| Palaeontological Fads |
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1 – 3 | Newspapers luridly depict the monsters uncovered in the mud near the Stolen River. |
4 | Newspapers print headlines such as 'Lyme Regis: Genuine Surface Town or Hoax?' |
5 – 9 | Newspapers report unusual bones washing up near the Docks. |
10 – 14 | Newspapers report on an influx of bones from further up-river. |
15 – 19 | Newspapers report an astonishing find near Wolfstack. |
20 – 24 | Newspapers carry articles such as 'Let the Behemoths be Reborn!' and 'Restore Ancient Life!' |
25 – 29 | Rubbery Men are flocking to view skeletons on display. |
30 – 34 | Someone has traced an outline of helical bones on the statue of a former Lord Mayor. Implying the former Mayor was of Rubbery extraction? |
35 – 39 | Rubbery Men are seen carting piles of thigh-bones around London. |
40 – 44 | There is a brief fad for hats trimmed with fossilised birds. |
45 – 46 | Fashion introduces ballgowns with dinosaur-tail trains in scale-covered fabrics. |
47 – 49 | Every Salon in town is booking Palaeontologists to speak. |
50 – 59 | Learned treatises on palaeozoology are being sold on every corner. |
60 – 69 | Monthly serials tell the story of the Palaeolithic Frog-Man. |
70 – 74 | The Constabulary have put up posters seeking a wanted bone-thief. |
75 – 79 | A lurid popular novel describes the activities of a Forensic Palaeontologist who sometimes assists the Law. |
80 – 84 | The devout circulate pamphlets advising against too much interest in the bones of the Ancient World. |
85 – 89 | Sermons in Church preach against trying to bring back extinct creatures. |
90 – 94 | Even small children are wild for antique creatures. |
95 – 100 | An Urchin goes around town offering genuine coprolites for sale. |