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Kirupa, similar to the ethereal giant squid, is a very rare
creature to spot and even more difficult to observe. What
little we do know of Kirupa comes from the explorers who
braved the extremes of cold, heat, and possibly
rush-hour traffic to bring you the following account.
Using radio-carbon dating
and a copy of a Kirupa birth certificate,
the earliest evidence of Kirupa began appearing around 1984
AD. Our sources indicate that Kirupa spent the better
part of a year in Salem, India, but later migrated to the
frozen shores of the Island of Sardinia in Southern Italy. One
must presume that the cold Italian breezes did not fare well
with the Kirupa, for he was spotted for a few years in
the lush rainforests of Germany instead.
Since then, Kirupa
sightings around Germany have declined while the the sightings around the US have steadily increased.
He was sighted so many times, that a small mid-western city
decided to issue a 13c stamp using a suspect that looks very
much like Kirupa, and the stamp can be found toward the top of
this page.
While our researches show that Kirupa must have moved
sometime to the USA around 1991, the eyewitness testimonies are
not convincing enough for us to put our academic integrity on
the line to make a definite statement.
The increasing rumors
surrounding Kirupa made the name a fixture in the minds of
sci-fi/calvin & hobbes fans. No longer was the name of
kirupa sacrosanct to the academic & scientific community. A web site containing the name
kirupa in the URL (http://www.kirupa.com)
appeared with the intention of helping others learn the ways
of Macromedia Flash and other bizarre applications. Cans of
spam bearing his likeness were also found. Someone
even wrote a book using the name of Kirupa.
Many people have
messaged us with the strange notion that the real Kirupa (as
opposed to the fake Kirupa), is the true author of the
book and helps maintain the kirupa.com site. That is the last time we allow
input from "people" to corrupt our methodical ways of tracking
the evasive Kirupa. What do they know after all?
Our latest information
comes from the Boston area where rumors persist that a one
named Kirupa is going to be majoring in Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science (known EECS or EEKS or ROFL) at MIT.
Regards,
The Society for the Preservation of Kirupas (TSFTPOK)
[email protected]
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