Cryptozoology

Cryptobranchs are pretty giant and also real. As for extinct taxa, look at Labyrinthodonts. Those are GAINT predatory salamander-like animals from the mesozoic.

I just wanted to say that it's fun to believe, but belief doesn't have a place in proper science. Anyone who takes shows like ghost hunters (or similar cryptozoology ones) should be keel hauled or educated. While fun, they aren't good science and should only be taken at face value.
 
I do find it could have some application if done correctly. For all the flashy, tv stuff, its a good time waster.

I do remember on a ghost show this guys used infra-sonic sound to make people 'feel' like they weren't alone. He also noted that solid structures with long corridors (old prisons and such) harbor these sound waves frequently and that it could stimulate the brain into seeing light that isn't there. That was cool.
 
No. When done responsibly, those hairs were typically found to be from a Bison. When I was going to Uof Alberta we had at least 3 instances of hair being possibly bigfoot and they all came back as a woodland Bison.

Sounds are the result of people not knowing what they are hearing and jumping to conclusions. Completely unconfirmable as no matter what sound you show them they could say "Yeah that's not what I heard" to perpetuate their story.

Foot prints...really? One of the most widely faked evidences of BigFOOT.

Mysterious sightings are just that, mysterious sightings. They hardly confirm bigfoots existence; if you see something you can't quite make out or confirm, that's all it is. Something you can't quite make out or confirm.

The hairs you are talking about are totally falsified. How would could a hair be a cross between a gorilla and a human? Of course mammalian hair resembled apes. Most mammalian hair is pretty much the same, just a strand of keratin. It was likely a bison too, but the people didn't do the science right and now it's unconfirmable.

The Platypus and the Okapi were both thought to not exist. There was a large bovid discovered in S.E. Asia within the last decade. The past discovery has no bearing on present ones. I can tell you that area is widely traversed now by people. The more time and people that get out there, the less likely that bigfoot can go undiscovered. It's not like you're talking about the jungles of Congo, you're talking about 300 km away from a major city.

When animals "seemingly disappear" from the fossil record it is assumed, quite reasonably, that they are extinct. The Coelacanth was presumed dead about 250 MYA until a man who knew what they were (easily identified by the Caudal 'flag' along the midline of the tail) happened by one in a market and checked it out. It's not like someone set out to prove that the Coelacanth was still alive. No offense, but by the sounds of it you are not a trained man of science and you either believe or want to believe in this stuff.
 
I always wondered how does the situation look like from the point of view of "professional cryptozoologists"... people who create entire articles, websites about cryptid, do they believe in all those dinosaurs walking every corner of the world about which they write?
 
here's a universal reason to fake footprints: fame.

My main point really is that you see SOMETHING, but you can't identify it. Another issue is that there have been no actual specimens. That is required by biology, kind of an irony. To study life you must kill it.

morm said:
Mysterious sightings are just that, mysterious sightings. They hardly confirm bigfoots existence; if you see something you can't quite make out or confirm, that's all it is. Something you can't quite make out or confirm.
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For the record, the scientific process itself hasn't changed. It is within that basis that science appears to change, but what is really happening is the self correcting and self moderating system working. Also, I don't believe I was talking in absolutes at all.

"An absence of evidence is evidence of absence". It's interesting also to point out that as the ones making the claim, they are burdened with providing the proof. If it doesn't exist, it becomes non falsifiable, which means I can't prove it wrong so the people who believe think it's real.
 
A."but what is really happening is the self correcting and self moderating system working."

B. "indeed, but couldn't the actual morphing of the system be explained simply by the way that it has those systems?"
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A. Yes.
B. No

:D
 
shmifty5 said:
...the sytem seems to morph because of those systems, so then the morphing is explained by those systems, isn't it?
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Ow, ow, ow, it hurts my head!

;)

-Eva
 
I am a believer in science, but when there's a profession that is basically a mix of my two favorite subjects in the entire world (animals and horror), I'm all over that. I'd love to be a cryptozoologist. Sure, a lot of the stuff is faked or imagined. But imagine all of the other cool things you'll see while (responsibly) traipsing through the woods looking for a bigfoot. And maybe you will find some kind of "new" animal. I know the Dover Demon is more than likely fake, but that doesn't mean I didn't get a chill down my spine the time I got to drive by the actual place it was "seen" over 30 years ago. It's fun and most people aren't doing a lot of damage by believing. It's not like people start wars or kill over it (sorry religion).
 
I got another caudate cryptid.... Giant mudpuppies of the east!

Giant Mudpuppies?

My take on cryptozoology is that it's fun to dream and fun to see the creative imaginations of humanity, but you have to also live in reality. A little bit of walking on that fuzzy boundary never hurt anyone, though.
 
Aren't there any reports of gigantic Desmognathus catching people with tongues and swallowing them?
 
Yahilles said:
Aren't there any reports of gigantic Desmognathus catching people with tongues and swallowing them?
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No idea on that one. Personally, I prefer the cryptids that have a grain of truth and don't require too many jumps of faith to get there. Sure why not an isolated population of unique reclusive giant salamanders that no one has been able to confirm.... gigantic man-eating Desmognathus now that's a bit too extreme for me.
 
I was just joking, pete. It's always easier to believe in bigfoot than in some much more crazy, like some sort of hybrid, or the Jersey Devil.
 
Mac Myers said:
Or an honest American Politician. :( (oooops... did I say that out loud?)
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Looks like it would fit when you say just "Politician" cause as i see, problem with honest politicians is same all over the world. This species should be on cryptid list, i'm pretty sure of that!
 
Ohh cryptids! One of my all time favorites! Some of the stuff is just beyond the realm of believable. but I enjoy any bit of info on cryptozoology I can get my hands on. Even if it is purely for the fun of it. Scientifically, I can't go for believing in most of the claims/creatures that have been reported. But any new or rediscovered species always makes me wonder what else really is still out there? As for Bigfoot or Nessie I'm kinda bored with them. Gimme giant salamanders anytime! Proof is always the biggest key to whether or not I think something is worth believing in.
 
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