Human-like reptiles
“Imagine if you can not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless”. These words by psychologist Martha Stout describe the perfect modern predator: the human reptile.
We, normal people, are certainly imperfect creatures. Every one of us has his or her own glows and shadows, our ups and downs. We may be, at certain points in our lives and in various degrees, good or bad, strong or weak, generous or selfish, bright or stupid. Still, we are all undoubtedly and forever human, as long as we can tell the right from wrong.
Beyond any human natural variety, there lives among us a particular species of reptile wearing human faces and stylish outfits. Yet, perfectly concealed beneath these covers, they are wrapped in a cold moist skin or in a rough greenish shell. Observing this, a famous scientist, called doctor Robert Hare, described them as “snakes in suits”. Given their deceiving external appearance and their glibness, these animals are easily mistaken for normal people. Actually, they couldn’t be more deeply inhuman, as they lack the most specific and essential of all human traits, which is conscience. Let me get this clear: it’s not that they have a bad, perverted, or shrunken conscience; they simple have none. They are neither good nor bad; they are nothing but cold-blooded beasts. These dangerous and odd creatures are scientifically known as psychopaths, but whether they belong to mankind or to the animal reign is still unclear.
Although they share almost all other human-like characteristics (except they are more dull than average people), these individuals are born with reptilian brains. Inside a psychopath’s mind, feelings are completely blocked and reduced to mere sensations, and thoughts only pass through some bizarre short-circuits. Reptile-men are incapable of telling right from wrong, just like the color-blinded fail to recognize colors. Relatively few in number, psychopaths are nevertheless the most destructive force on our planet. They probably take more lives worldwide than earthquakes, wars, and disease ever did. They may look and even act like normal people, and yet they are the world’s most ferocious predators. They are far more dangerous than one can imagine, precisely because of their misleading looks. E. Barker and B. Shipton pointed out: “As he rapes you or strangles you, (a psychopath) is not compelled to feel your pain, your terror, your helplessness. There is no automatic, compelling, intuitive connection between what he knows you feel and what he feels. There is no way he must feel. Thus there is none of this kind of restraining force on his behavior. Therein lies the danger of psychopathy.”
Reptile-men murder with cruelty; they mash brains and break hearts just like a hungry hyena tears apart the flesh of a deer. Some of these individuals are venomous cobras, causing their victims to paralyze or to bleed to death, by injecting deadly poison into their bloodstream. Others resemble anacondas, choking unfortunate beings with their cold and merciless embrace. Other still are fierce alligators, attacking by surprise and killing instantly with an incredibly strong bite. They are all silent killers, stalking their prey and waiting patiently for the right moment; and when that moment comes, the human-like reptiles are ruthless: escape is virtually impossible. They may slaughter in a most brutal way: a deadly bite, followed by swallowing the prey as a whole in a matter of minutes, without even chewing it. However, in most cases “snakes in suits” prefer to kill slowly, gradually sucking life out of their human food, and watching with glittering eyes as their victims blow their final breath. Whatever the method, it is always with cold blood.
Human-like reptiles (like all other reptiles) have no body temperature of their own; they are cold as stones and they are only capable to temporarily steal heat from people’s hearts, through cheating, lying, and manipulating. Sometimes, such reptiles may be found lying still or talking friendly, making one think they are either slumbering or being sociable, but then they are only heating up in the sun, and getting ready for their next attack. A human crocodile can grab an adult by the head or by the soul when he or she least expects him to. If one manages to seize a lizard-man, it has the ability to shrewdly lose its tail and quickly escape among bushes of sham. Another feature of human-looking reptiles is their chameleonic quality: they change their colors, their speech, and their behavior more often and more easily than us, common humans, change our everyday clothes. Deceiving is therefore an easy game for these reptiles, since the “targets” they approach are always unsuspecting. Either nave, manipulated, or terrified, victims easily fall into the claws and jaws of such crocodiles, after being carefully isolated from the rest of their group; when they realize what is going on, it is usually too late: their brains and souls are already liquefied, paralyzed or teared to pieces.
But how can you avoid the deadly bite of such a dangerous beast? There is only one simple, but efficient solution: just run away. Certainly, first you have to recognize the snake skin under his suit and the reptilian brain inside his head. And how can you do that? Well, human zoology is still in search for an answer…
