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People in northern Colorado have been reporting sightings this month of wild rabbits with black horns and tentacles on their faces. The rabbits appeared to have “black quills or black toothpicks” and “a scabbiesh-looking growth over their face,” some Fort Collins residents told local outlet, 9News. Others have dubbed them “Frankenstein rabbits.” These dark growths are most likely caused by a virus that tends to pop up in the summer in states like Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota and Texas. The virus is Shope papilloma virus (SPV), which causes wartlike, waxy growths on a rabbit’s face and is spread through biting insects like fleas or ticks, Kara Van Hoose, a spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), told Yahoo. The virus is found in cottontail rabbits, especially during the summer months, when there is higher rabbit density and insect activity. While CPW has received around a dozen reports of sightings over the last week, Van Hoose speculates that there probably aren’t that many cases of SPV, but rather, many people are likely seeing the same group of infected rabbits. There is no risk of virus transmission to humans or other animals, though the CPW recommends that humans and pets should still stay away from and not interact with infected rabbits if they cross paths. However, the CPW also notes that domestic rabbits, if they are housed outside, could contract the virus from infected insects or rabbits.

FORGE Forward

A trans-specific anti-violence organization that provides survivor resources, advocacy materials, referrals, and training.

Trans Lifeline USA (877) 565-8860

A peer-run crisis support line by and for trans people.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

A US-based nonprofit organization that serves sexual abuse survivors of all genders.

1in6

An organization that provides support, education, and resources for men who have experienced sexual abuse and assault.

MaleSurvivor

A peer support organization for men who have experienced sexual abuse with forums and resources.

Anti-Violence Project USA 212-714-1141

The largest support hotline for LGBTQ+ and HIV-affected survivors of violence in the nation.

The Network

A survivor-led organization directly supporting LGBTQ+, kink, and polyamorous survivors through an anti-oppression framework. They work to both support survivors and prevent abuse by addressing systems of oppression.

The Transgender Law Center

A US-based nonprofit legal advocacy organization focusing on the rights of trans and gender nonconforming people.

VictimConnect Resource Center

As this article is being written in March 2021, a project is underway to make these recordings available on the website ismus.is. Little by little these voices of the past are becoming accessible to the public and scholars, making interesting discoveries possible. This collection will no doubt form the basis of many research projects by folklorists and other scholars in the future. The people interviewed are generally born around 1900 and belong to the first or second generation of Icelandic immigrants. The interviewees often mention famous Icelandic ghosts, such as Thorgeir’s Bull, Ábær Skotta and other skotta and móri. Apparently some of these ghosts intended to follow the people from Iceland to America and keep causing mischief and mayhem in the new home, as if nothing had happened. But then something happened. One story tells of the female ghost Rauðpilsa (“Redskirt”) who had followed a certain man in Iceland. He told people as he moved to Winnipeg that Rauðpilsa had just missed the boat he took to America. The ship had just cast off its lines when she arrived at the pier and the man was rid of her. Instead, Rauðpilsa started following his brother in Iceland and so found a new victim. In other cases the ghosts were able to board the ships sailing west, but in one narrative they all sank to the bottom of the sea midway across the Atlantic and were lost forever. Undoubtedly, however, the most interesting story, also preserved in an interview from 1972, says that many ghosts and familiar spirits arrived with the immigrants, but as the first generation of settlers died they got so bored that they chose to return to the old country. One of the explanations as to why the ghosts did not thrive in America is that the landscape there was not as suited for monsters and other terrifying beings as the Icelandic mountains.

the high acidity of some inks which contributes to the hydrolytic splitting of the cellulose;

the efficacy of soluble iron compounds as catalysts for the oxidative decomposition of cellulose.

Among the numerous publications which appeared until the 1970s and dealt with the chemical causes of ink degradation, the leading articles are the work of Haerting, Herzberg, and Brannahl & Gramse. Haerting investigated the interesting fact that the damage caused by ink occurred not only in objects with a high mineral-acid content i.e. sulphuric acid, but also in those which were totally acid-free. His research led to the conclusion that only inks containing iron(II) salts can cause ink degradation damage. The other components of the ink - even the sulphuric acid present, according to his research, do not cause noticeable damage to the support medium. Herzberg also explained the appearance of ink deterioration with the presence of iron(II) compounds, but limits Haerting's results in describing all iron gall inks as detrimental and considered the acidity of an ink as most important for the damage. Brannahl & Gramse were able to prove that in many iron gall inks excess FeSO4, (iron(II) sulphate) is present and the permanence of such 'unbalanced inks' is questionable.

Investigations which deal mainly with the additional influence of biological infestation on ink deterioration, lead to similar results. Kowalik in particular published a great deal on microbiological factors as causes for ink digestion. During growth, fungi can generate organic acids like citric acid, enzymes such as cellulose which are both paper splitting catalysts, or oxidizing agents, such as hydrogen peroxide. However further experiments undertaken could demonstrate, that fungi growth from iron gall ink is rather poor; and cellulose and organic acids have to be taken in account as biological destructive agents to a lesser extent. By far the strongest effect on deterioration has proved to be the radical mechanism catalyzed by iron(II) compounds, even under neutral conditions. The effect of iron(II) compounds was proved to be much stronger than the destructive action of acids."

The hour between night and dawn ... when most people die, sleep is deepest, nightmares are most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their worst anguish, when ghosts and demons are most powerful. The hour of the wolf is also the hour when most babies are born.[25]

According to Professor Birgitta Steene, the title is drawn from Swedish folklore, where the "hour of the wolf" refers to the period from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., supposedly when the most deaths and births occur.[47] Folklorist Bengt af Klintberg recalled that in 1964, Bergman tasked theatre manager Niklas Brunius to research legend about the hour, and Brunius asked Klintberg about it; Klintberg found the term had no roots in Swedish folklore, though there was a "ghost hour" between midnight and 1 a.m.[48] Bergman claimed he first came across the term "hour of the wolf" in a Latin source, though he did not identify the source and may have coined the term himself.[25][n 3] He later said that at the time of the story's conception, he was experiencing his own "hour of the wolf", and was "freed" from it upon the production's completion.[50]

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