March Of The Burn Victim Towel Animals–Parte Deux

A time or two when I was on the Catholic Answers cruise, I found a mysterious line of animals appearing in my room after dinner that appeared to be burn victims made out of towels.

It wasn’t always clear what the animals were meant to be, but I BLOGGED ABOUT IT, and folks had fun guessing what some animals were.

I’d completely forgotten about this, but tonight this little critter showed up in my bedroom . . .

Mystery_critter_1

What is it?

I actually know what it’s supposed to be. (The cabin steward told me.)

I’ll answer tomorrow (assuming I’m able to log in tomorrow).

Till then, have fun guessing!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

71 thoughts on “March Of The Burn Victim Towel Animals–Parte Deux”

  1. I don’t know, but if you’re not going to have the piece of candy on the other side, I’ll take it! 😉

  5. Isn’t this the very thing that ended up at the bottom of the ocean in your post: “It Came From Beneath The Sea!”?

  6. why is there a wrinkle in the sheet right before the candy? are the cruise’s maids messy?

  9. A penguin, absolutely. And upon closer inspection I have concluded that it is indeed of the Spheniscus humboldti variety. Its presence in the meditteranean is a bit anomolous, given that its primary home is in the cold waters off of Peru. However, and this is the key, when food shortages run low, it can and will travel very far distances. That, coupled with the fact that it can survive, if need be, in warmer climates such as the Mediterranean, makes this anomoly quite reasonable. Still, I have no clue how it got in Jimmy’s room.

  10. A penguin, absolutely. And upon closer inspection I have concluded that it is indeed of the Spheniscus humboldti variety. Its presence in the meditteranean is a bit anomolous, given that its primary home is in the cold waters off of Peru. However, and this is the key, when food shortages run low, it can and will travel very far distances. That, coupled with the fact that it can survive, if need be, in warmer climates such as the Mediterranean, makes this anomoly quite reasonable. Still, I have no clue how it got in Jimmy’s room.
    Yeah, but how do you explain that the animal here looks as if he has an elephant’s trunk?

  17. The Housekeepers here at WDW can make towel animals that run rings, literally, around the “thing” on your bed, J.

  19. How uncharitable of you making light of the countless species of animals who have suffered 3rd degree burns over 80% of their body. You all call yourself Catholics yet don’t seem to realize that animals are people too!
    Sorry, I had to get it in before someone did it for real. 😉

  23. On first glance, I couldn’t tell at all, but after I viewed the other animals and returned, it became obvious that your five-pointed towel friend is a penguin.

  25. It looks much like one of the B5 White Stars (read: a plucked chicken).

  33. I think it looks like Mr. Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas. You can even kind of see his face looking down. He looks a little sheepish, which is uncharacteristic of him, but still.
    Incidentally, even I am in danger of confusing posts from “DGS” with my own…

  36. Is this really the best angle? If I squint hard enough it sorta looks like…a crumpled up piece of paper. I think it’s one of those Rorschach towlblob tests.

  40. man, I was going to try to be funny… but everyone knows it’s a Franciscan penguin…is Father Benedict Groeschel with you on the cruise?

  43. You are all wrong.
    It is obviously a pillow bunny. Duh!
    Pillow bunnies are perfectly cromulent. What sort of uncultured trogladytes are you people?
    Sheesh, next thing you are all going to tell me is that you don’t get towel monkeys at the hotels you stay at.

  45. Since there’s no solution from Jimmy I reckon it’s a computer virus. Now we’ve all got it too. We’ve all? Is it, perchance a weevil? Or a flannelgrub?

  48. If it’s really an animal (and not a human) it’s definitely a bird. Penguin is the best guess I think though it could be a poor attempt at a chicken.

  49. It looks like that crazy old guy from Labyrinth with the bird-like creature on his head.

  53. You’re all wrong!!
    It’s the Pillsbury Dough Boy after someone tried to make a fortune cookie out of him!

  54. Almost indubitably a penguin.
    But then, I just read an anthology of Batman stories and have a certain supervillain and his totemic birds on my mind. Argh! I don’t have time to write fanfic — I’m supposed to be a professional writer, creating my own original universes and writing in them.
    But it is interestng to imagine what Burgess Meredith might have done if he could’ve played a straight-up version of the Penguin, rather than a campy one. Elegant, dangerous, and complex, but not the repellant grotesque Danny DeVito made the character into.

  55. …Then again..
    It might be a leftover Taco Bell Super Supreme Bean Burrito?

  56. ….if you lift it up you might find some cheese under there! This would be a dead giveaway!!

  57. “It’s a Nemertea. Duh. ;-)”
    LOL!!!! That’s what I said after seeing the Florida video. Shheesh.
    But I think the folded animal is an anteater.

  58. It’s a sleeping…er, praying…Dominican friar. “So much preaching, so very sleepy…”

  60. 🙂 at A. Williams’ fortune cookie comment.
    Sadly, it couldn’t be the Pillsbury Doughboy. I found this on the Internet:
    It is with heavy heart that we must pass on the following news. Please join us in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.
    The Pillsbury Doughboy died today of a yeast infection and complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin.
    Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, Little Debbie and Captain Crunch. The graveside was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.
    Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still, as a crusty old man, was considered a roll model for millions.
    Doughboy was survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jand Dough, plus they had a bun in the oven. He was also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
    The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

  61. “I’ll answer tomorrow (assuming I’m able to log in tomorrow).”-JA
    he is leaving us hanging on this one!

  62. Love that, MK! Got to share that one with the kiddos… they have inherited our somewhat warped sense of humor.

  64. Doughboy was survived by his wife Play Dough
    Mary Kay:
    Isn’t ‘Play Dough’ a guy? I mean, isn’t the face on a play dough container that of a guy?
    also:
    two children, John Dough and Jand Dough
    Shouldn’t that be Jane Dough?
    Thanks for the laugh dough; I mean, ‘though’! ;^)

  65. Esau, I’ll own up to “Jand” as a typo.
    About Playdough, I just copied from one of a multitude of emails I used to get from someone who collected everything going around the Internet. Now that I think of it, maybe Playdough is the kind of name that be either he or she, like Chris, Pat or Terry. (Christopher/Christine, Patrick/Patricia or Terrence,Teresa)
    Going back to the original topic, did Jimmy ever say what it was, or did he just skip off to the next place?

  66. Mary Kay:
    Actually, I LOVED your post!
    I was only teasing by mine. ;^)
    Going back to the original topic, did Jimmy ever say what it was, or did he just skip off to the next place?
    Yeah, about this — I was hoping this would be revealed by now. =^(

  67. Mary Kay: the “obit” was delightfully delicious!!
    My guess is that after months of trying to come up with something warm, fuzzy, playful, and relevant for the masses, the orthodox Cardinals finally got Pope Benedict to put the Motu Proprio towel to rest.
    The Pope promises to try again later using something fluffier and more colorful.

  68. Aloha, forgot to mention I’ll be on the mainland for a month or so and would love to attend a TLM. I’ll be in the Beverly MA (North Shore area)and in Central Maine. Does anyone know how I can find a church that celebrates the TLM?
    Many thanks for your help!
    Grace and peace.

  69. Since it is white and on a bed, it must be a sick “pretty wingie talking thingie” with the flu.
    If it turns red, it could only be a sick “demon of the demented”.

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