It does look rather odd. Could be a kids toy, I suppose.
Creepy Gnome terrorises town in General Guemes, Salta, Argentina:
“The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters.”
The finder believed it was a sign from God. So he tried to sell it on eBay. Deep convictions, clearly.
Actually, I think the image looks like a surfing Jesus.
APP.com | Monmouth and Ocean counties PluckPersona | Asbury Park Press:
“Another Jesus likeness has been found, this time by a Bensalem, Pa., furniture-maker who discovered the image inside the trunk of a pine tree.”
Immediately I am reminded of this documentary, but clearly these baby dolls fulfil a different desire.
Fulfilling a deep human need, or a symptom of behavioural dysfunction? Maybe something more complex.
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Geek About » Top 17 Most Bizarre Sights on Google Earth:
“But what about the things you weren’t supposed to see, the freaks of camera? Here are 17 of the most bizarre sights for you to laugh at, complete with lat/lons and (where possible) KMLs. Enjoy.”
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Positively Boschian.
Hybrid carp with “human faces” - Boing Boing:
“A Korean newscast reports on a hybrid breed of carp with “human faces.” Not exactly human, but helllp-meeee freaky Fly enough to give me the willies.”
Whatever you say Olivier.
To the rest of us, it’s a material that looks like skin. There’s a bunch of bags, hats and other accessories made from it. Cool, and weird at the same time.
“SkinBag is a material created by Olivier Goulet, french transmedia artist whose vision is in the crossroads of activism and human design. Through the examination of the emotional body, Olivier decodes the principle of identity. He questions the inherited riddle of humanity, and concludes that contemporary humans are not accomplished.”
I promise you, there are some pieces here that you will simply assume are human. But look again…
The Artwork of Hyper-Realist Sculptor Ron Mueck:
“Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck’s early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children’s television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo.”
On a chilled-out Sunday: Evel Knievel is no more, and realistic robots as sexual partners?. Also, a salutary story on looking before talking.
Music from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network is from Michael Walen, with “I Have Loved You For A Thousand Lifetimes”.
Robots that look like humans. One of the weirdest and most inspiring things I can think of. Whilst this particular robot does look somewhat creepy, at the same time it does look reasonably human, and indeed is designed to closely mimic human behaviour in one particular scenario - a patient in the dentist’s chair.
But, as usual my mind is in the gutter, and after I read this posting over on the excellent Pink Tentacle blog, I thought of an entirely different application for this kind of technology.
Simroid: Dentistry in the uncanny valley (video) ::: Pink Tentacle:
“Kokoro says that for an extra touch of realism, Simroid exhibits a gag reflex when instruments are inserted too far into her mouth.”
If I owned one I would call her Priss, obviously.
Enough already.
The Indonesian fisherman named Dede was also featured in the October 2007 edition of the Fortean Times. There’s hope for him though, as a US Doctor, Anthony Gaspari, thinks he has a cure for this remarkable condition:
Tree man ‘who grew roots’ may be cured - Telegraph:
“An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.”
Dr Gaspari says he has never seen anything like this before - but I wonder if he is familiar with the case of this Eastern European (Romanian?) man who has a similarly bizarre condition?
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