Not only bicycles are for summer, as Fernando Fernán Gómez masterfully established years ago, but so are snakes, that is, the improbable stories that sneak into the press during the understandable void left by well-deserved vacations. paid summer vacations that our self-sacrificing politicians provide to themselves.
Before, summer snakes were made of paper and had a certain aura of well-intentioned innocence, a pleasant way to pass the time, with the fan on full blast and the windows wide open. But like so many other endearing things lost by the via crucis of the mindless progress that we suffer, they were persecuted and expelled by the avalanche of snakes that floods daily and at all hours both the networks and the frenetic digital media. In other words, fake news has become our daily bread.
Even so, on the 17th of the last month of August, in the “World Stories” section of this newspaper, not one but two snakes snuck in, thanks to Rafael Ramos, who was writing from Drumnadrochit (Scotland), an ideal place to do so, since it is believed that the term “summer snake” precisely owes its origin to the non-existent Loch Ness monster, affectionately known as Nessie.
Did we say non-existent? Well, despite the numerous alleged sightings over the years - there are even photos, although unreliable - of the alleged elusive monster that they say inhabits the depths of the waters of said Scottish lake, it turns out that a new search has begun, this one once in style, since it has the latest technological advances such as drones with infrared cameras or a virguería that operates by hydrophone and is capable of detecting sounds coming from the bottom of the leaden waters of the lake. Of course, a bathyscaphe and the invaluable help of a few volunteers dedicated body and soul to the noble cause will also be used.
Whether Nessie exists or not, the truth is that it is a top tourist attraction and a source of much wealth for the inhospitable and underpopulated Scottish Highlands. This new search, which promises to be a total failure in terms of detecting the monster, should nevertheless contribute to the myth, far from fading, regaining new life that will attract a whole new generation of naive tourists willing to let it They make fun of them with the most absolute impudence.
The second snake in Ramos's article is “a giant anaconda-like creature” whose existence was detected at the beginning of August in the waters of the Thames and spread without delay on the networks. There are photos that show what looks like a huge snake with a red eye. Whether or not it is a montage is irrelevant. The question is whether the English are capable of turning a monster that only exists in the minds of people willing to be fooled into a big business, as happened with Brexit, a gigantic political deception in its entirety.
We have also learned this summer that NASA has wrecks of alien ships, in addition to a lot of reliable samples that confirm their presence in space. As a summer snake, it was not bad at all, although very little compared to the Rubiales kiss soap opera, the latest occurrences of Elon Musk or the political chimeras that, due to lack of audience and quality, deserve to be canceled immediately by the platforms. subsidized.
Halloween is approaching, the trick or treat that the political class likes so much, a commercial setup recently imported from America, a crazy celebration without head or tail, which not only distances us from the memory of our beloved and longed for dead, but which, in addition to turning us into trashy monsters, leaves us with a lot of pumpkins. Nessie, like the chimera, smiles pleased at us.
