Oryx and I watched Cajun Justice last night. Mostly because we were drinking and that show is hilarious when you've got a couple in you. It's one of those Cops style reality shows set in the bayou. We both thought of Cody.
Anyway - the focus of these people in this parish apparently centers around three things. 1) beating the shit out of each other in shrimp boat disputes, 2) searching for buried pirate treasure (I kid you not), and 3) searching for the Rougarou - the Cajun equivalent to Bigfoot.
Seriously - every episode seemed to have some dipshit hiding in a tree with a dead chicken as bait, or shooting grainy, drunken video of a dog or whatever, in an effort to prove the existence of the rougarou. What slayed me is when they got scared that the rougarou was going to get them, they called the cops! They actually hit 911 to report being threatened by the BIGFOOT! ZOMG Hep mee! Dee Rougarou gonna eat me up!
I wish I was a cop in this parish. One lady called because evil spirits of dead children were sneaking into her barn and braiding the horse's manes. Seriously. She wanted to file a police report on paranormal equine hairdressers.
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The Rougarou might be more analogous to a werewolf than a Bigfoot. Whereas bigfeets are supposed to be quasi-sentient, skittish ape things that run away when pursued, the Rougarou is properly supposed to be a sharp-toothed lupine bi-pedal beast that likes to attack and kill vulnerable people.
Of course, it wouldn't surprise me if outside Louisiana the Rougarou is starting to be associated with bigfoot. Bigfoot "researchers" would tell you it's really a Bigfoot; according to them, any legend of a large furry biped is based on some olden encounter with a Bigfoot, even if the legend is adamant that it's supposed to be like a giant cat or something.
By the way, I love that show. ^^
You left out a fourth common component: voodoo. Either illegal voodoo meetings or grave thefts or officers getting voodoo curses spat at them during arrests and becoming paranoid.
The Rougarou might be more analogous to a werewolf than a Bigfoot. Whereas bigfeets are supposed to be quasi-sentient, skittish ape things that run away when pursued, the Rougarou is properly supposed to be a sharp-toothed lupine bi-pedal beast that likes to attack and kill vulnerable people.
Of course, it wouldn't surprise me if outside Louisiana the Rougarou is starting to be associated with bigfoot. Bigfoot "researchers" would tell you it's really a Bigfoot; according to them, any legend of a large furry biped is based on some olden encounter with a Bigfoot, even if the legend is adamant that it's supposed to be like a giant cat or something.
By the way, I love that show. ^^
You left out a fourth common component: voodoo. Either illegal voodoo meetings or grave thefts or officers getting voodoo curses spat at them during arrests and becoming paranoid.
Thanks. I forgot about voodoo. Oryx and I spent the evening spitting voodoo curses at each other, but I can't remember any now. Bathargarble! Something like that.
GARGAMEL! No...that's not it. WTF did that guy say to the cop? I want to run around voodoo cursing people and it won't work if I don't get it right.
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The Rougarou might be more analogous to a werewolf than a Bigfoot. Whereas bigfeets are supposed to be quasi-sentient, skittish ape things that run away when pursued, the Rougarou is properly supposed to be a sharp-toothed lupine bi-pedal beast that likes to attack and kill vulnerable people.
Of course, it wouldn't surprise me if outside Louisiana the Rougarou is starting to be associated with bigfoot. Bigfoot "researchers" would tell you it's really a Bigfoot; according to them, any legend of a large furry biped is based on some olden encounter with a Bigfoot, even if the legend is adamant that it's supposed to be like a giant cat or something.
By the way, I love that show. ^^
You left out a fourth common component: voodoo. Either illegal voodoo meetings or grave thefts or officers getting voodoo curses spat at them during arrests and becoming paranoid.
Yeah, Rougarou is a corruption of Loup Garou
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The feral rabbit horde edged forward.
Pooh stepped over the decapitated corpse of Eeyore. There would be time for mourning afterwards.
Flanked by Tigger and Roo, they met the ravening rabbits in pitched battle.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — State wildlife officials have identified the man who has been spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah.
Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Monday the mystery man is a 57-year-old hunter from Southern California.
Douglass told the Standard-Examiner that the hunter called officials and provided enough information to put their curiosity to rest. Douglass says he didn't ask for a name.
The man told Douglass he was preparing for an archery hunt of mountain goats next year and testing a goat suit. Douglass says the hunter came to Utah because he heard it was easier to get near goats for training.
The man described his suit as a hooded painter's uniform and a fleece.
Goat Man spotted!
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