Natural Phenomena We’ve Seen.”) Gravity Hills are optical illusions. These hills are optical illusions, the illusion is that there is no horizon to been seen due the landscape. This illusion confuses the brain to make us think that the slope is going a different way than it is (“These Gravity Defying Hills Are One of The Strangest Natural Phenomena We’ve Seen.”)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8TKR-cIf1wpudgFAnf43Dqa44xJfv0bKKdAIed-Nnc5QA3ostc2ViIh5krhCwGbAR1519eNg929WsxoR9tZawRfTx9RWEA7T0EyxsT9H0awJK7PesjdAB1-ybsNzAlw1XnVd215_diEn6TIWeLKrqZ8hh-GeTWnWJ2WSu8xttG4DPPK9XiFpYx7J/s1200/1200x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8TKR-cIf1wpudgFAnf43Dqa44xJfv0bKKdAIed-Nnc5QA3ostc2ViIh5krhCwGbAR1519eNg929WsxoR9tZawRfTx9RWEA7T0EyxsT9H0awJK7PesjdAB1-ybsNzAlw1XnVd215_diEn6TIWeLKrqZ8hh-GeTWnWJ2WSu8xttG4DPPK9XiFpYx7J/w400-h300/1200x0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Some people believe that these hills could work because of the urban legend that surround them. One of these hills in Lake Wales, Florida there is an urban legend of a huge alligator was harassing a native tribe. The tribe sent out their great warrior chief to kill the alligator. Following the chief’s death in battle, he was buried on the north side of the hill. Years later pioneers noticed while they were hauling goods for the army trail, they noticed the horses strained at the foot of the hill, even though it appeared to be going downhill. (“The Legend of Spook Hill”) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="346" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v4UV2Fc-98I" width="416" youtube-src-id="v4UV2Fc-98I"></iframe></div><br /><p>Another legend that is said about these gravity hills is, a hill located in Arcadia, Michigan. The legend says that it is an old church “pulling sinners in” to explain the way the cars are being pulled uphill towards the buildings. (“Gravity Hills: Spooky Optical Illusions of Roads”) </p><p>There is another legend of these gravity hills. This one is located in Altadena, CA, the legend says that many years ago a bus broke down trying to go up the hill, the bus driver was seeing what was wrong with the bus and the kids inside got bored. The kids started exiting the bus, the started playing outside not realizing what was coming next. The bus driver was distracted, and a car comes speeding up the hill, the car goes through the crowd of children, killing the majority of them on impact. Legend says that the kids bunch together and push cars up the hill because they think they are scary. (“The Ghostly Tragedy of the Altadena Gravity Hill”) </p><p>Gravity hills are an optical illusion. That makes people wonder “did I really just go up a hill backwards?”. Either using ghost stories or the way there is no horizon this make you wonder, Ghost Story? Or Optical Illusion?”</p><p><b><u>Works Cited:</u></b></p><p>Borneman, Elizabeth. “What are Gravity Hills?” <i>Geography Realm</i>, 12 March 2016. https://www.geographyrealm.com/what-are-gravity-hills/</p><p>Bec, Crew. “These Gravity Defying Hills Are One of The Strangest Natural Phenomena We’ve Seen.” <i>Science Alert</i>, 6 March 2017. https://www.sciencealert.com/gravity-hills-physics-defying-optical-illusion-car-drifts-uphill</p><p>Palo, Peyten. “The Legend of Spook Hill” <i>Visit Central Florida</i>, Accessed 25 October 2022. https://visitcentralflorida.org/blog/the-legend-of-spook-hill/</p><p>Smith, Lauren. “Gravity Hills: A Spooky Optical Illusion of the Roads” <i>Jerry,</i> 27 April 2022. https://getjerry.com/insights/gravity-hills-optical-illusion</p><p>“The Ghostly Tragedy of the Altadena Gravity Hill” <i>Backpackerverse, </i>Accessed 25 October 2022. https://backpackerverse.com/altadena-gravity-hill/</p><p><b><u>Links for Further Research: </u></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="markedContent" id="page18R_mcid1"><a href="https://getjerry.com/insights/gravity-hills-optical-illusion"><span aria-owns="pdfjs_internal_id_20R" dir="ltr" style="left: 242.483px; top: 123.661px; transform: scaleX(0.937004);">https://getjerry.com/insights/gravity</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 529.4px; top: 123.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 535.8px; top: 123.661px; transform: scaleX(1.00155);">hills</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 570.233px; top: 123.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 576.633px; top: 123.661px; transform: scaleX(0.946713);">optical</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 631.433px; top: 123.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 637.833px; top: 123.661px; transform: scaleX(0.980213);">illusion</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="markedContent"><a href="https://getjerry.com/insights/gravity-hills-optical-illusion"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 637.833px; top: 123.661px; transform: scaleX(0.980213);"><br /></span></a></span><span class="markedContent" id="page18R_mcid3"><a href="https://urbanlegendsonline.com/gravity-hill-spook-hill/"><span aria-owns="pdfjs_internal_id_21R" dir="ltr" style="left: 120.04px; top: 161.661px; transform: scaleX(0.916857);">https://urbanlegendsonline.com/gravity</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 434.167px; top: 161.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 440.567px; top: 161.661px; transform: scaleX(1.09292);">hill</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 467.4px; top: 161.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 473.8px; top: 161.661px; transform: scaleX(0.892221);">spook</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 521.4px; top: 161.661px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 528.2px; top: 161.661px; transform: scaleX(1.07607);">hill/<br /></span></a></span><span class="markedContent" id="page18R_mcid5"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="markedContent"><a href="https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Urban-Legends-And-Haunted-Places-the-series-Washington-Edition"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 120.04px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.913099);">https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Urban</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 452.2px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span aria-owns="pdfjs_internal_id_22R" dir="ltr" style="left: 458.6px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.878488);">Legends</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 526.2px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 532.6px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.968322);">And</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 567.033px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 573.433px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.899934);">Haunted</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 641.483px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 647.883px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.855429);">Places</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 699.483px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 705.883px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.879664);">the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 730.283px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 737.083px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.850984);">series</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 782.717px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 789.117px; top: 200.111px; transform: scaleX(0.922989);">Washington</span><span aria-owns="pdfjs_internal_id_23R" dir="ltr" style="left: 885.967px; top: 200.111px;">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 120.04px; top: 224.911px; transform: scaleX(0.967067);">Edition</span></a></span></span></div>Dr.Ms.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028734989910515370noreply@blogger.com0