Writer's Block: Cryptozoology
Oct. 21st, 2008 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Hmmm...that's a tough one to answer. I'm stuck between the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot. I mean...a pod of possible Plesiosaurs swimming around in Scotland? How cool is that? On the other hand, I find it extremely unlikely that they exist. A more likely explanation is that the sightings are really old trees that fell into the loch resurfacing because of a natural phenomenon known as seiche.
On the other hand, I think it's more likely that a couple families of Bigfoot are present in the American Northwest and Canada. They might be more elusive because they view man as a natural predator. (After all, our ancestors did kill off the Neanderthal). It also wouldn't be the first great ape to be discovered in recent history. We didn't know that gorillas existed until about 1902. By the way, didn't the Native Americans have some myths about a wild man of the woods? Even Jane Goodall has said that she's sure they exist.
Hmmm...that's a tough one to answer. I'm stuck between the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot. I mean...a pod of possible Plesiosaurs swimming around in Scotland? How cool is that? On the other hand, I find it extremely unlikely that they exist. A more likely explanation is that the sightings are really old trees that fell into the loch resurfacing because of a natural phenomenon known as seiche.
On the other hand, I think it's more likely that a couple families of Bigfoot are present in the American Northwest and Canada. They might be more elusive because they view man as a natural predator. (After all, our ancestors did kill off the Neanderthal). It also wouldn't be the first great ape to be discovered in recent history. We didn't know that gorillas existed until about 1902. By the way, didn't the Native Americans have some myths about a wild man of the woods? Even Jane Goodall has said that she's sure they exist.
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Date: 2008-10-21 07:59 pm (UTC)In reality...they're just too big to go unnoticed in an area that is a lot more widely travelled than the African bush was in 1902. And I believe this mostly because most large primates are omnivores...and if there's one thing human civilization of all sizes has produced...it's trash. If there really WAS a giant primate living in the American Northwest...why isn't it seen scavenging around food waste? Why is it always seen out in the middle of nowhere by anxious researches or beer-addled moose hunters? Because if it eats anything similar to what we eat...one would think we'd see it competing for food supply somewhere.