Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster, El Chupacabre, Gods mercy......
Unless you live in a cave on one of the moons of Jupiter, then you have heard the stories of these mythical creatures. Countless sightings, witness testimonials, shaky footage and blurry photographs have given birth to some pretty incredible monster legends that at times can be quite compelling, and other times insultingly stupid.
But one cannot deny, that this is one of the more interesting subjects to sit and ponder about. But rather than sitting and pondering, share your views and your rationalisations here.
If I were voting on this poll, I would be choosing option two. When you think about it, alot of these animals make sound, biological sense. Take Bigfoot for instance. The legend paints him as the missing link. A half-man half-ape creature of above average size and strength that shyly keeps to itself in the most remote habitats possible.
Now on paper, that sounds like an entirely feasable life form, to me at least. Humans and apes are very closely related so it wouldnt be a stretch for mother nature to have crossed them over at some point, or for that offshoot to cross paths with us. The thing is, it's just extremely UNLIKELY for something so rare to survive. It is however, not impossible. (I know thats a pretty flaky thing to say but I'm not here to prove or disprove anything or to change your beleifs)
I'd like to draw your attention to an old news report from (I think) 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtoQGeeTUAg
As far as I am concerned, that animal IS the Chupacabre. A mis-shapen canine hybrid that has devloped an odd body type due to continued breeding of largely incompatibal Cyotes and domestic dogs in a harsh environment, which has then started to breed a few dozen more. Goat Sucker? No, but a strange animal? Most certainly. I honestly believe that the Chupacabre is a real animal. It's just an anticlimactic canine hybrid that takes marginally different forms from area to area, and has been labelled as a creature of myth due to its odd appearance and limited sightings. That just makes sense to me.
An evolutionary misstep is not unreasonable, and it's even more likely that an unfortunate animal spawned from bad genes would be quite rare, and thus create a legend.
As far as creatures like Nessie go however, I'm not as optimistic. A modern day plesiosaur living in a lake is just too good of a story to be real. Yeah the Loch connects to the ocean so you could argue that the animal barely even spends any time there, and yeah it's possible in the same sense that anything in the universe is theoretically possible, but no, I dont think we will be hauling any massive aquatic lizards out of the Loch any time soon. I'd LOVE to believe we would be though....
Well I've given my keyboard enough of a beating for now, vote and discuss your views and stories on Cryptozoology. And whether or not I'm making sense to talking absolute gooseberries.
Unless you live in a cave on one of the moons of Jupiter, then you have heard the stories of these mythical creatures. Countless sightings, witness testimonials, shaky footage and blurry photographs have given birth to some pretty incredible monster legends that at times can be quite compelling, and other times insultingly stupid.
But one cannot deny, that this is one of the more interesting subjects to sit and ponder about. But rather than sitting and pondering, share your views and your rationalisations here.
If I were voting on this poll, I would be choosing option two. When you think about it, alot of these animals make sound, biological sense. Take Bigfoot for instance. The legend paints him as the missing link. A half-man half-ape creature of above average size and strength that shyly keeps to itself in the most remote habitats possible.
Now on paper, that sounds like an entirely feasable life form, to me at least. Humans and apes are very closely related so it wouldnt be a stretch for mother nature to have crossed them over at some point, or for that offshoot to cross paths with us. The thing is, it's just extremely UNLIKELY for something so rare to survive. It is however, not impossible. (I know thats a pretty flaky thing to say but I'm not here to prove or disprove anything or to change your beleifs)
I'd like to draw your attention to an old news report from (I think) 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtoQGeeTUAg
As far as I am concerned, that animal IS the Chupacabre. A mis-shapen canine hybrid that has devloped an odd body type due to continued breeding of largely incompatibal Cyotes and domestic dogs in a harsh environment, which has then started to breed a few dozen more. Goat Sucker? No, but a strange animal? Most certainly. I honestly believe that the Chupacabre is a real animal. It's just an anticlimactic canine hybrid that takes marginally different forms from area to area, and has been labelled as a creature of myth due to its odd appearance and limited sightings. That just makes sense to me.
An evolutionary misstep is not unreasonable, and it's even more likely that an unfortunate animal spawned from bad genes would be quite rare, and thus create a legend.
As far as creatures like Nessie go however, I'm not as optimistic. A modern day plesiosaur living in a lake is just too good of a story to be real. Yeah the Loch connects to the ocean so you could argue that the animal barely even spends any time there, and yeah it's possible in the same sense that anything in the universe is theoretically possible, but no, I dont think we will be hauling any massive aquatic lizards out of the Loch any time soon. I'd LOVE to believe we would be though....
Well I've given my keyboard enough of a beating for now, vote and discuss your views and stories on Cryptozoology. And whether or not I'm making sense to talking absolute gooseberries.
