I love the idea that Dragons exist.. in this neck of the woods, the Anglo Saxon cronicles quotes the South Saxons (Sussex) as having the "most
wonderous beast and serpents" indeed there are many legends of the Knucker Dragons that were said to exist all along the Sussex flats.
Given this part of the worlds link to the
Iguanodon with the inital discoveries found in Tilgate
forest, which is just about a mile from St Leonards forest and it's place in Dragon lore.
So a theory has been put forward that perhaps some form of Iguanodo did exist at the time the South Saxons arrived on these shores..
But my personal opinion is that given the make up of the
Weald it is
possible the South Saxons found fosilised Iguanodon remains and came to the conclusion the fossils were that of a real animal roaming the weald :-)
But it is nice to imagine Iguanodos roaming the Weald :-)