If we rode around on the backs of dinosaurs and used them to build things like the pyramid and their potential to use them as prehistoric tanks. Do you think man would have let such valuable animals go extinct?

I hear plenty saying they do not trust modern science but I am beginning to see why we need it so much if even one post here supporting our association with dinosaurs is at all serious.

If you go to Ica, Peru, you can buy these type of "original pre-incan" type of stones EVERYWHERE. They are easily made and pushed on gullible tourists all the time.

In 1842, Sir Richard Owen, an English paleontologist coined the term Dinosaur, aka "Terrible Lizzard". So the term dinosaur is really not that old. It is intresting to note that before the term dinosaur was used, these "Terrible Lizzards" were known as DRAGONS!!!
Marco Polo reported an account of dragons being used to pull the chariot of the Emperor of China. Intresting.

Marco Polo reported in 1271 that on special occasions the royal chariot was pulled by dragons and in 1611 the emperor appointed the post of a “Royal Dragon Feeder.” Books even tell of Chinese families raising dragons to use their blood for medicines and highly prizing their eggs.

Originally posted by muzzleflash

Originally posted by Blarneystoner

Do you seriously believe that there is a concerted, organized effort by all Historical Geologists and Archeologists to fabricate a hoax that dinosaurs died off 65 million years ago? Because that's exactly what you're suggesting. If what you say is correct then it would mean that every single Archeologist in the world would have to be in on the BIG secret.

That's the thing, I DON'T BELIEVE anyone.
I want to find out the truth of reality.

But hey, you are entitled to believe in your fantasy of pretending to know what happened 60 million years ago because some people told you it must be true.

However due to the preponderance of controversy and contradictory information, truth seekers such as myself are forced to admit that it is unresolved and that the exact truth eludes us currently.

Anything is possible, the only hard part is determining which possibility actually happened.
I try very hard to make sure I don't start believing in dogmatic doctrines whether they wear the guise of a religion or a scientist.

Don't rush into the fray in an impetuous mistake, temper your zeal. Hold the line, remain steadfast and wait for the pieces to fall in their place but be ready for whatever random eventuality may arise.

Oh Please... you're accusing me of rushing into the fray? That's too damn funny. Some stones were found with pictures of dinosaurs on them... certainly this means that all of those archeologists are shysters. Damn that's too effin funny.

It's not a fantasy... but while we're on the subject. You seem more than overly zealous to allow a few stones with pictures etched into them to over turn literally thousands of Archeologists and hundreds of years of research.

I'm done with you and this ridiculous thread... you don't have the sense God gave a horse... and that ain't much.

Originally posted by kn0wh0w
As i see it, we're left with 3 possibilities:
1. a human civilization existed during the age of the dinosaurs
2. dinosaurs survived to coexist with man
3. the stones are an elaborate hoax.

What about the possibility that they had knowledge about the dinosaurs based on their own discovery of fossils, or another civilization's knowledge of them passed down from their discoveries? We certainly aren't the first intelligent sentient culture to walk the earth. But do you really think that after seeing a skeleton of a stegosaurus, it would be hard to imagine what the creature might look like? You aren't giving people enough credit. If we can make depictions on what they look like today, the same could have easily happened prior to that. Surely cutting away all of the granite in Egypt to make pyramids and cutting out deep stone caves in South America, one of these cultures had to have found fossils.

The way I see it, humans could not possibly have existed any where near 65,000,000 BC. Everything we know about biology and geology counters that notion. Not once, EVER has a dinosaur been found in the same fossil layer as a hominid or vice versa. If they actually walked the earth together and coexisted with humans riding them, etc, we'd expect to find those, but not a single one has been found. It may be possible a few species of dinosaur survived over the years, but if so they've been extremely rare and live hidden off from the rest of the world and human society. It's a possibility, but so far there's no evidence. Huge creatures leave huge evidence. Are we supposed to believe everything that's ever carved into a stone as real absolute truth? If so, then tons of hybrid creatures roamed the earth during ancient Egypt. I just don't see any justification in believing this, even if the stones were authentic from 2000+ years ago.

Originally posted by Barcs

What about the possibility that they had knowledge about the dinosaurs based on their own discovery of fossils, or another civilization's knowledge of them passed down from their discoveries? We certainly aren't the first intelligent sentient culture to walk the earth.

That is a very reasonable possible explanation.

However we do have some issues. It doesn't explain how we have reports/claims of sightings of beasts such as Nessie, Champ, Mokele Mbembe, etc etc.

However the "recent extinction hypothesis" perfectly explains these 'cryptozoological reports' in a very logical manner.

Originally posted by Siberbat
In 1842, Sir Richard Owen, an English paleontologist coined the term Dinosaur, aka "Terrible Lizzard". So the term dinosaur is really not that old. It is intresting to note that before the term dinosaur was used, these "Terrible Lizzards" were known as DRAGONS!!!
Marco Polo reported an account of dragons being used to pull the chariot of the Emperor of China. Intresting.

Marco Polo reported in 1271 that on special occasions the royal chariot was pulled by dragons and in 1611 the emperor appointed the post of a “Royal Dragon Feeder.” Books even tell of Chinese families raising dragons to use their blood for medicines and highly prizing their eggs.

edit on 12-4-2012 by Siberbat because: (no reason given)

Wow that's really interesting, thanks for the info.
Never heard about the Marco Polo reports.

I'm leaning towards hoax on this one and I will explain why:

The T-Rex (I assume it is a T rex by the shape of the head) is shown in an anthropomorphic stance; it is standing like a human being on two legs and using the tail for balance on the ground. This posture, when depicted in modern times, was shown to be inaccurate and that the T Rex's body was closer to parallel to the ground rather than nearly perpendicular to it.

Why then, if these stones depict first hand observations of the animals, do they utilize the incorrect anthropomorphic T Rex stance rather than depicting the way the animals actually stood?

Originally posted by Snoopy1978
If you go to Ica, Peru, you can buy these type of "original pre-incan" type of stones EVERYWHERE. They are easily made and pushed on gullible tourists all the time.

It's claims like this that look bunk to me.

You just say "go to Peru" as if anyone can drop everything right this minute, go there, and find out the truth if you are lying or not.

Did you bother to link us to websites pushing these things? No?? Why? Google is so easy to use.

You then use derogatory language to refer to anyone "gullible" enough to buy them (insinuating that anyone who even considers this as possible for a second is a 'gullible' fool).

Very clever comment, sadly some gullible readers bought into your no-content dismissive claim without even requiring the smallest bit of proof, not even a link to a website selling these things.

I am disappointed in you and the folks who starred your post. Next time I ask all of you to please at lift a finger for a moment and put some quality into your claims and help a guy out and post a link or two.