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Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to week two of the twenty twenty one.

Let's get that done.

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Enough folks survived last week's carnage to facilitate a second week of this year's contest and week two takes us on a crazy train around the world once again.

Now when it's ninth year, the miscripted contest is an annual celebration of cryptozoology, folklore and mythology with the added bonus of a knockdown dragout competition decided by you, the listener.

In the second week of competition for twenty twenty one, we have another international salad bar packed with fresh fiends and electable degenerates.

We'll begin our journey in ancient Persia with the Carcadon. From there we'll ask Cargo to France for the unique and deadly Lucar Cole.

And finally we'll hop a really fast speed boat to travel all the way around the world to Paraguay for the Teju Jaguar.

It's a mix says fascinating as it is ferocious this week, made even more ferocious by the fact that only one will move on to the finals of this year's contest, buying for the coveted golden goatman trophy.

Whose bark will equal their bite and whose bite will miss the mark. It's up to you to decide for week two of the twenty twenty one, misscripted contest.

Hello, welcome to blurry photos. I'm your host David Flora and I'm back with another round of revolting weirdos with week two of the twenty twenty one, misscripted contest.

As mentioned earlier, we'll have three new contestants to learn about and run from. And also, after puns, I'll be announcing the winner of week one, the first hideous hint to make it to this year's finals as chosen by you, the listener.

You can vote for your favorite this week as well by going to blurry photos.org and casting your ballot on the homepage where you can also submit your name and email for a chance to win a misscripted prize pack, including a golden goatman trophy replica of your very own.

You get one entry per week of the contest for a total of four entries in the drawing that happens after the finals.

That's the business out of the way now. Let's get some party going. We start way back in ancient Persia and India with a familiar looking beast known as the Carcadon.

A terrifying beast from Persian lore and Persian history, the Carcadon is deadly not only to humans, but also elephants and itself.

The earliest mention of the Carcadon comes from the ninth century scholar, Al-Jaheez, in his book of animals, an illustrated guide to beasts and their anatomy.

It was only briefly mentioned though, and most sources about the Carcadon trace its main description back to Persian scholar and polymath Abu Raihan al-Bharuni in the early 11th century. His account follows.

It is of the build of the buffalo, but taller and short in the leg. The skin is smooth, not hairy, but scaling, made of scales raised from the epidermis and the chest, with due lapse on both cheeks.

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