I’ve always thought that if my geology career doesn’t go well I could always drop out and try to become a cryptozoologist. I’m especially interested in lake monsters like Loch Ness – I don’t really believe in them but I find the level of sophistication that has gone into searching for evidence fascinating especially as it is done mostly by ammeters. But sometimes I just find theories that are absolutely hilarious - my favourite is this episode of monster quest which makes me laugh out loud.
Monster Quest - The Last Dinosaur
I know a short documentary can never put across the whole story of the search but take note these points;
-a local with ‘virtually no contact with the outside word’ wearing manufactured western clothes – I think one of them had a play station shirt.
-a burrowing sauropod with a Diplodocus type body shape that has dug into the river bank and buried itself. With sauropod toes.
-a burrowing sauropod with a Diplodocus type body shape that has dug into the river bank and buried itself. With sauropod toes.
-searching for a dinosaur that is hibernating and feeding at the same time.
-trying to use an underwater camera in that level of silt.
-tiptoeing sauropod footprints
I do find it disturbing that it is presented as factual television but imagine if there was a sauropod still alive in Africa, a sea serpent in Lake Okanagan, and plesiosaurs in Loch Ness and Lake Champlain– wouldn’t that be AMAZING!
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