Now, I did watch a rather interesting program last evening, on some channel or another, that was talking about certain beasties, like the Loch Ness Monster, living today, in various oceans, and lakes...it was quite interesting...mostly it was cryptozoologists, talking about different stories, that have held over time, that in certain lakes, in some parts of the oceans, there live monsters, large beasties...it seems that every lake of any big size, has its local monster, living in the lake...
There are any number of eyewitnesses, who make their reports...of course, as has been noted, these are people who actually go out looking for these beasties, equipped with cameras, binoculars, and appropriate gear for monster watching...when they return with their tales, it is noted, that they claim they 'forgot' to take the pictures, or they 'forgot' to take the protective lens off thee camera, or they 'forgot', to put film in the camera, or they take a pic, but its so fuzzy, and so poorly taken, that it could be anything from a couple of beavers to a flock of birds to a real 'beastie'....
Of course, most of the towns that surround such lakes encourage the telling of these stories, because, of course, there is a financial incentive...beasties and monsters attract all sorts of folks, who need motels, and restaurants, and campgrounds and gear and such...so of course, the town gets much needed money by promoting these monsters...
But if one could actually be found, dead or alive, then we might have some good scientific discussion about these things...
Thing is tho, creationists would use the example of a recently deceased or currently living 'beastie', to say, that this disproves evolution, when in fact, is does no such thing...because I do believe, that while most of a species may be extinct, there is always a remote chance, that in some isolated area in the depths of the ocean, or the depths of very dark, deep lakes, isolated by time and place, there may actually be some 'dinosaur' that has actually managed to survive, breeding and passing on its genes to another generation...not likely, mind you, but I always leave room for the possibility...now, I suppose some will think I sound nutty..so be it...
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Several of the creationists on FR claim that dinosaurs lived alongside man -- and at least one is claiming that there is plenty of evidence that they survived "up to at least 1200 years ago." Apparently, we all know this, but are engaged in this huge conspiracy to cover it up.