Metaphysical Stuff 21
The Shape-shifting Myth and Mystery:
A Theoretical Perspective
by Wm. Michael Mott
Copyright (c) 2001, Wm. Michael Mott
One of the oldest types of entities in folkloric and mythological accounts
is also one of the latest, and of late, more common in paranormal or fortean
accounts. Various entities may, upon initial consideration of witness
accounts, seem widely-disparate in nature; yet whether of "gray" alien, the
original Puerto Rican "chupacabras," "grinning men" (of various sizes,
heights and descriptions), MIBs, or "reptoid" type, all seem to share a
variety of characteristics which can be more or less identifiable as
"reptilian" or "amphibian" in nature. These characteristics range from
"leathery" or lizard-like skin texture, bulging eyes, slit or oblique
pupils, webbed hands or fingers, and to some extent, sparseness or absence
of facial and body hair.
The reptilians or "reptoids," stretching back through the centuries, have
had a folkloric reputation of being deceivers, shapeshifters, vampires, and
anthropophagous. Sightings and encounters have provided the basis for
legends of horned, leathery demons and imps; goblins; ghuls; "henkies" and
other dwarfish, somewhat-humanoid forms, nagas, trolls, and so on. The
interest in human blood and genetic materials, exhibited by fairy lovers and
abductors, elves, trolls, undines, incubi, succubi, frog princes, jinn,
"deros," and the elemental or sylph-like "gray aliens" is all too obvious.
Of particular interest is the ability, currently attributed to the
"reptoids" or lizard-men of ufological and conspiracy accounts, to
"shape-shift" or take on an illusion of humanity. Some accounts have the
reality the other way, in which the human being, due to stimulation of an
non-human bloodlust or other desire, is transformed or "shifted" into a
reptilian humanoid. While the latter type of "sighting," when genuine, may
indicate a form of demonic (spiritually "reptilian") possession or
oppression which is so powerful as to be visible for a temporary time in the
visible spectrum, it is not necessarily the same as the encounters reported,
through the centuries, of "real" shape-shifters, reptilians, devils,
fairies, and "aliens" which can take on a deceptive or even a familiar form,
for purposes of predation.
The ability of the fairies or "good neighbors" (a euphemism) to use
"glamour," of nagas and rakshasas to utilize sorcerous illusion, and
"vampires" and their "hypnotic" and shape-changing abilities, are reflected,
in modern variants, in the reports of shape-shifting reptoid imposters,
alien abductors who appear as familiar friends or family members, or the
"rays" generated by dero "mech" which create a holographic persona. What is
the "true nature" of these beings, and what is their common link, if any?
In the book "Etidorpha," a man is taken on a tour of the underworld and
cavern realms by a "guide" who is more or less humanoid in form, but is
described as having skin or flesh of an amphibian-like texture and no body
hair whatsoever. This being is also compared to a lizard, and is described
as being "slimy," "cold and clammy," and so on. The "guide" has one
distinguishing characteristic which stands out in particular, however: "he"
has no face at all, just a smooth ovoid patch where a face should be. As it
turns out, he is not alone.
"Faceless" entities have long been present in apparition, ghost, and monster
stories. Could these forms have any relation to the "shape-shifting" types
of beings described? Are they not just reptilians, but representatives of a
type of life which is both parasitic and chameleon-like? The question which
comes forward is this: Could a "faceless" form of "genome-thief" still not
be essentially reptilian, or a type of mammalian/reptilian creature
descended from reptiles (as we humans, and all mammals, supposedly are)?
Chameleons alter their skins cells to reflect colors, patterns, and even
moods like aggression or passivity; could there be a form of life which has
evolved this to an ultimate form of mimicry or deception, actually using
stolen or absorbed genetic material? Would this possibility provide an
answer to MANY mysteries?
There must be a clue, an explanation as to the "malleability" of these
beings, their transformational abilities or else powers of genetic
manipulation. Perhaps some of them are like "blank genetic templates," upon
which an entire genome can be temporarily or permanently inprinted; or even
different types of genomes, stolen from other life-forms, are imprinted or
combined. Here would be an answer to the chimaerical and "hybrid" forms of
many of the more outrageous "goblins," "cryptids" and ufonauts!
In an October 20, 1991 lecture, Ufologist Michael Lindemann delivered a
lecture which contained this first-person witness account of an encounter in
a top-secret underground military site:
"My friend who worked in the underground bases, who was doing sheet-rock
was down on, he thinks, approximately the 30th level underground... these
bases are perhaps 30-35 stories deep.
As I say they are not just mine shafts, these are huge, giant facilities...
many city blocks in circumference, able to house tens of thousands of
people. One of them, the YANO Facility [we're told... by the county fire
dept. director, the county fire dept. chief who had to go in there to look
at a minor fire infraction] there's a 400-car parking lot on the 1st level
of the YANO Facility, but cars never come in and out, those are the cars
that they use INSIDE.
"O.K., so... a very interesting situation down there. Our guy was doing
sheet-rock on the 30th floor, maybe the 30th floor, underground. He and his
crew are working on a wall and right over here is an elevator door. The
elevator door opens and, a kind of reflex action you look, and he saw three
'guys'. Two of them, human engineers that he's seen before. And between them
a 'guy' that stood about 8 to 8 1/2 feet tall. Grey skin, extra-long arms,
wearing a lab coat, holding a clip-board, AND HE DIDN"T HAVE A FACE! My
friend said it was just teeth right there. Just teeth where a face should
be..."
The Maya called such underworld shapeshifters "vhujunka." Other than the
face, the physical description sounds much like that of one of the
so-called reptoids reported at the alleged Dulce complex. Right down to the
height, white lab-coat, and clipboard.
Are "reptilian" faces as much an illusion as anything else might be? Does
this "faceless" account indicate that we're dealing with something that can
appear in any form, or with any face, that it wishes? Underworld beings are
traditionally the masters of "glamourie," or glamour, illusion,
shape-shifting, deception, and so on, and of course, "Satan can appear even
as an angel of light." But their interest in US is so self-serving and
manipulative, yet tinged with desperation, that other questions logically
follow.
Is it possible that we might be dealing with something which is PURELY A
GENETIC THIEF OR PARASITE? A thief of genomes, in whole or in part as the
necessity arises, a "blank slate" predator which can assume a variety of
appearances? As noted previously and repetitively, this has traditionally
been the province of "underworld" or subterranean beings in folk traditions
worldwide, from western fairies and demons, middle eastern jinn and dubuks,
to Indian nagas and Japanese "foxes" or fox-people.
These "others" may be genetically diverse beyond our imagining, due to this
ability, yet incapable of reproducing of their own accord, or maintaining a
stable and comfortable face, form, or life-span without it.... and how does
this all tie in with both livestock and human mutilations, which are
essentially identical in nature and tend to concentrate on the blood, mucous
membranes, reproductive organs and surrounding tissues, eyes, "meaty" organs
like the liver (which is highly regenerative), and so on? Could these
materials be of particular importance to an advanced genome-imprinting or
cloning technology, which utilizes genetic material that has been purloined
from somewhere or someone else?
Perhaps they have perfected a form of tissue regeneration and repair which
requires some of the same materials which have always been offered up in
sacrifices to the dark, bloody "gods" of antiquity, and THIS is the secret
to "their" longevity (remember, vampires "live" forever as long as they stay
out of the sun, and sun-dodging fairies are generally considered "undying"
as well). Gruesome photos of a human mutilation victim from Brazil, along
with autopsy data, support yet again that the vital organs, along with the
most successfully regenerative tissues--the blood, mucous membranes, glands,
"sweet bread" organs (the often self-regenerative liver, as well as
stomach, intestines, etc.), sexual organs, and so on--are always the focus
of their selfish and brutal desires.
It seems at times that Keel, Steiger, and other researchers dance around
this possibility and even hint at it, but never really come out and say it.
Until now, it may simply have been too unspeakable to contemplate or dare
to put into print.
Even if unseen manipulators and predators have a reptilian origin that's
lost in a vast antiquity, could it be that they have a partially hominid,
somewhat mammalian heritage as well? Could they be as closely related to
humanity as the monotremes (egg-laying mammals) are to the vivverids, for
instance? Are they an ancient form of predator which is in fact a parasite,
who has evolved along with all hominids and culminating with a dependence
upon modern humanity?
Vaguely, distantly, related in the vertebrate sense, perhaps more reptilian
than we mammals, yet so old a species or variety of specie that they have
evolved beyond our labels, and now represent a third form which is
divergent, to some degree, from both the reptilian and mammalian kingdoms;
this indeed seems more plausible as time goes by.
We may need to re-evaluate the nature of our ancient enemies.
Article copyright (c) 2001, Wm. Michael Mott mottimorph@earthlink.net
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