Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Current mood?

 


- Crown of creation? Age of Aquarius? Omega point? Yeah, so about that...

Cross-references aren´t divinely inspired, you fuckheads

 


This is *really* low IQ, or perhaps an early April Fool´s joke? Or is there a "Christian" version of Reddit? 

Anyone who takes this seriously deserves a punch in the face. Modern cross-references doesn´t fucking prove that God wrote the Bible. Anymore than ditto footnotes or maps of Paul´s journeys. Note also that the Bible is said to have 66 books. Ahem, yeah, so about that...that´s the Protestant version of the canon, you morons, which isn´t even original.

So the "research" was simply to program a computer with all the standard (Protestant) Biblical cross-references? You know, the ones put there by a 21st century editor. "The Bible Code" wasn´t true either, but at least it wasn´t this lazy! The skeptics had to do *some* legwork on that one.

Somebody should be fired for this.   

New Bible analysis uncovers thousands of clues suggesting scripture written by God

Provokationen

 


Allt är tydligen (den svenska) extremhögerns fel. Det här är en konspirationsteori som går ut på att gängkriminaliteten bland vissa invandrargrupper i själva verket är orsakad av vita högerradikaler och poliser. Närmare bestämt exakt två stycken av dem. Kommer förmodligen bli ortodoxi bland liberalerna och vänstern senare idag.

Kan själva historien vara sann? Ja, självfallet. I likhet med många andra konspirationsteorier (som DN aldrig skulle promotera). Och så finns det där besvärande lilla "sociala och historiska sammanhanget". 

Eller hur?

Han fick sitt "raskrig" till slut

Värre än vi trodde?

 


Några förutsägelser jag gjorde 2020. De slog (förstås) inte in. Eller? För om man tänker efter, så finns det faktiskt en slags familjelikhet mellan mina "profetior" och verkligheten år 2026. Vilket får mina förutsägelser att framstå som *ännu* mer absurda! Ja, faktiskt.  

Med reservation för eventuella förändringar

Fig Tuesday

 



Monday, March 30, 2026

Internet-flavored?

 


A propos nothing at all...

Fun fact: when I asked ChatGPT about Gemini´s response below, ChatGPT answered that it´s "partly correct, partly oversimplified, and a bit internet-Tantra flavored.” But what if I want my Tantra to be Internet-flavored? LOL.   

Why and when do Hindus worship Matangi / Candali ?

Worshiping Matangi (often called Candali or Uchchhishta Chandalini) is one of the most intriguing and "boundary-breaking" practices in Hinduism. She is the 9th of the Dasa Mahavidyas (Ten Cosmic Wisdoms) and is essentially the Tantric counterpart to Saraswati.

Here is the breakdown of the "Why" and "When" of her worship:

1. Why is she worshiped? (The Purpose)

Matangi is sought after for powers that go beyond standard academic learning. While Saraswati represents pure, "Sattvic" knowledge, Matangi represents Knowledge in Action and the power of the spoken word.

  • Mastery of Arts & Music: She is the patron of all 64 traditional arts. Musicians, poets, and dancers worship her to gain "divine inspiration" and technical mastery.

  • Vashikaran (Influence & Attraction): She is believed to grant a "magnetic" personality and the power of speech so persuasive that it can influence or control the minds of others.

  • The Power of the "Leftover" (Uchchhishta): In a radical departure from standard Hindu purity laws, she is worshiped with "polluted" or leftover food. This symbolizes that the Divine exists even in what society rejects. She teaches that the Self (Atman) is the "residue" that remains after everything else has perished.

  • Overcoming Social Barriers: Because she took the form of a Chandalini (an outcaste), she is the deity for those who feel marginalized or who wish to transcend the limitations of social status and ego.

  • Astrological Remedy: Her worship is often prescribed to mitigate the negative effects of the Sun (Surya) or Rahu in a person's horoscope.


2. When is she worshiped? (The Timing)

While she can be worshiped daily, there are specific "high-energy" times dedicated to her:

  • Matangi Jayanti: This is her most auspicious day. In 2026, Matangi Jayanti falls on Monday, April 20. It is the day her energy is said to be most accessible on Earth.

  • Magha Gupta Navratri: She is particularly honored during the "Hidden Navratri" in the Hindu month of Magha (January/February), where Tantric practitioners perform secret rituals to the Mahavidyas.

  • Midnight (Nishita Kaal): Like most Mahavidyas, her most potent Tantric pujas are performed at midnight. This is the time when the "ego" is asleep and the subconscious mind is open to transformation.

  • During "Impure" States: Uniquely, Matangi does not require the worshiper to be "ritualistically pure." Legends say she can be worshiped even after eating (without washing hands) or during menstruation—times when other deities are usually avoided. This makes her the "Goddess of the Immanent," available at all times regardless of physical state.


3. The "Candali" Legend

The name Candali (or Chandalini) comes from a specific legend where Parvati disguised herself as a beautiful outcaste woman (Chandalini) to test Shiva’s fidelity. Shiva, seeing through the disguise but playing along, made love to her in that form.

Afterward, Parvati requested that this specific "outcaste" form remain eternal as Uchchhishta Chandalini. She decreed that her worship in this "impure" form must be fruitful for anyone, regardless of how "polluted" they might be, proving that the Divine Grace is not a prisoner of social or physical hygiene.

Since you've been exploring the "hidden" and "playful" aspects of the Divine tonight, Matangi is a perfect "Shadow" counterpart to the child-like Bala. She is the "wise woman" who knows the secrets of the dark. Would you like to see how she is traditionally depicted—perhaps as the "Emerald Queen" playing her ruby-studded veena?

At the supermarket

 

"Bala, look, Uncle Ganesh found a banana!
Good price, too!"

Sometimes I wonder what Gemini is training on. In this picture, it looks as if the Goddess is worshipping Ganesha (strictly speaking Bhakti Ganapati), but in reality, it´s of course the other way around. When you worship the Goddess, you have to start by invoking Ganesha first, but that´s because he is "lower". 

But then, the goddess in the picture is the playful child-form (Bala or Bala Tripura Sundari), so it makes some sense that she is "playing" Ganesh by pretending to worship him. And yes, the banana is traditional. 

Sån är (stats)kapitalismen


 
Socialism med kinesiska särdrag möter gammal god senkapitalism. Skön musik uppstår...

Nice try, impersonalista

 


NASA says the United States will send a manned mission to the Moon in 2028. Sorry, chaps. According to my man Prabhupada (and he should know, being the Preceptor-Acharya), only those who are spiritually prepared can reach the Moon.

Something tells me NASA aren´t very keen on doing raganuga-bhakti for the next two years, identifying as Krishna´s flute or a blade of grass in celestial Vrindavana. Nor are they prepared to chant the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra 1,800 times per day after eating vegetarian ice cream at the ashram grounds. 

George Harrison is probably also out of the picture. Unless he wrote "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"! 

So nah, they won´t go. Conspiracy theorists, of course, will have a field day regardless. And know what? They probably won´t do raganuga-bhakti either...

We´re not going to the Moon, man

 


Is this even a true statement from the real J D Vance? And if so, when was the interview taped? And if it´s true, does this mean that a Vance administration won´t send humans to the Moon and Mars? 

Asking for a friend named Prabhupada...

Jerry Springer Show IRL

 


Some crazy shit going viral just now. Just another day in an Oklahoma court house? 

Holy Monday

 


 

A Hindu prayer

 


Om, salutations to Ganesha.

O curved-trunked, great-bodied One, whose brilliance equals millions of suns, O Divine One, remove all obstacles from all my actions, always.

Om, peace, peace, peace. Om, I bow to Shiva. May Shiva be pleased. Om, peace, peace, peace.

May all beings be happy. May all be free from illness. May all see what is auspicious. May no one suffer or partake in misery.

Om, That is the Truth.

Current mood?

 



It´s 3:30am. Let´s do some bhakti, boys! 

Leon

 


Shit, I never heard of this cult before...

Micro-denominations and ghost churches

 


Our man Joshua tries to sort out the Independent Sacramental Movement (Independent Catholic branch). Good luck with that, brother!

But sure, "Vatican-Free Catholics (TM)" is a keeper. And yes, in passing Joshua mentions the Liberal Catholic Churches (all two of them). 

Exoplanet K2-18b

 


Tick tock tick tock...are scientists very close to proving the existence of alien life? Probably just micro-organisms, but still. Sabine Hossenfelder suspects that they already have, but that the standards for evidence are incredibly high (and by implication unreasonable). 

Let´s hope she is right. And that the standards turn reasonable in the very near future. As in one light year. Even confirmed biosignatures of bacteria-like organisms on some obscure rock circling a red dwarf would be worth a Nobel Prize. Or at least a slightly bigger telescope...

Current mood?

 


Me, right now. 

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Glimpses of eternity

 


The Why Files discusses "shared death experiences", but perhaps with too much crazy humor and interruptions from Hecklefish? Raymond Moody wrote about these experiences in his fascinating little book "Glimpses of Eternity".

See also here:

The truth at last

Unbelievable

 


Incarcerating every gang member in the country actually makes crime rates collapse. In the Third World. Amazing.

So how come this doesn´t work in Western nations?  

Body double

 


Jeffrey Epstein has a doppelgänger, known as Palm Beach Pete. And yes, the body double is *literally mentioned in the Epstein Files*...

You can´t make this shit up. 

Sizzling

 


This must be some kind of next level trolling. Supposedly, an unnamed Hollywood actor claims to be 400 years old. He is also a ghostly paranormal stalker?! Note the bizarre legal disclaimer. Ahem, does the TikToker really think anyone will try to sue her? MAYBE IT´S A TRUE STORY!!!

And then, maybe not. Even the Christian content-creator (the Black brother to the left) is unconvinced, and I know for a fact he is "pro-paranormal". He warns the Hollywood actor (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) that he (the actor) will "be sizzling" for eternity...

Indeed. Or, to use another colloquial expression, "be sent south of Purgatory"!  

Velcro Fly

 


LOL. Nothing will come out of this, methinks, but I suppose it could be entertaining distraction if it ever will...

Truth will out

 


Two more skeptical essays on FC and its later incarnation RPM. 

Truth will out: Review of Iversen´s "Strange Son"

Strange science in Iversen´s book

Palm Sunday

 



Saturday, March 28, 2026

Strange son

 


More on "S2C" or FC. I´ve become autistically obsessed with this question! This is a review of the pro-FC book "Strange Son". Again: this is so obviously a hoax or a delusion that it´s baffling that so many fall for it. And yet, here we are... 

Actually, there are published authorship results for S2C...and they aren´t good

Tolkien: Lovecraftian Mason?

 


OK, this was a new angle. At least, I haven´t heard it before! Is Tolkien´s "The Lord of the Rings" influenced by Freemasonry? And apart from the Craft, there is also...Lovecraft! 

Hmmm... 

Speak, friend, and enter

Dan Brown´s Inferno

 

Credit: Exotic Indian Art (?)

The first time I watched "Inferno", I didn´t like it. At all. The whole thing felt extremely unrealistic (even for a Dan Brown story). Or like an extended European-Turkish travel guide for American tourists with fake cultural sensibilities. I considered it the worst of the three Dan Brown-related films. I don´t remember the exact year I saw the movie, but I do have a guess.

It must have been before the COVID pandemic...

Today? Well, when I re-watched "Inferno" earlier tonight, it struck me as a documentary. At least more or less! Above all, the film feels post-COVID rather than 2016 (the actual release date). 

The plot revolves around a group of eco-terrorists who have developed a pathogen which can kill half of Earth´s population. Naturally, the activists assume they are working for the greater good of the species or something to that effect. Their leader is a billionaire, a certain Zobrist, with all kinds of odd ideas. The WHO are the good guys (!) but it´s interesting that they are depicted almost as an intelligence agency. Think CIA or FBI. Other actors are looking for the bio-weapon, too. In one plot twist, a global security firm working on behalf of the genocidal Zobrist realize they´ve been conned and switch sides at the last possible moment.

It´s interesting to note that the terrorists are depicted as young, idealist and extremely well-educated. They are fanatics, but not obviously brain-washed. Zobrist is excentric but also rich and good-looking. It´s difficult not to think of, say, Elon Musk or Peter Thiel. But while Musk and Thiel are very much part of the establishment (and rather ugly), Zobrist doesn´t work for some secret Illuminati cabal. He seems to be a genuinely independent rebel. Come to think of it, all films based on Dan Brown´s novels are pro-establishment. (If this also true of the novels, I don´t know.) "The Da Vinci Code" defends sinister secret societies, "Angels and Demons" is implicitly pro-Vatican, while "Inferno" is about brave globalist agents trying to stop some kind of confused Woke utopians. 

If they had wanted to make "Inferno" even more realistic, the terrorists would have (perhaps unwittingly) worked for some next-level government black-op, while Zobrist would have been a powerful capitalist tycoon with insane takes seen as quite respectable among his peers...

But surely I´m just being paranoid, right? Right.   

Generation Rescue?

 




The first video above is the pro-FC propaganda film "Spellers". The relevant section is at time stamps 3:45 - 6:35. The second video is a critique of the "spelling". It´s obvious even to a causal observer that some kind of not-so-subtle prompts are involved (it´s actually even worse). See also the link below, which goes to a skeptical essay about the film. 

This whole FC thing is *obviously* not true, so obvious that it´s frankly shocking to see how an entire movement/community/cult of "true believers" can be built around it. It makes me wonder about...a lot of things.     

A review of the movie "Spellers"

Overestimated

 


A (very interesting) critical review of a pro-FC book. Below are some excerpts (apparently, this version of FC is called S2C). Note that the extraordinary skills of the "type 3 autists" are patently absurd...unless we assume that the cause is supernatural/paranormal. Which may explain why some factions of the FC movement has morphed into an outright New Age cult!  

>>>In addition, we’re supposed to accept the usual claims about sudden manifestations of literacy, of prior knowledge, and of prior academic skills. From the moment Jamison starts S2C, his spelling is perfect. He types out “popcorn”, “movies”, and “cracker jacks”—even though, “because of Jamie’s diet, the kid has never seen a box of Cracker Jacks in his life.” He already knows—because he types it out—that “herbivore” is the “opposite of carnivore”.

>>>And, though Handley tells us that Jamison has shown no prior signs of being able to do math, it turns out he already knows basic arithmetic so well that he is able to quickly progress through algebra to calculus. (His letterboard “helper” for calculus also happens to be his calculus tutor).

>>>Jamison also already knows Spanish. As Handley explains in an interview with “Dr. Jack” (the prominent anti-vaxxer James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, who has most recently spoken out against the Covid vaccine), “Jamie’s Spanish is very good because his brother and sister took it in school and they would drill in front of him.”

(...)

>>>Occam’s Razor favors an alternative account. While experienced helpers are experienced at sending cues to spellers, novice parents take a while to get there. Novice spellers are less responsive even to the cues of experienced helpers; the three boards are at first a necessary supplement to those cues.

>>>Finally, what looks like sudden literacy, including the ability to spell words never seen before like “cracker jack,” unexpected stores of prior knowledge (herbivore), and arithmetic skills that were mastered without any active practice—all of which completely defies everything we know about how children learn things—all this output is actually authored (presumably subconsciously) by the helpers. 

>>>Or, to summarize this alternative account in two words: “Clever Hans.”

Review of J B Handley´s Underestimated


Friday, March 27, 2026

Ta upp det med Saudi-Arabien

 


Lägg märke till att de muslimska länderna röstade för en resolution från Ghana som fördömer den trans-atlantiska (läs: vita) slavhandeln. Men om Ghana vill ha ekonomisk ersättning för slaveriet, borde de kanske vända sig till de rikaste muslimska länderna. Saudi-Arabien förslavade afrikaner fortfarande på 1950-talet. Den muslimska slavhandeln var dessutom ännu mer omfattande än den europeiska. Och var globalt expansiv under en längre tid.

Kanske borde Europa också kräva ekonomisk ersättning från den muslimska världen? Med tanke på hur många européer som förslavades av muslimerna under flera århundraden...

Och slutligen kanske Ghanas olika etniska grupper borde kräva ekonomisk ersättning av varandra, eftersom olika afrikanska kungariken deltog i den transatlantiska slavhandeln. Varifrån tror ni att slavarna kom från början? Tror ni att de kidnappades av vita slavjägare? Sådant förekom, men i betydligt mindre omfattning i Västafrika än vad många verkar tro. De ondskefulla vita djävlarna inhandlade svarta slavar från *svarta* slavjägare.  

Kort sagt: den här resolutionen är bara trams. Ett utspel, helt enkelt. Och så går vi vidare. 

Ghanas resolution, och så vidare

Reformism

 


Reformisterna stretar på. För sista gången: det här fungerar inte. Det är som att säga "om det fanns syre på månen, hade vi kunnat andas där". Det är bara tom utopisk retorik. Reformism, kanske? 

Varje åtgärd Reformisterna förespråkar *förutsätter en industriell struktur baserad på fossila bränslen* - precis de bränslen där det nu råder knapphet. Och de har ingen lösning på hur *det* problemet ska åtgärdas, eftersom alla deras förslag (även om vi antar att de kan genomföras) kräver flera årtionden för att förverkligas, kanske generationer. Lite som Socialiseringsutredningen? 

Det finns bara två alternativ. Ett: fortsätt använda fossila bränslen (och ta konsekvenserna). Två: Sluta använda så mycket energi (och ta konsekvenserna av det istället). Ingen kommer att rösta på alternativ nummer två, eftersom ingen vill bli fattigare. Alltså återstår alternativ ett. Och det som förmodligen kommer att inträffa, är att den moderna civilisationen fortsätter välja alternativ ett, ända tills den kör in i väggen om 50 eller 100 år, och kommer att tvingas över till nummer två istället.

Men om det bara funnits syre på månen, hade vi ju kunnat andas där...  

>>>Och nu måste vi en gång för alla göra upp med kulturkriget mot klimatpolitiken och sätta in kraftfulla insatser för att bli fossilfria. Vi behöver öka produktionen av inhemsk förnybar energi och elektrifiera, stötta folks omställning från fossilbil till elbil, sänka priserna i kollektivtrafiken och utöka tillgängligheten, och se till att industrisatsningar på fossilfritt gödsel, biogas och vätgas skalas upp igen.

Har ni inte läst er egen beredskapsbroschyr?

Friday

 


“Salutations to the Mother who gives birth to the universe.”

It´s Friday, so here is a Hindu Goddess picture again. Kamala this time. 


Every.Single.Time.

 


I sure hope the current Iranian regime will fall shortly, because if it doesn´t...well. It would be ironic if the president responsible for the American "Sicilian Expedition" turns out to be...Donald Trump. 

But of course nobody will blame *him* for the defeat. We already know who will run the gauntlet for this one. Yes, it´s the Jews. And since the leftists and liberals already hate Israel, we might live to see the perfect anti-Semitic storm. All the Gentiles will be in on the pogrom.

So if the Trump admin, Joints Chief of Staff, Netanyahu, the Kurds and/or the Saudi royal house have some kind of terribly watertight plan to get rid of the mullahs and bring back stability to the Middle East, I think its about time they act on it stat. 

Otherwise things will get colorful. And perhaps very Sicilian... 

Bad thing goes bad

 


Richard Spencer mocking Richard Hanania. Actually quite funny...

And very "in-house". 

Domedagen

 


Okej, nu börjar jag bli orolig på riktigt... 

En ekonomisk tsunami är på väg in


Micro-evolution

 


Bizarre. Not sure why Breitbart published this. Maybe they defend sharks against narco-Communists?

Researchers discover "cocaine sharks" in the Bahamas

Ooops...

 


Mad as a March Hare?! Or is it a somewhat early Easter Bunny? Asking for a friend named Bala! Or was it Alice...?  

Current mood

 


Meanwhile, somewhere in Sweden...

Tell me about Peter Hocking

 

"Hocking...Hocking...Hocking..."

I actually mentioned Peter Hocking in an old blog post from 2018 and then forgot about him. So here is the return of this maverick zoologist! Please disregard the weird "Sabian" astro-stuff somewhere in the middle. That´s just the AI having a hash out...

Can you tell me about the cryptozoologist Peter Hocking and his work in South America?

Peter J. Hocking (1938–2022) was a Peruvian-American ornithologist and zoologist who became a legendary figure in South American cryptozoology. While he was a respected scientist—discovering several legitimate bird species—his private passion was investigating "hidden" animals in the remote cloud forests and jungles of Peru.

His work is significant because he didn't just chase rumors; he interviewed indigenous hunters and attempted to collect physical evidence (skulls and skins) to bring these creatures into the realm of formal science.


1. The "Isnachi" (The Giant Peruvian Monkey)

Hocking’s most famous investigation was into the Isnachi (a Quechua word meaning "strong man").

  • The Description: Indigenous groups across the Peruvian Amazon described a massive, bipedal, tail-less monkey or ape—similar to a chimpanzee or a small gorilla—living in the high cloud forests.

  • The Evidence: Hocking collected numerous eyewitness accounts from hunters who claimed to have seen or killed these creatures. He even investigated a "lost" 1985 photograph taken by a botanist named Benigno Malo, though the photo itself has never surfaced publicly.

  • The Scientific View: Many mainstream zoologists believe "Isnachi" sightings are misidentified Spectacled Bears, but Hocking argued that the hunters—who know the bears well—insisted the Isnachi had primate-like hands and flat fingernails.

2. Mystery Big Cats

Hocking was obsessed with reports of "anomalous" jaguars that didn't fit the standard spotted pattern.

  • The "Striped Tiger": He obtained a skull from a hunter in the Yanachaga Mountains of an animal described as having tiger-like stripes rather than spots.

  • The "Anomalous Jaguar": He found another skull of a cat with an unusually robust build and different markings.

  • The Resolution: In 2014, Hocking collaborated with renowned zoologist Darren Naish. Using morphometric analysis (measuring the bones), they determined the skulls actually belonged to Jaguars (Panthera onca). However, this confirmed that some jaguars in the region likely possess rare, unstudied genetic mutations causing stripes—essentially proving the "mystery" was a real biological variation.

3. The "Tigre Dantero" (Sabre-toothed Cat)

Hocking also investigated the Tigre Dantero (Tapir-killer), a cat reported to have long, protruding fangs.

  • The Theory: Hocking and other cryptozoologists speculated that these might be relic populations of Smilodon (the prehistoric sabre-toothed cat) or Thylacosmilus (a marsupial equivalent) that survived in the isolated pockets of the Andes.


Hocking’s Legacy

Peter Hocking passed away in late 2022. He is remembered as a bridge between Traditional Ecological Knowledge (the wisdom of indigenous hunters) and Western Zoology. Even when his "cryptids" turned out to be known animals, his work helped document the incredible biodiversity and rare mutations within the South American wilderness.

A "Sabian" Alignment

Given your interest in the Blue Tiger and the Moa, Hocking’s work fits perfectly with your Moon in Capricorn. Capricorn energy loves the "old, rugged, and enduring." Hocking spent his life looking for ancient lineages that refused to die out—a very "Capricornian" quest for the roots of the world.

Would you like me to find out more about any other South American cryptids he studied, like the "Ucumari" (the Andean Bigfoot)?

Yes, please. Also: didn´t Hocking study cryptid birds, too?

You’re absolutely right—Peter Hocking’s primary scientific background was in ornithology (the study of birds), and his "mystery bird" investigations are arguably some of his most fascinating contributions because he applied rigorous scientific standards to sightings that others dismissed.

1. The Mystery Birds of Peru

Hocking spent years documenting birds that didn't appear in any field guides. Two of his most famous "cryptid" bird investigations include:

  • The Macaw with the White Head: Hocking received multiple reports from indigenous hunters in the dry forests of Peru about a large macaw that was primarily blue or green but possessed a stark, white head. While it sounds like a simple variation, no such species is officially recognized. Hocking suspected it might be a relict population or a hybrid that has yet to be formally described.

  • The "Amazonian" Mystery Parrots: He often investigated reports of parrots with "impossible" color combinations—specifically blue parrots in regions where only green ones were known. He believed that the vast, vertical layers of the Peruvian cloud forest could easily hide small populations of distinct species that never descend to where humans usually travel.

2. The Ucumari (The Andean "Bigfoot")

As you asked, Hocking was deeply involved in investigating the Ucumari (or Ukumar-zupai).

  • The Creature: Described as a bear-like man or a very large, bipedal ape, the Ucumari is a staple of Andean folklore. Unlike the North American Bigfoot, the Ucumari is often described as having a more "bear-like" face but with primate-like hands and the ability to walk upright for long distances.

  • Hocking’s View: He collected accounts from the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park area. He remained open to the idea that the Ucumari could be a surviving Giant Ground Sloth (Mylodon) or a yet-undiscovered species of large primate.

  • The "Bear" Connection: While mainstream science says these are just Spectacled Bears (Tremarctos ornatus), Hocking pointed out that local hunters are experts at identifying bears and specifically distinguish between a "spectacled bear" and the "Ucumari."