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<blockquote data-quote="Aeolius" data-source="post: 5638265" data-attributes="member: 2072">Freshies, eh? Do you have cable? NatGeo has a show about longfin eels coming on later today. <a href="http://animal.discovery.com/videos/river-monsters-eels-devour-deer-carcass.html" target="_blank">Animal Planet Videos</a> .&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; There was also a <a href="http://destinationtruthblog.com/2011/05/episode-313-haunted-mining-towntaniwha/" target="_blank">recent episode</a> of Destination Truth on Syfy that discussed the Taniwha, &quot;a creature of Maori legend in New Zealand, a white, eel-like dragon with sharp teeth which protects the country’s waterways&quot;. That episode had some inspiration bits about sacred cenotes and the Maya goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixchel" target="_blank">Ixchel</a> . &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; As for stock beasties.. perhaps an electric eel (or a shrieking eel from Princess Bride), freshwater ixitxachitl, or similar encounter.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Regarding encounters... I've always wanted to use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_Villa_Luz" target="_blank">Cueva De Villa Luz</a> in a game, somewhere.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aeolius, post: 5638265, member: 2072"] Freshies, eh? Do you have cable? NatGeo has a show about longfin eels coming on later today. [URL="http://animal.discovery.com/videos/river-monsters-eels-devour-deer-carcass.html"]Animal Planet Videos[/URL] . There was also a [URL="http://destinationtruthblog.com/2011/05/episode-313-haunted-mining-towntaniwha/"]recent episode[/URL] of Destination Truth on Syfy that discussed the Taniwha, "a creature of Maori legend in New Zealand, a white, eel-like dragon with sharp teeth which protects the country’s waterways". That episode had some inspiration bits about sacred cenotes and the Maya goddess [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixchel"]Ixchel[/URL] . As for stock beasties.. perhaps an electric eel (or a shrieking eel from Princess Bride), freshwater ixitxachitl, or similar encounter. Regarding encounters... I've always wanted to use the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_Villa_Luz"]Cueva De Villa Luz[/URL] in a game, somewhere. [/QUOTE]

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