Had a virus for a few weeks now, and find myself awake at odd hours. This morning, whilst flitting through the channels, I saw a show called "Rods!" was on. This is an hour long documentary about the phenomenon of rods, mysterious flying rods that appear sometimes on videos people have recorded.
I made it about two minutes in before thinking "this is all pish." I honestly cannot see how anyone can look at this footage without thinking "that'll be an insect causing motion blur as it flies past the camera." So I check the
Wiki article and it seems that not only is this the common consensus, but that people have tested it by setting up nets where these "rods" have appeared and capturing them!
Really, why are people so desperate to believe in any old tosh? Is the wonder of the world not already enough? Is it not enough, as Douglas Adams said, to see that a garden is beautiful without also having to believe their are fairies at the bottom of it?
