Meet Parrington

Victor Frankenstein, natural philosopher and well-intentioned (though hopelessly short-sighted) inventor, has filed a missing persons report on his long described "abominable" creation.  It seems Victor finally read The Ugly Duckling and has had a change of heart regarding his aesthetically challenged son. The self-described monster, made completely of cadaver parts, was last seen escaping to the isolated icelands of the North Pole.  Though missing for almost 200 years, Victor feels confident his son is still out there, brokenhearted and homesick. He wants to make amends by finally providing his son with a suitable mate, Frankensteina.

This is Parrington the Penguin, and he's the missing person's FBI agent who has been assigned to the case.  Though his usual case load is lower profile--relocating children's runaway imaginary friends--the FBI, viewing Victor's case as both a lost cause and insane delusion, have tossed the case to Parrington.  As this case offers the overworked and under appreciated  penguin his first shot at finding a live--well, made-of -the-dead-but-somehow-breathing--being, he hopes successfully solving this case will bump him all the way up the proverbial ladder, passed escaped pets, directly to the missing mascots division.  After months of thorough planning, he has decided to begin his search at the site of both Mary Shelley's inspiration (the creature's mother?) and the monster's first hideout--the Swiss Alps. This journey will no doubt be perilous for such a small (and plastic) traveler, but with his dapper scarf, beak full of Swiss francs, and armed (or flippered) with Percy and Mary Shelley's 1817 travel journal as a guide, he's up for the challenge.

 In fact, he's flippin' excited!

Parrington plans to upload his case files to this blog daily, including clues to the monster's whereabouts, pictures, videos, and stories of the adventures, and near tragedies, he will certainly encounter.