Tuesday, October 21, 2008

"Yeah, and Monkeys Might Fly Out of My Butt"

During a recent expedition in the Himalayan mountains, Japanese explorers claim to have found footprints belonging to the Abominable Snowman. The men have provided pictures of large indentions in the snow resembling human feet as evidence. No photos of the creature itself were taken on the trip. Coincidentally, MSNBC also reported similar findings regarding the yeti's Western Hemisphere cousin, Bigfoot, earlier in the year.

Its amazing that major media outlets continue to fall for these scams. After the Sasquatch discovery proved to be a hoax (it was just a picture of a Bigfoot costume purchased off of the internet, dirtied up, and thrown in a box), it seems these guys would have learned a lesson. Before reporting something to the entire United States (& beyond), wouldn't it be a good idea to do some research? How could you possibly be so irresponsible?

For one thing, absolutely anything can be photoshopped with today's technology. To take it a step further, movie studios use green screens to create all kinds of effects. Just because I see Shaq wearing a woman's blouse and pants stolen from Hammer's closet granting wishes to kids in Kazaam, I am not flying to Miami to request an orgy with the female cast members of Friday Night Lights in Scrooge McDuck's money pit. Not going to happen (though it wouldn't suck). Use some common sense people! Harry & the Hendersons = Fiction...

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