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itself, like many in Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and North 2. ~Hairy Humanoids America, has a longstanding tradition and reputation for being Many eyewitness accounts of hair-covered humanoids have haunted by "kelpies", or shapeshifting, horse-headed, serpentine been reported and documented over the years by people from a entities. These creatures are often described as having horselike wide range of backgrounds and professions. While Bigfoot or heads and manes, long serpentine necks and huge humped bodies Sasquatch is the type whose description is known to most people, with four flippers. perhaps equalled by the Yeti of the Himalayas (the "Abominable Given the frigid water conditions at the loch (42°F or 5.5°C] on Snowman"), the literature would indicate that not only are these average) and the mammalian characteristics of the creatures, it living flesh-and-blood creatures, but they come in a wide variety stands to reason that they are either mammals or some sort of of physical configurations. Yet, like the lake monsters, they seem endothermic (warm-blooded) plesiosaur descendants, or dinosaur _to "pop in and out" of our surface world reality and are amazingly descendants (many of the theropod dinosaurs were endothermic, difficult to track for creatures so large. as are their descendants, the birds). Given the additional fact that In addition to the towering, hirsute Bigfoot form, witnesses they sometimes sport horns or "ossicorns" like those of a giraffe, have reported: stunted, clawed versions with savage dispositions; the mammalian hypothesis (descendants of zeuglodons, primitive black "winged" varieties (the Ixals of Mexico); screeching horrors whales) may be the best bet. with shaggy, hair-covered faces; gigantic varieties which would The questions of where they originate, where they go when they dwarf Sasquatch (like the Yeren of China); and more. In addition vanish and how they maintain a stable diet still remain. A look at to the "rotten egg" or "skunk-like" odour which often accompa- the structure of Loch Ness provides some clues. nies most of these forms (as it does with Bigfoot, the Shampe of It has been determined that at some point in the distant past, the Choctaw Indians and the Florida "skunk ape"), many sightings Loch Ness was an arm of the sea. Now it is seldom less than 300 and encounters have taken place in or near caves or cavernous feet (91.4 m) deep and routinely surpasses 400 feet (121.9 m) in _ regions as well as abandoned mines and other man-made tunnels depth. The bottom of the lake runs up in many instances to meet or potential entrances to unknown, underground areas. underwater cliffs and the submerged sides of the mountains which Consider the underworld-exploring Enkidu, the hell-plumbing surround the loch. Sonar has indicated Chinese monkey, the hairy that the bases of these cliffs are honey- Scandinavian trolls and the fanged, combed in places with very large cav- baboon- or dog-headed monsters of erns of undetermined depth and extent. Sumer, Egypt and other cultures, and a Could these lead to even more vast Is there a connection between connection again becomes clear. underground caverns under the moun- These creatures come out into our tains, some containing air and eventual- the reptilian yet mammalian world, usually by night, and then ly linking to other lakes and to the sea? "dragons" of large cold lakes retreat into an "invisible" cavern or This would certainly provide a feasible subterranean world about which only explanation for the mysterious move- and the vast cavern systems they know, vanishing "without a ments and disappearances of these crea- A trace". This does not have a connota- tures, and perhaps to the question of that may lie beneath them? tion of the supernatural but the conno- their diet, which may be also that of an ocean-going animal or "sea serpent". Perhaps the lakes and lochs around Not only does this indicate an under- the world which boast of such creatures world connection, but it also indicates are simply places to breed and spawn in relative safety from the an intelligent "covering" of tracks and evidence which is beyond tation of a natural phenomenon and is a logical conclusion. large predators of the oceans. the abilities of ordinary animals and can only be equated to the When it is taken into account that many other "vortex-haunted" premeditated and well-planned actions of human beings—or of lakes around the world have been found to have deep caverns something at least as clever. It also begs the question of, at some which account for their "vortices" (created by the suction of even _ level, possible human involvement of a covert nature in not only larger water-filled caverns and the movement of huge volumes of | "hairy humanoid" matters but in other, more bizarre, cryptid water), the whole matter shifts into perspective. accounts. Such vortex-sporting, cavern-hiding lakes include Lake St Jean And disinformation—in the form of ridicule, evidence- and Blue Sea Lake in Canada (the latter home to Misiganebic, a tampering or intentional hoaxing—may also come into play at "horse-headed" dragon), as well as Pohenegamook, Massawippa, times. If this does occur, it does not automatically disqualify the Memphremagog, and on and on. Loch Ness and the Walchensee — phenomenon as a genuine one. It only complicates matters by in Bavaria, among others, are said to connect to the sea in similar —_ introducing what may be the intended element into the equation, fashion. that element being obfuscation. Given the distance of some of these bodies of water from the ocean, it is not unreasonable to assume that many deep aquifers 3. "El Chupacabras" and Other "Hybrid" Beings are actually tributaries or parts of vast subterranean oceans of Puerto Rico is a small island, only about 150 miles long by 45 fresh water which may now be in danger of depletion by human miles wide (241.4 by 72.4 km), yet it has experienced enough usage from the surface. paranormal and cryptid activity in its history to be a continent. Is there a connection between the reptilian yet mammalian The native Taino, an Arawak tribe of the West Indies, feared "dragons" of large cold lakes and the vast cavern systems that creatures like the Araidai, a jungle goblin, and Konokokuyuha, a may lie beneath them? The evidence would seem to indicate that type of evil dwarf. The island has long been a haunt of hairy this is the case. The cryptid dragon, with his underground lairs humanoids, mysterious winged creatures (some described as and underwater entrances to them, is apparently as active and "pterodactyls") and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), with the secretive as the Chinese and Japanese versions ever were. entire human population in some areas at times living in terror. the reptilian yet mammalian "dragons" of large cold lakes and the vast cavern systems that may lie beneath them? 3. "El Chupacabras" and Other "Hybrid" Beings Puerto Rico is a small island, only about 150 miles long by 45 miles wide (241.4 by 72.4 km), yet it has experienced enough paranormal and cryptid activity in its history to be a continent. The native Taino, an Arawak tribe of the West Indies, feared creatures like the Araidai, a jungle goblin, and Konokokuyuha, a type of evil dwarf. The island has long been a haunt of hairy humanoids, mysterious winged creatures (some described as "pterodactyls") and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), with the entire human population in some areas at times living in terror. 60 = NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2001 2. Hairy Humanoids www.nexusmagazine.com