Unknown creatures of monstrous size have been seen and occasionally photographed in variouse seas, lakes, and mountainous regions of the world. Nessie and the Abominable Snowman have been described so often that they have almost become household words. As for ghosts, the countless numbers of sober citizens who have seen or heard what they could only define as a spectral presence suggest that there must be some kind of etheric manifestation beyond our understanding. Those who have encountered apparitions are convinced this is so, and never to have seen one is hardly proof that they do not exist.
Monsters
Anthropologists, psychiatrists, and other students of human behavior tend to interpret mans belief in monsters in terms of mans need for them. These experts hypothesize that we create monsters to give acceptable form to our unnamed anxieties; that we invent our monsters by projection, constructing brutish repositories for whatebver is savage, libidinous, or otherwise undesirable in ourselves;or that we attempt to justify our fear of the unknown by exaggerating characteristics of an odd-looking or seldom-seen creatures to make them more terrifying then they actually are.
But modern man seems to have another need: to resist belief in the bizzare or paranormal, to deny the existence of what cannot be explained. Giants in faery tales and Godzillas and King Kongs may very well serve as repositories for the nastiness in us, but we know these monsters are fiction. They are inventions of individuals. It does not follow that the Yeti is a creation of the imagination.
The combined fear and attraction of man for monster is as old as the existence of either. Throughout the ages human beings have told of such prodegies as fire-breathing dragons, reptillian oddities with many appendages, man-shaped beings with hairy coats and bestial faces, and underwater colossuses with a penchant for overturning boats. These incerdible creatures were not inventions;they were seen. Doubtless many were colored by false observation, by exaggeration, even by a touch of poetic elaboration that wove them into myth to serve as foils for heroes-symbols clashing with symbols. But the raw materials, the observed phenomina, were there. And something still is there, in spite of our post-medieval need to redicule monster sightings as hallucination or hoax.
The truth is that few of us in this scientific age really want to see or experience the inexplicable, and when we do, we distort the perception into something we can cope with. Many observers have gone through extraordinary mental gymnastics to persuade themselves that they did not see what they thought they saw. Big Foot was a bear or a joker in a monkey suit. The sea-serpent must have been a trick of ligh, a breaking wave, a floating log, a tangle of seaweed, or 50 porpoises swimming in single file. As for skeptical non-witnesses, they would rather devise and swallow the most tortuous "explanation" then believe the most straightforword report.
Current thingking about what we call monsters is that the ones still with us are probably explainable in terms of relics or fossil species that have taken refuge in remote and almost impenetrable regions. This attitude, too, may be an expression of our need to demystify the mysterious in order to accept the unnacceptable.
Monsters come in two different types:aquatic and terrestrial (although some monster buffs suggest an extraterrestrial link) . Once in a while an odd creature may turn out to be amphibious, or ambiguous;and on occasion something flies past our startled vision and appears to be an incredible winged unknown. Both catagories are treated here according to the habitat of their choice-first water,then land-and presented in chronological order within each category.
The skeptic who feels inclined to say,"Yes but..." after reading these reports should note that hundreds of sightings have been omitted for each one included and that many viewers are converted scoffers.
Full Version: Monsters
A Preferance For Ears
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
huh ? a giant dog with razor fangs ?
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A Preferance For Ears
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Maybe THAT'S where all those nasty looking pig ear dog treats come from!!
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A Preferance For Ears
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Is it possible that someone with a preternatural hankering for fried pigs ears was removing the farmer's pig's ears for cooking?
Sounds like the Chupacabra's gone higher up in meal choice. This could be a genuine report as the Chupacabra was only spotted in America in 2004.
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Is it possible that someone with a preternatural hankering for fried pigs ears was removing the farmer's pig's ears for cooking?
That's what i think as well.
It must have been a vastly surprised MR. hoad of adelaide, Australia, who while walking along Brungle creek one day in the early fall of 1883, came upon the remains of an unworldly creature. The thing was piglike in form, with a headless trunk and an appendage that curved inward like the tail of a lobster. Needless to say it has never been identified.(Charles Fort. The complete books of Charles Fort, p.609.)
Dang! i would hate to meet the Chupacabra !
3. Chupacabra
Even though some sightings date back to the 1970s, El Chupacabra - "the goat sucker" - is primarily a phenomenon of the 1990s, and its fame has largely been spread by the Internet. The sightings started in earnest in 1995 with reports coming out of Puerto Rico of a strange creature that was killing farmers' livestock - chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits and, of course, goats - sometimes hundreds of animals in one evening. The farmers, who were familiar with the killing practices of wild dogs and other predators, claimed that the methods of this unknown beast were different. It didn't try to eat the animals it killed, for example; nor did it drag them away to be devoured elsewhere. Instead, the creature killed by draining its victims of blood, usually through small incisions.
Then came the bizarre eyewitness descriptions:
about the size of a chimpanzee
hops about like a kangaroo
large glowing red eyes
grayish skin and hairy arms
long snake-like tongue
sharp fangs
quills running along its spine that seem to open and close like a fan
some believe it may even have wings
Some witnesses actually claim to have seen Chupacabra fly! .
Toward the end of the '90s, the sightings of Chupacabra began to spread. The creature was blamed for animal killings in Mexico, southern Texas and several South American countries. In May and June of 2000, a rash of incidents took place in Chile, according to certain newspapers there. In fact, some of the most incredible claims yet came out of those sightings: that at least one of the creatures was caught alive by local authorities, then handed over to official agencies of the US government.
What is it? Theories abound, including: an unknown but natural species of predator; misidentified known predators; the result of genetic experimentation; an alien. Most serious researchers consider Chupacabra merely folklore, perpetuated by over-enthusiastic locals immersed in superstition or a penchant for telling tall, exaggerated tales.
Yet you can be sure that we haven't seen or heard the last of Chupacabra.
Here is a Chupacabras decaying corpse. Is it real?
Predictions
Cryptozoological Predictions for the First Decade of the 21st Century
(1 January 2001 - 31 December 2010)
Loren Coleman
1) Intriguing clues will surface of a new population of coelacanths (those prehistoric-looking fish that were thought to have died out 65 million years ago until they were re-discovered in 1938), far from Africa. Look to the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, or near Australia for some startling news in this regard. More findings from Africa will also occur.
2) A tropical site will experience a series of remarkable strandings of giant squids, which may include a rare beaching of a "Globster". [Globsters are large blobs of flesh which have infrequently beached in cryptozoological history (for example, St. Augustine, Florida in 1896, Tasmania 1960, and Bermuda 1988).]
3) Laser-triggered cameras will capture good photographic evidence of the small unknown anthropoid, the Orang Pendek, in Sumatra. More funding will pour into the specific study and preservation of that primate.
4) An unpublicized summit between Sasquatch researchers from North America, and Russian, European, Australian, and Asian hominologists will occur in Europe. New standards of cooperation will be a positive outcome of the meeting, but there will be disagreement about how the first discovery of a new large primate should be made.
5) Post-cranial remains (bones other than from the skull) will be found of Gigantopithecus (a supposedly extinct nine-feet tall ape) in Asia, and many theories regarding the relationship of Gigantopithecus to the Yeti and Bigfoot will have to be revised.
6) South America will be the source of a thrilling new discovery of a large mammal, possibly of a feline or an animal that looks like a cat although it may be a marsupial.
7) The search for the Loch Ness Monsters will continue to be frustrating, with no earthshaking findings for another ten years. Awareness that several different kinds of phenomena have been lumped under the Nessie label will increase.
8) More new mammals will be found in the Lost World of the old Indochina but they will be smaller than the new species of muntjacs (barking deer) and saola (forest goat-bovid) discovered there in the 1990s.
9) Attention will focus again on searches in Africa. Explorers looking for "living dinosaurs" will find new evidence that the animals being pursued are unknown forest rhinos. Researchers will rediscover the importance of old missionaries' diaries and records, and scholars will reopen inquiries on these "dinosaurs" as well as spotted lions in Kenya, and unknown apes throughout tropical Africa.
10) Photographic evidence of an anthropoid in the midwestern/southern part of the United States will archivally be discovered clearly demonstrating a distinct breeding population of great apes separate from the unknown hominoids of the Pacific Northwest. The story of their discovery and the clarity of the photographs will be such that a hoax will be out-of-the question.
11) The Institute of Zoological and Anthropological Discovery (trademark/copyright 2001) will open its International Cryptozoology Museum during the decade, and IZAD will become a center for educational scholarship and open sharing in cryptozoology.
12) Sadly, the world of cryptozoology will be shaken to its foundations by the death of a major founder of the field. Mourning throughout the ranks of cryptozoology will turn into a positive move for a renewed effort and dedication to the combined amateur and academic pursuit of the study of hidden animals. Discussions will occur to pool international resources to support one viable global scientific organization.
Cryptozoological Predictions for the First Decade of the 21st Century
(1 January 2001 - 31 December 2010)
Loren Coleman
1) Intriguing clues will surface of a new population of coelacanths (those prehistoric-looking fish that were thought to have died out 65 million years ago until they were re-discovered in 1938), far from Africa. Look to the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, or near Australia for some startling news in this regard. More findings from Africa will also occur.
2) A tropical site will experience a series of remarkable strandings of giant squids, which may include a rare beaching of a "Globster". [Globsters are large blobs of flesh which have infrequently beached in cryptozoological history (for example, St. Augustine, Florida in 1896, Tasmania 1960, and Bermuda 1988).]
3) Laser-triggered cameras will capture good photographic evidence of the small unknown anthropoid, the Orang Pendek, in Sumatra. More funding will pour into the specific study and preservation of that primate.
4) An unpublicized summit between Sasquatch researchers from North America, and Russian, European, Australian, and Asian hominologists will occur in Europe. New standards of cooperation will be a positive outcome of the meeting, but there will be disagreement about how the first discovery of a new large primate should be made.
5) Post-cranial remains (bones other than from the skull) will be found of Gigantopithecus (a supposedly extinct nine-feet tall ape) in Asia, and many theories regarding the relationship of Gigantopithecus to the Yeti and Bigfoot will have to be revised.
6) South America will be the source of a thrilling new discovery of a large mammal, possibly of a feline or an animal that looks like a cat although it may be a marsupial.
7) The search for the Loch Ness Monsters will continue to be frustrating, with no earthshaking findings for another ten years. Awareness that several different kinds of phenomena have been lumped under the Nessie label will increase.
8) More new mammals will be found in the Lost World of the old Indochina but they will be smaller than the new species of muntjacs (barking deer) and saola (forest goat-bovid) discovered there in the 1990s.
9) Attention will focus again on searches in Africa. Explorers looking for "living dinosaurs" will find new evidence that the animals being pursued are unknown forest rhinos. Researchers will rediscover the importance of old missionaries' diaries and records, and scholars will reopen inquiries on these "dinosaurs" as well as spotted lions in Kenya, and unknown apes throughout tropical Africa.
10) Photographic evidence of an anthropoid in the midwestern/southern part of the United States will archivally be discovered clearly demonstrating a distinct breeding population of great apes separate from the unknown hominoids of the Pacific Northwest. The story of their discovery and the clarity of the photographs will be such that a hoax will be out-of-the question.
11) The Institute of Zoological and Anthropological Discovery (trademark/copyright 2001) will open its International Cryptozoology Museum during the decade, and IZAD will become a center for educational scholarship and open sharing in cryptozoology.
12) Sadly, the world of cryptozoology will be shaken to its foundations by the death of a major founder of the field. Mourning throughout the ranks of cryptozoology will turn into a positive move for a renewed effort and dedication to the combined amateur and academic pursuit of the study of hidden animals. Discussions will occur to pool international resources to support one viable global scientific organization.
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Phantom Kangaroos
by Davy Russell
POSTED: 30 January 99
It’s hard to believe that Australian kangaroos could be hopping around all over the United States. But what’s even harder to imagine is that these out-of-place marsupials appear to posses supernatural abilities as they rummage through the backyards of bewildered people in California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Indiana, to name a few. Phantom kangaroos have been spotted in a variety of urban and rural settings and are said to be particularly hostile. They are described to be 3.5 - 5.5 feet tall with glowing eyes and ghostly characteristics. They have been blamed for slaughtering numerous dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, and other small animals in areas with high kangaroo activity.
According to W. Haden Blackman’s Field Guide to North American Monsters, the first reported phantom kangaroo sighting was on June 12, 1899 in Richmond, Wisconsin.
Interestingly, the phantom kangaroo activity appears to occur in waves. Several witnesses in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, including a Reverend W. J. Hancock, spotted the creature in January of 1934. The sightings coincided with mysterious killings of a dog and several chickens. The Kangaroo was allegedly seen fleeing the scene carrying sheep.
From 1957 to 1967, phantom kangaroos haunted Coon Rapids, Minnesota and were spotted by numerous startled witnesses who dubbed it "Big Bunny".
Hundreds of people witnessed a phantom kangaroo in Chicago, Illinois, on October 18, 1974. It kept people away with viscous displays and vanished over a fence before police could capture it.
Kriki !
In 1980, a kangaroo was said to haunt San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Evidence of these phantom kangaroos is severely limited. One of the mysterious marsupials was allegedly hit by a car and killed on August 31, 1981. However, both the corpse and the anonymous driver disappeared before they could be investigated. And a fuzzy photograph taken on April 24, 1978, shows a slumping figure (which resembles a kangaroo) in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
So what are these phantom kangaroos? Are they ghostly apparitions of Australian wildlife? Or are they zoo escapees? The latter is the most likely explanation, but local zoos were contacted during a number of these mass sightings and none reported missing their kangaroos. Plus the zoo escapee theory does not explain the "intangible" quality these creatures appear to have. Whatever these ghostly apparitions are, they have caught the attention of many Fortean researchers, startled numerous eye-witnesses, and avoided police officials who attempt to capture them.
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DOES GOD MAKE MONSTERS ?
Does God Make Monsters?Dina Ely
Nov 6, 2003
Because no-one knows for certain what cryptozoological / mysterious creatures are and where they come from, myriad debates rage about their actual origins and their purpose here on Earth.
Sasquatch, or "Big Foot", is something of a beloved cryptid, because it is typically gentle, and it reminds us of ourselves. Some people believe it is the "missing link", and if we can capture a Sasquatch for testing, we may find just how humans evolved from apes. But is Sasquatch a natural creature, or an abomination? What about ghosts, dragons, aliens, and other inhuman entities?
John Keel argues that all manner of mysterious creatures may actually be transdimensional travelers, sometimes purposefully placed in our way so that we may see them and realize we don't quite have it all figured out. Just when we think we know everything, a Mothman appears, we start hearing prophecies in our heads, and all hell breaks loose.
Mr. Keel wagers that mysterious creatures are put on Earth by the gods of old, the same playful entities that ancient man worshipped in temples, erected enormous (and seemingly pointless) stone monuments for, and from whom early man learned how to forge civilizations. So then, are paranormal beings the work of God?
The Bible is filled with references to strange creatures and to inexplicable supernatural events. The Old Testament writers took as fact the existence of angels, and in both the Old and New Testaments we see angels intervening in the lives of humans with surprising frequency.
Could not these angels be the same beings that the Egyptians perceived as their animal-headed gods, prompting (and perhaps instructing) ancient Egyptians to build awe-inspiring pyramids reaching to their heavenly home? Or could the angels not be the pantheon of Greco-Roman gods, watching over humanity from the lofty heights of Olympus? And could these angels be the UFOs we see streaking gloriously through our skies at night?
If Genesis is to be believed, God created everything on Earth and in the heavens. Angels and other supernatural beings referenced in the Bible are as much his children as we. So it stands to reason that Nessie, the Thunderbird, the Chupacabra, and other elusive oddities are also part of God's plan.
When a child is born with deformities, that child is still a creation of God. We say that God doesn't make mistakes-there is a reason for every handicap, and a purpose for every cross we're made to bear. I propose that there is a similar reason for every "monster" on Earth. And the aforementioned god-like entities who seem to pull their strings have their own mysterious reasons for letting us frightfully ignorant hominids interact with them. Even if that purpose is just to remind us that there are forces in the universe far beyond our comprehension.
I take as greatest proof the fact that sightings of mysterious creatures often occur prior to a disaster, as though they are trying to warn us to keep our wits about us and be on the look-out for danger. Perhaps God and his angels are sending us messages through Sasquatch and his cryptid companions. If so, I look forward to a Heaven filled not just with man and angels, but also with Mothmen, Yetis, and other fascinating children of God!
DOES GOD MAKE MONSTERS ?
Does God Make Monsters?Dina Ely
Nov 6, 2003
Because no-one knows for certain what cryptozoological / mysterious creatures are and where they come from, myriad debates rage about their actual origins and their purpose here on Earth.
Sasquatch, or "Big Foot", is something of a beloved cryptid, because it is typically gentle, and it reminds us of ourselves. Some people believe it is the "missing link", and if we can capture a Sasquatch for testing, we may find just how humans evolved from apes. But is Sasquatch a natural creature, or an abomination? What about ghosts, dragons, aliens, and other inhuman entities?
John Keel argues that all manner of mysterious creatures may actually be transdimensional travelers, sometimes purposefully placed in our way so that we may see them and realize we don't quite have it all figured out. Just when we think we know everything, a Mothman appears, we start hearing prophecies in our heads, and all hell breaks loose.
Mr. Keel wagers that mysterious creatures are put on Earth by the gods of old, the same playful entities that ancient man worshipped in temples, erected enormous (and seemingly pointless) stone monuments for, and from whom early man learned how to forge civilizations. So then, are paranormal beings the work of God?
The Bible is filled with references to strange creatures and to inexplicable supernatural events. The Old Testament writers took as fact the existence of angels, and in both the Old and New Testaments we see angels intervening in the lives of humans with surprising frequency.
Could not these angels be the same beings that the Egyptians perceived as their animal-headed gods, prompting (and perhaps instructing) ancient Egyptians to build awe-inspiring pyramids reaching to their heavenly home? Or could the angels not be the pantheon of Greco-Roman gods, watching over humanity from the lofty heights of Olympus? And could these angels be the UFOs we see streaking gloriously through our skies at night?
If Genesis is to be believed, God created everything on Earth and in the heavens. Angels and other supernatural beings referenced in the Bible are as much his children as we. So it stands to reason that Nessie, the Thunderbird, the Chupacabra, and other elusive oddities are also part of God's plan.
When a child is born with deformities, that child is still a creation of God. We say that God doesn't make mistakes-there is a reason for every handicap, and a purpose for every cross we're made to bear. I propose that there is a similar reason for every "monster" on Earth. And the aforementioned god-like entities who seem to pull their strings have their own mysterious reasons for letting us frightfully ignorant hominids interact with them. Even if that purpose is just to remind us that there are forces in the universe far beyond our comprehension.
I take as greatest proof the fact that sightings of mysterious creatures often occur prior to a disaster, as though they are trying to warn us to keep our wits about us and be on the look-out for danger. Perhaps God and his angels are sending us messages through Sasquatch and his cryptid companions. If so, I look forward to a Heaven filled not just with man and angels, but also with Mothmen, Yetis, and other fascinating children of God!
How can you named all those strange creatures?
Like i said before, they are shapeshifters. (supernatural creatures)
Like i said before, they are shapeshifters. (supernatural creatures)
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A Preferance For Ears
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Something had been eating the ears off living hogs, reported the Jasper county news in Mississippi.in January 1977. One victim, belonging to Joseph Dickson of the Nazarene Community , had had its ears sheared off so cleanly that the job might have been done with scissors. The next night another hog was attacked in a pen; and a third hog the night following. On the third night, Dickenson saw an animal in the pen; it was bigger then the biggest german shepherd, he said, and could jump further then any dog in the world. A week later Calvin Martin, a neighbor found that the ears of one of his sows had been pulled out by the roots. (The Jasper County News. January 12 and 19, 1977)
Ears have roots?
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Ears have roots?
What it measn is that the ears were pulled right out of its head. The word roots is being used as an analogy so you understand it right. Just like pulling a tree out cof the ground with its roots instead of just cutting it down. No, ears dont have roots but you can imagine what would be attached to it if your ear was pulled out of your head. That would more or less be the roots of your ears.
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