Im pretty sure the monster is a....

[Ancientwanker]

Giraffe. I saw this mentioned by someone else and started to think about it.

Ive hiked quite a bit in africa and I have noticed that giraffe can be very hard to spot. I once walked past two giraffes and just assumed they were more trees. It wasnt until they startled that I really focused on them. Their body shape blends easily into slender trees.

The pilot could have been accidently lifted out of the cockpit by grazing giraffe. They damaged/tasted his face with their rough tongues and teeth and then deposited him back in a tree top (where they normally feed).

Locke saw one and said, "i looked into the eye of the island and it was beautiful". Giraffes are famous for having large, beautiful eyes.

Giraffes would rattle the trees as they feed on the high leaves.

All the other misplaced animals lend credence to the idea that some kind of animal carrying ship wrecked on the island OR that the island shifts from place to place in the bermuda triangle theory. These animals could be aquired either way. Then again they could be test subjects.

All of this taken together screams giraffe to me.

[northernlightsabove]

The pilot could have been accidently lifted out of the cockpit by grazing giraffe.
All of this taken together screams giraffe to me.
:eek

[Hersh]

(I think this belongs in the theories/spec section.)

... except:.

Doesn't Giraffe's have a relatively soft step?

The 'monster' has a very hard step... a step that shakes the foundation that it's walking on. I can't imagine a giraffe's step being that resounding.

Also, the monster's steps sound very slow and clumsy. Although Giraffe's are tall... they look very agile.

On top of that, the monster's cries... sound like something I've heard from Jurassic Park.

[SpidermanHouston]

Wow, the monster is a giraffe. I always thought the monster was an Okapia johnstoni.

[Hersh]

Wow, the monster is a giraffe. I always thought the monster was an Okapia johnstoni.

Mind letting us know why you think it's specifically an Okapia?

[Ancientwanker]

Okapis too short to account for the camera angle in some shots I think..(assuming you were serious).

But yeah, sounds are the weakness of the giraffe theory.

[SpidermanHouston]

Okapis too short to account for the camera angle in some shots I think..(assuming you were serious).
Nope, just being sarcastic.

[Mattie]

Ancientwanker, welcome to the LOST-TV boards. This thread doesn't introduce anything new about the show and is more of a monster theory than anything else so I am moving it to Theories and Speculation (http://p073.ezboard.com/flosttheunofficalforumfortheabcseriesfrm29). Please continue discussing this giraffe-monster theory in that subforum.

[Homer Noodleman]

Yea, the main thing that has stunted Africa's growth is man-eating giraffes.

[jekelish]

well, until we've got further proof that a giraffe could go on such a rampage...i'm closing down this 'theory.'

:hat