The Adameve is a large, glistening white, maggot-like beast. It has a grossly oversized, eyeless head, and two long facial feelers that are nearly identical in shape and size to the legs.
The creature is bipedal -- yet often gives the appearance of moving on four legs. Being completely blind, it uses the facial feelers to help find its way along the ground, moving them in a sort of "walking" motion.
At maturity the Adameve can stand as much as twelve feet tall. Folded in half as it travels, the dorsal crest will measure approximately six feet up from the ground.
The species is known to haunt certain old, blasphemous orchards in England and western Europe. Primarily nocturnal, for centuries its rambling gait has caused witnesses to mistake this monster for a ghostly couple: a naked man and woman silently dancing together beneath moonlit trees.
This impression, combined with the association with apples, likely explains its name: a conjunction of "Adam and Eve."
To reproduce, the hermaphroditic Adameve injects its eggs into apples growing on the trees -- thus supplying the young with a ready-made supply of food when they hatch. In their early stages, the larva are easily mistaken for maggots writhing in and out of rotting, fallen fruit.
Adameves are extremely territorial. The young (initially numbering in the hundreds) will quickly tear each other apart, competing for dominance. Near the end of the frenzy, the most aggressive children will gang up to kill and eat their own parent. Ultimately, only one animal survives in the orchard.
Based on historical records, it is believed that the species spawns approximately once every hundred years.
2 comments:
Transcribed from a telegram to Mr. Jeffrey C. Roche from Mr. Raymond J. Legrasse:
"Well ah like your style Prof, and while ah aint no sientist I seen my fair share'a watchoo might call 'monsters' down onda bayou...Cousin Jefferson said youd like to see summa mah critters so ah'll show ya...been tryin to git a good pitcher but aint had no luck yet, so ah gots to draw 'em ALL!
Laissez les bons temps rouler, y'all!
Interesting. My question would be (If anybody knows): Which way is the Adam part facing? ;)
I'm definitely feeling the familiar chill in the air (or is it just running down my spine?).... it must be almost Halloweentime!!!! Monsters running loose everywhere, foliage turning all orange and crunchy, the smell of distant water on the air (or in some places not so distant, eh "Raymond"?
Post a Comment