episode 23 - "Hypnotic"

Claude understood. Bender had been drinking Sasquatch blood for years. He had been looking for a youth portion even back when he was a Nazi. He must have heard the legends of the Sasquatch and their longetivity and figured he could somehow use it to extend his life.

Claude had always assumed the Sasquatch had been killed for politcal purposes or because powerful people were afraid. MAybe they were not killed, but harvested for their bodies and blood. Claude remembered the destroyed forest, but remembered very few Sasquatch bodies.

If Bender had killed the Sasquatch to extend their life, then Claude could finally have closure here. Well, once he bashed Bender's head in.

But why Sumo. WHy go to all this trouble over a toy. Claude knew the affect Sumo had on him, but what else could he do. Why did Claude want him?

Claude looked carefully at Sumo. He had always assumed he had been built in the last few years. But maybe not. In small letters on sumos back were some japanese and Chinese characters. Claude had no idea what they meant.

He showed it to Maggie. Her eyes went ride. Whatever language it was, Maggie Sawyer could read it. Maggie caught her breath and said, "It is the artist who built it, his or her name was Takahara and a date. Japanese dates are emperor and the year of his reign. This says Ogimachi yeat 5. I dont know when that is, I can read, I I dont know every emperor. But it has to be a loooong time ago"

A deep voice cut into the conversation. "Actually, it was around 1563 on the western calender to be percise"