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Details Revealed About Huge Dinosaurs
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| April 17, 2006
| MALCOLM RITTER
Posted on 04/17/2006 4:56:51 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Fred Nerks
Take it or leave it. The question remains open. How old are the stones and who created them? It's not an open question, it's pretty obvious they are frauds
Correctly sculpted by ancient peoples. The clay figurine (below right) is from the Pre-classical Chupicuaro Culture (800 B.C. to 200 A.D.) found near Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. It seems obvious these people knew how Iguanodons appeared in life.
umm, no! It doesn't look like an Iguanodon at all. The hands & legs are wrong and it's too thin
Now look at these
Dinosaurs simply could not stand that way, their hips couldn't do it and their backs would have broke
Scientist knew this from the from the first time they found their fossils. Just when mounting them in museums, the museum curators found it easier to mount them upright, and because of this the "Godzilla" stance became ingrained into popular culture pretty much up to the 1st Jurassic Park movie.
So it's pretty clear, that these figurines were faked by someone who clearly got their ideas of dinosaurs from popular culture as opposed to actual people seeing real live dinosaurs in the flesh
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posted on
04/17/2006 9:18:00 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Pharmboy; Fred Nerks
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posted on
04/17/2006 10:00:12 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/17/2006 10:11:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
thanks for the link, looks like the real thingy...
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posted on
04/17/2006 11:04:13 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
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To: qam1
They don't look like any artifacts that I've seen pictures of or seen in museums, either. They look rather modern and kind of cartoonish. Most clay figures I've seen are very I guess symbolic? The limbs are straight and blunt, details are cut into the clay and not contoured. These have little fingers, curly tails, and contoured teeth. I would be curious to see how they compare to other artifacts of this time period.
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posted on
04/18/2006 7:27:54 AM PDT
by
ahayes
To: ahayes
"They look rather modern and kind of cartoonish..."
Interesting comment. That's how I have always viewed them, as caricatures. It strikes me that an artist needs to be very familiar with his subject to create a cartoon representation of a subject. If in fact, the people who created the stones and the figurines lived at close quarters with the creatures depicted, the cartoonish representation may simply tell us how familiar they were with their antics and behaviour.
I am not interested in entering into the Creationism vs Intelligent Design discussion - I just would like to leave the door open to the possibility that these are ancient artifacts...perhaps.
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:13:01 PM PDT
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Fred Nerks
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To: ahayes
Controversy has raged over the authenticity of the Ica Stones (above) since their discovery in South America. Skeptics have claimed, though without proof, that they are modern forgeries, based on the premise that it is impossible for humans to have seen a living dinosaur. The stones remain a mystery, and reinforce the intriguing possibility that the ancient Amerindians knew of such creatures
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04/18/2006 3:18:12 PM PDT
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Fred Nerks
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To: qam1
Darn! Godzilla isn't real?
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:22:38 PM PDT
by
texasmountainman
(Attention: Single Lady Freepers-I'm not as good as I once was. but I'm as good once as I ever was.)
To: Fred Nerks
It strikes me that an artist needs to be very familiar with his subject to create a cartoon representation of a subject.What, like the depictions in this book?
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:42:37 PM PDT
by
ahayes
To: Pharmboy
That is one very big munch monster.
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:44:10 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: ahayes
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:54:00 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
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To: Fred Nerks
Yes, it's a very good book.
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:55:56 PM PDT
by
ahayes
To: uglybiker
Nice touch with Mary Jo on the wall too!
Can hardly stop laughing!
Thanks!
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posted on
04/18/2006 3:56:19 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
This topic was posted , thanks Pharmboy.
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12/10/2023 8:33:23 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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