Comments on: The Australian Mini-Foot http://www.cryptomundo.com/eyewitness-accounts/australian-mini-foot/ for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: flame821 http://www.cryptomundo.com/eyewitness-accounts/australian-mini-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-80343 flame821 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:29:35 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=55722#comment-80343 There seem to be two major descriptions. A monkey-like creature who walks upright with a slow gait. And a barrel-chested, long limb creature with three long claws on each limb.

I don’t know a whole lot about Australian wildlife, but the slow gait and three long claws makes me think of a sloth. Are there any records of ground sloths, or fossils/bones of sloths existing in Oz? I’ve heard that ground sloths could look like bears when put on the defensive (as in the one cornered by dogs) and used their claws to hack/slash at their predators.

]]> By: Hapa http://www.cryptomundo.com/eyewitness-accounts/australian-mini-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-80272 Hapa Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:29:45 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=55722#comment-80272 I often view smaller land cryptids more likely than big ones. The reasons are as follows:

1. Its easier for a small unknown animal to remain elusive than a regular to gargantuan unknown animal.

2. The vast majority of animals known are, compared to humans, small (from average sized dogs and dog-sized Sun Bears (i.e. 60-145 lbs) to microscopic mites).

Though I don’t doubt that Sasquatch, some lake monsters, etc exist, a small crytpid has a lot going for it over a big one. However, a whole slew of other factors need to be considered before any cryptid is deemed likely or unlikely to actually exist.

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