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That's a brilliant documentary. Who knew that Tiffany was actually a scientist?
El Chupacabra - shot and killed in Texas?
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That's a brilliant documentary. Who knew that Tiffany was actually a scientist?
hahaha, your avatar scares me !
Rick Meyer
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Well yeah, I was trying to keep that particular mythology out of this conversation. That and politics are strictly forbidden in this forum. :thumbsup:
Doc Bernard
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Society needs it's myths and legends. As someone else pointed out, it's a part of escapism.
And most myths/legend have some basis of truth, that usually has been warped/skewed (just by time and the number of people that have told it).
So in my mind, I can see this starting out like this:
On a ranch in Southern Mexico, a litter of puppies is born. One of those puppies walks up to a freshly butchered goat and starts to nibble on it. The rancher tells it "Get away from that goat, you chupacabra" (Goat-sucker). And his name is now Chupacabra. The story get told millions of times, and the scenario is amplified over time. Now, it's a monster that roams the deserts looking to feed.
If you think about it......You don't hear chupacabra stories out of Maine, or Yeti stories out of the Sahara. It's a regional story for each culture. Think about UFO sightings, where are they predominantly located?
And most myths/legend have some basis of truth, that usually has been warped/skewed (just by time and the number of people that have told it).
So in my mind, I can see this starting out like this:
On a ranch in Southern Mexico, a litter of puppies is born. One of those puppies walks up to a freshly butchered goat and starts to nibble on it. The rancher tells it "Get away from that goat, you chupacabra" (Goat-sucker). And his name is now Chupacabra. The story get told millions of times, and the scenario is amplified over time. Now, it's a monster that roams the deserts looking to feed.
If you think about it......You don't hear chupacabra stories out of Maine, or Yeti stories out of the Sahara. It's a regional story for each culture. Think about UFO sightings, where are they predominantly located?
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Erm, in almost every corner of the world - regardless of race, religion or culture?
Doc Bernard
Indie Arms Member
Religion has no bearing, neither does race. Each culture, though, has it's own myths, legends and fables.
Overall, and historically, the US had the greatest number of "sightings". The "spread" of sightings across the world came after the US media started reporting them. Now that could be because the sightings in other countries went unreported, so it is not a definite fact, statistically.
I think that it would make a very interesting sociological study. Could the "dragons" spoke of in Chinese folklore actually have been UFO's? What other legends could have had their beginnings in a UFO sighting?
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