Comments on: British Explorers Seek Ninki-Nanka and Gambo

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:48:04 +0000

Monitor Lizard, in all likelyhood. A tylosaur or Mosasaur would suffocate under its own weight on the beach.

By: twblack

twblack — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:50:35 +0000

I hope them luck and safety! Thanks for the update.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:48:05 +0000

And even if they don’t find something, letting the local peoples know there is interest is important. They live in the environment. They are more likely to see one. If they know folks are looking (and possibly willing to pay a little something), they are more likely to save the skulls/skins/living specimens next time they encounter one.

By: LordofShades

LordofShades — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:06:00 +0000

I very much hope that the team is able to capture a cryptid on film. To some, this is just another expedition. To others, it represents our passion for this field of science which is far too often readily dismissed. We can never know where validation is going to come from, a hunter with a cam, a fisherman who brings up a coelacanth, or hopefully, this team, who has passionately undertaken this quest with the humble yet noble goal of finding something new.

By: dewhurst

dewhurst — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:24:05 +0000

Mateo I strongly disagree with your comment.

Please understand I am not having’a pop’ at you but to dismiss local legend as an enourmous waste of time comes across as a little conceited.

I always find information from local/first nation peoples very informative-in some situations they still live very closely with their natural environments without outside influences changing their perspective.

I say we should listen and learn not just write it off as lets face it many of these people have actually seen the creatures we spend so much time researching and talking about far away from the environments that they live in.

By: Ole Bub

Ole Bub — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:18:23 +0000

Ole bub…

Wishes the expedition…success, safety and God speed….it’s a jungle out there…

all the best…

ole bub and the dawgs

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:34:48 +0000

The “amateur naturalist ” was, of course, 15-year-old Owen Burnham, who discovered the carcass. He and his family buried it on June 12, 1983, on Bungalow Beach, which is used frequently by tourists.

By: ilexoak

ilexoak — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:42:07 +0000

Sounds like a fantastic adventure. Hope it goes extremely well!!

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:33:18 +0000

all legends begin with something. at least some of the stories are recent. I do hope they find something to bring home. boy what history could be made there.

By: Mateo

Mateo — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:38:51 +0000

Basing an expedition on local legend is an enormous waste of time. I guarantee they find absolutely nothing.