Review: Kushtaka?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
I never heard of one, Mr. Waller.  But then I have had a very interesting experience with this book.  Without much thinking, more through Kushtaka curiosity, I flip open the Look Inside soon to find my cursor wandering over to the Buy Now button.  What the heck is $.99 for some cheap entertainment?  Then  the book didn’t download to my Kindle HD7.  It took me 2 days of fussing around with Amazon to finally get the book to my Kindle.  How disgusting is this?However my disgust is vindicated.  After reading into the first pages of the book I discovered: “Well, Yes, of course, this is just the illusive Kushtaka being evasive as they are known to be.As the author points out, no one has ever seen a sinister Kushtaka or has broken bread with one or actually kicked one in the butt having it stuffed and mounted.  But as the Indian race of Southeast Alaska believes through their unintelligent, superstitious, back-bush, existence, they are certainly for real.From my lofty advantage point of my sophisticated mind I am chuckling at their stupidity to believe in such a creation of the mind whether this be of religious or mystic origin; call it legend or myth if you will.  Can one really believe in this Anihumanimal, the unpredictable land otter?  Apparently the Indian race can in their vivid imagination as their contribution to explaining the unexplainable.  I sit and snort in my smugness and then chuckle all over again.But then a reported sighting of Bigfoot breaks the news and I am intrigued even though I know that the video of the sighting is manipulated by sophisticated computer software and by an extremely creative mind.  Then there is the Loch Ness Monster. Now here is one that is been around for a very long time but when a sighting is reported in the morning newspaper I gulp it down with my morning cereal.  And, I haven’t even delved into the Reptilian shape shifter from the 4th dimension reportedly living among us in our human form for whatever reasons we can ever imagine.Taking this all into consideration then I realize that I can actually openly come out of my embarrassment to say that I have seen these mystical shape shifting creatures with their supernatural powers, called Kushtaka.  No, I have not chatted with one over a cup of coffee but  Yes, I have seen one.  Through the contents of this book my imagination has been stirred and through my playful mind I have even experienced the devilment or the empathy whichever characteristic it has chosen to expose to me as it shape shifts and sneaks around to avoid me; even though I am thinking in the back of my mind that the Indian is smoking far too much Peyote as I take a contemplating draw on my freshly rolled Marijuana.A refreshing 5 star read indeed as it has amused me and tickled my imagination to be as wild and free as the Kushtaka.  My congratulations to the author in making it so vivid in my overactive imagination..Oh - - - did I just hear someone say UFO?