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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 08/04/2007 : 14:08:38
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Sometimes scary monsters are real. Like the mysterious Demon of Dartmoor, aka the Beast of Dartmoor.
Here are two of the photos that ignited a wave of fear and speculation in the United Kingdom:
The dark Beast skulks near oblivious hikers.
Blow-up of another photo: Now,
that unworldly thing is just wrong!
For the less exciting details, here's the original article.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
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 Posted - 08/04/2007 : 19:34:22 [Permalink]
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| Hmm...my first thought was, "that looks like a buffalo!" |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/04/2007 : 19:38:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Boron10
Hmm...my first thought was, "that looks like a buffalo!"
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I thought so, too, and so did my daughter.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/04/2007 : 21:02:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
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That's a particularly mean thing to say about your daughter.
I bookmarked this in case I ever come across a Cryptozoologist waving blurry pictures of Bigfoot or Nessi. Then again, they will probably just say the dog is a cover up.
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True, but she can be mean, too.
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
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Posted - 08/04/2007 : 21:09:08 [Permalink]
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| anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"? |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2007 : 02:00:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by On fire for Christ
anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"?
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Not me. "Bison" was all that came to mind at first, when seeing the blow-up photo. The distant photo reminds me of a black panther, though, appearing almost to be doing a low, crouching, cat-like slink.
Once, around 2003, I was driving my mother and sister around the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. We were on a long, straight stretch of two-lane road in a deep evergreen rainforest, miles north of Aberdeen. Suddenly, several hundred yards ahead, a rather skinny and probably adolescent black bear burst out of the foliage from the right, ran across the road, and out of sight again. The word that instantly came to my mind was "gorilla!"
Just as instantly, I knew it was a bear. I have no idea from where in my head came the split-second misidentification.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 04:40:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by On fire for Christ
anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"?
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Aren't Minotaurs supposed to be bi-pedal? |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 05:04:13 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by On fire for Christ
anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"?
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Aren't Minotaurs supposed to be bi-pedal?
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If you'll provide a photo, Mab, I'll give you my opinion.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 08/05/2007 : 05:30:38 [Permalink]
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The first picture is of a large, black dog, as the article readly explains. The second is Bigfoot redux, quite possibly a fraud. The reason I think this is that, with today's photographic equipment, even with the cheap stuff such as mine, there is no excuse for such a FUBAR shot. It is probably of the dog again.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 07:39:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by On fire for Christ
anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"?
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Aren't Minotaurs supposed to be bi-pedal?
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If you'll provide a photo, Mab, I'll give you my opinion.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur
Two photos that clearly show the minotaur as a bipedal.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 08:56:08 [Permalink]
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It looks like a Newfoundland dog to me, one in the wild with massively overgrown and matted fur.
Edited to add:
Honestly, I just now opened the link in the OP.... I guessed right!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2007 : 13:19:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by On fire for Christ
anyone else immediately think "Minotaur"?
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Aren't Minotaurs supposed to be bi-pedal?
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If you'll provide a photo, Mab, I'll give you my opinion.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur
Two photos that clearly show the minotaur as a bipedal.
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Thnaks! My opinion: The Minotaur was indeed bipedal.
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2007 : 14:59:43 [Permalink]
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Curiously, if you zoom in on the 4th person from the left and do a bit of enhancement, this face appears:
It's a miracle!!
Sorry, just bored. But yes, the zoomed in animal does look like a buffalo. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 21:40:29 [Permalink]
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UK's "Demon of Dartmoor" confirmed, ID'ed
