Comments on: Giant Sloth in Ohio River Valley?

By: jerrywayne

jerrywayne — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:39:55 +0000

This report does not reference a giant ground sloth at all. Instead, it mentions a “giant sloth”. Because the article says it is unknown whether the sloth in question was a two-toed or three-toed sloth, it seems clear that what is being discussed is a sloth, not an allegedly extinct ground sloth (which would remind one more of a bear than an ape).

By: Terry W. Colvin

Terry W. Colvin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:38:38 +0000

Evansville, Indiana is my hometown. The latest date for extinction of the ground sloth is maybe 5,000 years ago based on remains found on one or more islands in the Caribbean. The stroller sounds like a tall tale teller, I mean, transporting such a large animal would attract notice.

By: AlbertaSasquatch

AlbertaSasquatch — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:37:19 +0000

Did anyone notice it all started on Friday the thirteenth. Eerie!

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:31:23 +0000

Gooles- If you read the article carefully, you’ll see that the sloth didn’t “make it’s way” up from Mexico undetected. It was captured on a game hunting expedition and then escaped when it was brought to the States.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:52:21 +0000

Great historical cryptid story.

Mystery_Man, you took the words right out of my mouth.

By: goobles

goobles — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:26:44 +0000

wasn’t there some research a few years ago indicating that certain species of giant ground sloths may have survived on Cuba and Hispanola until the 1500s? i could possibly see a few surviving down in south america, but making it all the way up to mexico undetected seems like quite a stretch.

By: Artist

Artist — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:16:46 +0000

Lost and alone in Indiana!

No wonder it was screaming.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:48:40 +0000

What an interesting little article. Since the Giant Sloth is an extinct species, then the one he claimed to have captured in Mexico is a cryptid. Then he brought that cryptid to the States, where he lost it so we basically have here is an escaped, exotic, cryptid. That sort of blows my mind, a cryptid from one place that is transferred to another one far from home to become a cryptid there. To me, that would be sort of like, say, a Tasmanian tiger somehow finding its way to Hawaii. Whoa.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:57:05 +0000

In a way, even the original claim amounted to an escaped exotic pet story, the difference being that they claimed to have captured something supposedly extinct for thousands of years.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:23:13 +0000

Sloths in Mexico???!!

I mean, I know we mexicans have the bad rep. of being lazy (completely untrue I might add, well… except for our politicians that is), but that is just TOO MUCH!