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Subject: hodag From: the bloo mew posted Wed, Sep 7 2005, 3:35pm  does anyone have any info on hodags? pics would be ok too. if you dont know what a hodag is: it has no joints in its legs it has razor sharp teeth it has spikes down its back need some info. Subject: Re: hodag From: herm posted Wed, Sep 7 2005, 4:53pm  As I recall, when I was a kid, the loggers claimed that since the Hodag has no joints in it's legs, it cannot lie down and get back up. It has to sleep by resting it's head on a tree branch and leaning against it. Proof of Hodags in an area is the number of trees that lean over instead of growing straight up. The leaning trees are used for the Hodag to sleep on. The hodag is not to be confused with the sidehill gouger, which lives on mountaintops. The legs on one side of it's body are longer than on the other, so it can traverse steep hillsides. They are exteremly rare nowadays, because they can only go in one direction around a mountaintop; if they turn around, they tip over, making them easily captured. ~h, who really is up on his imaginary beasts.... Subject: Re: hodag From: the bloo mew posted Thu, Sep 8 2005, 7:25am  yikes. who knew lumberjacks were so creative! Subject: Re: hodag From: Gerry Bacon posted Thu, Sep 8 2005, 8:52am  LMAO! Gee Herm, I learn something new from you everytime you post. Gerry - if Herm said it, I believe it... Subject: Re: hodag From: Cthulhu posted Wed, Sep 7 2005, 6:35pm  Ah, yes, Bovinis spiritualis. Looked like a large dog covered in spiked horsehide. Cthulhu- wondering whether or not to point something else out Subject: Re: hodag From: busterggi posted Thu, Sep 8 2005, 10:58am  Try to find an old book titled 'Hoaxes'. It has a photo of a supposed hodag in it which is positively ferocious. Subject: Re: hodag From: meghan_14 posted Thu, Sep 8 2005, 1:54pm  Never heard of it. The gougar thing sounds to unbelievable to be real. Things evolve for the better, and I don't think only being able to go ONE direction is better! Subject: Re: hodag From: herm posted Thu, Sep 8 2005, 6:05pm  .........the 'gouger only goes in one direction to keep the sun out of it's eyes; besides being in danger of tipping over if it turns around, it also goes blind. ~h Subject: Re: hodag From: busterggi posted Fri, Sep 9 2005, 11:56am  The 'gouger population has dropped to almost nothing around here due to the increase in the population of hide-behinds. No other native predator has adapted as well to urban environments. Subject: Re: hodag From: Matt Deres posted Fri, Sep 9 2005, 12:19pm  The gougar thing sounds to unbelievable to be real. Uh, well, yeah. Check out a post by me several months ago that had the subject line of "fearsome critters"; that's the catch-all name for the weird beasties imagined by turn of the century loggers and trappers. Splinter cats, cactus cats, goofangs, hoop snakes, and hide-behinds are all part of the same mythos. The hodag may actually be an import from Europe where it was called Achlis. Here's the link to my post: Fearsome Critters Matt

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