Cryptozoology

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by emperor26

To be honest, unless there is actual (and accurate) proof of some of these cryptids, I going to dismiss them as hoax until then.

For many decades, people said the same thing about animals that we now consider ordinary, if not mundane, like the Giant Panda, Mountain Gorilla, Okapi and many others. Every year, at least one species of animal, often something quite large(like the "new" species of Clouded Leopard), is discovered, or in some cases, REdiscovered after it was thought to be long extinct. Yes, there are hoaxes, but very often, reports are too consistent to simply ignore. One such hoax that I DO know of, though it's never been "officially" solved as such, involves Lee County, SC's, very own "Lizard Man". I know that this was my very tall cousin, the late Lucious Elmore, dressed in a suit made of a Halloween costume and some butterbean hulls from his truck farm, that he'd made to scare off would-be thieves. He'd had several farm pumps and other expensive bits of equipment vandalized by punk kids, and with the suggestion of his brother-in-law and some sewing skills provided by his wife, what was to become one of the biggest news sensations of the '80s was born!

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