RE: Cryptids
July 23, 2014 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2014 at 2:55 pm by Anomalocaris.)
No one has mentioned Ebu Gogo or Orang Pendek.
Both definitely fit the definition of a cryptid. But unlike the cryptids named in the OP, professional anthropological community thinks either or both of these actually have a reasonable chance of being real, and furthermore would be absolutely spectacular if they are actually proven to be real.
Many professional anthropologists have noted the uncanny similarity between the appearence and deduced behavior of recently discovered Homo Floresiensis, also on the island of Flores, and that of supposedly mythical Ebu Gogo and Orang Pendek, and suggested these stories were in fact no myth, but refer to populations of Homo Florensis that survived to historic times, and may survive still.
If it can be proven either Ebu Gogo or Orang Pendek are real and still survive, it would be the first time in recorded history, we would really know homo sapiens is not be alone, but share the planet with a sister species.
Both definitely fit the definition of a cryptid. But unlike the cryptids named in the OP, professional anthropological community thinks either or both of these actually have a reasonable chance of being real, and furthermore would be absolutely spectacular if they are actually proven to be real.
Many professional anthropologists have noted the uncanny similarity between the appearence and deduced behavior of recently discovered Homo Floresiensis, also on the island of Flores, and that of supposedly mythical Ebu Gogo and Orang Pendek, and suggested these stories were in fact no myth, but refer to populations of Homo Florensis that survived to historic times, and may survive still.
If it can be proven either Ebu Gogo or Orang Pendek are real and still survive, it would be the first time in recorded history, we would really know homo sapiens is not be alone, but share the planet with a sister species.
