Antarctic Anomalies
APERIS: Notes on the recent anomalies (27/1/2011)
Here it is, all written down. It's the only way we'll have a chance of even beginning to make sense of it.
Altered lunar movements
The big one. The moon, moving across the sky faster than it should have been. Soon it seemed far later outside than the clocks said it was. It all synced back up at some point, though—like the clocks jumped forward to catch up with the day.
Atypical animal behaviour
Isolated cases of strange behaviour in the animals around here. Most recently, an extended period of friendly behaviour between a leopard seal and an Adélie penguin, its natural prey.
Inconsistent winds and currents
Radio broadcasts from ships travelling in the 'furious fifties' area near Antarctica reported concerning changes in winds and currents, with winds more in line sometimes with those of the 'screaming sixties'.
The old sailors' saying goes: 'below 40 degrees south, there is no law; below 50 degrees, there is no God'. Seems that's more true than ever.
Globsters in anomalous locations
Globsters are nothing new—unidentifiable organic masses that wash up on the shore without warning. Weird, but documented. What was more concerning was finding one halfway up Mt. Vinson.
…it was fresh, and bleeding copiously.
Erratic flight patterns
The flight patterns of various groups of birds have suddenly become erratic. A few extremely fast, a few unnaturally slow. Also, for some reason, some migratory birds have just pre-empted their usual departure window by multiple weeks.
And those are just the things we've noticed—who knows what other strange stuff we might have missed. What in the hell is going on?