Comments on: Unicorn Caught on Video?

By: ILoveSnakes

ILoveSnakes — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:48:05 +0000

The folks at the Ontario Science Centre are demented and cruel to do a thing like this. It is not funny in any way, shape, or form. I second (or third, I think) Loren’s comments.

By: loopstheloop

loopstheloop — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:29:17 +0000

Damn, apparently unicorns had wheels.

By: Adam Davies

Adam Davies — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:03:25 +0000

I am up for a laugh, but I have to echo Loren’s comments here. I have risked my life on occasions to bring back credible evidence of the existence of some of the cryptids on our planet, because I passionately believe in their existence. While you can never stop rogue individuals, like the Georgia Bigfoot duo, indulging in this sort of thing, it is a little depressing to see reputable organisations pulling this, in the name of publicity.

By: eireman

eireman — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:29:52 +0000

I’m not sure we can call it a hoax since it is known to be part of a viral marketing campaign. Guerrilla marketing aside, I tend to doubt EVERYTHING posted on YouTube until such time as I have the evidence and reason to conclude otherwise. In this case, the first thing that I thought was why a unicorn? It’s not one of the more plausible cryptids. Then the footage itself caught my eye: fairly fluid (despite some “jerkiness”), clear, and close up. I mean, if more some of the more plausible Bigfoot videos can’t even get a clean shot like that, I’m astounded that someone could capture a unicorn to this degree. Lastly – and by no means sealing the deal – that is a very good lens and video quality. While commercial end products are fast rivaling even professional equipment (full video HD SLRs can shoot movies), this is an unexpectedly good video. I think the likelihood would have been a shaky video shot from an iPhone or such.

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:48:03 +0000

Sigh. When I hit play I assumed it would be a white horse with a fake horn. I was right.

Realistically, if unicorns exist, they probably wouldn’t be a horned horse. It’d be more like other horned ungulates which are cloven-hoofed animals not like horses and zebras, etc.

The old descriptions of unicorns looking more like a deer or goat are much more likely than the ‘white horned horse’ image that is now common.

A unicorn is a very possible animal when looked at as simply a wild cloven-hoofed ungulate with one horn instead of 2+.

By: raynman

raynman — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:39:41 +0000

Even mythological beasts have to move their legs when they’re running…

By: RWRidley

RWRidley — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:37:50 +0000

Pretty obvious fake. Now, this is a classic example of CGI.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:44:52 +0000

This is the kind of unfortunate virtual, viral and, on some level, vicious visual hoax that I truly hate. Here an established science organization, to get more visitors, fakes this unicorn video and places it in a cryptozoological context.

It does serious cryptozoology no favors!

And by reflection, their center comes off looking rather childish for promoting themselves in this fashion.