The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]
They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']
I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]
(..) I could have caught you sooner. You see? Five lives might have been spared. Those lives were a necessity. Sacrifice. Five other wise meaningless creatures called to serve a greater purpose. I wonder if they'll let me and Watson dissect your brain. After you hang, of course. (..)2009 Sherlock Holmes