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When I recently made a joke in one of my other threads it gave me an idea for this one. Bigfoot, the abominable snowman, the Loch Ness Monster all have something in common. All three of them are urban legends which got me wondering,.. even though I don't believe in any of them,.. is it possible that even a myth has at least a tiny bit of scientific truth to it?
 

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the Loch Ness Monster all have something in common. All three of them are urban legends
The Loch Ness Monster is real. His biblical name is Leviathan.
 
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Urban legend is not a myth, though.They are different genres:

A legend is presumed to have some basis in historical fact and tends to mention real people or events. Historical fact morphs into a legend when the truth has been exaggerated to the point that real people or events have taken on a romanticized, "larger than life" quality.

In contrast, a myth is a type of symbolic storytelling that was never based on fact. Throughout time, myths have sought to explain difficult concepts (e.g., the origin of the universe) with the help of common story devices, such as personification and allegories.

Legend vs Myth - Difference and Comparison | Diffen
 
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The Leviathan is mentioned five times in the OT, in Job 3:8, Job 40:15–41:26, Psalm 74:14, Psalm 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1.




Okay, then where's the real proof? Lol












Alright so then why are all of the things that I listed considered urban legend and not myth?
 
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Leviathan—real or symbolic?
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Job 41 describes a creature beyond compare, something which defies all human attempts to subdue or tame it. No weapons are effective against it, and the mere sight of it is enough to terrify even the bravest man. God’s creation and ownership of Leviathan is put forward as a prime example of God’s power:

“No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?” (v. 10).
If God is glorified because He created Leviathan, surely it’s reasonable to conclude that it was a real creature, which Job could have actually looked at and been expected to recognize.

The best explanation seems to be that the Leviathan in Job was a giant crocodile known as Sarcosuchus, which grew to 11.2–12.2 metres and weighed up to 8 tonnes. This huge crocodile dwarfs today’s largest—the saltwater crocodile (the largest confirmed individual was only 6.3 m long and only 1,200 kg). Furthermore, its back had a row of bony plates, called osteoderms, which fits the description in Job 41:15, “His back is made of rows of shields”.A new candidate for Leviathan?, J. Creation 19(2):14–16, 2005.
 
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Not by any normal definition of truth.
 
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They're not really urban legends, they're cryptids - cryptozoological folklore.

Urban legends typically have a story, something extraordinary that happened - a cryptid can be the subject of an urban legend; for example, being chased by bigfoot.
 
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Yes.
 
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A legend is presumed to have some basis in historical fact and tends to mention real people or events.

In contrast, a myth is a type of symbolic storytelling that was never based on fact.
So what was Nebraska Man? myth or legend?
 
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Which is what?
I meant YES it is possible that a myth has a tiny bit of scientific truth to it.

I personally believe that Paul Bunyan was a real person (to wit, a Nephilim).

His blue ox, Babe, though, is another matter altogether.
 
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I meant YES it is possible that a myth has a tiny bit of scientific truth to it.

I personally believe that Paul Bunyan was a real person (to wit, a Nephilim).

His blue ox, Babe, though, is another matter altogether.







Oh, I see. Makes sense.
 
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Could he be the same as bigfoot?
No.

Nebraska Man (Hesperopithecus haroldcookii) was a mislabeled tooth that belonged to an extinct peccary known as Prosthennops serus.

My guess is that scientists were so desperate to find a "missing link" that, when this tooth was found, jumped the gun and labeled this thing as an "ape of the western world."

If I gave example after example after example of scientists jumping the gun, I would get moderated.

That's what bugs me.

It's okay for them to bring up acts in the Bible where men, women, children, and animals were ordered to be killed, but let me bring up just seven people who died in a recent tragedy, and they run to mamma and complain.
 
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