It was... hard to explain at the time, and still kind of is, but basically, people more or less believed that pokemon were the results of malevolent spirits that took on a form... well, that's one part of the history; I'll explain more when I type the RP. :3
Yes, so am I. *_* Well, I'm sort of free now, but yeah. And well, I'm not sure;people have been saying that they probably would not be able to... well, I'd give it a shot, but, I'm kinda iffy of running it myself. ^^;;;