Right or Wrong?

The question of who's right and who's wrong is a problem that has surrounded supernatural phenomena for years. It tends to be a Marmite subject, there are those, such as I, who believe that all things supernatural are possible, but there are others who are determined that there is no magic, only science. 

So who is right, and who is wrong?

Those who see it as an impossibility that magic exists tend to be those who need to see to believe, those who believe in magic, think that believing is seeing.

If you are here by accident or maybe just curious I want to open your eyes to the possibility that magic is real, by using science and history. 

As a zoology student myself I have a huge focus on the natural world and as a habit science is ever changing, something that was deemed a fact in Victorian times has been proven to be totally false today, and as an ever changing subject new discoveries are being made all the time.
E.g. It was once believed that giant squid were only in legend, a tale from drunk fisherman who had spent far too much time on the seas; but as science advanced they discovered the Colossal squid, one of, if not the largest squid in the world. New discoveries will come to light in the future that could rock the minds of future generations as they break apart what most people believe to be the norm. 

Out of the whole world it is only recent generations that have pushed the paranormal into the land of fiction, movies and books, but never reality. Go back only a few generations and there were thousands of people believing in superstitions: mirrors trapping spirits, vampires roaming the streets at night, sirens luring fishermen to a watery grave. These are only a few of the many supernatural beliefs that were still believed to be true until a few generations ago; often grandparents and great grandparents still alive believe these still to be true. 

If you go far enough back in time, to when no humans had travelled long distances, and the legends of tribes and their people were catalogued in paintings and early works of writing, people spoke of creatures that would come out of the shadows at night to feed off the blood of the villagers and their livestock. These stories of "vampires" were found in reasonably similar descriptions across the whole world in most cultures, despite the fact that these cultures often didn't mix; stories were not passed from one culture to another, they were free forming. 

How can one creature be merely imagination to so many different people in so many different cultures around the world have seen the same creature.

I don't believe this was merely coincidence at work.

These stories are so similar across the world that there must be some truth behind them but our belief in these stories has diminished. Living in the age of technology has dulled our senses to the magical and supernatural world around us, senses that people in less advantaged countries still hold on to.

So I leave it up to you to decide, should ancient myths be considered reality, or should they remain trapped in the bounds of fiction?

My work from my other locked out blog, not copied: http://magicalcorners.blogspot.co.uk/

xox - E