Archive for the 'Summer of Fear' Category

Fall of Fear: Bears

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Yellowstone is full of hungry grizzlies getting ready for the Fall of Fear. Should be a good one! They each need to bulk up by about fifty pounds before winter, I wonder where they will find some meat popsicles?

Summer of Fear: Bull

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Running very late for this year but you have to respect a bull that leaps from the bull ring into the stadium seating.

Summer of Fear: Wombats

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

This year has been very quite on animal scare stories, but it is nice to see a challenger arise from outside the usual bears, sharks, killer bees and the like. So, without further ado, Ask not for whom the Wombat howls, he howls for thee!

Summer of Fear 2010: Wolves

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

A startling new entrant has entered this year’s summer of fear contest. After years of being compared to kittens, wolves have gotten sick of it and downed a jogger. This is only second time wolves have been accused of killing a person in modern history and a bear is suspected in the other attack. Not [...]

Astro-squirrels, What Are These Cunning Beasts Up To Now?

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Squirrel science continues to advance rapidly in their plot to take over the world. We can laugh today at their early attempts to build space suits, but how long before they have mastered space as easily as they have mastered water skiing? I, for one, will not be welcoming our bushy tailed overlords.

Squirrels Continue Their Assault on Culture

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Squirrels become more and more brazen in their assaults on our planetary domination. After failing in their direct attacks on us they are now attacking our culture directly. This attack didn’t go as well as planned with one of the attackers poisoning himself.

Two Quickies

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

First is about how the cruise industry really hasn’t changed much in the last hundred years. Second is about Boy Scouts doing the awesome, clearing a woman’s home of vultures.

Summer of Fear 2010: Sharks Get the Ball Rolling

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Every year the Sharks make a hard run for the Summer Of Fear title, with breathless stories about the latest attacks. Why should 2010 be any different? In an interesting human perseverance note, the first rescuer on the scene had been attacked by a shark himself, but still came on and brought the victim in.

Follow Up on Ice Skating Bear Kills Circus Director

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Summer of Fear 2010: Hippos

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Hippos killing a crocodile effortlessly. Don’t mess with Hippos.