[ReignOfError]

There are simply too many stories from all over the world over many hundreds of years that describe the same creature for it to be a hoax.

How may stories from all over the world over how many hundreds of years are there about dragons, vampires, zombies, ghosts, Martians, and Atlantis?

[Bigg Red]

How may stories from all over the world over how many hundreds of years are there about dragons, vampires, zombies, ghosts, Martians, and Atlantis?

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Exactly. If there had been so many real sightings of this creature, surely there would be some hair or scat or something credible.

[JimRed]

...dragons, vampires, zombies, ghosts, Martians, and Atlantis?

How many footprints have they left?