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Post by henrythemorerecent on Jan 22, 2015 20:05:00 GMT -5
Very curious how may people love this subject as much as I do.
It's one of my secret-but-not-so-secret-but-people-look-at-me-funny-so-I-don't-really-bring-it-up fascinations. I read Wytches (especially that essay at the back) and think it could be true. Or there's a place somewhere in the world like Skull Island. I hate the fact that people disregard the fantastic. Its stuff like that that makes life more exciting. Screw science.
But most emabrassingly it comes from watching the movie Loch Ness as a kid. Seriously. Now I'm obsessed with the Loch Ness Monster. And I owe it all to Ted Danson and that sweet mullet.
On a quick side note I read the book "Lost City of Z" recently about the missing explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon looking for the lost city of Z. And the writer basically figured out what happened. And it was just such an unexciting but typically real-world conclusion. Just once I would love there to be a discovery that wasn't completely scientifically founded, or just plain boring and more like Uncharted or Indiana Jones. I like to think there have been and people are just smart enough to keep it secret so the rest of the not so imaginative people in the world don't ruin it for everybody (eg the Simpsons episode with the Loch Ness Monster)
Anyway, read this article today that blew my mind www.news.com.au/technology/science/fisherman-in-victorias-gippsland-region-catches-ancient-shark-with-300-teeth/story-fnjwkt0b-1227191569600
Seriously amazing.
Curious if there's any good comics or just general fiction out there that tackles this subject. Not so much aliens and ghosts, I know there's plenty of that. More the undiscovered natural world. So Scott Snyder seems to be the only one writing about it.
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Post by sammiecassell on Jan 22, 2015 21:12:50 GMT -5
Rob Zombie wrote a Bigfoot book for IDW a couple of years ago. Give me a few & I'll think of some more. I love that stuff too. Listen to Jericho podcast, he's really into that stuff to, especially lake monsters.
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Post by lennyreid on Jan 23, 2015 5:41:45 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Cryptozoology and especially different cultures and the difference between their weird creatures. I lean heavily on the sceptical side but just love the imagination of it all.
A fantastic comic in this vein that is currently ongoing is Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts from Image. Simply put, it is the Lewis & Clark American Frontier story reimagined with fantastical creatures littered across the unexplored American landscape.
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Post by bpp on Jan 23, 2015 11:29:35 GMT -5
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Post by spydes on Jan 23, 2015 21:44:11 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Cryptozoology and especially different cultures and the difference between their weird creatures. I lean heavily on the sceptical side but just love the imagination of it all. A fantastic comic in this vein that is currently ongoing is Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts from Image. Simply put, it is the Lewis & Clark American Frontier story reimagined with fantastical creatures littered across the unexplored American landscape. Thanks for the tip on Manifest Destiny. The premise sounds really cool and I had never heard of the book before. Plus, In-Stock Trades has collected volume 1 on sale for $5.79! At that price, I may just have to check it out.
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Post by TealProductions on Feb 25, 2015 13:38:44 GMT -5
Dude this topic is what has promulgated some of my favorite History and H2 network shows. Mountain Monsters, Alaska Monster, Monsters Underground and Swamp Monsters.
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