Mental sorbet, 7

No politics, just stuff. Like mental sherbet, but with special consideration for the lactose intolerant.

I’m not fully up on my Book of Revelation, so forgive me for asking. But, well, is it?

England's Bristol Zoo is asking for the public's help to identify a "mysterious winged and horned creature" caught on a trail camera in a woodland area.

The zoo said the trail camera in the facility's woodland area, which is home to numerous wild animals, captured a photo of the "mysterious winged and horned creature."

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"The sighting of this mythical-like creature is a mystery to us here at Bristol Zoo Project and has been a great inspiration for the Halloween trail this year. Scotland has the Loch Ness monster and Cornwall has the Beast of Bodmin Moor -- have we discovered a similar mythical here in Bristol perhaps?" said Rosie Sims, the zoo's public engagement manager.

I beg your pardon, but why are you asking me? You’re supposed to be the goddamned expert.

But since you’ve asked, I’ll say this: with the degraded, fallen mess the world is these days, were I Linda Blair, I’d have myself barricaded in a church, surrounded by Latin crosses and encircled by a makeshift moat lined with Bible pages and brimming with holy water.

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If you’re looking for a low-key, incredibly eerie Halloween flick — and you’re one of those lost souls who hasn’t yet developed sense enough to plumb the depths of 1970s film making, allow me to recommend Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 classic, Don’t Look Now, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.