xChicken04x Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Hi everyone, this is going to sound really random, but it is a topic that has interested me for quite a while now. I'm going to cut to the chase: Is there a lock ness monster? Is big foot real? Do aliens exist? I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to this stuff. I can't help it, I'm intrigued . Spill your thoughts, what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The great wall of China cannot be seen from space.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerlady Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Funny that..I was talking to someone about it over the weekend.I believe that all myths have a basis in truth.I dont think dragons have been gone as long as one might think..George and the dragon must date from about 8th century(?) Probably not as large as the film versions though..but who knows?? And another to ponder..were unicorns,centaurs etc experimental animals that didnt 'work'..genetic experiments??? Oooerrr..here we go..someone lock me up now before I get started!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 what about mermaids and fairies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye&Ant Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 and unicorns - it would be fab if they existed! or how about crop circles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 oooh yes Unicorns!, ooooh this is very Harry Potterish isn't it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerlady Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think the mermaid one comes from a type of seal but the fairies..well..my daughters friend swears she used to see them when she was younger and one came into her room Personally I think there s more around than you can shake a stick at!! Stuff that is,not only fairies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 well if we have fairies at the bottom of the garden the chickens are sure to find them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 That's it now I've been googling and youtubing like mad...wow I'm so sad . This video of 'Bigfoot' just creeps me out. I have to ask for a second opinion, I'm way to gullible to question whether it's genuine. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IJjUt2sXo5o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The video quality is soo bad, it could be some guy walking around in a ape costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The video quality is soo bad, it could be some guy walking around in a ape costume. my first instinct was that it was someone in a costume lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaJuliet Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Do aliens exist? I think that, given the size of the universe, aliens "must" exist out there somewhere. However, I also think that, given the size of the universe, it is highly unlikely that the so-called UFO sightings are actually alien space craft buzzing us for fun. PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 All very good points. RE: The 'Bigfoot' video my first instinct is it's a bloke in a very convincing costume. However I have done yet more research. This footage belongs to a man called Roger Patterson, filmed in 1967 (hence bad quality of camera.) This footage has been speculated many times and Roger was accused of staging this film with his friend Robert Gimlin. The video was sent the the best costume designer in the world (in Hollywood) and they were asked to make a costume as close to the one in the video as possible. They were unsuccessful. They couldn't get the thigh, arm and chest muscles like the one in the video (I've seen pictures of the costume, it looks nothing like the one in the video). So if it's fake, where did Roger and Robert get such a good costume from? Baring in mind it was 1967? Further evidence was found when a singular strand of hair was found in a hollow tree stump when looking for 'bigfoot'. This hair's DNA is unlike any other living being on this planet that we know of. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think these things do exist, but have maybe got blown out of proportion. What may have been a freak of nature has been turned into a monster. A mountain man that was large & hairy is now a yeti. A freshwater snake / dragon is now a loch ness monster. A vistor from another planet is an alien ( why aren't they just humans who look different)? A ghost is supposedly scary - why? Miniature people with wings - fairies. Do you see what I mean? I think that all these things exist, but because it's the first time someone has seen such a thing & it's diverse from the norm - then they give them a name & call them myths, wierd & scary! Emma.x A believer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygal Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think that in the pre-industrial age people believed in things much more than today, as science is used to "explain" away myths by proving things not to exist... but I don't believe science can explain everything... Folklore is great from an imagination point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Do aliens exist? I think that, given the size of the universe, aliens "must" exist out there somewhere. However, I also think that, given the size of the universe, it is highly unlikely that the so-called UFO sightings are actually alien space craft buzzing us for fun. PJ I have been watching the "Catastrophe" series (on C4 I think). It documents the amazing sequence of events that has lead to us being here, starting from the moon being created by an earth sized planet hitting earth at exactly the right angle to start it spinning, give it a tilt and to create the moon, and going on through various planet-wide catastrophic events, such as 500 million-year ice ages and vast volanic eruptions. The string of events are such that it is hard to imagine that anything similar occurs more than extremely infrequently in the Universe, so the chance of intelligent life arising on a planet near enough to us for aliens to reach us, at a time in the history of the universe that we will be here when they get here is vanishingly small. I follow Douglas Adams' line of thinking. To paraphrase (i.e., can't be bothered to find the actual quote): Size of the universe: infinite Number of intelligent lifeforms: a finite if v small number infinity divided by a finite number is always zero, hence any alien lifeforms you might meet in your travels through the galaxy must simply be products of a deranged imagination and can safely be ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Do aliens exist? I think that, given the size of the universe, aliens "must" exist out there somewhere. However, I also think that, given the size of the universe, it is highly unlikely that the so-called UFO sightings are actually alien space craft buzzing us for fun. PJ We are aliens too if you think about it!! Xxxxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 The great wall of China cannot be seen from space.... Quite true Fred. But Due to light pollution, virtually every major city can be its quite amazing how much energy we waste lighting up somewhere that no one ever sees cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poached Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 have a look at this its so spooky http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4PL1ns00h-4 josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 have a look at this its so spooky http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4PL1ns00h-4 josh Read the description next to the video... Sorry, I am terribly sceptical of anything unnatural being a little too scientific brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 or how about crop circles? I know a guy who makes them with his friends for movies and adverts and travels arround the world doing those...sorry, they are not really anything mystical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 have a look at this its so spooky http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4PL1ns00h-4 josh Read the description next to the video... Sorry, I am terribly sceptical of anything unnatural being a little too scientific brain Im not overly scientific BUT I am very sceptical of anything like that lol! BUT i do believe in Santa Claus!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 BUT i do believe in Santa Claus!! so do I! I believe that he brings me presents - so if i dont believe - i wont get presents. im not willing to take that chance... cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I knew someone who would argue for hours that the moon landing in the 60's was recorded in a film studio...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I knew someone who would argue for hours that the moon landing in the 60's was recorded in a film studio...... I wouldn't argue for hours, but must admit part of me does wonder about this I recently saw an interview with a lady scientist who runs the SETI programme in the US. SETI is a huge area in the desert which is full of transmitters and receivers beaming out 'messages' into the ether and hoping that someone, somewhere in the universe will reply. The interviewer asked her what her gut feeling was that there were other forms of life out there. She replied that she was a scientist and couldn't have gut feelings about things but I was pretty sure that she really hoped there were Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
