a story for which the world is not yet prepared

[incandescens]

"Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman, Watson," said Holmes in a reminiscent voice. "It was a ship which is associated with the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared . . ." -- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.

A giant rodent five times the size of a common rat has been discovered in the mountainous jungles of New Guinea. The 1.4kg Mallomys giant rat is one of two species of mammal thought to be new to science documented on an expedition to an area described as a "lost world". -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7149569.stm

Comments

[geckophobe.livejournal.com]

Not the ROUSes! I didn't think they existed!

I don't know why I find the GIANT rat kind of cute, but I do. :D

[incandescens]

Maybe it's the way it's sitting in the zoologist's arms, looking whiffly.

[sevenall.livejournal.com]

Of all possible giant animals (think tiger, giraffe, crocodile etc), they have to find the *rat*?

[incandescens]

Well, if they vanish without trace, maybe they'll have found the tiger or the crocodile?

[sevenall.livejournal.com]

Or the giant GIANT rat! That's a cheering thought.

[incandescens]

"Please can I have more volunteers to go where we lost our last five teams."

[gokuma.livejournal.com]

There's a note about this on Neil Gaiman's blog => http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/12/story-for-which-world-is-not-yet-ready.html :)

[incandescens]

Heh. Thank you!

[amethyst-hunter.livejournal.com]

I find this amusing because I've got a WIP fic where one of the characters' names is Mathilda. But then I'm easily amused by odd little coincidences like that. :)

The giant rats though, I could do without...! O_o;;

[incandescens]

Personally, I prefer them somewhere else. As long as they're not here. ;)