Wait, I think I saw a Japanese movie about this.

June 5, 2005 4:43 PM

For superstitious Zanzibaris, a visit from the sodomizing gremlin is no joke.
posted by Simon! (16 comments total)

Sorry, my bad.

but for MeFites, it's hilarity!
posted by keswick at 5:07 PM on June 5, 2005

Gremlins are Catholic?
posted by Elpoca at 6:22 PM on June 5, 2005

*Whew* It wasn't me this time.
posted by Balisong at 6:31 PM on June 5, 2005

For superstitious Coloradoans, a visit from the gay sex demon is no joke.
posted by queen zixi at 7:17 PM on June 5, 2005

I wonder how such a belief could come into being...?
posted by PurplePorpoise at 7:40 PM on June 5, 2005

Yeah, but when Gremlins sodomize Pintos, it's a gas.
posted by DeepFriedTwinkies at 7:43 PM on June 5, 2005

Quite Fortean.


So, what would it take for this to be the work of a local sneaky multigenerational group?
1. Some sort of sleeping gas.
2. An engine to blow the gas around.
3. A ladder.
4. Possibly a large stuffed bat thing.
posted by catachresoid at 7:46 PM on June 5, 2005

Gremlins are Catholic?

Not necessarily, Elpoca, but they've certainly been known to fraternize with certain high-ranking priests.

posted by Dr. Wu at 7:47 PM on June 5, 2005

I wonder how such a belief could come into being...?
posted by PurplePorpoise at 7:40 PM PST on June 5 [!]


I remember (from a comparative nonwestern religions course thirty some years ago) that a native NZ tribe (don't remember if it was Maori or not) had a very simple system of belief in an afterlife. When a person died, his/her spirit would have to run from the village to a nearby hilltop, where (after)life would be all bliss and reunions with family/clan/ancestors. The complication was that they were chased by a large, black, sodomizing dog. If the person had lived a sinless life, they would make it to the hilltop unscathed. If they had sinned, the dog would catch them and sodomize them while all those already in "heaven" would watch and laugh. Afterward, they would join family/clan/ancestors in bliss and afterlife. The only "sin" deemed "mortal" or worthy of the dog-reaming was incest, broadly defined as sex within the clan.

I have thought about starting a branch of this religion here in the states...perhaps in Zanzibar, they don't have large black dogs, but scary bats.
posted by beelzbubba at 9:33 PM on June 5, 2005

Similar creatures have been sighted in the US.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 9:51 PM on June 5, 2005

Ah. Previously posted on metafilter, and quoted earlier in the thread. I'm a tard.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 9:53 PM on June 5, 2005

Those villagers should get some tokens and some grapes and hire a capuchin monkey prostitute to act as decoy.
posted by orthogonality at 2:39 AM on June 6, 2005

It's just space aliens coming to do a little testing on mankind. If you believe the supermarket tabloids this happens every day.
posted by caddis at 4:28 AM on June 6, 2005

The story sounds like a textbook example of "Sleep Paralysis". I have had similar experiences happen to me, except without the sodomy. The inability to move or talk, the clicking or buzzing noises, the sense of an evil presence, it's all there.
posted by BigLankyBastard at 6:45 AM on June 6, 2005

Sounds pretty lame without the sodomy.
posted by iron chef morimoto at 8:21 AM on June 6, 2005

Hilarity.
Check the photo gallery linked to the article

"Fans wait for a verdict in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial outside the County courthouse on June 6."
posted by isol at 4:58 PM on June 6, 2005