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rustbeltcat
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Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 179
From: Steel City
|  Posted: 2005-09-19 1:02 pm Permalink
heres a bit more info, culled from a post on the FOM site...
"...and they were conjured to life via sucking on the -ahem- sexual organ of their maker.
Most were made with the intent that they would be thrown into the ocean where they would swim to the makers enemies and kill them. It was not unusual to use bits and pieces of human remains... especially children... to make them."
if you google the term Tupilak you will get much more in depth and historically accurate information on them...
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hewey
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Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2005-09-19 5:41 pm Permalink
If nothing else it is a great converstaion starter...
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Tiki Matt
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Joined: Jul 06, 2004
Posts: 920
From: North O.C.
| Posted: 2005-09-19 9:21 pm Permalink
For more info on Jungle Island (and pics of the strange wooden creatures I was refering to) go to: http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=8541&forum=6
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2005-09-19 10:53 pm Permalink
I also grew up with Knott’s.
Are we thinking about the sea horses or animals that you could sit on, and when you rocked them, they would spit/shoot water into the pond?
And with no disrespect, he looks like he’s “Taken a Tiki up the Oasis”
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Tiki Matt
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Joined: Jul 06, 2004
Posts: 920
From: North O.C.
| Posted: 2005-09-20 9:11 pm Permalink
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On 2005-09-19 22:53, Unga Bunga wrote:
I also grew up with Knott’s.
Are we thinking about the sea horses or animals that you could sit on, and when you rocked them, they would spit/shoot water into the pond?
And with no disrespect, he looks like he’s “Taken a Tiki up the Oasis”
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We're talkin' about these guys...
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2005-09-20 9:18 pm Permalink
To me, it looks reminiscent of this tiki, which is on the grounds at Humphrey's Half Moon Inn in San Diego:
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Tangaroa
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Joined: Apr 25, 2002
Posts: 1550 | Posted: 2005-09-21 08:50 am Permalink
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On 2005-09-17 14:28, Tiki Matt wrote:
For those of you from the O.C., it looks like one of the creatures from the old Jungle Island at Knott's. I'm sure one of you O.C. historians could shed some light...
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Nope - not a "Wood-imal" from Jungle Island. Sorry!
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