I had passed over the similarity to the Appalachian devil monkey when I was probing around in the memory hole for my previous post. I sort of remembered that one, so I decided to look it up and I must say that I either forgot about that cryptid or never heard of it before (as unlikely as that may be).
Ninurta, I found your post interesting because you mentioned the desecration of a Native burial in relation to this tale. That had me thinking about the Beast of Bray Road sighting on an old burial mound or other strange beasts on or near Native burials or even in the average European-type cemetery.
These are paranormal beings apparently as in many of these reports they were shot at with no effect. I believe these creatures are physically real as they leave physical evidence of their presence, however, they may be from an alternate reality or another point in our space/time. They are, for whatever reason (I suspect ripples from space-warping technology) phasing in and out of reality and going from non-existence to invisible, to semi-solid, then to full physical manifestation. Once the "ripple" moves past, the creature will then phase out in reverse order. The problem with this theory is that any evidence like hair or scat would likely phase out the same time the creature does. It will still leave tracks and other evidence, but no hair, blood, poop, DNA, bones or dead bodies, or what have you, as that disappears rather quickly.
I think of this alternate reality theory as more of a time shift. These realities are out-of-phase, some at a faster rate and others at a slower rate, like a frequency range. All this was inspired by Star Trek (The Next Generation) in "Time’s Arrow", episode 26 of season five, and "Phantasms", episode 158.
Ninurta, I found your post interesting because you mentioned the desecration of a Native burial in relation to this tale. That had me thinking about the Beast of Bray Road sighting on an old burial mound or other strange beasts on or near Native burials or even in the average European-type cemetery.
These are paranormal beings apparently as in many of these reports they were shot at with no effect. I believe these creatures are physically real as they leave physical evidence of their presence, however, they may be from an alternate reality or another point in our space/time. They are, for whatever reason (I suspect ripples from space-warping technology) phasing in and out of reality and going from non-existence to invisible, to semi-solid, then to full physical manifestation. Once the "ripple" moves past, the creature will then phase out in reverse order. The problem with this theory is that any evidence like hair or scat would likely phase out the same time the creature does. It will still leave tracks and other evidence, but no hair, blood, poop, DNA, bones or dead bodies, or what have you, as that disappears rather quickly.
I think of this alternate reality theory as more of a time shift. These realities are out-of-phase, some at a faster rate and others at a slower rate, like a frequency range. All this was inspired by Star Trek (The Next Generation) in "Time’s Arrow", episode 26 of season five, and "Phantasms", episode 158.
Quote:The Enterprise travels to Devidia II, bringing Data's second head. A temporal disturbance is discovered on the planet. Though no life forms are visible, Deanna Troi senses the presence of suffering humans. The crew determine that the aliens are slightly out of phase with time. Data notes that his android body has a phase discriminator that would allow him to see the aliens.
Quote:In 2370, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D became infested with these organisms, which arrived on board inside a new, recently installed warp plasma conduit. The conduit had been manufactured on Thanatos VII using a new interphasic fusion process, which drew the organisms to it. The organisms then lay dormant within the conduit until the Enterprise crew activated the warp core. The organisms impeded the functioning of the core by interrupting the plasma flow.
A trail goes two ways and looks different in each direction - There is no such thing as a timid woodland creature - Whatever does not kill you leaves you a survivor - Jesus is NOT a bad word - MSB