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ThatBrightHelper · 2024-11-19T07:42:54+00:00

I am friends with someone of viking descent, and she told me that her ancestors were friends with dragons, just like How To Train Your Dragon! I find that really cool that dragons might not be that imaginary.

AnglesMortes · 19/11/2024 08:30

GingerLiberalFeminist · 19/11/2024 07:53

I suspect the dragon concept came from dinosaur fossils.

I listened to a podcast last night (Infinite Monkey Cage) in which they postulated that in the 17th century when dinosaur and other fossils were being found, they tried to fit the bones to prevailing folklore of the time.
So, reasonable to think that a big, sod-off dinosaur bone was from a dragon or other mythical creature

SoupDragon · 19/11/2024 08:29

Tina159 · 19/11/2024 08:23

The friend wasn't there either. There is absolutely no evidence of dragons, dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago and there is evidence of them. People believed mermaids existed at one time do you believe in them too? Do you just believe anything anyone says?

People should question everything and not just blindly believe a load of nonsense.

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People believe in gods...

NeighSayers · 19/11/2024 08:28

CamelTail · 19/11/2024 07:58

Considering most deities were aliens, why wouldn't it be possible some brought dragons with them on occasion

Yes come on OP. Dragons are just small fry compared to the alien deities! 🤔

CamelTail · 19/11/2024 08:27

Tina159 · 19/11/2024 08:23

The friend wasn't there either. There is absolutely no evidence of dragons, dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago and there is evidence of them. People believed mermaids existed at one time do you believe in them too? Do you just believe anything anyone says?

People should question everything and not just blindly believe a load of nonsense.

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Hey, misery guts.
Chill

SoupDragon · 19/11/2024 08:26

I'm very much real.

ohdrearydrearyme · 19/11/2024 08:25

Look on Quora, using the question
Is it scientifically possible for a Pegasus to exist

It doesn't just cover pegasuses (pegasi?) but dragons too. Lots of explanation as to why you cannot have flying animals above a certain size, the fact that the animal would need six limbs, which only happens with insects, etc.

TheDefiant · 19/11/2024 08:25

Iheartmysmart · 19/11/2024 08:07

I wish they did as I’d like a smallish one as a pet. It could sit on my shoulder and stare menacingly at annoying people on teams calls. And possibly make me toast using its fire breath.

You should read the books about Pern by Anne McCaffrey.

They have little dragons in them.

Horrace · 19/11/2024 08:24

My brother works with them in Romania
Of course they are real

spuddy4 · 19/11/2024 08:24

Yes they hide up in the mountains here in Wales and occasionally have been seen flying over Cardiff castle on Saint David's day. Rumour has it they only understand Welsh and their favourite food is Welsh rarebit followed by a Welsh cake. You can spot a Welsh dragon easily because it's red like on our flag.

Tina159 · 19/11/2024 08:23

Gimmeabreak2025 · 19/11/2024 08:09

And you know this first hand as you were there….. 🙄 it’s people like you that make people question everything as it’s ridiculous to assume you are an authority or in fact anyone is on how the world was thousands of years ago.

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The friend wasn't there either. There is absolutely no evidence of dragons, dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago and there is evidence of them. People believed mermaids existed at one time do you believe in them too? Do you just believe anything anyone says?

People should question everything and not just blindly believe a load of nonsense.

truegum81 · 19/11/2024 08:22

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Triselly · 19/11/2024 08:21

DrZaraCarmichael · 19/11/2024 08:02

"Of viking descent" - nah. She will not have any proof of what whatsoever. Vikings weren'r recording their births/marriages/deaths 1000 years ago to let you trace back properly.

Dinosaurs were sometimes big and sometimes flew, but the really big ones did not fly.

If dragons existed, do you not think someone, somewhere would have found bones?

Of course you can - you can easily trace Scandinavian heritage using dna tests. Although ‘viking’ is/was not an ethnic group but a job description so I suppose you are correct in that sense, we can’t say for certain why people came over - most of them were farmers/traders rather than raiders.

indigovapour · 19/11/2024 08:21

OAPapparently · 19/11/2024 07:59

I think they could have existed. DH says if a large animal ate stones/rock to help with digestion (if their digestive system was different) then theoretically the rocks rubbing together could create friction to make smoke/fire. Also they could have just had very hot breath that created steam.
Dinosaurs existed - huge massive things that sometimes flew, so I don’t see it as that absurd that dragons may have existed too.
The planet is ancient, anything could have happened in that time and a lot of cultures reference them.

Wtf??? Is your DH ok?

OneBlackHeart · 19/11/2024 08:19

There's that video floating about of a man saying the T rex was a dragon. Compares the skeleton with that of an ostrich and the arms/wings look the same

Tina159 · 19/11/2024 08:17

Why are people suggesting they might have existed? We've known they didn't/don't exist since the 18th century! Next people will be saying maybe mermaids exist or fairies.

Cherryana · 19/11/2024 08:14

I definitely think they were dinosaurs.

We have a local legend about a Wooly mammoth being caught in a village.
They say they have debunked it but ‘they’ were not there!!

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And you know this first hand as you were there….. 🙄 it’s people like you that make people question everything as it’s ridiculous to assume you are an authority or in fact anyone is on how the world was thousands of years ago.

Iheartmysmart · 19/11/2024 08:07

I wish they did as I’d like a smallish one as a pet. It could sit on my shoulder and stare menacingly at annoying people on teams calls. And possibly make me toast using its fire breath.

ErrolTheDragon · 19/11/2024 08:02

How much cooler is it that the human imagination can produce these fantastic creatures ?
(For their ultimate evolution, obviously you should refer to my username.)

DrZaraCarmichael · 19/11/2024 08:02

"Of viking descent" - nah. She will not have any proof of what whatsoever. Vikings weren'r recording their births/marriages/deaths 1000 years ago to let you trace back properly.

Dinosaurs were sometimes big and sometimes flew, but the really big ones did not fly.

If dragons existed, do you not think someone, somewhere would have found bones?

Devilsmommy · 19/11/2024 08:00

BrunetteHarpy · 19/11/2024 07:59

Well, my ancestors were communing with unicorns, so am much more special, clearly.

🤣🤣🤣

OAPapparently · 19/11/2024 07:59

I think they could have existed. DH says if a large animal ate stones/rock to help with digestion (if their digestive system was different) then theoretically the rocks rubbing together could create friction to make smoke/fire. Also they could have just had very hot breath that created steam.
Dinosaurs existed - huge massive things that sometimes flew, so I don’t see it as that absurd that dragons may have existed too.
The planet is ancient, anything could have happened in that time and a lot of cultures reference them.

BrunetteHarpy · 19/11/2024 07:59

Well, my ancestors were communing with unicorns, so am much more special, clearly.

CamelTail · 19/11/2024 07:58

Considering most deities were aliens, why wouldn't it be possible some brought dragons with them on occasion

TheWonderhorse · 19/11/2024 07:58

Of course there are dragons. All Welsh people know that! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿