The Greatest Tragedy is...

The greatest tragedy is the disappearance of the unicorns.

Why did they disappear? Was it our fault? Did we hunt them to extinction?

All of these questions are significantly important when we need to investigate this mysterious matter that has puzzled many civilisations for centuries.

Was it the ice age that scared them off? DO they now live elsewhere? The moon perhaps?

Statistics state that the development and increase of the human population pre-medieval times blew out and unsettled the ecosystem in which the unicorns live. Increase in light pollution caused by the invention of fire has said to dim the glow of their majestic horns into white husks of bone and thus causing them to disintegrate. Some say that horses were the direct descendants of unicorns as their anatomical structure is remarkably similar however scientists are still looking for proof of this fact within the horse genome.

The Irish folk of Northern Ireland believe in two theories for the disappearance of these wonderful beasts. Their first is that the early Irish and their Leprechaun associates mined the gold contained in the horns of the unicorns for profit thus through Natural Selection, the horns eventually disappeared from the heads of unicorns causing horses to appear instead. Their other theory is that the early Leprechauns double dealt their human associates and went into hiding with the unicorns. The Irish are still, to this day, investigating the matter.

This is indeed a very significant tragedy in today’s society as there are now children being born all over the world with questions such as:

“What is a unicorn mummy?” and “What do unicorns look like daddy?”

These startling comments from the future generation of Earth signify the immense loss and impact the disappearance of unicorns has caused upon society. 

We are lost without the pearlescent glow of their horns and the silvery magnificence of their hides. Who will now guide lost explorers through woods when they forget to bring light equipment? How will their presence remain in our memories for generations to come?

Action is needed to investigate the cause and hence bring hope of the reappearance unicorns back to the people of Earth. If we do nothing the unicorn legacy may die out and we will lose the most unique animal we have ever had on this Earth forever.

Their glittering silver locks fleeting through woods will surely be missed by the world.

The greatest tragedy is the disappearance of the unicorns.

(Comic Factual Story - Please note, all statistics and facts are most likely made up)