Cryptozoology, Ghosts, Aliens and other mysteries

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(05-30-2019, 05:54 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote:

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(05-29-2019, 10:50 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: The mystery of modern-day 'megalodons' or giant sharks. Just as science had it that the coelacanth was a prehistoric fish that became extinct around the same time as the dinosaurs, before one was discovered in 1938 (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/190/4219/1105, http://www.elasmo-research.org/education..._lives.htm, https://books.google.com/books?id=cMRe5G...gs&f=false), and science had it that life in the deepest waters away from sunlight was impossible, before it was discovered that it was possible due to hydrothermal vents which spew a lot of superheated water (https://books.google.ae/books?id=cMRe5Gm...gs&f=false), science currently has it that the megalodon was a giant prehistoric shark that became extinct a long time ago, but then, what are all these allegations, or even videos, of there being giant sharks, in different parts of the Pacific Ocean over the last 100 years? Also, people had been alleging the existence of giant squids for about 500 years, and now we know that they were right (https://survivalnation.com/2018/01/the-l...ive-video/).

The Portalist: https://theportalist.com/megalodon-sightings-alleged 

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* One Polynesian myth regards a 30 m (98 ft) shark called "Lord of the Deep": https://survivalnation.com/2018/01/the-l...ive-video/ 

French Polynesia: https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/tour...itinerary/

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* El Demonio Negro (The Black Demon) of the Sea of Cortez is usually considered to be a black shark, and less commonly a whale, living off the coast of Baja California in Mexico. It is said to measure about 60 ft (18 m) (https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc...on&f=false) similar to the estimated length of the megalodon (https://www.seeker.com/could-a-prehistor...82752.html).

https://www.dive-the-world.com/maps-mexico.php

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* G. Clay Cartmell narrated that sailors in the waters off Australia alleged seeing a white shark near the Great Barrier Reef that rivalled their boat in size, with the boat measuring 85 ft (26 m): https://books.google.com/books?id=K9CiAAAACAAJ&dq, https://theportalist.com/megalodon-sightings-alleged

https://www.mapsofworld.com/answers/world/where-is-great-barrier-reef-located/

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* David G. Stead narrated that crayfish fishermen alleged seeing a pale white shark near Broughton Island that was about 115 ft (35 m), and had a head that was not shorter than the roof of a wharf shed near Nelson Bay. They were consequently too terrified to return to the area: https://theportalist.com/megalodon-sightings-alleged


https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Habitat-map-of-the-Port-Stephens-embayment-in-New-South-Wales-Australia_fig1_228520283

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Videos: 

What was this melanistic shark that appeared next to a great white?

What could have done this to a whale?

A small reality check. It is good to look closer some videos, which seem to be too good to be true....

Quote:
"Years before the term “fake news” made its way into the lexicon, Discovery Channel got into hot water with a fake documentary.
For those who don’t recall the uproar, during Shark Week in 2013, the network aired “Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives,” about the possible return of a prehistoric creature that went extinct millions of years ago. However, despite a brief disclaimer that it was fiction, many people thought the documentary was real. Megalodons did exist once, but there’s no evidence they’ve reappeared. Scientists were furious at the network, which is presumed to be educational, for confusing viewers.
“It was presented in such a way that you could very easily watch it and not know it was fictional,” one shark expert told NPR."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/07/26/a-fake-shark-week-documentary-about-megalodons-caused-controversy-why-is-discovery-bringing-it-up-again/?utm_term=.a6fabaa1c44a

I know about the controversy over Discovery's Channel's fictitious documentary on the Megalodon, which is why I left that one out.

You had parts of that in your posting. Just check those videos which you shared. I have never heard about video footage about megalodon if we count out fantasy movies and fake documentaries. And reason is quite obvious when thinking about it, what real scientists say about it.

You mean the last video?

I meant to show a footage in which a mauled carcass of a whale washed up on shore: 

All videos except that "baby megalodon". Watch those videos and look that fake documentary, that whale carcass is one part of it yes. That "marine biologist Collin Drake" is fictional character and so were all those things in that documentary as Discovery channel admits also. That megalodon baby also looks like to be total nonsense... where and when it would have been filmed :) Have you seen what that youtube poster say, "someone" sent video and headline baby megalodon..... :)  One of the best ways to know, that something is hoax, no information where, when, by whom :) Just some video, which is said to be sent by "someone"

About that "baby megalodon", 2014 off the coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean.

Anyway all make mistakes time to time, there is nothing dangerous in that. It is just, that when there is some "spectacular" footage claimed to be about some animal, which is known to be extinct for millions of years, source criticism alert should be ringing at highest possible level. Can people mentioned in some video be found from some other sources etc.? This Martin Isaacs, who is in that interview about "baby megalodon"... doesn´t exist and neither does that organization he mention there as his employer.

Discovery channel really made up a lot of confusion by making that fairy tale looking like documentary. It is real shame that so many "documentaries" are made to get viewers, not to give good information :/ Reply