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2012/02/03 17:18:39
Subject: Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
A group of Russian scientists plumbing the frozen Antarctic in search of a lake buried in ice for tens of millions of years have failed to respond to increasingly anxious U.S. colleagues -- and as the days creep by, the fate of the team remains unknown.
"No word from the ice for 5 days," Dr. John Priscu professor of Ecology at Montana State University, told FoxNews.com via email.
The team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have been drilling for weeks in an effort to reach isolated Lake Vostok, a vast, dark body of water hidden 13,000 ft. below the ice sheet's surface. The lake hasn't been exposed to air in more than 20 million years.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2012/02/03 17:45:34
Subject: Re:Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
Thats the most pathetic site ever, its really not funny. I thought asking on a thread on the topic, someone might be nice enough to actually answer, start some sot of interaction, I do know how to use google....
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2012/02/03 19:21:40
Subject: Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
hotsauceman1 wrote:I have read a couple of the cthulu mythos.
I have to admit.
The end of "The DunWich horror" made my jaw drop.
In my experience only a few of the HP Lovecraft stories actually include any sort of horror. The Music of Erich Zann is probably my favorite, as it actually includes a "horror" aspect, as opposed to "it's alien, and it kinda looks like a frog" that perpetuates most HPL fiction.
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2012/02/03 20:10:14
Subject: Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
hotsauceman1 wrote:I have read a couple of the cthulu mythos.
I have to admit.
The end of "The DunWich horror" made my jaw drop.
In my experience only a few of the HP Lovecraft stories actually include any sort of horror. The Music of Erich Zann is probably my favorite, as it actually includes a "horror" aspect, as opposed to "it's alien, and it kinda looks like a frog" that perpetuates most HPL fiction.
"The Beast in the Cave" is a pretty good "horror" story as well.
Crossbreeding with the Deep Ones is a major point in several story lines (mainly anything that takes place near Innsmouth), but I wouldn't say that it perpetuates most of his work at all.
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2012/02/03 22:06:15
Subject: Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
moom241 wrote:Cthulu (unknown by many, the name is pronounce Clulu, not how it's spelled) is a creation of H.P. Lovecraft and not real. Stop having fun.
On a lighter note, I agree with Coolyo. It just had to be the Russians.
No "mom". I will NOT stop having fun.
Now stop being such a buzz kill. I still have balloons and streamers to hang before the Dark One rises.
Geez....
"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
2012/02/03 22:24:32
Subject: Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
Thats the most pathetic site ever, its really not funny. I thought asking on a thread on the topic, someone might be nice enough to actually answer, start some sot of interaction, I do know how to use google....
The website for people who don't (and can't be arsed learning) know how to use Google.
It's a big scary old god that predates humanity by lots, has a bunch of elder god mates (all of whom will drive humans mad simply by their existence).
He's supposed to be "sleeping" at the bottom of the ocean, somewhere.
Frozen, Trapped under ice, is also possible.
Many writers have put their own spin on the mythos over the years.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
2012/02/03 23:09:34
Subject: Re:Cthulu? It is closer than you think. NEWS
Samus_aran115 wrote:Sounds ominous. I bet there's a secret treasure trove of loch ness monsters there.
Also, how does a lake avoid being frozen for 20 million years? Something about pressure? 13000 feet is almost three miles!
I think it has to do with the insane pressure from the ice above and geothermal heat from below. Apparently there are a number of these sorts of lakes scattered through the antarctic. Evolution wise it's pretty interesting, but the act of drilling into it and exposing it to air/other stuff after 20 million years has a good chance of ruining any ecosystem down there. Which is I think why the Americans are hesitant about it.
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