Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-241978-20140406193014

The inhabitants of the Anur system resemble the classic horror movie monsters: vampires (Vladats), frankensteins (Transylians), mummies (Thep Kufans), werewolves (Loboans), ghosts (Ectonutires), and zombies (Ormerowons). If there are legends, folklore, and popular culture about these monsters before humans became aware of aliens that resemble these monsters, that implies to me that they'd had contact with Earth in the past up to many thousands of years ago.

At least some vladats, loboans, ectonurites, ormerowons and transylians (before the transylians modified themselves into cyborgs) might've visited Earth in the past, giving rise to legends of werewolves and the undead. The Egyptians might've had ancient contact with the Thep Kufans and modeled their burial practices and clothing after them (since the idea of the mummy as an undead shambler originates with the 1939 Mummy movie). Considering the long history of these legends and civilizations, I'm guessing these visits were more like permanent immigrations.

Which, of course, means there might be small populations of Anurans (or half-human hybrids) still living on Earth. Perhaps some hidden Egyptian tombs or European crypts still have Thep Kufans or Vladats in cryostasis, jealously guarded by their half-human descendants? Maybe the myth Bram Stoker invented of Vlad the Impaler being a vampire was more than a myth? 