With Al Franken and Norm Coleman locked in a heated recount, one unlikely candidate is starting to get the attention they deserve: The Lizard People.

Lucas Davenport of Bemidji recently came forward as the voter who wrote in "Lizard People" on his ballot, which has drawn attention from Chris Matthews of Hardball and MPR. Davenport filled in the bubble for Al Franken, yet also put "Lizard People" in the write-in section. So, who gets this contested vote, Franken or a collective of giant, cold-blooded shape-shifting alien fiends bent on overthrowing mankind?

The vote has been thrown out, but Franken is challenging this decision. Davenport says he wrote in the scaly collective as his choice for candidate mostly as a joke, and is delighted by the attention it's receiving. But this is no laughing matter: The Lizard People already hold control over some of the world's highest offices, inhabiting the bodies of George W. Bush and many former US presidents, as well as many in the British royal family. Davenport may be getting a kick out of his little joke, but the very real threat of a global takeover of the reptilian super-race of extraterrestrial humanoids is not something to be trifled with.

A vote for Lizard People is dangerous. Keep your eyes peeled and your ballots human.