17 Jul 2012 00:47:03
Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on this.
I've had a keen interest in cryptozoology for a few years now and I'd say I'm pretty well read on a few cases such as the possiblity of big cats in scotland etc. however I've noticed that anytime there's a "documentary" on mainstream television the "scientist" making it seem like complete dosy t***s who are afraid of their own shadow.
This I find strange considering there are a good few reputable scientists who have written papers on cryptozoology. Does anyone else think that its more than a coincedince the media outlets who broadcast these documentaries choose completely inadequate kooks to present their supposed findings to the public at large, perhaps as some kind of attempt to persuade the general public that there is nothing out there which has yet been unexplained.
Interestingty what I've said in the last few paragraphs can be compared to any kind of dpcumentary shown on mainstream television , e.g. Ufos......
But their dismissals don't cover everything and I'm convinced there are hundreds of unknown animals out there masquerading as 'cryptids'.
For example, is there a plesiosaur in Loch Ness, Lake Nahuel Huapi, Lake Champlain etc?
Probably not; but that doesn't mean an undiscovered species of long-necked seal, for example, does not exist.
RED_SKY
Last year, on about page 5 of the local paper, was an old lady claiming that over the course of 2 or 3 days, she'd seen a black panther in the woods. She described it as "a black panther, about the same size as a black Labrador"
Turns out it was just a black Labrador.
{Ed033's Note - This is the thing. You require others to breed with. If the loch ness monster is real then it/they must be coming from elsewhere such as the inner earth where there are more of them.
I did watch a wicked documentary on the Orang Pendek, of Sumatra. In it, they spoke to a female scientist who'd been living in Sumatra/Indonesia for something like 11years studying tigers in the wild.
She claimed to have seen an orang pendek twice, gave detailed and believable descriptions. ANyway, to put things into perspective - they asked her, in 11yrs, how many times she'd observed a tiger in the wild.
ONCE.
That alone is proof of just how dense those jungles are. Now, imagine an intelligent, apelike/manlike creature that is making a conscious effort to not be seen by humans......it's far from unbelievable that there could be somethign in this.
RED_SKY