Z is for Zombie

Most-Wanted Monsters is thrilled to be one of more than a thousand blogs taking part in the 2012 A -Z Blogging Challenge - 26 opportunities to help you survive a paranormal apocalypse. Don't let our epic monster limericks fool you - the lore we share about the beasties featured in each daily post could literally save your life. Know them before they GET you!

ZOMBIE

Why do you run? You smell so yummy.

Need your brains warm in my tummy.

Hack and slash me as you will,

I’ll just crawl and lurch like an imbecile.

Mindless. Restless. Hungry. We could be describing your next-door neighbour, or yourself on a cloudy Sunday afternoon of sports television, video game playing, or Net surfing...and perhaps we are - if that pesky zombie apocalypse has finally struck.

Zombies are the stuff of modern film, exercise workouts, graphic novels, fiction novels, picture books, group walks, hip dance moves, party trends, and bloody merchandise. 

While they maybe a killer money maker - you honestly wouldn't want to get mobbed by a zombie hoard at your local shopping mall...where the lowest price is your LIFE.

Whether spawned by a mutant virus, mind-controled by a Russian with a ray-gun, or reanimated by a mad scientist - zombies share similar traits. They lurch, jolt, crawl, run - and they do so, no matter how injured, dead, or undead. Decomposition is no imposition. These suckers are the Energizer Bunnies of the supernatural world. 

They. Just. Keep. Coming. And they seek only one thing. Living human flesh.

SURVIVAL TIP: Ironically, while zombies have no brains of their own to speak of, decapitation or a bullet to the brain is the only way to stop these unstopable creatures.

Come on, you iZombie tech geeks - what "Z" creatures plague your nation?

Now, stagger over to some of the other blogs on the A-Z Blogging Challenge FOR THE LAST DAY! We had such a blast doing this challenge and perhaps we saved a life or two. Thanks for joining us this month.

Y is for Yeti

Most-Wanted Monsters is thrilled to be one of more than a thousand blogs taking part in the 2012 A -Z Blogging Challenge - 26 opportunities to help you survive a paranormal apocalypse. Don't let our epic monster limericks fool you - the lore we share about the beasties featured in each daily post could literally save your life. Know them before they GET you!

YETI

Whiteout. Snowblind. Here a scream.

Abominable. Terrible. Eyes that gleam.

Man-eater, life taker, or harmless hominid?

In the mountains of Tibet we’ve carefully hid.

This winterized Bigfoot lives in the Himalayas and has captured the imaginations of the Western world since the first climbers of Mount Everest discovered his giant footprints in 1953. Since then, sightings and even hair samples have been recorded annually. Even the King of Nepal retains officials charged with keeping track of Yeti sightings.

While legends often depict a hungry, lumbering, snowbound predator, other stories tell of Yeti taking human wives. Women who have returned to their villages - seemingly unharmed. As well as tales of these giant white-haired hominids saving the lives of lost or injured mountain climbers.

What tales should be believed? Or like most humans - are there good and evil Yeti striding through wintery mountain passes?

SURVIVAL TIP: Kind of like the varying advice of how to react if you encounter a bear in the woods - play dead, or stand your ground - one Yeti may be more dangerous than another. There's no way to tell. Our advice? Stick with wall climbing.

Come on, give us your best shot - what "Y" beast sends a chill down your spine?

Now, snow-shoe on over to some of the other blogs on the A-Z Blogging Challenge.

R is for Rakshasa

Most-Wanted Monsters is thrilled to be one of more than a thousand blogs taking part in the 2012 A -Z Blogging Challenge - 26 opportunities to help you survive a paranormal apocalypse. Don't let our epic monster poems fool you - the lore we share about the beasties featured in each daily post could literally save your life. Know them before they GET you!

RAKSHASA

They wander in the heart of night

,

looking for a hell of a fight.

Bringers of death, masters of illusion,

A showdown with you has but one conclusion.

Rakshasa, or man-eater, is a creature of Hindu lore. Females are known as Rakshasi. Talk about monsters with all the Aces up their sleeves. Rakshasa have more supernatural powers than most in the paranormal world. They can shapeshift (assuming animal or human forms), venom in their fingernails, have fangs, flaming red eyes, long, icky tongues, can vanish, fly, are powerful warriors and killers for hire, work magic, and confuse their enemies with intricate illusions.

Said to be a race of supernatural beings, Rakshasa once fought epic battles alongside both the good and the evil. However, don't ever drop your guard - all Rakshasa feed on human flesh. Yup, they have an insatiable hunger for the "other, other" white meat. So don't go getting too comfortable.

SURVIVAL TIP: While Rakshasa have an arsenal of killer skills at their disposal, they can be defeated by one rare, super sekret weapon called the Brahmastra which can only be used once in a lifetime and requires enormous mental strength to control. The downside of using the Brahmastra (if you can find it) - loads of collateral damage - the thing will destroy surrounding ecosytems. Oy!

Alright, let us have it - what "R" beast could take on a Rakshasa?

Fly on over to some of the other blogs on the A-Z Blogging Challenge.

N is for Night Mare

Most-Wanted Monsters is thrilled to be one of more than a thousand blogs taking part in the 2012 A -Z Blogging Challenge - 26 opportunities to help you survive a paranormal apocalypse. Don't let our epic monster limericks fool you - the lore we share about the beasties featured in each daily post could literally save your life. Know them before they GET you!

NIGHT MARE

This dark horse runs through your dreams

Feasting on nocturnal screams

Crouches heavy upon your chest

Tucks you in for eternal rest

The night mare is similar to its soul-sucking cousins, the succubus and incubus, both of which haunt the dreams of men and women while syphoning away their lives. Victims experience insomnia, stress, weakness, difficulty breathing and - if plagued by persistent visits - even death.

Believed to be a demon, spirit, or goblin, night mares exist in many cultures and may be referred to as the night woman, night creature, or nightwalker. A visitation known as - a nightmare, a mare-ride, or being mare-ridden. The horse / riding connection comes from the victim's recollections upon wakening - that a presence invaded their bedroom and a weight pressed down upon their chest, making it impossible to move. Today scientists dismiss the Night Mare, citing sleep paralysis as the cause of these sensations. But what of the accompanying, horrifying dreams?

SURVIVAL TIP: The Night Mare has power only if you sleep, a time when we are at our most vulnerable. So don't. Although the average person can only function without sleep for 8 days - then paranoia, hallucinations and physical side affects set in. You could try sleeping with a light on, or making the sign of the cross before drifting off into the dream realm.

Come on, give us your best shot - what "N" beast haunts your dreams?

Now, saddle-up and ride over to some of the other blogs on the A-Z Blogging Challenge.