All About "The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan"

Posted by admin | March 8th, 2010

Above, Yuu Asakura with “The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan.” Photo by Armand Vaquer.

by Armand Vaquer

The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan is the world’s first and only Japan travel guide especially tailored to tourists who are also fans of Japanese science-fiction and fantasy movies.

Several studios have produced Japanese science-fiction and fantasy films. Studios include Toho Company, Ltd., Kadokawa Herald, Ltd. (formerly Daiei Pictures) and Toei Co., Ltd.

Most of the locations covered in The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan are primarily from Toho’s Godzilla series of movies, but other studios’ monster movies are also covered. Toho started the giant monster movie (daikaiju eiga) genre in 1954 with Godzilla. The action in Godzilla takes place primarily in Japan’s capital city, Tokyo. Locations used include the Wako Department Store in the Ginza section; The Kachidoki Bridge on the Sumida River; and The National Diet Building. These and other Tokyo locations are covered in The Guide.

The Guide starts with the island of Hokkaido and makes its way down the main island of Honshu and finishes off on the island of Kyushu.

Helpful articles on what a visitor to Japan needs to do and know are also included. Articles on currency, the JR Railpass, the Shinkansen (bullet trains), weather and others are included in The Guide. Where available, lodging information is also included. If there’s a hotel or ryokan (Japanese inn) I have personal knowledge of, I will make a recommendation.

The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan was started in early 2008. I wrote the text and most of the photographs are from my five trips to Japan in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. G-FAN magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees assisted with editing, location ideas and the layouts. 20-year graphic designer Archie Waugh created the cover, based on a rough idea by me. The photographs on the cover were all by me. The big photo on the cover is of the Godzilla statue located in the Hibiya section of Tokyo, which is next to Ginza. I took that photo during my April 2007 trip to Japan.

Thanks to a recommendation by Mad Scientist magazine editor and publisher Martin Arlt, it was decided to employ the services of ComiXpress to provide the printing and handle sales of The Guide. I was impressed with the work ComiXpress does for Mad Scientist and their terms, so I elected to use them.

I may do further updated versions of The Guide. But that is at least a couple of years away. Other travel guides do annual updates, but I am not “corporate America,” so it will have to wait a while. I do hope to return to Japan later this year and obtain more material for future updates.

Above, Yuu Asakura. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The retail price for The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan is $15.00 US. There is also a wholesale price for travel/tour companies, bookstores, comic book shops, newsstands and other retailers. ComiXpress does ship overseas. Contact them for overseas rates at www.ComiXpress.com.

The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan will also be a useful tool for travel professionals who can use it to plan special tours of Japan for monster enthusiasts. They can also sell copies to their customers and make money on it.

Go to ComiXpress.com and set up a retailer account. It’s fast and easy!

To order a copy, go here.

I hope you will find The Monster Movie Fan’s Guide To Japan informative as well as entertaining. Thank you for picking up a copy!

Note: The model in the two accompanying photos, Yuu Asakura, appeared in Don Glut’s The Mummy’s Kiss: Second Dynasty.

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And Yet….More Photos From ‘The Bloody Rage Of Bigfoot’

Posted by admin | March 8th, 2010

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: James Baack / Avery Guerra

Let me tell ya, film maker James Baack is one cool cat. He loves Bigfoot, Godzilla, action figures and Monster Island News.

Honestly, I’m not calling him ‘cool’ just because he loves the site, and the fact that he has opted to use MIN to feature photographs of just about every scene from his movie, “The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot”, has not influenced my opinion about him one bit.

No sir.

James is just one of those crazy kind of geeks that it would be cool to spend a weekend with building a model city, then blowing it up.

You really can’t say that about everyone.

Well, enough of the man-love, let’s get to the topic at hand, which is Baack’s movie, and the fact that the film maker has blessed us with, yet, even more photos.

Now, unless this is your very first, or possibly second, visit to Monster Island News, you know all about “Bloody Rage”, a movie….that…..well…..is certain to be unlike any other Bigfoot movie you have ever seen.

No, I mean that, there are clowns, sexy witches, explosions, blood….buckets of it, Bigfoot, chicks in pig masks and even some sort of a Bigfoot-Godzilla hybrid thing that I haven’t been able to figure out.

Oh, and its in 3D, which should come as no surprise, because every film these days is in 3D, or at least it will soon seem that way.

Let me run down the action from today’s pics. There’s LooseyFur, one of the sexy witches I mentioned a moment ago, shooting at something (above). A shot of the two witches being picked-up on in a bar by some sleaze, and a shot of one of them killing the guy. A shot of Baack himself in another bar scene. To finish things off, a couple of pics of guys out hunting, I assume for Bigfoot, in the boonies.

Can you really gather much about “The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot” from these shots? No, but as long as Baack keeps sending them to me, I will keep posting them. Why? Because Baack is cool that’s why.

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10 Obligatory Thoughts on the 2010 Oscar Ceremony

Posted by admin | March 8th, 2010

 ”Yep, believe it or not, that was the result of months of planning…”
I really didn’t plan on continuing the Oscar discussion here into the “new year”, but enough people asked me about my thoughts on the Academy’s annual TV ratings grab during the last week that I felt compelled.

1. The opening – Horrendous. Neil Patrick Harris joked about why he was there before leaving us all to wonder: why was he there? I thought it was a fluffy, feeble, tasteless attempt at reclaiming some kind of Oscar showmanship that nobody is really nostalgic for. I longed for the pizazz of Billy Crystal’s openings in 1997, 1998, and 2004.


2. The speeches – Stunningly dull. It didn’t help that so many of these winners were giving the same speech they’ve given at dozens of award shows since December, but come on, people, mix it up a bit! Two other notes here: 1.) More than most years it was painfully obvious who was surprised by their win (Adapted Screenplay – very, Best Costume – not at all); 2.) What happened with that Best Documentary Short speech? How humiliating for that filmmaker in his one moment in the spotlight. All five of those documentary shorts looked outstanding, by the by.

3. The hosts – Completely underwhelming considering their pedigree. The script certainly didn’t help them, proven by the funniest joke being Steve Martin’s ad-libbed quip that he wrote Geoffrey Fletcher’s bumbling acceptance speech. Also liked the Sarah Jessica Parker “single pound” punchline.

4. The Hurt Locker – Nothing against the production of this movie (though you can read my thoughts on its inaccuracies if you like), but there was something just a little too self-congratulatory about its win. I believe Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow respected their sources and the subject at hand, and dedicating the awards to the soldiers was a nice touch, but I still didn’t feel the gravity of the situation was acknowledged. And by “situation” I mean the hundreds of thousands of veterans walking by us on the street, potentially traumatized by the pile of trash we just stepped over.

5. Kathryn Bigelow – Well I guess I can’t make the “Best White Male Director” quip anymore about this category, but don’t get ahead of yourself in thinking any kind of glass ceiling has been broken here. Bigelow has made a career from making movies for men, and I’d argue the irony of her relationship to The Hurt Locker is being recognized as much as the merit of the direction itself (which was still excellent). It doesn’t prove my point, but you’ll notice that the highly acclaimed films Bright Star and An Education – films made by women “for women” – were nowhere to be seen in this category. And yet Jason Reitman gets in? Explain.

6. The dancing – If you’re not aware, the decision was made to abandon the Best Song performances to make time for this outrageously distracting, completely out-of-place spectacle. To say nothing of the incredible talent of LXD, this was wrong for the occasion on so many levels that it’s not worth further discussion. Here’s a guaranteed prediction for the 2011 Oscar ceremony: we won’t be seeing this dance performance again.

7. The acting nominee council of friends - This idea has devolved a bit over the last few years, and it’s time to hang it up now that it’s so nakedly becoming a sycophantic session of Hollywood actors calling each other “amazing human beings”. Kind of a distillation of the entire show in most people’s minds anyway, right? While it’s a nice moment for the one-and-done nominees like Gabby Sidibe and Jeremy Renner, do we really need to hear someone tell us how awe-inspiring Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep are for the umpteenth time? Running out of hyperbole with these speeches. Go back to showing extended clips from the performances – you know, the reasons they were nominated.

8. Sandra Bullock - Over the last few months I’ve pretended that I didn’t care this was going to happen. At some point last night watching clips from The Blind Side, however, I had to finally admit that this was an unconscionable choice. Ironically, the two most ridiculous Best Actress awards of the last decade (Julia Roberts and now Bullock) have been given to performances where perky American sweethearts have played perky, blond, busty, heart-of-gold American heroines. In both cases, highly deserving yet significantly older and more experienced actresses (Ellen Burstyn, Helen Mirren, and Streep) have gone home empty-handed.

9. The Cove - As I wrote last week, this predictable win was essentially a rubber stamp on all future “agit-docs”. Find a cause, get mad about it, stick a camera in someone’s face and try to make the most persuasive argument you can about some social issue without considering bias or journalistic integrity. Indeed, the state of documentary filmmaking in 2010.

10. The stage - Classy as usual with gleaming lights, shiny surfaces and staircases to nowhere. But…the wall of lampshades? Huh?

Final verdict: FAIL. Here again I will stress that for the most part I don’t care about who wins or loses, and that year after year I still love the ceremony as a way to commemorate the hours and hours and hours and hours worth of movie watching and writing I did in the last year. But I can still have an opinion on that celebration, and this was one letdown of a party that rather fittingly capped off a disappointing year in film.

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The Hurt Locker emerged as a big winner by pocketing 6 Oscars

Posted by admin | March 8th, 2010

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After having a neck to neck fight with James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ at the 82nd Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘The Hurt Locker’ emerged as a big winner by pocketing 6 Oscars at the ceremony on Sunday. The Iraq-based war drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ was named best picture and also got the best director Oscar for Kathryn Bigelow.

"This is the moment of a lifetime… it is so extraordinary to be in the company of such powerful filmmakers. I really want to thank the Academy. The secret to filmmaking is collaborating and I had a truly extraordinary group of collaborators. I want to dedicate this to all men and women in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis," Bigelow said after accepting the award.

The Iraq War drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ won its first category of the night, original screenplay for Mark Boal, who spun a story about the perils and pressures of a US bomb unit in Iraq. Producers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro won the best picture award for the film that stars Jeremy Renner as Staff Sgt. "This is something beyond our dreams. To be standing here was something that we never imagined. Thank you for honouring us," said Boal after getting the award.

On the other hand, Cameron’s mega-budget venture ’Avatar’ managed to bag 3 Oscars in several categories at the ceremony, but the film was comfortably defeated by ’The Hurt Locker’ in the end. ‘Avatar’ won awards in technical categories including – best cinematography, best visual effects and best art direction.

With nine nominations, ‘The Hurt Locker’ had tied for the Oscar lead with the sci-fi epic ‘Avatar.’

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Kareena Kapoor currently completing the dubbing on Milenge Milenge

Posted by admin | March 8th, 2010

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The much-delayed `Milenge Milenge` will finally see the light of the day with actress Kareena Kapoor currently completing the dubbing as well as the promotional video of the film.

"Though the film has been in its making stages for quite a while now Kareena Kapoor has been very patient and in spite of having a plethora of brands and other film shoots she is making sure she gives `Milenge Milenge` its due attention," sources close to the actress said.

Both Boney Kapoor and director Satish Kaushik are raving about the actress` accomodating attitude, they said.

The film will bring together Kareena and ex-beau Shahid Kapoor, last seen together in Imtiaz Ali`s 2007 hit `Jab We
Met`.

The couple have split since then.

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Oscars 2010: Art Direction, Costumes, and Makeup

Posted by admin | March 6th, 2010

Lunch_OscarStatue_325_325x445This edition of my Oscar 2010 breakdown covers a trio of technical categories that involve a good deal of artistry. These categories are also of the variety that when done well you do not notice as you will be too involved with the bigger picture. Literally, good art direction, makeup, and costumes will blend into the story so that while you may remark on how good they are, they do not distract you from the story.

Let’s start with Art Direction. The easiest way I can think of to describe this position is to compare it to Cinematography. Cinematography is the way the the sequences look while Art Direction concerns what is seen during those sequences. It is concerned with authenticity to the story and combines many of the other departments working on the film (like costumes and makeup).

The award itself has been in existence since the original ceremonies, however it was called Interior Decoration and it was won by William Cameron Menzies for both The Dove and Tempest. The award would go through its first evolution towards the one we know today in 1940 when the award was split to accommodate color films as well as black and white. The next stage came with a renaming in 1947 to Art Direction – Set Decoration. Ten years later the award was combined back into one for a brief period when it was once again split along color lines. The final change came in 1967 and it has stayed that way ever since.

The five nominees for the 2010 prize are:  Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith; Nine: John Myhre, Gordon Sim; Sherlock Holmes: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer; The Young Victoria: Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray

All of the nominees are quite good, although there are titles that jump out at me, one is the likely winner and the other is film I would like to see win. But before getting to those two, let’s take a look at those I do not believe will win. First is The Young Victoria, quite frankly it just does not excite me. It may be a good film (I haven’t seen it) but it does not look any different than other costume dramas I’ve seen. Next is Nine. I am not quite sure what it is, but while it does look good it does not strike me as great, I think it may be the way it was cut. Finally, Sherlock Holmes has a great sense of fun around it and could have an outside shot.

I guess the remaining titles are pretty easy to guess. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is the movie I want to win. It has a great look combining the modern day with a bygone era with the carriage, not to mention the fantasy world of the Imaginarium. It just has a very unique look and feel. However, the winner will likely be Avatar. The science fiction epic has a great look and design that is a marvel to behold. It is also probably the most involved film with regards to the direction as much of it had to be created from scratch.

Next up is Best Costume Design. This award was created in 1947 and was awarded to Roger K. Furse for Hamlet for black and white films and to Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska for Joan of Arc for color films. The awards history mirrors that Art Direction with the color/black and white separation until 1967.

This year’s nominees are: Bright Star: Janet Patterson, Coco avant Chanel: Catherine Leterrier, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Monique Prudhomme, Nine : Colleen Atwood, The Young Victoria : Sandy Powell

I am not sure who will win this category. It doesn’t help that I have only seen one of the nominated features. That being true, I am going to try to whittle them down anyway. I am going to discount The Young Victoria, mainly because I am not the biggest fan of the period drama, but also because what little I have seen just did not impress me. Bright Star does not strike me as a winner either, although I know nothing about it. Coco avant Chanel could be a competitor, Audrey Tautou makes all of her costumes look good.

In the end, I suspect that Nine will tke the prize. The costume work is very good. Everyone looks great in their stylized costumes in the musical. However, I think a case could be made for The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. The Terry Gilliam directed film has a great look from the worn rags to the stage costumes to those in the Imaginarium. It goes hand in hand with the art direction. There really was nothing quite like it during the year.

I am a little noncommittal in this category, but I am going to come down on the side of Nine to win. Although, I would not be disappointed by a Parnassus victory.

Finally, let’s take a look at Best Makeup. This award came into being in 1981 when An American Werewolf in London won for Rick Baker’s great work. Over the years the award has gone to a blend of traditionally dramatic films and genre films, including horror. I am glad to see that this category will occasionally go outside the box and award genre films.

This year’s nominees are: Il divo: Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano; Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow; The Young Victoria: John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore

I have not seen Il divo or The Young Victoria, but I do not want either of them to win. The look of both of these films is very traditional, based on the trailers and a couple of clips. Neither one of them stand out. On the other hand Star Trek takes some chances with its alien creations and with its transformation of Eric Bana. I am hoping this one goes to the science fiction flick.

Be sure to tune in Sunday March 7, 2010 to see who wins!

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Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor shared memorable times together in the Industry

Posted by admin | March 5th, 2010

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Amitabh Bachchan was shocked to see Shashi Kapoor, his co-star of Trishul, Deewar and so many other hits, confined to a wheelchair at the Filmfare awards last week.

Amitabh was supposed to present the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award to the 71-year-old actor, but could not attend.

However, Amitabh saw pictures of the event later and was shocked – just like so many of his other fans.

"…the affable [Filmfare] editor Jitesh Pillai had asked me if I would give the Lifetime achievement Award to Shashi Kapoor and I had agreed. With great pleasure. I missed that more than the expectation of winning the best actor award. Seeing him confined to a wheel chair, was something I could never associate with Shashiji," the 67-year-old posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

"Shashi Kapoor, that handsome gentle man. A smile on his face forever. A considerate calling on each meeting, now in this condition? Never," he added.

Remembering the times they spent together, Amitabh wrote: "Film after film we did together, Shashiji and I, shared some of my most memorable times together in the Industry. He is now my relative. His elder brother, the great Raj Kapoor’s daughter Ritu’s son Nikhil is married to [my daughter] Shweta.

"I spoke to him on his birthday some days ago and then again when I wanted to invite him to the premier of Paa. He had sounded weak in voice and expressed his inability to come. ‘I am not well’, he had whispered faintly and I told him I would arrange a special screening for him. But I had never expected him to be the way I saw him at the award function in the pictures a few days back," said Amitabh.

The lifetime achievement award to Shashi was finally given by Shabana Azmi.

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Shahid Kapoor walked into Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium for cricket match

Posted by admin | March 5th, 2010

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Shahid Kapoor has quite a following amongst kids, as well as the older generations, and that was reiterated when he walked into Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium for an event held recently. The charity cricket match, held between ONGC and Air India personnel, saw the likes of Praful Patel, Murli Deora, and topmost executives from both organisations cheering from the stands.

Shahid and his friend, Ahmed Khan, were the special guests at the event. They were there to promote their forthcoming film, ‘Paathshaala’ and arrived soon after the toss. After the screening of a short AV on the movie, Shahid and Ahmed praised the organisers of the match on their commitment to children. They also spoke of their film, and urged the spectators to watch the eye-opening ‘Paathshaala’. Then they did a little jig, much to the delight of those present.

The movie revolves around kids, and highlights the current situation of the education system in India. This Eros International presentation is directed by Milind Ukey, and produced by Paperdoll Entertainment.

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Oscars 2010: Original Song and Score

Posted by admin | March 5th, 2010

Lunch_OscarStatue_325_325x445Music is an important part of the film experience. A good score can heighten your reaction to good film, underscoring the emotional moments or enhance adrenalin pumping action sequences or anything in between. In the early days there was live organ music accompanying the films, I can only imagine what that must have been like. In any case, scores are an intrinsic part of our movie going experience and can also continue on as a separate creative work. Alongside film scores are songs written specifically for films, more pop-type tracks that can be thematically important to the experience, or just add another element to the experience.

The award for original music has existed since 1934 when the first statuette was awarded to Louis Silvers and the Columbia Studio Music Department for One Night of Love. The award did go through a few changes over its lifespan. There were a few years when there were two awards, one for Original Score and one for Scoring. I am not sure what the difference was there. It would then go through a long stretch where there were still two awards but they were for Dramatic or Comedic Film and for a Musical feature. It would go through another transformation in 1962 when the awards went for Original Music Score and Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment. The 1970s saw another renaming of the prize to Original Score and Original Song Score. It was not until 1980 that the award took on the form that we know it today as Original Score and a single statuette.

There are five films vying for the award this year: Avatar: James Horner; Fantastic Mr. Fox: Alexandre Desplat; The Hurt Locker: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders; Sherlock Holmes: Hans Zimmer; Up: Michael Giacchino

There is some very good music there, although there is one omission, an expected one. My favorite score of the year was Christopher Young’s for Drag Me to Hell. Frankly, I am not surprised in the least, I mean it is a score for a horror film and how often do you see horror recognized by the Academy? That’s right, not often.

As for these nominees? I immediately see Avatar, Up, and Sherlock Holmes jump out as early favorites. I did enjoy Alexandre Desplat’s work in Fantastic Mr. Fox and to a lesser extent Marco Beltrami’s The Hurt Locker but I don’t see either one of them as a legitimate contender.

Among the three top contenders I have a strong suspicion that Michael Giacchino is going to walk away with the statue for Up. It is really a wonderful score that works just as well with the movie as it does on its own. It has a jazzy, light as air feel that plays with the heart strings, especially during te opening montage. I tell you, he is a composer to keep an eye on. As for James Horner and Hans Zimmer, they both turned in exceptional work, with Zimmer pulling slightly ahead for his inventive Holmes work.

Here is a sample of Michael Giacchino’s Up score, a piece entitled “Married Life”:

The Original Song Oscar debuted the same year as the score award, 1934. The first award went to “The Continental” from The Gay Divorcee, music by Con Conrad and lyrics: Herb Magidson. Unlike the score award, the prize for Original Song has enjoyed an uninterrupted run since its inception.

Here are this year’s nominees: ”Almost There” – The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman; “Down in New Orleans” – The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman; ”Loin de Paname” – Paris 36 – Music: Reinhardt Wagner, Lyrics: Frank Thomas; “Take It All” – Nine – Music and Lyrics: Maury Yeston; “The Weary Kind” – Crazy Heart – Music and Lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett

Looking at them, I find it very easy to pick the winner. First, let’s peek at the ones who won’t win. I cannot see either of the Princess and the Frog tunes winning. Yes, the film is very enjoyable and the music works well within the context, I don’t feel either one of them are all that memorable or worthy of the win. Next is “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36, a film I had never even heard of before now, is certainly a lovely tune and has a very nice and light flow to it. I just think the film may be too obscure and work against its chances, although it has made me interested in seeing the film.

All right, three songs down and two to go, do you see where I am heading? “Take it All” from Nine features the actress that should have been nominated for supporting actress and also happens to be he wrong song from this film to be nominated. If you were to take a song from this film I would have gone with “Be Italian” or even  “My Husband Makes Movies,” both of which I prefer to the chosen film.

This leaves one song left to be your winner, “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart. This is a movie that is the perfect theme for the movie. If there is one nominated song that is immediately identifiable with its film, one song that perfectly sums up its movie, this is it. It is a beautiful song that really stands out among the other nominees and it will walk away with the statuette.

Here is the song performed by co-writer Ryan Bingham:

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Is A Horny Thokolosi Terrorizing Botswana?

Posted by admin | March 5th, 2010

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: The Voice (Botswana)

A rash of attacks, some of a sexual nature, at the all-female Kalamare Primary School, in Kalamare, Botswana, are being blamed on a Thokolosi, a harry monster of local folklore that is notorious for it’s unquenchable carnal appetite.

The attacks, which are being attributed to the Thokolosi, reportedly have been going on since February of last year, and local families have become enraged at Kalamare village Chief, Kgosi Kgang, for not taking the matter seriously.

With the attacks becoming more frequent, local residents have been forced to keep their students home out of fear.

Lenyatso Galebetwe, who’s 11-year-old daughter was the first to be attacked echoes the feelings of many of the victim’s families, My child will not go back to that school until that evil thing has left. She has had enough!”

“She was the first to be molested and has suffered repeated attacks since then. On the first day (of school) a certain schoolboy ran into my yard crying saying the teachers had sent him to summon me. When I got there my child was lying in a seemingly lifeless state with her eyes wide open and whitish thick saliva dribbling from the corners of her mouth. It was a pitiful and painful sight.”

Though the Thokolosi is being blamed for the attacks, Galebetwe, stated that her daughter has not come forward with a positive id of whom, or what, is responsible for her numerous assaults.

Kereng Peloentle, on the other hand, is certain that it was a Thokolosi that attacked her daughter, “My child who is 12 and in standard five was attacked last month while in class. I took her to the New Good Shepherd Church where the prophets told me the thing that had attacked my child is a Thokolosi. That’s when I decided to withdraw her from school because honestly one can subject their child to such things. She will only go back when that thing has been dealt with. I think only churches especially the Zion Christian Church can chase this creature away and give our children a chance to go on with their education.”

Peloentle went on to say that her scared little girl had described the creature as, “hairy with cat like features and dressed in colorful clothes.”

With more and more parents coming forward with reported attacks on their children, public outrage has been focused primarily on Kgosi Kgang, who until recently had ignored the matter.

Now, Kgang has been forced into meeting with his staff to try and resolve the matter.

Now here is the million dollar question, is there really a fancy dressed cat-man running around Botswana raping little school-girls, or is there a human molester using a local legend as a cover-up for his crimes?

Yes, I agree, it’s number two.

I’m certain that when this whole thing is resolved, the rapist will be revealed to be quite human, which will make him out to be a bigger monster than any mythology or human imagination could create.

I should also mention that last year a female Thokolosi was reportedly visiting an inmate in a Botswana prison and forcing him to have sex with her. According to the report, the prisoner was getting rather tired of the human-monster-intercourse and requested a transfer to another prison.

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