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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 4747177" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p><strong>And now for something completely different</strong></p><p></p><p>Ready for a little detour into Cryptozoology?</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">I may never swim in the Ocean again.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>Jaws I can handle. I'm not really afraid of sharks. Barracudas, moray eels, even jellyfish and such horrid oddities as sea snakes, mantis shrimp, sea nettles and portuguese man of war I can live with, but when I saw this</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/popup?id=2205608" target="_blank">Animal Oddities - ABC News</a> <em>]</em> it was too much for me to handle. What the heck is this thing? Is this for real? Where do these horrific creatures live? </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/rex_killer_worm_090406_ssh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It's a four foot long worm that was 'found' eating the fish in a public aquarium, has jaws that can break coral and can permanently "numb" humans with it's stingers. </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/30/article-1165930-03F7CCDE000005DC-686_468x332.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>So I got really curious about this thing, it immediately reminded me of some old medieval tales of Wyrms from various Sagas and chronicles, like the Sockburn Wyrm or one of those other strange beasties, but more on that in a minute.</p><p> </p><p>The first thing I ran across when searching for more information on these polycheates worms were some really evocative cryptozoological articles.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Our friend "Barry" from the aquarium could have some bigger cousins out there, namely the "Con Rit" aka Giant Sea Centipede, at least one Crypto writer posits it is related to this critter, which according to this article gets about 10' in some known variants</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/Trunko/centipede.html" target="_blank">What Is The "Great Sea Centipede"?</a></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Some other crypto articles</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science//item/weird_animals_giant_sea_centipede" target="_blank">Null Hypothesis | Top Ten Animal Mysteries: The Giant Sea Centipede</a></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.ufodigest.com/news/1007/conrit.html" target="_blank">Con Rit – The Great Sea Centipede</a></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">At the very least, this could make for a cool monster, paralysis stingers, very strong, up to 150' long? Whats not to like?</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Here is a video of a much smaller and slimmer example of this species, maybe 3', noodling around in somebodies fish tank</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRIaeAnpMdc" target="_blank">YouTube - Sea Bristleworm dragon worm</a> </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But gamers and fans of DnD might be particularly interested in some other much older stories. There are many interesting old Medieval stories of "wyrms" in Europe which made it into the public records, including this story I remembered of a "wyrm" which was found as a small animal, thrown in a well, where it proceeded to grow to monstrous size and eventually became a public nuisance.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm" target="_blank">Lambton Worm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The description of the “beast” reminds me a lot of our friend Barry</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Probably a very tenuous link, but interesting for gamers nonetheless, maybe fodder for some game ideas? It's got my creative juices flowing like Barry's mouth while he's sizing up a yellow tang <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Next post: more cool Wyrm legends including the historical origins of Lewis Carols Jaberwock and the Vorpal blade which slew it snicker snack…</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">G.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 4747177, member: 77019"] [b]And now for something completely different[/b] Ready for a little detour into Cryptozoology? [B][SIZE=3]I may never swim in the Ocean again.[/SIZE][/B] Jaws I can handle. I'm not really afraid of sharks. Barracudas, moray eels, even jellyfish and such horrid oddities as sea snakes, mantis shrimp, sea nettles and portuguese man of war I can live with, but when I saw this [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/popup?id=2205608"]Animal Oddities - ABC News[/URL] [I]][/I] it was too much for me to handle. What the heck is this thing? Is this for real? Where do these horrific creatures live? [IMG]http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/rex_killer_worm_090406_ssh.jpg[/IMG] It's a four foot long worm that was 'found' eating the fish in a public aquarium, has jaws that can break coral and can permanently "numb" humans with it's stingers. [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/30/article-1165930-03F7CCDE000005DC-686_468x332.jpg[/IMG] So I got really curious about this thing, it immediately reminded me of some old medieval tales of Wyrms from various Sagas and chronicles, like the Sockburn Wyrm or one of those other strange beasties, but more on that in a minute. The first thing I ran across when searching for more information on these polycheates worms were some really evocative cryptozoological articles. [FONT=Arial][COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Our friend "Barry" from the aquarium could have some bigger cousins out there, namely the "Con Rit" aka Giant Sea Centipede, at least one Crypto writer posits it is related to this critter, which according to this article gets about 10' in some known variants[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana][url=http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/Trunko/centipede.html]What Is The "Great Sea Centipede"?[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Some other crypto articles[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana][url=http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science//item/weird_animals_giant_sea_centipede]Null Hypothesis | Top Ten Animal Mysteries: The Giant Sea Centipede[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana][url=http://www.ufodigest.com/news/1007/conrit.html]Con Rit – The Great Sea Centipede[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana]At the very least, this could make for a cool monster, paralysis stingers, very strong, up to 150' long? Whats not to like?[/FONT] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Here is a video of a much smaller and slimmer example of this species, maybe 3', noodling around in somebodies fish tank[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRIaeAnpMdc]YouTube - Sea Bristleworm dragon worm[/url] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]But gamers and fans of DnD might be particularly interested in some other much older stories. There are many interesting old Medieval stories of "wyrms" in Europe which made it into the public records, including this story I remembered of a "wyrm" which was found as a small animal, thrown in a well, where it proceeded to grow to monstrous size and eventually became a public nuisance.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm]Lambton Worm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]The description of the “beast” reminds me a lot of our friend Barry[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Probably a very tenuous link, but interesting for gamers nonetheless, maybe fodder for some game ideas? It's got my creative juices flowing like Barry's mouth while he's sizing up a yellow tang :) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Next post: more cool Wyrm legends including the historical origins of Lewis Carols Jaberwock and the Vorpal blade which slew it snicker snack…[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]G.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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