Today, August 25, back in 1835, the New York Sun began publishing a series of articles about exciting discoveries about what exists on the lunar surface.
These discoveries were made by the British astronomer Sir John Herschel "by means of a telescope of vast dimensions and an entirely new principle."
Herschel, the article declared, had established a "new theory of cometary phenomena"; he had discovered planets in other solar systems; and he had "solved or corrected nearly every leading problem of mathematical astronomy." Then, almost as if it were an afterthought, the article revealed Herschel’s final, stunning achievement: he had discovered life on the moon!
The article continued on and offered an elaborate account of the fantastic sights viewed by Herschel during his telescopic observation of the moon. It described a lunar topography that included vast forests, inland seas, and lilac-hued quartz pyramids. Readers learned that herds of bison wandered across the plains of the moon; that blue unicorns perched on its hilltops; and that spherical, amphibious creatures rolled across its beaches. The highpoint of the narrative came when it revealed that Herschel had found evidence of intelligent life on the moon: he had discovered both a primitive tribe of hut-dwelling, fire-wielding biped beavers, and a race of winged humans living in pastoral harmony around a mysterious, golden-roofed temple. Herschel dubbed these latter creatures the Vespertilio-homo, or "man-bat".
The picture above is of the "man-bats" of the moon flying in the moon’s "Ruby Colosseum"!
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I was about to post a large comment about your linking to web sites that refer to this as a hoax without giving a balanced view of whether life like this DOES exist on the moon.
Now I’ll just comment that I think I konw somebody who may actually still believe this type of stuff (he definately doesn’t think we’ve landed on the moon.)
Sadly, he makes more money than I do.
It’s sad that the New York papers are so much less reliable nowadays.
Good ol’ Jacky Herschel.
I consider him the father of modern jounalism. His honest, principled reportings of discoveries of bat-people living on the moon set a standard, a standard that continues on to this very day.
Some of you may think that the vision of journalistic integrity died with Jack Herschel.
I assure you that it has not.
Ry, c’mon. Carville was separated from Smeagol at birth. Everyone knows that. Don’t believe everything you read.