Mokele Mbembe

[Compsognathus]

What do you think about Mokele Mbembe? Do you dismiss it, or do you think, that there is some chance, that it could really exist in those huge, but still very little explored rainforests? Would you like it to be true?

I do not exactly believe, but because these rainforests are still so secluded, I still cannot utterly dismiss it for myself.

[Nick22]

first and foremost, what IS it? or rather what it is it supposed to be?

[Gentle Sharptooth]

first and foremost, what IS it? or rather what it is it supposed to be?

“ In cryptozoology, the Mokele-mbembe is a water-dwelling entity that supposedly lives in the Congo River Basin, sometimes described as a living creature, sometimes as a spirit.


During the early 20th century, descriptions of the entity increasingly reflected public fascination with dinosaurs, including aspects of particular dinosaur species now known among scientists to be incorrect, and the entity became increasingly described alongside a number of purported living nonavian dinosaurs in Africa.[1]

Over time, the entity became a point of focus in particular among adherents of the pseudoscience of cryptozoology, and young Earth creationism, resulting in numerous expeditions led by cryptozoologists and funded by young Earth creationists and groups with the aim of finding evidence that invalidates scientific consensus regarding evolution. Paleontologist Donald Prothero remarks that "the quest for Mokele Mbembe ... is part of the effort by creationists to overthrow the theory of evolution and teaching of science by any means possible".[2] Additionally, Prothero observes that "the only people looking for Mokele-mbembe are creationist ministers, not wildlife biologists."

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokele-mbembe

[Nick22]

Gods., creationists. The sort that believe the earth is only 6000 years old, despite having bristlecone pines in Nevada that are dated to close to 7000 years old. (they have the core samples and tree rings to prove it). So this is a mythological creature in the same realm as Bigfoot. Sure, they COULD find an previously unknown species(the rainforests are thought to hold a quarter of the species on Earth , many previously unknown ) but that wouldn't prove that evolution is false, or that young creationists aren't crackpots. Frankly those rainforests should be set aside as preserves, much of the African and southeast Asia rainforests have already vanished, and the same thing is happening to the Amazon under Bolsonaro's watch in Brazil. .

[RainbowFaceProtege]

[Gentle Sharptooth]

I think it could definitely be a spiritual/ supernatural being, perhaps a Rainbowface? @RainbowFaceProtege

I must admit the prospect of a dinosaur defying all the odds and living among us in Africa is exciting; like Rainbow said in regards to Nessie, the Plesiosaur at Loche Ness.

Do I believe? Yes, I do. I think folklore and legends matter. There is always truth in them. Troy was believed to be legend, then they dug it up right where Homer said it was. King Arthur is a famous king of antiquity who was anglicized (adopted and interpreted in a Anglo/ English way).

The truth is out there. 

I must confess I am a Christian Creationist [a person who believes that the universe and living organisms originate from divine acts of creation by God Almighty as seen in Genesis Chapter 1, and 2, Colossians 1:14-18, and John 1:1-14], but I never knew about this creature.

[RainbowFaceProtege]

[Sneak]

hmm, where did I hear this name before?..

hmmm...

O_O
Oh sh*t! I was scared to death by this creature in one of flash game series...


I believe, in modern time, such big creature would be already spotted on camera.

[Mr. Clubtail]

I dismiss it as since it is depicted like a dinosaur, it would have been dead because of the ice age and dinosaurs are not meant for areas as cold as today, hence why the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are part frog.

[Nanotyrannus]

Whether or not its existence is plausible - I'm pretty firmly in the camp that believes that mokele-mbembe doesn't exist - I have to say that the basic idea behind the thing; sauropods having survived the K/Pg event and managing to hold on by a single species in the belly of the modern-day Congo Basin; is tantalizing, and a good premise for a story.