Dragons: Have they ever existed?

Well, actually, the dragon originally came from Australia, with an enormous lizard called Megalania Prisca, which roamed the plains of Australia. these animals are, in fact, historic, unlike the prehistoric archaic lizards that earth billions of years ago. Although, there were fossils of winged reptiles, with a skeletal structure unlike any Pterosaurs.

I think the whole dragon myth all started by one of two ways.

1. Some form of Dino survived until the dawn of man and he lived with and fought them in the early days of man and the story has been passed down the eons.

2. Somebody way back in the day found some Dino bones and came up with a story to explain them.

Either way I think the Dinos had some major influence on the subject.

Remember behind every myth there is a tiny amount of facts.

Don’t forget that the Americas had their dragons tales to. /pun intended/ Parts of the South and Central Americas believed in feathered serpents. The Mayans believed in the Vision serpent and the Aztecs and Olmecs believed in Cihuacoatl, Coatlcue, Mixcoatl, Quetzalcoat, and Xiuhcoat,. I think these are like the Chinese dragons though, thought to help in the creation of the world, and just deities they worshiped.

But I think there definitely has to be something to the dragon myth whether it be dinosaurs or not way to many cultures believed in them for it to be totally false.

[edit on 6-1-2009 by Ant4AU]

I do hope that somebody would unearth a fossil of
a Dragon, considering their flying habits, I suppose
it'll be difficult.
Maybe there is a fossil of a Dragon already in a
museum somewhere, and the wing bones were just
broken off?

Maybe deliberately??...

I posted this in another thread and hope the mods/admins and anyone else doesn't mind if I post a few links here.

If anthroplogists did break off the fossil wings to
hide the fact that Dragons DID fly around the
world, then I wonder what else they may have
done.

They probably excavated all the Platinum from
the poor beast's tummy and 'weighed it in' at the
nearest scrap yard.
That'll explain why most Professors and Anthroplogists
look rich and brainy, they'll have stashes of Platinum
put away for a rainy day!

I bet they just hope no Dragons still exist or they'll
find it!

the origins of the dragon mythos might have come from early man's discoveries of the fossilized remains of feathered reptiles/dinosaurs (archeopteryx, deinonychus, etc).

just imagine the conversation between barney and fred when they first found one.

fred: yo barney, come look at this over here.

barney: what ya got, fred?

fred: it's some kinda skeleton of a feathered crocodile-lizard thing

barney: oh c'mon, quit joking fred. everyone knows lizards ain't got no feathers.

fred: looks to me like this one did.

barney: oh yea? and it must have breathed fire too, huh. you're being silly fred. let's go...




VS




... and thus the legend was born.

[edit on 1.11.09 by toreishi]

reply to post by toreishi

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Yo maybe correct (assuming early man called themselves
Fred and Barney!) We see debris and we wish for UFOs,
we see decomposed animal bodies and see Dragons and
Sea Serpents.

But IF Dragons existed, Fred and Barney would've been
wary of any shadows flying over 'em.

[edit on 11-1-2009 by IronMan]

I think that "dragons" could easily be true in a sense. However, it also makes sense that they would be a myth produced by the discovery of dino bones and observations of volcanos. Then again, there is always the "lost world" theory. It's possible, but unlikely that a number of species could evolve similarly in many different parts of the world and have none of them be properly documented. I'm just waiting for some evidence or explanation!