Monday, January 21, 2008

The Wolpertinger...


The Wolpertinger (Crisensus bavaricus) (also called "Wolperdinger", "Poontinger" or "Woiperdinger") is a cryptid supposedly living in the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. It has body parts of various animals — generally wings, antlers and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description is that of a horned rabbit or horned squirrel. It is similar to the Rasselbock from the Thuringian Forest, the Elwedritsche of the Palatinate region, which resembles a chicken-like creature with antlers and to the American invention of the jackalope as well as to the Swedish Skvader.
Stuffed Wolpertingers, composed of parts of real stuffed animals, are often displayed or sold as tourist souvenirs in their "native regions". Each village has its own set of tales about sightings of the Wolpertinger in the nearby countryside.

Here is a good site with nice “small” Wolpertinger.
view.stern.de/v2/series/15479/



I think that this is a good inspiration source, to mix things together and get”new” things…
Something happens when you mixed animals, material or what ever…
I like these ideas very, very much and may be it is because I have grove up with the Wolpertinger; skvadern?!

If you want to see more amazing and sometimes scary Wolpertinger, use the Google…

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