Friday, December 14, 2007

Polydacyls sighted over Manchuria, satellite photos confirm

(New to the Plastisaurus story? To start at the beginning, read the first posting at the end of this blog.)

Passengers looking down from jet flights over northern China have often commented on the large, tangled clouds of polyethlene shopping bags that appear to be "flying" on the high winds, thousands of feet in the air. Infrared analysis of satellite photos now suggest that actual creatures may be hiding among these masses, feeding off them, and propagating whole communities of flying plastisauri.

Authorities have been unwilling to comment on this phenomenon, or to speculate how it could be happening. But one scientist, quoted off the record, has referred to these airborne creatures as "Polydactyls".

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