OT - Conspiracy Theories.... I love the imagination!

[waiting4something]

They didn't stay in Antartica, they left some time in 1945 and in 2018 they'll be back... Iron Sky http://www.ironsky.net/site/



Spoiler Warning


Iron Sky is a humorous sci-fi movie made by a Finnish-German group involving a Nazi moonbase and flying saucers. It's due for release in 2011.

This looks bad ass!

[waiting4something]

It was rumored that the Nazi's where building a secret base in Antarctica, but was later destroyed by some U.S. Navy Admiral and his expedition force sent there. That would make a great science fiction movie in it's self.

[pmulcahy11b]

Want to have fun Type "conspiracy theory" into Google and see what comes out!

[Raellus]

Bigfoot

I took a few physical anthropology courses on my way to a bachelor's in archaeology and I really would like to believe there's a pocket of primitive hominids hanging out in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S./Canada, the Himalayas, and/or the jungles of southeast Asia.

Unfortunately, based on the complete lack of hard evidence, I highly doubt any such populations exist. No physical remains have been found by hunters, hikers, loggers, explorers, etc. With the world shrinking as fast as it is (habitat loss, suburban sprawl, human population explosion, cel-phone video, global media, etc.), it would be incredibly difficult for any such group of Sasquatches (or whatever) to remain hidden and isolated.

Secondly, if such a small, isolated population existed, a phenomenon sometimes called genetic bottlenecking would be taking place. With a relatively small, closely related genepool, these creatures would be suffering from all kinds of genetic disorders and maladies that would further hinder their survivability.

The same thing could be said of other mythical creatures like the Loch Ness monster, the Chupacabra, etc.

Lastly, most, if not all, of the purported "evidence" of these creatures (at least in the U.S.) has been exposed as bogus. Most of it is the work of good-natured pranksters and/or folks hoping to prosper from their "discoveries".

It would be cool if there were a few peaceful and nature loving hominids out there in the woods somewhere, untouched by time and unsullied by human excesses. Unfortunately, I think this is more wishful thinking and conspiracy theory than anything else. I hope I'm wrong.

[jester]

That reminds me of that episode of MASH where all of Frank's clothes kept getting smaller and smaller. It was driving him nuts. After one time where none of his clothes fit, he ran out of the Swamp (which is what they called their tent), and Trapper looks at Hawkeye, and says, "What do we do next" Hawkeye says "I think we'll make him taller." It turns out they'd been secretly taking his clothes to a Korean village nearby where they found a seamstress willing to go in with the joke.

Paul! You are wrong! Now go to your room and watch your MASH! It was Charles they were messing with.

[Abbott Shaull]

Actually that was the great thing with having Frank Burns and Charles Winchester. Hawkeye and crew could pull the similar events with slightly different twist in several seasons and no will notice...lol