Bit help: Bit of a random one, but does anyone else believe that dragons used to exist? - Help.com

Well, there has been no fossilized evidence of them. So, I’m going to have to go with a “no” on that one.

…then they wouldn’t be dragons.

I think that you are on to something there, Hemming. I don’t know that there is any way to tell for sure, but there are some first hand accounts of some strange creatures if you look at some of the old historical records. Dragons, as we understand them, maybe not. But the accounts might have been of creatures that led to the dragon myths…

I agree with Gimli. This dragon stuff gives me excitement and awe. Imagine if those guys actually existed! I’d feel better about living this life.

Dragons are creatures of imagination and myth brought to life by literature. In the same token, there are some fictional human characters in books who I wouldn’t mind believing in, either. Let’s not cap it at dragons, only.

i believe that flying reptiles existed. breathing fire doesnt seem likely. but “flying dragons” that dont breathe fire seem alot more plausible considering man has continually found fossilized evidence over centuries. Either that or a great grand joke started back in the 1600’s all the way to now, involving lots of paper mache and plaster-of-paris.

Rook,

I’m not disagreeing with you, but there’s plenty of current evidence for animals that can combine chemicals to make light. It could have happened…

yes, yes they did…. and do ;)

i watched a program once on discovery channel where they found a fossilized dragon and used it to prove all the theories. it was really interesting. i thought for the longest time it was all true lol.

no, it was an “if we found this…. this is what we’d do” but they made it seem as if it ACTUALLY happened. I tuned in late and missed the beginning where they said it was all a make believe show.. that is why i was so confused.

I was kiddin sorry, If there’s no eveidence we can’t say yes or no unfortunately :(

hahah crackhacky… poor crackhacky.. “Oh look, dragons are confirmed!” .. “oh .. wait.. nvm” :-)

lol, myth isn’t evidence, cold hard facts are, some ppl choose not to believe certain facts… (ehem, I think we know what I’m gettin at) but a fact is a fact whether you believe it or not and it will be around long after you are.

Okay… I really dig the concept of dragons, but no. There would have been some sort of evidence, and there just isn’t.

rook, I was actually telling people about it after i watched it…

There are no facts either way. I don’t believe they existed, and I don’t believe they never existed. I hold it open as a possibility, but until I see proof, I’m not saying yes or no.

Not me, I look things up before I accept them as facts.

If a new species is discovered, scientific journals everywhere would be in an uproar. It’s not that difficult to separate fact from fiction if you’re sceptical from the start and know where to look.

Yeah, sure. If you don’t know where to look, and don’t cross-check anything.

I don’t look at one page and decide based on that. Forty unrelated pages from reputable sources can’t all be wrong.

hemmingt wrote:
Of course they can, there are plenty of examples throughout history of large groups of people believing the same thing turing out to be wrong. I am not dissing you I just think that we should all accept that what we believe is exactly that. Belief.

I don’t believe, I learn. I look at facts, nothing more.

hemmingt wrote:
do you think that they were spurned by ancient travellers tales? komodo dragons for instance?

Possibly. But the fish tale concept is probably more accurate when combined with ancient superstitions.

I think that they did. For example, how is it that so many ancient civilizations could have stories or artwork of them that are much the same and came about vefore these civilizations even had contact with eachother. And as for cold facts, so many things can be played with in the human brain. Generally people see simply what they seek to see, and deny what’s in front of them if it goes against their thoughts. However, I’m not saying that dragons existed as the highly romanticized beings that people think of today. They were probably, I think, more just animals, without being specifically evil or good or magical. I can’t say that I’m some highly educated pereson that must be right, but I believe very strongly that dragons were at some point real.

That’s a very good point, Anon, and I agree, to an extent. It is by all means possible, but as there’s no proof, we can’t really say for sure. Very well-put, though.

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The fish tale concept is best explained by the phrase, “it was THIS big”. People see something that’s amazing, but they embellish their story over time, and the fish they caught that was, in reality, three feet long, becomes nine feet long when they tell the story. The same applies to other animals, events, and even plants that early explorers in particular told stories about.

Thanks, that was starting to bug me a little.

The n typo in the post, it sayed nut rather then but

lol, we all are…

Hmm. I’m not sure you understand my position. I ONLY trust facts. Anything else, I may have an opinion on, but I don’t ‘believe’ in. There aren’t many things that are fact, but they’re the only things I trust without doubt. And, if I were to be proven wrong, I would accept that, as I would then know what the truth was. If you require proof for everything, you’re never wrong, because you only accept things that are proven facts. See?

Oh, me too. But it’s only a theory, so I can’t believe it. I know what a theory is and what a fact is, I don’t mistake one for the other.

Are we then going into if fairies exist or not? hahaha

My position is the same on everything. Prove it, and I’ll accept it.

Saint George the Dragon Slayer (more proof of Christian BS) was proclaimed as a saint for slaying a dragon. Who is to say that T-Rex heads weren’t laying about in them days. If I brought you a skull of a dinosaur that would seem like a dragon to most people ~smiles~.

I believe that dragons exist, but not on this particular plane, however the fact they were imagined means they exist on a plane somewhere ~smiles~.

If they were describing dinosaurs, then it wasn’t dragons. It was dinosaurs.

Good point!

Then they’re the same thing, and they’re now known as dinosaurs.

Water, agua, mizu…it doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s the same thing.

My level 55 druid fights dragons all the time.

Note to self: Water Fairy makes lousy defence against giant Pyro Dragon.

What are you guys talkin bout?

+5 fire protection to the shield…aww yeah…lol

+8 fire dammage to all attacks.

hemmingt wrote:
On another note do you reckon that there could really be a secret wizard world?

Avada Kedavra!

Are you gys talkin bout wow? Oh yeah defntly secret wizard world

I don’t know about dragons existing. I like the idea though. Fire breathing dinos.

well of course they did!
still do im told…..in the mountains of romania;)

Nah thats dracula

Vampiric dragons…unstoppable.

hmmmm i think dragons were deffo not real, but dinosours just mabye cudda been???
i belive in the tooth fairy tho lmao!!

lmao what about santa????
i belived in him once untill i found my mam drinking his milk and eating half his cookies lol, what a sly woman xx

lol interesting what your parents want you to belive and make you belive these days.. but they always end up being found out lol, i wish santa was real tho, i think christmas would be so much diffrent if he was lol xx

once,. my mam asked me to go to b&q to buy some spotty paint for the passage way!
OMG how stupid was i??? lmao
tht was just so she could rap my presents up without me spying lol

***Xeno Dragon eats manbearpig*** No, you’re half man, half bearpig. All of which are food items of dragons. lol

There was an Animal Planet show about this some time ago. Made it sound pretty convincing that dragons existed. Still doubt it, though.

CrackHacky wrote:
i watched a program once on discovery channel where they found a fossilized dragon and used it to prove all the theories. it was really interesting. i thought for the longest time it was all true lol.

We know. :)

Puff was real to me, *tear* *sniff*

Puff is alive and well. He grows…grass…in a land called Honalee. :)

I’m gonna tell my kids that Santa is an alien from outerspace sent to steal their toys. Then every Christmas I can take away toys instead of giving them. That oughta screw ‘em up quite nicely….
lol

Dragon’s of course did exist. It’s fairly well accepted that during the biblical flood, dragon’s were excluded by Noah on the grounds of fire safety. The rest is history really, the dragons along with the two unicorns that arrived late, entered the long list of extinct species. Hope I’ve been of help.

Just because we can’t find any physical evidence of something that existed does not mean it didn’t truly exist. Remember all evidence comes from archeological digs, which at best is hit or miss at what has been preserved and what is gone forever. Many species that were around back in the ancient times are now extinct, who’s to say some a couple random species of dinosoars not killed off yet still hid in dark caves, or swam around big lakes like some lonely loch ness. If they were around, every macho man in any village would be trying to figure out how to kill it, so any ones left would’ve been quickly hunted into extinction. Maybe someday we’ll be lucky enouch to find one that fell into a bog, got buried in a volcanic eruption, or deep in sand, but til that time, we can all just wonder…

CrackHacky wrote:
no, it was an “if we found this…. this is what we’d do” but they made it seem as if it ACTUALLY happened. I tuned in late and missed the beginning where they said it was all a make believe show.. that is why i was so confused.

I did that once to a dinosaur show on the discover channel and was totally flipping out, they were like keeping dinosaurs in like a zoo of sorts, then they got this little time zapper thingy, and went back in time to get more of them thats when I knew it was fake, but it was so life like, they had really great graphics people i mean it looked as real as like steve erwins shows

I don’t, but ****, do I wish!!

Dragons are just winged dinosaurs and dinosaurs went extinct, so I think they were real.

DO DRAGON’S EXIST? I am looking at one this very minute. Next question.