04-29-2024, 03:26 PM
(03-02-2024, 12:43 PM)Maxmars Wrote: A little put off by the second-hand poster of this piece, I offer it for your consideration.
The setting: A kayaking enthusiast on the Amazon river was alarmed when he experienced a turbulent interaction with a barely seen creature large enough threaten his small craft.
[Video: https://youtu.be/GNrEQyL35uM]
The text accompanying this video shows that as the kayak was disturbed and presumably shoved or pushed, other similar splashes were occuring many yards away, simultaneously. I thought I saw a fin, or something like it, in one of the frames.
How the poster decided to invoke "Occams' Razor" to declare it a likely Mapinguari sighting eludes me... unless he has no idea what Occam's Razor is.
[Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mapin...Brazil.jpg]
A woman I went to high school with and remained friends with over the years is the Director/Curator of primates at the Bronx Zoo. Prior to that, she was the director of Mammals there. I asked her to look at the footage and she said "There's no way that's a manatee". She's not sure what it is, but she said the splashing at a distance near the end of the video was interesting and more indicative of a reptile or school of fish than a mammal.
Cicada 3301 * That which is hidden will be revealed *
