Mythical Creatures

I read on the CNN site today about the rat-squirrel. It seems that this little guy has gone missing for 11 million years. I just want to be able to hide from the wife for 3 or 4 hours on Saturday afternoon to watch some hoops. I could learn a lot from this little guy.

Anyway, I have some doubts about the story. It has some of the same flavor of a standard story you’d find in the Weekly World News. The story takes place in an exotic far away place that most Americans have never visited. In this case Laos. The creature has not been seen alive. The only specimens have been corpses. Also the only witnesses are exotic people from the exotic place. To wit: Laotian hunters. So I have my doubts.

I want to believe the story but I don’t want to be a chump. I’m not sure what to think. I want to believe in a superhuman creature able to hide from the wife for long periods of time without the benefit of a basement. I love the concept of the half and half like critters. Half rat half squirrel, half dog half chicken, half cat half chicken, half lizard half chicken, half chicken half rooster are all winners. I could really get behind a pet you can grill on Saturday afternoon.