Mythical Beasts?

Mythical Creatures: Beasts That Don’t Exist (Or Do They?)

By Benjamin Radford, Life’s Little Mysteries Contributor
01 March 2011 6:14 PM ET
 

 

A still shot from the newly posted video that some think shows a monster in Lake Champlain in Vermont. Credit: YouTube

When scientists visit a tucked-away part of the planet — say, a deep-ocean hydrothermal vent or an isolated jungle mountain — they routinely find dozens of species that have never been documented. It’s discoveries like these that allow folks who believe in mythical beasts such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and El Chupacabra to hold out hope that these creatures actually do exist.
In most cases, hope is all they have, as the scientific evidence for these 10 animals of urban legend simply isn’t very convincing.

Bigfoot

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