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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 13:53:10 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 14:37:45 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 14:53:18 GMT -6
Ahh I stuck that under cryptology and mythological creatures..it's the Brit version of Nessie..maybe the Scottish version's kissin cousin There are probably more of these beasties cruising around in deep lakes, loch's and ponds. I'd love to see someday more than just it's back LOL
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Post by skywalker on Feb 19, 2011 20:15:14 GMT -6
I thought Loch Ness was in Britain. Did I fall asleep in geography class again?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2011 20:29:26 GMT -6
Yes..Loch Ness is in the Scottish highlands (where they have lochs instead of lakes or ponds)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 2:32:11 GMT -6
Ahh. Thanks for moving it for me Jo. I was half asleep when I posted it. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 11:22:08 GMT -6
I didn't move it LOL. I posted another article that I found without noticing yours.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 18:06:50 GMT -6
Hm... maybe the aliens moved it then... LOL...
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Post by skywalker on Feb 22, 2011 22:39:24 GMT -6
It might surprise everybody to learn that there have been so-called "monsters" reported in many lakes all over the world. I found a partial list on Wikipedia that includes many that I had never even heard of, including some down here in my neck of the woods. This means I now have something else to investigate. Anyone feel like doing a little monster hunting? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_lake_monsters
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Post by bewildered on Feb 23, 2011 1:40:48 GMT -6
It might surprise everybody to learn that there have been so-called "monsters" reported in many lakes all over the world. I found a partial list on Wikipedia that includes many that I had never even heard of, including some down here in my neck of the woods. This means I now have something else to investigate. Anyone feel like doing a little monster hunting? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_lake_monstersYou're in Texas, right? After I left the last time, they banned me from ever coming back again. I used up my two-visit pass.
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Post by skywalker on Feb 23, 2011 6:34:57 GMT -6
What did you do, BW? You didn't pee on the Alamo did you?
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Post by bewildered on Feb 23, 2011 8:22:51 GMT -6
What did you do, BW? You didn't pee on the Alamo did you? Nah. I talked some smack about Dallas. I mean, the place is obnoxious, right?
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Post by paulette on Feb 23, 2011 11:34:42 GMT -6
It's pretty obvious that at least some of these are mental constructs (the monsters) rather than real creatures. However I think it is interesting that we somehow expect and/or fear large large creatures in the water. Supposedly, humans and dinosaurs, especially those marine reptiles that had long long necks and swam fast and ate anything protein and maybe picked off things from the beach, did NOT coincide with each other. However maybe we did. Coincide. I find it interesting that Lake Simon in Quebec has a "white shark" monster. I looked at Goggle Earth and the lake is a long way from salt water.
I did see a documentary recently (River Monsters) in which the narrator goes up the Amazon and finds large versions of supposedly salt water animals - rays and in one case, a colony of Bull sharks that were living above a dam and in that he caught a small one, reproducing in fresh water. He also caught a small version of a chain mail scaled huge aggressive Amazon fish credited with eating people. These predators tend to lurk around and are seemingly more adaptive that we thought. A white shark monster in a land locked lake - but seemingly in the same drainage area as the Gulf of Lawrence? Hmmmm.
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Post by casper on Feb 23, 2011 12:16:50 GMT -6
What did you do, BW? You didn't pee on the Alamo did you? Nah. I talked some smack about Dallas. I mean, the place is obnoxious, right? I've been to Texas a lot and I don't think Dallas is too bad. I hate houston though. Houston sucks big time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 13:36:38 GMT -6
It's pretty obvious that at least some of these are mental constructs (the monsters) rather than real creatures. However I think it is interesting that we somehow expect and/or fear large large creatures in the water. Supposedly, humans and dinosaurs, especially those marine reptiles that had long long necks and swam fast and ate anything protein and maybe picked off things from the beach, did NOT coincide with each other. However maybe we did. Coincide. I find it interesting that Lake Simon in Quebec has a "white shark" monster. I looked at Goggle Earth and the lake is a long way from salt water. I did see a documentary recently (River Monsters) in which the narrator goes up the Amazon and finds large versions of supposedly salt water animals - rays and in one case, a colony of Bull sharks that were living above a dam and in that he caught a small one, reproducing in fresh water. He also caught a small version of a chain mail scaled huge aggressive Amazon fish credited with eating people. These predators tend to lurk around and are seemingly more adaptive that we thought. A white shark monster in a land locked lake - but seemingly in the same drainage area as the Gulf of Lawrence? Hmmmm. I saw that episode... that Amazon fish was freaky looking...
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Post by skywalker on Feb 23, 2011 13:45:10 GMT -6
It's pretty obvious that at least some of these are mental constructs (the monsters) rather than real creatures. However I think it is interesting that we somehow expect and/or fear large large creatures in the water. Supposedly, humans and dinosaurs, especially those marine reptiles that had long long necks and swam fast and ate anything protein and maybe picked off things from the beach, did NOT coincide with each other. However maybe we did. Coincide. I find it interesting that Lake Simon in Quebec has a "white shark" monster. I looked at Goggle Earth and the lake is a long way from salt water. I did see a documentary recently (River Monsters) in which the narrator goes up the Amazon and finds large versions of supposedly salt water animals - rays and in one case, a colony of Bull sharks that were living above a dam and in that he caught a small one, reproducing in fresh water. He also caught a small version of a chain mail scaled huge aggressive Amazon fish credited with eating people. These predators tend to lurk around and are seemingly more adaptive that we thought. A white shark monster in a land locked lake - but seemingly in the same drainage area as the Gulf of Lawrence? Hmmmm. Bull sharks can actually live in both fresh and salt water. They are one of the few man-eating sharks that are capable of doing so. Just something to think about the next time you go swimming.
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Post by bewildered on Feb 23, 2011 20:28:58 GMT -6
Nah. I talked some smack about Dallas. I mean, the place is obnoxious, right? I've been to Texas a lot and I don't think Dallas is too bad. I hate houston though. Houston sucks big time. Yeah, you said it well. It's worse than Dallas. But then, even people from Texas know that about Houston, so...it doesn't count for a ban. ;D
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Post by bewildered on Feb 23, 2011 20:36:14 GMT -6
I think my banning from Texas also had something to do with the years I spent living in Tyler. Basically, if you want anything, you have to leave Tyler and travel a great distance to get it. For example: want a heaping plate of crawdads for six bucks? Drive towards Shreveport and keep your eyes peeled for those shacks that appear off the side of the road. You'll eventually find a place where the owner's nephews catch his crawdads for him. It's why he sells 'em so cheaply. ;D Or, do you want some beer? Drive way out past the county line and get yourself some at Kilo's. That's enough to put bees in the britches of any good 'ol boy, since good ol' boys don't wear bonnets. EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention: if you dig into that huge plate of crawdads, you better bring along some atropine or an inhaler. Those guys dump tons of MSG on em. ;D
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Post by skywalker on Feb 23, 2011 21:02:27 GMT -6
Yeah, you said it well. It's worse than Dallas. But then, even people from Texas know that about Houston, so...it doesn't count for a ban. ;D You got no argument from me there. Houston is like some giant alien city that landed there and got stuck in the mud so they had to stay. I think they were originally from the planet called New Jersey. I agree with Casper...Dallas isn't bad. Of course, if I get stuck in another traffic jam like the one I just got out of I might change my mind. I didn't know you used to live in Tyler, BW. I was just there a couple of days ago. It hasn't changed much.
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Post by bewildered on Feb 23, 2011 21:36:39 GMT -6
I didn't know you used to live in Tyler, BW. I was just there a couple of days ago. It hasn't changed much. According to my ex, who was born and raised there, it never changes. I was living there when the space shuttle exploded: click here to see more about that. In fact, I was sitting in front of my computer drinking coffee as it happened that morning, 10 miles directly above my head in the atmosphere. I knew something was up by the way the house rattled for an extended period of time. It was not an earthquake...it was a distant and very powerful explosion. A doctor a few houses down the street from us was the fellow who took what would become a very famous photograph. I'll never forget everything surrounding that event. Pieces of the shuttle were found everywhere around Tyler proper and the outlying areas. I couldn't get to work one morning because the authorities had cordoned off the highway to prevent public access to pieces of the space shuttle that had fallen there. I left Texas to hang out in Florida for a while. I later returned (what can I say, I missed Texas) and lived in Austin, where I worked for the state "gubmint." I had my fill of that after a few years, and left that odd town, and thus Texas, behind.
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Post by paulette on Feb 25, 2011 0:34:19 GMT -6
It was VERY HARD for me to achieve escape velocity from Austin Texas. I moved away about 6 times and back 5. Finally I got far enough away - Canada. But even then I returned several times for visits and felt tempted...
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Post by charles on Feb 22, 2012 14:43:21 GMT -6
Hi all! Just a very quick nationality note: Nessie IS British, as is the one in Lake Windermere and the Barmouth monster. Yes, they're ALL British - but - to be pedantic (and there are some who will be extremely vociferous in their banging of this drum regarding nationality!), Nessie is Scottish, the one in Windermere is English and the Barmouth Monster is Welsh! So Sky, you didn't fall asleep in that geography class !!! TTFN! Take care, seek peace and SMILE! Charles :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Post by skywalker on Feb 22, 2012 19:10:06 GMT -6
Do you ever go out looking for any of those monsters, Charles? Or do you spend all of your time tripping over crop circles and Stonehenges? The UK seems to be like a paranormal paradise. There is all kinds of cool stuff going on there.
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