Open Season On Sea Monsters

It is now legal is Sweden to hunt sea monsters.

Previously, the mythical "Storsjo monster," a serpent-like beast said to inhabit Lake Storsjon in the northwestern province of Jamtland, Sweden was protected by the Swedish equivalent of the Endangered Species Act.

No more.

"The regional council agreed to remove the listing this month, but declined to rule out that a monster lives in the 300-foot deep lake.

"It exists, inasmuch as it lives in the minds of people," the council's chief legal adviser Peter Lif said about the purported beast. "But I guess we'll have to agree that it cannot be proved scientifically, and then it should not be listed as an endangered species."

Environmentalist wackos and animal rights activists are, of course, appalled.

Storsjo monster aficionados said lifting the endangered species protection was a mistake, and appeared insulted by the decision.

"We are not fanatics," said Christer Berko, of the Storsjo monster association. "We see this as very interesting phenomenon that we unfortunately have not been able to document."

My only question is: should I use solid bullets, or soft points?