Lionel Posted January 25, 2004 #1 Share Posted January 25, 2004 With tiny teeth and claws, a little tail and soft-looking white skin, could this really be what it seems - a baby dragon?Highly unlikely of course, but this disturbingly realistic model almost had the experts fooled.The dragon, suspended in a jar of what is thought to be formaldehyde, is believed to be the brainchild of German scientists who wanted to humiliate their English counterparts in the 1890s, when the rivalry between the two countries was intense. Had they pulled it off it would have been one of the greatest hoaxes of all time. However, according to documents found with it, the Natural History Museum turned the dragon away, possibly because they suspected it was a trick. It was then sent to be destroyed. But it appears a porter intercepted the 2 1/2 ft-high jar and took it home. Now the dragon has surfaced in an Oxfordshire garage. The papers say the porter was either a man known only as Moredun, or a Frederick Hart - whose grandson David found the jar containing the dragon in his garage last month. Mr Hart, 58 , from Sutton Courtenay, said: 'My father, George, who is dead now, left it at my house when he moved away from London about 20 years ago. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_Jones Posted January 25, 2004 #2 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Wow that is a real work of art, especially for the time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenojjin Posted January 25, 2004 #3 Share Posted January 25, 2004 X-RAY IT ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novo Posted January 25, 2004 #4 Share Posted January 25, 2004 I think that is amazing! It is apparantly a hoax,But the detail is shocking and it is truly beatiful to look at.If it is fake and no museum wants it it will be worth at least several hundred thousand dollars at a art show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygon Posted January 25, 2004 #5 Share Posted January 25, 2004 wow, thats a really good piece of art there, that is, assuming its not real. which im sure its not. i want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted January 25, 2004 #6 Share Posted January 25, 2004 I watched a movie on the scifi channel last night about these people who cloned a dragon. Did anyone else see it? Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted January 26, 2004 #7 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I watched a movie on the scifi channel last night about these people who cloned a dragon. Did anyone else see it? Pretty cool. I have seen that one before, its got the guy from "The New Adventures Of Superman". Suffice to say i thought the movie was pretty lame on acting and storyline..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaMHD Posted January 26, 2004 #8 Share Posted January 26, 2004 It would be great if this little dragon were for real, its so neat looking. I guess only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebolt Posted January 26, 2004 #9 Share Posted January 26, 2004 amazing! I really do hope its real.. *sigh* that would be one of the most grandest things! It looks so real.. i wonder if he took the top off and felt it.. lol Beth Ro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted January 26, 2004 #10 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I have seen that one before, its got the guy from "The New Adventures Of Superman". Suffice to say i thought the movie was pretty lame on acting and storyline..... You mean that it wasn't the BEST movie you've ever seen?! Gotta totally agree.... Started me thinking about dragons though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambyglam Posted January 26, 2004 #11 Share Posted January 26, 2004 i want one for the mantel piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perelandra Posted January 26, 2004 #12 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Thanks for the article. It is indeed very neat looking. The shape of the head looks very much like that of a baby theropod.. maybe he used one as a model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomgirl Posted January 26, 2004 #13 Share Posted January 26, 2004 real or not, it looks pretty cool to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted January 27, 2004 #14 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Wow, great picture..cute little guy... Looks like baby Norbert from Harry Potter... Of course they always grow up and run off to eat people and burn down villages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted January 27, 2004 #15 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Of course they always grow up and run off to eat people and burn down villages... Yeah my family said the same thing about me >_>;; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirini Posted January 27, 2004 #16 Share Posted January 27, 2004 X-RAY IT ! I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulfire78 Posted January 27, 2004 #17 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I wonder when it will show up on e-bay? "Get the one and only genuine original dragon hoax in a jar, limited time only, no reserve!" *pulls out credit card and waits for bidding to begin...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted January 27, 2004 #18 Share Posted January 27, 2004 "Get the one and only genuine original dragon hoax in a jar, limited time only, no reserve!" "Get the one and only genuine original Haunted dragon hoax in a jar, limited time only, no reserve!" Yeah, thats better... "Haunted" makes everything sell better on ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcatz Posted January 27, 2004 #19 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I have to say, I wish it was real. Maybe it's a youth filled with reading the literature of writers such as Tolkien and McCaffery... but I've always dreamed about dragons being more than just a myth; even though I should know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_in_mudboots Posted January 27, 2004 #20 Share Posted January 27, 2004 the head does indeed resemble a late jurrasic theropod, but somthing about the hip/leg/crotch area looks rigged. OK, call me a pervert for checking out baby dragons crotches, or call me observant, but that part doesnt look natural. also, the hands look more like a mammals than a reptiles, but its a dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<bleeding_heart> Posted February 2, 2004 #21 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Your a pervert! But your right thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimangaBloodThorn Posted February 3, 2004 #22 Share Posted February 3, 2004 ::Looks over at pitiful drawings and even pitiful-er sculptures. :: Lol. Anyway, I love this, it's really cool. I want one! However, it would have been even neater if it was a real dragon! Hey, a girl can hope, no? Cya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeohn Posted February 4, 2004 #23 Share Posted February 4, 2004 wow, nice dragon...however there are real dragons living out is South Asia, they look like really big lizards but they do not stand on their back legs like the picture. I also heard a while back that some people found dragons remains which have impressions of feathers -like birds- on rocks, sometimes these dragons were dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted February 6, 2004 #24 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Everything we know about dragons is basicaly from legend and myth. If it is a hoax, then, that's all they had going for them as well. If it's real, hey, now we know what a baby dragon looks like. I for one, do hope it's real. Never really gave up hope on mythological beasts existing. Call me a dreamer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIrishVampiress Posted February 6, 2004 #25 Share Posted February 6, 2004 *sigh* ahhhhh..... i wish wouldnt it be cool if it was real! a real dragon!....*longer, more thoughtful sigh* ahhhhhhhhhhhhh..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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