Re: Front Page News! (here's where the play's at)
Looking further into the news:
SNAKEMEN!
Multiple witnesses claim to have seen a half-snake half man slither into a storm drain near 31st and Cressent outside Kelly's Bar and Grill at 2am. Local man says "It was wearing a white lab coat, and it just squeezed through the grate. It was disgusting and scary." It was described as very large and scary with shiny green scales. Kell, the owner of the bar & grill is concerned the snakeman will drive away customers and has called for hunting it down. Is there more than one snakeman? What are their intentions? Are they behind the disappearance of cats? Will they be entering our homes through the toilets?
We talked to Herpetologist (snake scientist) Dr. Eve Slitherins. Dr. Slitherins says it was probably a normal python, someone's illegal pet that was released when it got too big, and happened to have a lab coat, just like the giant python found in central park last year. She says it could be large enough to eat cats, but snakes generally only eat somewhere between one meal a week to one a year, and couldn't account for more than very small percentage of cats. She also says not to worry, it poses no threat to adult humans, and it will most likely die off in the winter if not captured.
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LOCAL MAN SAYS MISSING CATS INDICATE IMMINENT EARTHQUAKE!
The cat population has been diminishing, an animal control employee from Scarsdale called anonymously after he noticed a marked increase in calls by owners trying to find their missing cats, and a sharp drop in the number of captures of feral cats, he called us to warn everyone that missing animals often proceed an earthquake and that he for one would be taking a leave of absence for a week.
We confirmed with our own classifieds that numbers of missing cat return rewards have skyrocketed within the last week. We spoke with Dr. Harrold Elementus doctor of seismology at Buffalo University that reports of missing animals do usually proceed an earthquake, but usually not just cats however there are faults in the area, and an earthquake is likely to occur in the near future. He also warns of the Yellowstone Caldera, a supervolcano that will likely wipe out all human life and shroud the earth in darkness for a thousand years has shown signs of activity.
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CRIME ON THE RISE!
Representative Reynolds has the crime report, and it's up! In the last month alone crime has doubled! Reynolds is calling for tougher laws, and a crackdown on crime! He says Current Mayor Barco must be impeached immediately and replaced, and has offered his name up as replacement. We at the Mystery times will not stand for this failure of our current Mayor and Police Commissioner and fully back Representative Reynold's call for impeachment of Barco and Reynold's bid for Mayor. Join at the steps of the Office of the Mayor Tomorrow morning at 10 am for a protest and rally!
(OOC: Is anyone in costume at this point (Devilgirl is pretty obvious, but others?))
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:07, Fri 12 June 2015.