Evidence of Contemporaneous Prehistoric Creatures

Evidence of Contemporaneous Prehistoric Creatures : 

Evidence of Contemporaneous Prehistoric Creatures

Cryptozoology (20th, Ooparts) : 

Cryptozoology (20th, Ooparts) Cryptozoology Searching for living examples of animals from the fossil record that are believed to be extinct. Searching for animals that lack empirical evidence but which are depicted in art, literature, and undocumented citings.

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This plesiosaur was dredged off the bottom of the ocean by a Japanese fishing trawler off the coast of New Zealand. It is not a basking shark, as some would claim. Basking sharks float to the surface and are scavenged. They do not have red meat. Their fins are triangle shaped, not paddle shaped.

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This creature was caught in San Antonio in 1996 by a rancher, filmed by a news crew, and taken to a university to be studied.

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This Roman Art Piece is called the Palestrina Mosaic. It is a depiction of the Nile in Egypt. Several dinosaur creatures are depicted. There is also a crocodile, so the others cannot be explained as crocodiles.

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This creature is 31 inches long. It was found dead on the shore of lake Erie and stuffed by a taxidermist.

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This is a drawing from memory by an artistically gifted marine who saw the creatures flying while stationed in Cuba in 1971.

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This photo is from the 1950s. The creature has been identified as a Rhamphorhynchoidea pterosaur.

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This creature was found on the beach near Parton, UK.

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This photo was taken in 1990 by a beach comber on the Oregon coast. Scientists have dismissed it as a beached grey whale.

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This picture was taken by beach combers on the coast of Russia near Japan before it was taken away to be studied by the secret service.

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This picture was taken in the Philippines in 2006.

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This cylinder seal is from Mesopatamia, dated at 3,300 B.C.

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These figurines were dug out of the ground near Acambaro, Mexico. They are attributed to the Chupicuaro Culture from 800 B.C. to 200 A.D.

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This petroglyph is at the Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah and is attributed to Anasazi Indians, from 400 to 1300 A.D.

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This petroglyph is near Middle Mesa in the Wypatki National Park. It has not been dated.

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This carving is at the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia. It was built around 1100 A.D.

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These stones are from Ica Peru. They were dug from ancient grave sites and sold to tourists for a fraction of what it would cost to make them. Peruvian officials investigated the person selling them and forced him to sign a confession that he had made them himself or go to prison for stealing from the government. He chose the former. However, the man would have had to have carved one stone per day, 7 days per week, for 41 years. He would have understood surgery, art, stone carving, the history of the Incas, the shape and orientation of ancient continents, and the correct configuration of dinosaur bones before anyone else. One collection contains over 11,000 of them. Due to the oxidation on them, experts estimate they are between 1,500 and 12,000 years old. A third of them depict known dinosaur types. People are controlling, killing or being killed by the dinosaurs. Laboratory tests show they are genuine.