dragonlady_mothman
Feb 6 2006, 02:00 AM
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COONIGATOR
Renowned for their midnight raids on campground dumpsters, legends of these ferocious, fur-bearing reptiles hail from the rural, woodland regions surrounding Mount Pelier, Vermont. Often mistaken for a raccoon at a distance, these swift scavangers have terrified more than a few observers who have had the opportunity - or misfortune as the case may be - to get a closer look at these unique beasts, as they scoured through the onlookers' garbage during one of their notorious nocturnal feeding freenzies.
Described by eyewitnesses as being a raccoon sized animal, with a rounded torso, and a thick coat of grayish fur - far and away the most fascinating (not to mention frightening) aspect of these creatures are their faces. According to most accounts these creature's bear a visage which is virtually indistinguishable from their aquatic cousins... the alligators.
It is the apparent synthesis of features between this particular predatory reptile and the masked tree dweller known as the raccoon, which bless this Darwinian nightmare its appellation.
Although the origins of these repto-mammalian hybrids remain shrouded in mystery, sightings of these animals have measurably increased during the past decade. This fact has caused more than a little consternation for homeowners in the Mount Pelier region.
sourceThe image I'm getting is kinda...cute.
Though it sounds like someone saw a racoon and let the imagination run from there.
different
Feb 6 2006, 02:07 AM
Then what would it be classified as? *thinks back to platapus **blanks out ***duh...
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 6 2006, 02:08 AM
That would depend on if it was warm-blooded or not, wouldn't it?
different
Feb 6 2006, 02:12 AM
Oh yeah that's right. I have not been in cryptozoology in a while. BTW I agree with you it sounds like an overactive imagination.
psyche101
Feb 6 2006, 06:40 AM
^ Hehe, it is an over-reactive imagination
I saw the site with all his stuff a few weeks ago, funny as all heck.
Seem to have missed one of the best stories on the site - the fur-bearing trout
They even mounted some and sold them............hrrmmz must be true
Heh
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 6 2006, 11:30 AM
Brotherhood of the Wolf. As I understand it, that was a frequent occurance.
newbloodmoon
Feb 6 2006, 11:56 AM
"And for 3 easy payments of $19.95 plus $32 shipping and handling you too can own your very own Coonigator."
not that it would be possible but how would a raccoon get close enough to mate a gator?
Talon
Feb 6 2006, 12:17 PM
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fur-bearing reptile, bit of a controdiction
Not really. Reptile doesn't mean 'no-hair'. Reptile is just the name of a large family group of animals. The ancestors of mammals were also reptiles, only started to evolve down a path which lead to warm blood, live young, milk glands, hair etc. However, hair is simply a genetic trait, there is no reason why if it gave the animal some form of evolutionary advantage why a modern reptile couldn't start developing fur in the same way as the those reptiles would start the mammal family did 200-odd million years ago.
There are other reptile species, not just the direct ancestors of mammals, which scientists beleive (based on fossil records) may have had fur.
draconic chronicler
Feb 6 2006, 12:27 PM
Not only that, but a lot of scientists would tell you that an alligator, as well as the dinosaurs are technically not reptiles but Archosaurs, which are very different animals from their physiology and included both warm and cold blooded animalsi. It is true that an alligator is more closely related to birds than they are lizards. It sounds like the gatorgoons are just really big possoms, which can be unnerving to people unfamiliar with them.
BigDaddy_GFS
Feb 6 2006, 03:20 PM
Raccoodiles??????
Somehow, I doubt the veracity of these claims.
And BTW...what's with all the egg thingies in your sigs?????
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 6 2006, 09:38 PM
The eggs are taking over the world!
A reptile normally doesn't need fur to insulate heat, because it has no heat to insulate. that's the contradiction.
mr. E
Feb 6 2006, 09:54 PM
Couldn't it have just been a possum? i mean, they're about raccoon sized, can have gray hair, and their faces look really weird and they have elongated snouts. the report never actually said that it had stripes like a raccoon, either. misidentification seems a little more plausible than a raccoon and alligator's love-child
psyche101
Feb 6 2006, 10:31 PM
Here's that fur bearing trout, some Jackalopes there too
different
Feb 6 2006, 11:06 PM
OMG
Do people actually buy these?
newbloodmoon
Feb 6 2006, 11:25 PM
unfortunatly yes people do buy them. Sometimes it doesnt take much of a marketing scheme to do so. I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There is a sucker born every minute (Second?)"
psyche101
Feb 6 2006, 11:34 PM
QUOTE(different @ Feb 7 2006, 09:06 AM) [snapback]1051267[/snapback]
OMG
Do people actually buy these?
$60.00 US + Postage
Want one?
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 7 2006, 12:26 AM
The way I understand it, quite a number of "naturalists" back before there were satelites wanted to make a name for themselves, so they used taxidermists to stitch together some animals. POOF, instant fame.
The fur-covered trout in BotW is one such example. One of the great milestons in the road to discovering evolution was another. I forget the guy's name, and the critter, but he used the jawbone of a gorilla and the skull of a man.
BigfootForever
Feb 7 2006, 12:31 AM
QUOTE(newbloodmoon @ Feb 6 2006, 06:25 PM) [snapback]1051294[/snapback]
unfortunatly yes people do buy them. Sometimes it doesnt take much of a marketing scheme to do so. I believe it was P.T. Barnum who said, "There is a sucker born every minute (Second?)"
lol, thats the truth.
psyche101
Feb 7 2006, 12:59 AM
QUOTE(dragonlady_mothman @ Feb 7 2006, 10:26 AM) [snapback]1051360[/snapback]
The way I understand it, quite a number of "naturalists" back before there were satelites wanted to make a name for themselves, so they used taxidermists to stitch together some animals. POOF, instant fame.
The fur-covered trout in BotW is one such example. One of the great milestons in the road to discovering evolution was another. I forget the guy's name, and the critter, but he used the jawbone of a gorilla and the skull of a man.
Yep, some great big veggie postcards came from the early 1900's too.
This also helped far out stories with some credibility -- the 'horned rabbit' or 'Jackalope" was another beauty.
Funny read abot it here
Jackalopes
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 7 2006, 02:32 AM
There's a disease that'd give a rabbit horn-like appendages. I'd give credence to that.
psyche101
Feb 7 2006, 05:45 AM
QUOTE(dragonlady_mothman @ Feb 7 2006, 12:32 PM) [snapback]1051522[/snapback]
There's a disease that'd give a rabbit horn-like appendages. I'd give credence to that.
Jackalopes are fake as fake can be, money making hoax, not even a believable one, bit of tounge in cheek.
Recognise the bakground in the pic?
Trust me on this one
dragonlady_mothman
Feb 7 2006, 11:39 PM
I don't beleive there is a species of antlered or horned rabbits, no, but I do beleive the disease exists. I posted about it on a jackalope thread somewhere.
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