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  • Camel-Men, They Love the Taste of Humans

    Poster featuring monsters with the bottom of a man and the top of a camel. The monsters are fighting men, trying to escape capture.

    This 17th-century poster claims that on September 20th, 1690 (a very specific date), these vicious Camel-Men were captured by King William III’s army in Limerick, Ireland. Afterward, the troops transported them across land and sea to London. For what purpose, and at what cost – the world will never know.

    The Camel-Men were said to be man-eaters. Does this make them cannibals too? Maybe half cannibals. Were they also athletes? Those calves are ripped.

    Both the image and information are from the Rijksmuseum, Monstrous camel-man, public domain.