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The world is full of inexplicable secrets and mysterious creatures, which at that or some other time inhabited our planet. Many of them, by eyewitness accounts and traces found by scientists, so far may exist. We bring to your attention the TOP 7 most mysterious creatures on the planet studied by pseudoscience cryptozoology.
7. Megalodon
The largest shark in the world megalodon, which refers to extinct species of prehistoric sharks, furrowed the depths of the oceans around 28 million years ago (the end of the Oligocene era – the beginning of the Neogene). Megalodon is the strongest and largest predatory fish ever existed on our planet. This incredible sized predator was the king of the underwater world. In length, megalodon reached 16 meters and weighed about 47 tons. According to some versions of scientists whose the assumptions are based on the found remains of prehistoric sharks, these superpredators could survive until the time of the appearance of man. A some believe that megalodons to this day can live in unexplored depths of the ocean. So be on the alert going around the world on a boat.
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6. Bigfoot (Yeti)
Yeti, covered in long white hair, is a two-legged creature, or simply Bigfoot, according to most modern scholars, just a myth created by people. However it is mythological a human-like creature, according to eyewitnesses, often observed in the Himalayas (namely, Nepal and Pakistan), various forest and alpine regions of the Earth. Yeti – one of the most popular mysterious creatures whose image has been used repeatedly in literature and cinema. There is an opinion that Bigfoot is primate mammal, preserved from prehistoric times to the present day. Some regions even offer solid reward for the capture of Bigfoot.
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5. Chupacabra
Does chupacabra exist or not? This question is one of the most popular among mystical internet users phenomena and mysterious creatures. Everyone who is supposedly saw the chupacabra with his own eyes, describes this creature in my own way. But most of the evidence has a number of similarities. Chupacabra by its size is like a small bear with a height of 1.2-1.3 meter, looks like a kangaroo, from the base of the tail to her neck the body is covered with spikes. During a period of anxiety, chupacabra squeals or hisses.
What does chupacabra look like – real photos do not exist, but there are graphics to help you understand how it looked this creature.
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4. Werewolf (shipyard, volkolak, lycanthropus)
Of all the most mysterious creatures, the werewolf is closer than the rest. located in the category of myths. According to legend, wolkolak is a person who can transform into a creature, like a wolf. This happens as a result of a bite or scratch. a werewolf who infects his victim with an ailment (or for free) reincarnation. This transformation is very common, especially in books and films are associated with the appearance of the full moon in the sky. The most popular wolkolak among Native Americans who often used and still use the werewolf image in their fairy tales and legends.
Many netizens often enter a werewolf photo eyewitnesses “, but, as you know, there are no such photos, but it looks werewolf like that.
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3. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
Scientists believe that the mysterious creature allegedly living in Scottish Lake Loch Ness, is one of the long extinct representatives of the species plesiosaurs. In the 50s of the last century locals affectionately called the lake monster “Nessie” and since then this nickname has become associated with a more formidable title Loch Ness monster. Nessie resembles a long-necked seal gigantic sizes with two black humps, and the first mention of the monster of Loch Ness appeared even during the development of the Celtic open spaces Roman legionnaires.
Loch Ness monster exists or not, you decide, but how He has been depicted since ancient times.
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2. Mermaid
It is unlikely that today there are those who have never heard of mermaids. IN cartoons, movies, fantasy works the mermaid is one of the most popular mysterious creatures. Mermaid has a head and the body of a woman, while instead of her legs she has a fish tail. how As a rule, the mermaid lives in various reservoirs. This is a character Slavic mythology, taking care of forests, fields and water. In art mermaids are often portrayed as good-natured creatures, although according to mythology this mysterious creature is a malicious spirit in the form of a long-haired women with a fish tail that usually appears in the summer with the goal of drown someone or tickle to death. Some cultures consider a mermaid with the soul of a dead unnatural death, that is drowned.
No one has managed to get a photo of the real living mermaid, but the mermaid looks like this.
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1. Dragon
And finally, the most popular mysterious creature from ancient mythology is a dragon. In modern art, the so-called “dragon boom” and every year interest in dragons only increasing. In the fantasy genre, dragons are leaders, and cinema, literature, painting today are simply inconceivable without use the image of an ancient flying creature. Dragons are flying kites resembling dinosaurs that can breathe fire, incinerating everything around. Dragon-like monsters also mentioned in the bible in the new testament. Nowadays dragons have stopped to be carriers of absolute evil, and even become friends of man. Many began to consider them more developed spiritually and physically, if compare with a person. Dragons are clear favorites in the race mythological mysterious creatures.
This is what a dragon looks like in art and cinema.
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