Kargintina the Third wrote:The only really plausible ones to me are the 40 foot anacondas deep in the Amazons. Everything else seems impossible.
You trying to say that there isn't a giant monster living in Lake Champlain?
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by Heloin » Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:08 am
Kargintina the Third wrote:The only really plausible ones to me are the 40 foot anacondas deep in the Amazons. Everything else seems impossible.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:10 am
Aikoriland wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
The only way something like a Yeti could survive this long, undetected and unslaughtered, is by being at least as intelligent as a human. Does that seem likely to you?
Maybe they are so smart they invented cloaking devices that occasionally malfunction, hence the occasional sighting and photo
by A m e n r i a » Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:12 am
by Aikoriland » Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:13 am
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:54 am
A m e n r i a wrote:The Javanese tiger is not extinct. Say what you want, but the stripy bois keep popping up every now and then, especially if you shoot a deer then cut it in half.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:54 am
by A m e n r i a » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:03 am
by Arkeyana » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:06 am
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote: the hollow earth
by SuSouth Socialist Union » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:23 am
by Albrenia » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:30 am
by Aikoriland » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:34 am
by SuSouth Socialist Union » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:39 am
Arkeyana wrote:Well, I myself am of the opinion that a large number of cryptids either do not exist or are misidentified animals. However, the ones I consider most likely to exist are those 40ft snakes and perhaps some crityers that never fully went extinct.Nobel Hobos 2 wrote: the hollow earth
Please don't tell me you actually believe in that.
by SuSouth Socialist Union » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:51 am
Albrenia wrote:I consider giant birds, lost dinosaurs and stuff like Bigfoot to be the least likely to be real due to the very visible nature of such creatures, and in the case of 'lost dinosaurs' the fact that single specimens of creatures don't survive on their own. You need a breeding population and a breeding population of dinosaurs would be pretty darn noticeable.
I'd consider things which are smaller, inhabit places not frequented by humans or live in the deep sea or underground to be more likely.
by Albrenia » Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:56 am
SuSouth Socialist Union wrote:Albrenia wrote:I consider giant birds, lost dinosaurs and stuff like Bigfoot to be the least likely to be real due to the very visible nature of such creatures, and in the case of 'lost dinosaurs' the fact that single specimens of creatures don't survive on their own. You need a breeding population and a breeding population of dinosaurs would be pretty darn noticeable.
I'd consider things which are smaller, inhabit places not frequented by humans or live in the deep sea or underground to be more likely.
Do you know that birds have been identified as a branch of dinosaurs.Now they are all dinosaurs belonging to the Theropoda.
Theropoda->Ornithurae->Neornithes,It already existed in the middle Cretaceous.They are very close to Dromaeosauridae and Tyrannosaurs.
by SuSouth Socialist Union » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:02 am
Albrenia wrote:SuSouth Socialist Union wrote:
Do you know that birds have been identified as a branch of dinosaurs.Now they are all dinosaurs belonging to the Theropoda.
Theropoda->Ornithurae->Neornithes,It already existed in the middle Cretaceous.They are very close to Dromaeosauridae and Tyrannosaurs.
Yes, but nobody calls a chicken a dinosaur even if they are related. The 'lost dinosaurs' are generally more... dinosaur-ish.
by Kannap » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:15 am
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Kannap » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:36 am
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Southern-Aves » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:48 am
by Albrenia » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:50 am
Southern-Aves wrote:This thread is right up my ally, I was a huge Cryptozoologist enthusiast when I was younger.
My favourites are Mothman, Flatwoods Monster and the Fresno-nightcrawlers... the latter I don't think are really a thing but they look cool, like walking pants!
by Kannap » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:54 am
Luna Amore wrote:Please remember to attend the ritualistic burning of Kannap for heresy
by Southern-Aves » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:56 am
Albrenia wrote:Southern-Aves wrote:This thread is right up my ally, I was a huge Cryptozoologist enthusiast when I was younger.
My favourites are Mothman, Flatwoods Monster and the Fresno-nightcrawlers... the latter I don't think are really a thing but they look cool, like walking pants!
I must admit a fondness for those pants-monsters too. Some of my favourite cryptid footage of those guys.
by Earthbound Immortal Squad » Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:00 am
by Lost Memories » Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:51 am
Albrenia wrote:A good idea for a thread, imho.
I'm of the general opinion that the majority of them are not real. However, that's not to say we know about all of the species which inhabit our world, so who knows, a few of them (or similar creatures, at least) may well exist.
A population of 8-foot tall apes living in the US countryside is almost certainly false, but a strange creature living in the dark depths of the ocean that we don't know about is far more likely.
by Albrenia » Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:54 am
Lost Memories wrote:Albrenia wrote:A good idea for a thread, imho.
I'm of the general opinion that the majority of them are not real. However, that's not to say we know about all of the species which inhabit our world, so who knows, a few of them (or similar creatures, at least) may well exist.
A population of 8-foot tall apes living in the US countryside is almost certainly false, but a strange creature living in the dark depths of the ocean that we don't know about is far more likely.
The problem is that most of the more popular cryptid are located relatively close to human activity.
So there is a contradiction:
-they are unknown because hidden somewhere, presumably where humans don't usually pass by, or don't usually investigate
-they are close enough to be spotted relatively often
If they are spotted relatively often, it means they are also based relatively close to humans, and if they are based close to humans then they can't come from somewhere hidden and never trespassed by humans.
Likewise, if they did come from somewhere rarely trespassed by humans, then the reports of them being spotted should be way more rare, to the point of not even making news.
So one condition invalidates the other.
Though i agree too to remain open-minded, if not just to investigate them further, but the premise is very skewed toward unlikeliness.
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