Section C - Surreal News
July 04, 2009

If you have a shoggoth in your basement or your boss has the taint of the deep ones, take a photo and click here to e-mail us a photo and description of what you've seen. Our Editors will check it out and may post it online.

The Horror in Morocco

Cthulhu's Spawn on the Beach (click to enlarge)

May 20 - Alex and his fellow paelontologists were returning from a dig in southern Morocco when they found this critter on the beach. No, really, they did. See more of it here, here and here. Definitely one of the best cephalopod sightings we've seen.

Tattoo Tentacles

Permanent Tentacles

June 07 - Dee Brian C. of Silver Spring, MD sent us his tat, artfully rendered by Willy the EvilGenius.

Non-Sequitur

One of these decals is not like the others

May 07 - From the wilds of North Dakota, Troy sends us a photo of his rig, with decals showing that he's a genuine Firefighter, Paramedic and Cthulhu Cultist. Click here to see detail (note cultist with camera reflected in glass).

Bed of the Damned

Cuddly Madness

May 07 - Marc sent us this shot of his bedroom companions. Scary in many ways.

More Cthulhu Skin Ink

Euro Cthulhu Tattoo

Apr. 07 - Jan in Recklinghausen, Germany sent over this photo of his own shoulder-borne rendering of Great Cthulhu. No doubt he can flex his muscles and make him move in interesting ways. Click here to see it slightly larger.

'Thooloo Tattoo

A True Cultist's Tattoo

Apr. 07 - Dave O. in San Antonio, Texas failed too many SAN rolls and started having strange dreams about sunken cities and squid headed terrors. So, he engaged Shawn DeGan of Perfection Tattoo in San Antonio to render the Great Old One into his flesh. He also had the image made into a massive window decal for his car. Well done, Dave.

South American Sentinel Hill

Standing Stones in Argentina

Apr. 07- Carmilla from Buenos Aires sends us this photo from near Tendil, Argentina where they have their own version of Sentinel Hill. This odd rock formation pre-dates mankind and has doubtless been used since time immemorial for strange and terrible rites.

Dark Young

Not a normal tree

June 07 - Martin sent us this compelling photo of a Dark Young out taking a stroll in the moonlight.

Grill of the Great Old One

Tasty tentacles

June 07 - Several of you sent us this great piece of grilling apparatus. Practical yet able to frighten neighborhood children. Order yours here.

Cthulhoid Embryo Specimen

Grandpa's Mason Jar

June 07 - Neil in Berkeley, CA found this in Grandpa's attic. No doubt about it, Berkeley's a pretty weird place.

German Shoggoth?

Petrified Shoggoth?

June 07 - Olaf (left) and Marco bravely pose with what might be the remains of a petrified shoggoth they recovered in Germany. We recommended that they soak it in their bath tub for a few days. Oddly, we haven't heard from them since.

It's Mythos Time!

An Agglutination of Bubbles

May 07 - Laurent returned from Greece where he had many close encounters with Mythos. Glass after glass. But, it looks like he had his revenge on the hideous tentacled monstrosities.

Tentacle Things in the Mist

Hideous Apparitions Approach

May 07 - Jim K. was walking near the Santiam River in Oregon when these things approached him out of the mist, their tentacles reaching for him. He snapped this, this and this before running for his life. Hardly a coincidence that the river's name is an anagram for "I'm Satan!"

John Dee in the Park
Hermetic Leather Jacket

Apr. 07 - Anne Elisabeth of Santa Monica, CA sent us this photo taken in a London park. While it's hard to make out the detail above, click here and you can see that this fellow is wearing a leather jacket emblazoned with John Dee's Sigillum Æmeth. Dee, who translated the Necronomicon into English, was instructed in how to draw this magical symbol by otherworldly spirits in 1582.

The Horror in the Grocery Store

Eldritch Tentacle Vegetable

Apr. 07 - Julie of Santa Clarita, California sent us in this highly disturbing and aggressive monstrosity of vegitation. The mind reels to think such things could be, lurking just beyond perception in our grocery stores. See the strange and terrible things it did here, here and here.

Beach Front Elder Sign

Sandy Elder Sign

Mar. 07 - Anne Elisabeth and Mike discovered a "tree-style" Elder Sign on the beach in Santa Monica, California. The two had the good sense to document it with photographs (click to enlarge photo). Whether it worked to keep forces of darkness at bay (or rather, in the Bay) remains to be seen.

A Happy Cultist

Cthulhu Worship Alive and Well in Utah

Nov. 05- Jonathan of the Undecayed Z. family observes strange rites from his ancestral home in Utah. Despite appearances to the contrary, he is actually very happy and content in this photo.

Phnglui in Sweden

Aug. 06 - Jenny of Göteborg tells us that while vacationing on the island of Visby in Sweden she saw someone wearing one of our "What Part of Phnglui..." shirts. The person ran off before she could snap a photo. Typical.


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