by pressing 'random page' on wikipedia, you can find some real interesting stuff. of course, it is worth noting that once you see something, you can't unsee it. i just saw the album cover of marilyn mansons 'mechanical animals' album, and never has that bit of wisdom rung more true.
i also read about a tea room franchise, called the dobra cojovna, which began in the czech republic, in the communist era. it was illegal there during the communist era to import tea (for some unfathomable, ungodly reason), and a small group would gather together to sample and enjoy different teas, from all over the world. after the velvet revolution, they opened this tea shop, which soon turned to a franchise, spanning across europe, and the united states. apparently they have a very diverse range of teas, even for a tea room, and the staff are specially trained in the art of brewing and perfecting tea.
this just shows, if people have a true passion for something, nothing can keep them from that.
apparently theres a town called fairy, in texas. i'm serious. don't believe me? look it up.
in breton mythology, a creature known as the bugul noz (night shepherd) lives in the woodlands of brittany, a french province. he is the last of his kind, and is extremely ugly. he calls out to people to stay away, because he does not want to scare them. all creatures avoid, due to his ugliness. he is said to be kind and gentle.
ah, the french. they have their priorities in order, at least. now whether or not thats the right order....
did you look up the fairy town in texas? i know right, unbelievable!
and over the easter weekend, in steylerville, johannesburg, a shapeshifting creature has been seen, for the second time.
two men were walking out of a tavern, when they saw a man. they went over to talk to the man, as they got closer, they realised the man had no head. at that point, the headless man turned into an angry dog, roughly the size of a cow, and chased them. the monster soon turned its sights on another group of people on the road. that group stated that the creature turned into a giant monkey, and quickly dissappeared.
the creature had been sighted by many people in the town for a month before this sighting, most notably peering in the windows of the church during a service, and by mourners attending two seperate funerals.
a news article about it is here.
most of the comments below say that the people there are all drunk or on drugs, but from the sounds of it, there does seem to be something going on in that town, that i don't think drugs could be behind, except perhaps ergot, that occurs in bad bread, but usually causes hallucinations of being attacked by a giant hairy homonid. ergot has been the cause of people thinking they are werewolves, and people thinking they have been attacked by werewolves.
more info about ergot. i didn't read much of it, if it doesn't make sense, tell me, i'll try to find something simpler.
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