[bruxa]

I mean, sure... there might be a couple of these left in the world because ( I believe ) that no one can be absolutely certain there aren't... but that picture/video is an insult to human intelligence.

Come on... we're past those crappy photos of the Loch Ness monster, Big Foot, etc. Like Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki commented - "It's remarkable that it is out of focus in a time that we have autofocus cameras."

[zipwitch]

As xkcd put it, "In the last few years, with very little fanfare, we've conclusively settled the questions of flying saucers, lake monsters, ghosts, and bigfoot."

https://xkcd.com/1235/

The Chelyabinsk meteor was pretty amazing, though.

[huherto]

I still have hopes for Big Foot. It would be fascinating.

[Retric]

My favorite photo of a lockless monster ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster#/media/File:... looks like someone swimming the crawl with poor, but not terrible technique.

But, if you really want to see a sea monster I guess you can see a sea monster. Not sure just how large they think those waves are in a lake.

[YZF]

"lockless monster" ... Yeah, it's hard to tell whether it's using mutexes or not in the photo. ;)

[deadowl]

How about this photo of Champ? http://www.csicop.org/si/show/new_information_surfaces_on_wo...

[leojg]

We love to believe in the exceptional, that's it.

We have concrete prof that earth is somewhat round and solid but some people still believe that there is a micro sun inside, and will fight you if say otherwise.

With these extinct or close to extinction species happens the same

[TeMPOraL]

> We have concrete prof that earth is somewhat round and solid but some people still believe that there is a micro sun inside

Wait, isn't the Earth's core molten and hot? Or do people believe the Earth is hollow and has a small star inside?

[mryingster]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth

I'm shocked that anyone actually believes this in modern days, but it's a fun thing to fantasize about.

There is a fictional series about hollow earth called Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs that I enjoyed immensely. A fun read, not unlike Tarzan.

[kaybe]

The center is thought to be solid. It consists of iron and about 10% lighter elements, probably mostly nickel.

There is even a paper that states it is crystallizing at a rate of about 1 mm/year, and this process contributes some of the heat. [1] I have been trying to dig back to the data on this in the past, but haven't found anything but the claim itself.

[1] http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v4/n4/abs/ngeo1083.html

[leojg]

as @mryingster says, I was referring to the hollow earth "theory"