Loch Ness monster, plesiosaurs, pterodactyls, other "dinosaurs" alive today

[Zaden]

There are tons of photos, videos, and eyewitness reports all over of monsters or dinosaurs. I'm going to focus on the kind that we see in the water, like our friend, "Nessy".

Some photos we have are blurry or unfocused, and we can look at them and say, "Whoa... what is that? Creepy..."

Other photos are very clear. When we look at them we're like, "WTF?!?!"

And there's the people who are 100% sure they saw something like a plesiosaur or a pterodactyl.

So what do we do about it?

We sit back and first call people crazy. "That's all bullstuff. They were drunk. They want attention. That's ridiculous." Then we come up with theories. "This is why we think it's a dinosaur. Look at this drawing, it could be an elephant. Your mind's playing tricks on you. That photo is doctored. Here's what we think." And we argue about it and give our opinions.


THIS PISSES ME OFF. THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE, QUIT ARGUING ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!

WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE JUST GO OUT AND CATCH ONE?!?!

^I mean, some people actually have the money and the resources to do that, but I don't.

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE BLURRY AND DISTANT PHOTOS?
IF YOU HAVE A CAMERA AND YOU SEE ONE, JUMP IN THE WATER AND GET A PICTURE OF HIS ****ING FACE!

Are they afraid it's gonna kill them or something? That would be so freaking awesome to have on my epitaph:

"RIPPED IN HALF BY MONSTER"


Yeah, talk, talk, talk. Talk is easy.

WE DON'T WANNA SEE THE WHAT THE EXPERTS HAVE TO SAY, WE WANNA SEE A ****ING DINOSAUR!

Go out and TOUCH the sucker. GO BAG ONE AND BRING HIM BACK.

[Rainbow Dash]

[glux]

/thread.

[CaptHayfever]

^^ :)

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Is that from Mario 64...?

[Metal Man]

Coelacanth are a good example of an ancient creature presumed extinct which was then found and even caught, so technically someone has taken the initiative to find these monsters... when they happen to be real. :p

[Valigarmander]

Plesiosaurs and pterodactyls aren't dinosaurs.

[Vapor]

The Surgeon's Photo actually was faked.

And there's the people who are 100% sure they saw something like a plesiosaur or a pterodactyl.

WATER PTERODACTYL, F*CK YEAH

But really, there a few reasons for this. One is that a plesiosaur or other such large dinosaur still being alive makes no sense at all. If there were plesiosaurs still alive, then there would probably be more than one of them. And Nessie reports have been happening, literally, for centuries - Even if it was true, it wouldn't be likely for it to live for so dang long. There have been many attempts to catch or detect it, and all have either failed or resulted in really sketchy, insubstantial/incomplete evidence. There have been people spending their whole lives searching for this thing, and not succeeding. This is why it's not taken seriously- There's no imperialistic, consistent, reliable evidence for it.

I know all this because some years ago I was wayyy into this kind of stuff, and read buckets of articles and books on it. But I phased out of that. and am more rational today.

[Bomby]

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[Zaden]

^(name)?

Judging by the question mark, that's either a joke or a question. I'm sorry I don't recognize the face, so either I can't answer your question or I don't get the joke.


Vapor,

Yeah, about the water pterodactyl...
The pterodactyl part was just another instance of things being out there that we haven't learned about or that we thought wasn't even there. The water part is because I believe a non-flying animal would be easier to isolate and capture, unlike ptero which would just fly away if we got close.

If there were plesiosaurs still alive, then there would probably be more than one of them.

totally agree

And Nessie reports have been happening, literally, for centuries - Even if it was true, it wouldn't be likely for it to live for so dang long.

see above

There have been many attempts to catch or detect it, and all have either failed or resulted in really sketchy, insubstantial/incomplete evidence.

Cool. What more can you tell me? Can you give me some details?

There have been people spending their whole lives searching for this thing, and not succeeding.

no doubt There's probably more cases of someone spending their entire life trying to do something, failing, and someone comes along later, picks it up and succeeds.

This is why it's not taken seriously- There's no imperialistic, consistent, reliable evidence for it.

There wasn't any of that kind of evidence that Christopher Columbus would get to India by sailing West. So what's the point? The point is that he found something.

I know all this because some years ago I was wayyy into this kind of stuff, and read buckets of articles and books on it.

It's actually great to talk to someone who's actually spent some time on a particular subject. I'd look, too, but the only thing convenient for me right now is the internet, and the internet is sooooooo big and has sooo much crap that's not what I'm looking for.

a plesiosaur or other such large dinosaur still being alive makes no sense

I disagree with this, but before I try to put words in your mouth and spout off my argument, I'll wait for you to respond.


I just looked up "Surgeon's Photo". **** that. What about the Monterey Bay monster? (What's really cool is that I live about 5 minutes from Monterey Bay.)

And...

I really, really have trouble believing this is a basking shark.

OH **** OH **** OH **** I JUST GOOGLED AN IMAGE OF A BASKING SHARK SCARED THE PISS OUT OF ME SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT TERRIFIED OF SHARKS

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Larry King is so old he's a dinosaur. Common joke.

[Zaden]

Larry King, yeah, now I recognise him. I wish I understood the dinosaur joke before it was explained to me. I might have laughed.

[Deepfake]

There wasn't any of that kind of evidence that Christopher Columbus would get to India by sailing West. So what's the point? The point is that he found something.

The strife involved with planning the explorations of the western seas were vastly because it was an obvious, observable unknown. It wasn't the idea that there wasn't anything west that bothered anyone, but that there was no way of telling how far they'd have to sail before they hit anything. No one wanted to finance it, and few were willing to risk their lives on a ship with no discernible destination. The majority of sea exploration at the time occurred within a reasonably suppliable distance from a mainland.

Beside that, Columbus died a delusional, dishonored and broken man.

[Nomyt]

I thought this was going to be a joke topic with $3:50 in it....I'm kinda disappointed :(

[Gumchum]

Just because they're imaginary doesn't mean they're not rear!

[Sim Kid]

Meh, some of these dinosaur and sea monster-stories still do have some merit.


I mean..... There's one on TV all the time. And the existence was PROVEN.

[Kargath]

The sign warned me that it might eat me.
I tried with my sister for an hour or so.

The sign lied :(

[Valigarmander]

^ It will only eat you when you're playing as Luigi.