Friday, October 02, 2009

Halloween Countdown 2009: Monster #2

Known as "Ducktopus" to residents living near seaside Oso Flaco Lake, this strange creature was first mentioned in the Spring 1974 issue of Strange but Really Real Science magazine.

Further reports have been sparse, lending most in the really really real scientific community to posit that the creature was not a monster and, barring a complete fabrication of the story, was in fact an ordinary octopus eating or resting on top of a dead seagull, duck or other local water fowl.


[Artist Sketch of "Ducktopus" based on eyewitness account]

8 comments:

Wings1295 said...

Okay - zoinks!!!

Shawn Robare said...

As if an octopus eating a duck/goose/seagull/swan is any less disturbing or scary... ;)

Seriously, a feathered cephalopod freaks me right out...

wyrmphreak said...

Oh, this is one of the greatest creations I think I've ever seen!! I keep seeing images of a cute little plushie Ducktopus, just as you've drawn him. Man, how fun is he!? : )

Bubbashelby said...

Thanks Wings and Shawn!

wyrmphreak - you should make one...well...two, so you can give me one ;)

Chad Thorson said...

Quackthulhu! This is what happens when Disney gets the rights to H.P. Lovecraft's writings!

Great Job!

Azathoth said...

Man, we really need to align the stars and raise Cthulhu out of the sea quick. Looks like he was getting a tad bit too lonely and mated with a duck/goose/seagull/swan-like organism!

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Thanks you Shawn...finally some sense...mixing freakin cephalopods with any other creature is just a crime against humanity. For SHAME, Bubbashelby. FOR SHAME. You can't be giving these crazy squid geneticists any ideas.

Bubbashelby said...

Atom - Quackthulu - I love it!

Azoth and Cal - what can I say, Halloween is supposed to be scary and freaky ;)

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