Haggis............. The Truth

[Lallans]

(more on the wampahoofus-cousin to the haggis? ) ... I've been pondering my sources and now believe that the Vermont lady cited above was given a safe and cleaned-up version of the real truth! Her description of the creature suggests a harmless plant eater, whereas the real animal is quite a ferocious carnivore, with a head sort of like a bear but with crocodile jaws and teeth. They make a living eating sleeping overnight campers and hikers they come upon, and depending on whether the beast itself is able to travel clockwise or counter-clockwise, and how you yourself are oriented to the slope, they eat you either headfirst or feetfirst. In fact, if you ARE spending the night on a mountain side, it is advisable to sleep with your head pointed either up or downhill, to give yourself a fighting chance to squirm out of the creature's jaws when it grabs you. Witness the fact that old timers would always tell children this and the truth is evident.