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Comparing Frankenstein And The Teumessian Foxes

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the first creature i will be discussing is the teumessian fox, also known and the cadmean vixen. this creature from greek mythology is described as a giant fox, and could never be caught by anyone or anything. it was set upon the city of thebes by the god dionysus for some crime committed by a citizen. the king of thebes hired the hero amphitryon to catch the fox. as the fox couldn't be caught, he used the hound laelaps, another creature described as a large dog that could catch anything it hunted. this created a paradox, as a creature that couldn't be caught was being chased by something that could catch anything. zeus, unhappy because of this, depending on the myth you read, either turned them to stone, stopping the hunt forever, or turned them into constellations, letting the hunt last forever. …show more content…

a large humanoid creature with a gray coloring, large moth like wings, and huge glowing red eyes. it is located near the town of point pleasant, west virginia. the first confirmed sighting was by a group of local young couples, who saw it near an abandoned ww2 tnt factory. they fled by car, the creature easily following them all the way to the local courthouse, and then disappearing. later witnesses report never being able to see its face, only its eyes. its eyes appear to have hypnotic qualities, witnesses describing feelings of paralysis. another unusual characteristic being that it appears never to flap its wings, only opening them and rising off the ground. skeptics claim its is a sandhill crane, the same large bird they claim is mistaken for the jersey

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