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Many years ago, I lived in Coventry, and some friends of mine had next-door neighbours who were eerily reminscent of the half-human, half-batrachian Marshes of H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Shadow over Innsmouth'. They looked distinctly amphibian, and, as they drank in the same pub as us, we were able to note that they drank outside in the beer-garden on overcast damp days, but retreated to the interior of the pub in hot sunny weather. Its difficult to explain how very un-human they appeared, in looks and behaviour. They really did give the impression of trying to 'fit in' with the people around them, but doing it really badly.
Perhaps they were just unfortunates with some genetic disorder, or perhaps they really were monsters. To be honest, at this remove, the whole thing seems most unliklely to have really happened, and if it was just my recollection, I'd blame the psychedelics. However, I'm still in contact with some of the other people who noticed them, and their memories seem to agree with mine. Certainly they made enough of an impression to still crop up in conversations over 20 years later.
Perhaps they were just unfortunates with some genetic disorder, or perhaps they really were monsters. To be honest, at this remove, the whole thing seems most unliklely to have really happened, and if it was just my recollection, I'd blame the psychedelics. However, I'm still in contact with some of the other people who noticed them, and their memories seem to agree with mine. Certainly they made enough of an impression to still crop up in conversations over 20 years later.