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Crab Monsters and the Absorption of Minds
Dr. Karl Weigand
Any matter, therefore, that the crab eats will be assimilated in its body as solid energy, becoming part of the crab.
Martha Hunter
Like the bodies of the dead men?
Dr. Karl Weigand
Yes - and their brain tissue, which, after all, is nothing more than a storage house for electrical impulses.
Dale Drewer
That means that the crab can eat his victim's brain, absorbing his mind intact and working.
Dr. Karl Weigand
It's as good a theory as any other to explain what's happened.
Martha Hunter
But, Doctor, that theory doesn't explain why Jules and Carson's minds have turned against us.
Dale Drewer
Preservation of the species. Once they were men; now they are land crabs.
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Debate on Capturing a Dangerous Specimen
Martha Hunter
Doctor, you're not going to suggest that we save it for science? That would be suicide!
Dr. Karl Weigand
No, thank you, Martha. I have no ambition toward becoming a mad scientist, but I do think we ought to try and capture the thing. Would you not like to examine a live specimen?
Martha Hunter
Certainly I would, but I had a chance to see how the "specimen" examined the lab wall last night.
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Discussion of Life and Death Concepts
Hank Chapman
What does it mean, Doctor?
Dr. Karl Weigand
He is dead.
Dale Drewer
But he spoke, Carl.
Hank Chapman
Is this supposed to be a ghost story?:
Dr. Karl Weigand
No. No, I do not believe in ghosts. We are dealing with a man who is dead, but whose voice and memory live. How this can be I do not know, but its implications are far more terrible than any ghost could ever be.
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Recognition of a Familiar Voice
Martha Hunter
Jim! But, wh...
Dr. James Carson
So you heard it, too.
Martha Hunter
Yes, it was Oliver McLane's voice.
Dr. James Carson
He called me as plain as day.
Martha Hunter
Strange... because I only heard him call my name.
Dr. James Carson
How could the Navy search this whole island and miss a survivor?
Martha Hunter
If he is a survivor.
Dr. James Carson
What does that mean? You heard him as well as I.
Martha Hunter
Someone could have been imitating his voice.
Dr. James Carson
But who would do that?
Martha Hunter
I don't know, but I do know that McLane's dead!
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