Hilarious

We all have our favourite superstitions or rejected knowledge claims. OK, maybe James Randi and Richard Dawkins doesn't, but I do. We also have our anti-favourites, alternative "theories" we consider pure, utter and unmitigated bunk. Well, at least I do!

The "Ancient Aliens" episode "Aliens and Bigfoot" combined the best and the worst as far as I'm concerned. I want to believe in Jeff Meldrum and his claims about the squatch being a real, flesh-and-blood animal. And yes, I hate the guts of Erich von Däniken, Zecheriah Sitchin and their lesser breed imitators. Ancient aliens? Hilarious nonsense!

Yet, here they come...

"Aliens and Bigfoot" is a veritable extravaganza of the good, the bad and the really ugly. Apart from Jeff Meldrum (who is reasonably sane), the episode features interviews with Nick Redfern, David Hatcher Childress, Philip Coppens, Linda Moulton Howe and a few lesser lights. One of the talking heads actually looks like an alien! He would certainly scare me on a UFO convention, LOL.

The speculations are, of course, wild. Pun intended. Are the Bigfeet or Wildmen products of alien genetic engineering? Are they alien-human hybrids? Was Goliath an alien? You know, the guy who fought with David. Or are *we* the products of alien genetic engineering? Perhaps the aliens inserted their DNA in some captured Bigfoot, thereby creating us? Or are the smelly squatches aliens themselves, living in underground caverns to avoid detection while on Earth?

Ha ha ha. Yeah, sure. An entirely alien race from Zeta Ridiculous has DNA compatible with that of earthling primates...

Another funny speculation: the Egyptian gods must be the result of genetic engineering by mad scientists, since they look like crosses between humans and various animals. Geezus, don't these guys know it's a shamanic thing?! I'm sure somebody can give the producers of "Ancient Aliens" some illicit, psychedelic substance á la Aldous Huxley or Huston Smith. They'll meet Anubis or Thoth in no time.

Besides, what are these guys thinking? Do they really imagine that far-away planets with self-respect would give rise to creatures such as Skunk Ape or Man? I think it's obvious what world they and us *really* come from. Welcome to Psycho Planet. Welcome to...Earth.