Ok, it is Komodo Dragons, but they can be pretty feisty. The Ranger needed 30 stitches! Hmmm maybe they won’t be a contender after all.

After a crappy day there is nothing like a friend pointing out a website where you can buy squirrel underpants. Thanks Carol.

Interesting story about “The Lost City of Z”, a book about exploration for the lost civilizations of the Amazon. The article focuses on Percy Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925, but it gives a good overview on how the scholarship on the Amazon has changed over the years to point where Fawcett’s [...]

This guy hasn’t eaten anybody yet, but if he does he will be a contender. Probably photoshopped but what a picture!

Apparently the economy is hitting at the livelihood of a Summer of Fear Champ as people are too poor to be eaten by sharks! This could be the big break the Bears, Chimps, Coyotes and Squirrels have been looking for! On the other hand this could be the break sharks have been looking for as [...]

Two dark horse candidates for the Summer of Fear 2009 contest have popped into today’s news, the Chimpanzee and the Coyote! The chimp mauled a woman in Connecticut and had to be gunned down by the police to end his rampage. The Chimp article is a Summer of Fear classic template, mentioning how dangerous the [...]

Apparently there are some in California who want to be put out if they should catch on fire. I feel the original judgment was very ill advised, but thought no one would do anything about until some judge or politician was left to die because no one wanted to take a chance on saving them. [...]

Two pieces of very sad news today. The first and saddest is the passing of Corky Trinadad, the editorial cartoonist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin. He was simply an amazing cartoonist, often producing two cartoons a day, one on local issues and one on national issues. He was sharp and cutting on both the local [...]

Bud Selig says A-Rod Shamed The Game. Gee Bud, don’t you think there is plenty of shame to go around here? The commisioner of Baseball ignored the problem, until forced to deal with by Congress. Shame on him. Owners allowed their young employees to poison themselves so that they would be more fun to watch. [...]

Sharks are taking full advantage of the Australian summer and getting off to a great start in this year’s Summer of Fear contest. Today we have a story a story of a single Bull Shark taking on the Australian Navy in the middle of Sydney Harbor. If they keep at this the Bear’s are going [...]