for the Torchwood fans... and locals in WA state

[rivendellrose]

So, ever since we moved into our new place maymargaret and I have said there was something suspicious about the Department of Transportation Records facility hidden under the freeway across from our building. Why does it look so well fortified? What's the D.O.T. of Seattle need with an underground bunker hidden stealthily in the bushes of Greenlake? Anyway. So for the last six months, we've been joking about that little bunker really being the Seattle office of Torchwood. Just yesterday, for no reason other than that Kendra and I were walking past the "bunker" and had been discussing the upcoming season of said show, I said "if we ever see pterodactyls, we know what's up."

Well, apparently there's more to it than that.

Apparently, Pterodactyls are 'frequently' reported in Washington State, not least by a man who claims one caused a traffic accident he was involved in late last month.

The national forest they claim gets so many sightings? My family camped there all the time when I was a kid. If there were/are pterodactyls there and I missed them, I feel very slighted!

My bet for what these people are actually seeing (if anything)? Great Blue Heron. Immense wing-span, long neck, and as for their call? Believe me, you've never heard anything more prehistoric. The first time I heard one, while hiking as a teenager, I almost jumped out of my skin. They're totally awesome. ♥

Seriously, though - Washington state's propensity toward crypto-crazies just delights me. There's something about all our forests that just makes people so... silly. Tree Octopi, Sasquatch AKA Bigfoot... well, and then there's the sturgeon in Lake Washington, which was actually true, but which often gets exaggerated. Fun stuff. I'll try to post more links later.

Comments

[dragonmusic.livejournal.com]

Keep an eye out for Cybermen.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Have we figured out whether gold is still an effective defense? XD

Also? Might want to warn the local pizza joints not to deliver there...

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Stop that! I cannot relocate my Torchwood game to Seattle. Mostly because it's taking place in the 1920s and I have no idea what Seattle was like then, and that means MORE RESEARCH.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*Clears throat*

Bwahahahahahah!

XD Seriously, though. 1920s Seattle? You know it had to be so awesome. Picture it. With pterodactyls. You know you want to....

...Damn, I think I just fic-bunnied myself, while I was trying to game-bunny you. Curses. :P

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hah!
You are, of course, welcome to come down and join our SotC game. (:
I'll need to re-watch The Daleks Take Manhattan first though. (Seriously, I was sort of on the fence about the idea when those episodes were broadcast and then I said "Well, that's the hand of Russel Davies coming down from heaven and pretty much commanding me to run it.")
(Plus? In my world, Anthony Ainley is still the Master.)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

The last time I tried to take part in a game it went rather badly with my schedule, so I'll probably have to sadly decline... sounds like fantastic fun!

He is in my world, too. Simm was awesome and fun and very very evil, but the minute I saw Ainley I knew he was the real Master. ;)

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Yup, I agree, most likely Great Blue Herons. How fun to see that the day after your pterodactyl comment though.I had to laugh remembering when you were saying that yesterday. I had never heard the Tree Octopi one though...awesome!