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| Topic Started: Jun 2 2008, 07:07 PM (1,297 Views) | |
| pantheraleo3 | Jun 2 2008, 07:07 PM Post #1 |
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I'm illegal in 17 states!
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http://www.cryptomundo.com/ It's a nice place for the people that likes cryptiozoology, and it has really good articles |
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| Ànraich | Jun 2 2008, 07:11 PM Post #2 |
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L'évolution Spéculative est moi
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I enjoy cryptozoology. Especially when a creature that "doesn't exist" is proven to exist. Examples of this are things like okapi, narwhals, giant squids, monsterhogs, ect. It makes me wonder. People accept that unicorns are non existent, but I can see where being a horned horse would come in handy. |
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| OpDDay2001 | Jun 2 2008, 07:15 PM Post #3 |
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Horses are generally Plains animals. Unless a Unicorn is more like an ancient forest dwelling horse-ancestor rather than a standard full-sized horse, I don't see how it could remain undiscovered for so long. |
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| Livyatan | Jun 2 2008, 07:30 PM Post #4 |
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I'm not going to touch the subject of unicorns; I am a fan of cryptozoology. Just today I purchased The Beasts That Hide From Man: The Search for the Last Undiscovered Animals by Karl P. Shuker; I also own The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide and The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep by Loren Coleman. |
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| pantheraleo3 | Jun 2 2008, 07:33 PM Post #5 |
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I'm illegal in 17 states!
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Hey! I also own that Field Guides. I also have some really old books about that, but they're in spanish |
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| Flisch | Jun 3 2008, 08:30 AM Post #6 |
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Originally unicorns were single-horned deer, so it fits the forest quite well. Later in history the horn was attached to a horse body however. I wonder why. |
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| Carlos | Jun 3 2008, 01:55 PM Post #7 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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My favourite cryptids are Ropen and Kongamato. I simply love pterosaurs... |
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| Livyatan | Jun 3 2008, 06:40 PM Post #8 |
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I think the most plausible cryptid would have to be sasquatch. But thats a matter of opinion, you could argue otherwise. Loch Ness is nonsense and the Mongolian death-worm is fantastical. Anyway, I was reading my new book last night, and from the info provided I have formed a hypothesis that dobhar-chu is possibly based on mesonychids. Its similarity to a dog, but its otter-like behavior suggest that relation. But I wish not to go deeper than that. |
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| Ànraich | Jun 3 2008, 08:52 PM Post #9 |
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Actually I think I read an article somewhere about a Mongolian Death Worm that was found; and proven to not be a hoax. I'll dig around for it. |
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| Livyatan | Jun 3 2008, 11:15 PM Post #10 |
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No, that has not happened. IF anything, its a big earthworm thats been exaggerated by the native nomads. |
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| pantheraleo3 | Jun 4 2008, 10:04 AM Post #11 |
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I'm illegal in 17 states!
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Will's right. Somtimes people exaggerates what they see. Anyway, my favourite cryptid is the Flatwoods Monster. That guy is so mysterious, but I always belived it could be a gigant type of owl, not an alien.
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| Livyatan | Jun 4 2008, 10:43 AM Post #12 |
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I really don't believe in any of the alien visitor/Flatwoods monster/Roswell nonsense. So far, I have only been slightly convinced by Sasquatch. |
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| pantheraleo3 | Jun 4 2008, 11:01 AM Post #13 |
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I know. I don't really think that the Flatwoods monster's an alien. I think it's a gigantic owl. |
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| Troodontidae | Jun 24 2008, 11:18 PM Post #14 |
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It could be based on Giant Gippsland earthworm, but who knows. http://thegreencommunity.org/giant_worms.html They're huge! No wonder, they remind me of a cryptid. |
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| Livyatan | Jun 24 2008, 11:47 PM Post #15 |
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The Gippsland worms live in Australia though. Plus, earthworms don't do well in deserts; they need at least regular rain to survive. |
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