B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for November 05, 2023

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Ancient Astronaut theory

OMG! Readers!

Watching the Skinwalker Ranch and Beyond series, this conversation might have happened.

I choose not to stay with you here!

Well, I’ve been observing these troglodytes for over half a century and they have yet to notice me, So yeah, the second one.

Could it be Jean-Luc and the crew, hiding in the holo-blind?

Who say they look like us? They could look like anything. Dogs, cats, ants, mosquitos, butterflies, rocks, dandelions, pickup trucks, computers, your toothbrush…

Who knows?

It’s time for a big mug of willow tree bark tea.

How about the pan-dimensional mice in Douglas Adam’s “The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy”?

If they were here, right now they be packing to leave.

I think the light speed extraterrestrials were actually the dinosaurs. But weren’t the dinosaurs wiped out by a comet millions of years before mankind?

That’s what they want you to believe because they are in hiding studying us. But every once in awhile they mess up (through negligence?) and show themselves walking beside the B.C. characters who probably don’t realize that the dinosaurs shouldn’t be alive with them!

I wish these super-smart aliens observing us would dump their Prime Directive non-interference policy, and help us fix up this planet before it’s uninhabitable. If they won’t do it for the humans, then at least do it for the sake of all the other living plants and animals.

Describing Democrats to perfection…forever one step ahead

Cats.

Or…not through negligence, but intentionally to provide an inspiration for curiosity…or out of a sense of humor.

The second scenario sounds like the TV miniseries EVENT. Another good series that cancelled just when it was getting interesting.

What have you been smoking man !

I enjoy watching Ancient Aliens. They go to the most interesting places and give us a glimpse of ancient cultures before going completely off the rails in conspiracy theories.

To hear them tell it with all the crashes that ET vehicles have on Earth, they must have a worse flying safety record than a third world airline that carries chickens along with its passengers.

I am absolutely certain that there is life in other parts of the universe and that some of it may be intelligent. However given the technical challenges of getting from star to star and given that we are, for all our hubris, uninteresting, I don’t think we are awash in aliens.

First of all, we’ve only been “broadcasting” our presence for about 100 years. So unless there is an advanced civilization within 100 light years, it’s unlikely anyone else even knows we are here.

Secondly, it probably costs a lot of money to conduct a “manned” (or whatever) interstellar mission. At best, they might consider sending a probe or rover like we do with our local planets. There simply is no economic incentive to come here, especially when wherever the civilization is, they can get these same resources closer to home. I think money is the universal language of the universe.

That’s at least five minutes Thor will never get back!

“I Like Turtles”

Roadside Picnic.

Well, the question answers itself. A flower and a rock have a conversation. A featherless bird and a turtle fly duo. Couldn’t be clearer. THEY’RE HEEEERE!!

Or maybe it’s all swamp gas and conspiracy theories. Nah, that can’t be right.

The comic strip certainly earned its pay today!

I thought the punchline was going to be, “And that’s where the women come from!”

I favor Time Travel, which is similar to Peter’s thesis. The energy issues are the same as space travel, but the issues of humanoid appearance, and even knowing where to go in the vastness of space are dealt with.

Lanthanites have been here for centuries %

The Christian bible documents it well in Genesis. Some alien entity “builds” the earth and all that’s in it. The Christian church won’t admit it, but this is exactly how a non computer literate group would write the beginning.

Neil De Grasse Tyson is taking over the world, one comic at a time…

Sounds like a question from a guy with a lit joint in his hand.

Footfall….

If we ever do find that ship … “Trans-Stellar Space Lines would like to apologies to passengers for the continuing delay for the departure of this flight.We are currently awaiting the loading of our compliment of small, lemon-soaked paper napkins for your comfort, refreshment, and hygiene during the flight, which will be of two hours duration. Meanwhile we thank you for your patience. The cabin crew will shortly be serving coffee and biscuits… again.”

It doesn’t say the “terrestrial species” is “similar in form and size” to US, but is to the “extraterrestrial” species. I vote for cats.

Neither they travel at warp speed. And, to think of it, I need more wormholes in my gardens.

You’ve just described the Illuminati.

I’d have a serious headache if I didn’t just skip to the last panel.

Hey Thor even great minds like William Shatner are still wrestling with that conundrum.

Profound Insight!…

I’m not much into cryptozoology or conspiracy theories. What does “another terrestrial species” refer to? Atlanteans? The Illuminati? The children of Israel? ;-)

Occam’s Haircut :)

Sounds like a bad retelling of a good Star Trek episode.

I think we’re the schmutz on some alien’s heel

See Mac Tonnies’ The Cryptoterrestrials.

If they were that technologically advanced, why would they care? If they were hostile, they would just wipe us out. If they were just curious, they could just grab a few specimens and leave. Why would we think we were that important for them to spend years, even centuries, in hiding constantly abducting and testing, mutilating livestock, etc. If they were that technologically advanced and wanted to hide from us, they wouldn’t accidentally show themselves flying around in the sky.

The aliens managed to hang around through the millenia of organized religion, endless wars, and methodical destruction of the planet, but now that social media and the general dumbing-down of the population has taken hold, they finally realized we are beyond their help. They’ve packed up and gone home.

The lower left panel describes the relationship between the readers and the characters.