The Gila Man

Remember the time when you were young, when you had to sleep early, when you didn't have the privilege to stay up late, or maybe when you weren't old enough to rebel against your parents about the whole you-must-sleep-before-12 issue...

Remember the stories your parents told you, or the books you read when you were young...the boogey man hiding in the closet, the monster underneath the bed or the hantu observing from above. These are a few characters from classic tales that encourage difficult little children to go to bed early, enabling tired mothers to catch an early shuteye.

My mum, being a truthful and honest lady, crushed my fantasy that Santa Claus wasn't real at a tender age of 6. There was no such thing as unicorns, fairies and no, Superman cannot fly.

However, she did stuck to one story. The one about the Gila Man. That he was gonna come and take me away if I wasn't in bed by 9. And my oh my, I was promptly in bed by 830, fast asleep by 9.

I wonder why I didn't question my mum further about the existence of this Gila Man. Like his race, his attire, whether he had some secret ninja training to have attained the ability to break into a house and take a rebellious child away without anyone noticing...

I'm already 18, 19 this year. It has been long since I have grown out of the silly myths and legends stupid adults use to scare poor gullible children like mois.

BUTS! If a Gila Man was to exist, he would most probably look like that:







My mum was the first one who commented that he resembled a Gila Man.

Like seriously mum, you don't even know what a Gila Man looks like. It's a fictitious character for chris' sakes!