Have you been obsessively playing Monster Hunter: World? Think you can put your tracking skills to use in real life? In one of the strangest publicity moves we've read about in a while, it seems Capcom is willing to splash some serious cash for evidence of monsters in the real world.
The publisher has announced that it will give £50,000 (around $70,000) to anybody who can come up with irrefutable proof of a monster's existence. Handily, a list has been provided, so you'll know what to keep an eye out for:
- Bigfoot
- The Cornish Owl Man
- Mermaids
- Scottish Lake Monsters
- The Mongolian Death Worm
- Earth Hounds
- Yeti/Almasty
- Chupacabra
- Namibian Flying Snake
- Yowie
This bizarre proposition is a partnership between Capcom and Jon Downes of The Centre of Fortean Zoology. You'll have until 30th June 2018 to come up with the goods.
Downes had this to say: "I’ve spent the majority of my life travelling across the globe to hunt for evidence of these creatures. Although I have had some successes, I have yet to find that elusive proof and it is time for me to offer my help as I throw down the gauntlet to the next generation."
He and his team will verify any evidence brought forward, and anything conclusive will win the prize money. It's pretty bonkers, but if you're convinced you have solid proof you've seen one of the above beasts, it could be worth your while handing it in.
[source metro.co.uk]
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@JoeBlogs This is very true!
I’ll snap a picture of my boss today and send it in.
@VotesForCows I'd never heard of him before but I'd recommend a quick image search. He's actually a pretty cool looking monster!
Show me the money!
I could submit a photo of Congress.
Photoshop fun times ahead.
Lol! How to make a contest you know you won't pay
They got the name of the guy wrong, it's Johnathan Downes, not Jon. He's the founder and director of the The Centre of Fortean Zoology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Downes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Fortean_Zoology
Time to dust off my potato camera.
in other words no one is going to win anything and this is just a marketing ploy they know they wont have to cash out on
also if creatures like this existed i doubt they would still be hidden
Cupacabra AKA goat-sucker
Now I could make a joke about showing them MY monster but that would be cliched and, sadly, a fabrication.
Theres an orange monstosity with rolls of flab under an illumimous pink tracksuit with the voice of a foghorn and makes everyone run away. Shes in Tesco now, grab the camera boys that £50,000 will be ours!
I'll check under my bed again, I swear there used to be one under there when I was a little kid.
What’s next we gonna look to see if aliens exist?
@Rudy_Manchego uhhhhhhhhhhh
My brother is hairy. He could be a Yeti.
@meppi You know, I read that title, and I knew, as soon as I did, that I'd be seeing a picture of him in this thread.
sigh
There's no escape.
@ApostateMage there was but it moves out when you become a teen and finds other kids beds to live under
probably doesn't want to deal with all those teenage mood swings
Oh, there's a list of monsters allowed, I was just about to send a pic of the creature I caught with Pokemon Go.
I claim the money thanks.
My ex wife is a real life monster
I once met a man with remarkably bushy eyebrows in a pub on Bodmin Moor. If only I'd had my camera.
I'm not a monster, I'm just ugly.
@FullbringIchigo That is a terrifying creature.
Theresa May?
Hey you left out sasquatch lol
@Grim-Tuesday You officially win. Wish I could give a cash prize because you've won.
Well, guess I can play Monster Hunter World in my bunker this year...
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