Rods on the internet

No, not that kind of rod! This kind!

“Rods, a rather new entry in the field of cryptozoology, are said to be creatures which flit about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye. Rods appear to be observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals.”

AmateurScientist has a nice disemboweling of the rod phenom, where he explains they are actually insects. He also references this site–once you see the photos, you’ll wonder who is stupid enough to fall for this.

Apparently, several news organizations :(

This entry was written by Bug Girl and posted on September 9, 2007 at 9:40 am and filed under Insects, Science, Skepticism. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Phantom Midge
    Posted September 10, 2007 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    Hmmmm. Reminds me of the MSTY3K episode where the guy shoots off the rubber band real quick: Where did it go?! Sorceror!!

    (and they have a magazine? really?)


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