Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti or a Man in a Suit?

Is Bigfoot a reality? many people seem to think so and with sightings scatted across the globe there is certainly enough evidence for bigfoot to be a possibility. But what is this strange humanoid creature, could each sighting be a man in a suit or is there some scientific truth behind the legend?...

This humanoid creature has several names: Bigfoot, Sasquach, Yeti and other local names from far off cultures, but no matter what the name the descriptions of these creatures are always incredibly similar. A large 7-9 foot tall hairy ape like creature, that stands on two legs and stalks mountainous woody areas with large feet and a howling call. All sightings are short and fleeting, often with the creature spotting the hiker or hunter and running off deeper into the forests before any physical evidence is gained. The few photographs or video footage that are gathered are often quickly dismissed as fakes.




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Mermaids, Reality or Fantasy?

The mermaid, a mythical creature that has captured our imaginations from the dawn of written time, their images are found in some of the oldest illustrated books, and stories held the knowledge of mermaids for hundreds of years before that.

So are these mythical beings real or not? I don't think we will ever know for sure, but what we do know are the alleged sightings.

In ancient times sailors would return home with tales of beautiful women who would sit on rocks and comb their long glossy hair, some would sing and try to lure the men into crashing their boats against the rocks. Their description has long since been the same; Usually only female, with long hair, a torso of a woman and a shining tail of a fish. The number of tails is the only thing that truly varies, some images show one tail, others show two or more. Some mermaids are even depicted as having powers over the ocean and weather,but could these magickal creatures truly be real?

In times gone by the theory of dugong and sailors missing their wives was common, even today the hallucination theory is still in circulation, but now in the 21st Century some radical thinkers have come up with another theory, and a new mermId legend.

The aquatic ape theory has been around for decades, but it has never been in the mind of the public as much as after the mockumentary "Mermaids- Body Found". During the program a unheard sound and unusual sighting provoked searches for a possible body, and one was found. After months of research the body was descovered to have both human and marine mammal characterists.

So, what is the Aquatic Ape theory? It it said that when man was learning to walk upright he came to the water for balance and boyancy, they found easy food and stayed close to the water. When Pangaea began to break up and volcanic activity on the continents began to increase some early humans retreated back onto land but others potentially could have gone further into the sea. If this had occurred over many thousands of years they would begin to adapt to their watery home, gaining gills rather than lungs, webbed hands and potentially, a tail.

This theory is extreme but many other mammals have completed this transition, all of our marine mammal species were once terrestrial creatures whose ancestors made the active choice to return to sea.

The aquatic ape theory is difficult to get your head around but humans already have the beginnings of webbing on our hands, we can hold our breath for much longer than most other terrestrial animals and we can easily adapt to a marine lifestyle; as was found in the Moken people in Tailand. Here the children have developed full control of their lense contraction allowing them to see perfectly underwater, they even get land sick when they return to shore.

Which type of mermaids do you think are more likely, the romantic mythical and magical women who comb their hair and potentially have powers over the ocean and weather, or the evolutionary possibility of mermaids being derived from early humans? The choice is yours.

Till next time...
xox - E

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The Chupacabra, Fact or Fiction?

The Chupacabra, is it fact or fiction?

The Chupacabra or "Goat Sucker" is a supernatural species that is found scattered across the USA and Southern America. It is said that the first sighting was in Puerto Rico in 1995, where its distinctive killing technique and the draining goats blood was seen in numbers. Since this first sighting, many more have been seen, filmed and shot (photo above), as far north as Maine and as far south as Chile, what is this strange creature?

The morphology of the Chupacabra varies depending on the sighting, it is said to be the size of a small bear with a row of spines from the nape of the neck to the base of the tail, personally I believe these to be vertebrae that are more obvious than they are in other species. It is said to have a sulphuric smell and often the vivid blue eyes as seen above. They have been seen to jump up to 20 meters, with a canine like face, forked tongue and vampire-esque fanged teeth. Some people see the Chupacabra as a reptile like creature, others as a canine; the sightings are so varied it is difficult to pinpoint a certain description for the creature. In South America it is usual for the Chupacabra to be reptilian, but heading into North America the sightings are more canine.

These could be different species, as many unusual canine like creatures are often classed as the Chupacabra.

Many different ideas about the origin of the Chupacabra have been put forward, a mange ridden dog, or a cross breed between a coyote and a wolf, maybe there is something far more supernatural about this creature...who knows...

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

This is from my other blog, not copied: http://magicalcorners.blogspot.co.uk/

Until next time...

xox - E