Archive for August, 2007
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007Said one Austin city official: “I get the weird feeling it was a control panel of sorts.”
Austin, TX — It’s like something from a made-for-TV movie. An unusual sequence of events leads to a forensic examination of a popular local statue, which is found to contain extraterrestrial materials unclassified by earthly science.
The story began […]
Swamp Creature Spotted in Austin’s Town Lake
Saturday, August 18th, 2007Reader Warning: This story contains partially verified accounts of a creature that may frighten children. We advise sending your children to a more kid-friendly website, such as Perez Hilton.
Austin, TX — As the first light of day painted the trees lining Zilker Park with golden hues on Friday morning, something much darker lurked in […]
20 Questions With a Free-Tailed Bat
Friday, August 17th, 2007In this interview, we sat down with one of the nationally famous Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) that live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.
Most Austinites are familiar with the nearly 1.5 million free-tailed bats that roost beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge from spring to fall.
But never before has anyone interviewed […]