In today's world, basically, all people are skeptical. Perhaps it is because of the fantastic stories on which we grew up, and then discovered that life in real life is more prosaic. Monsters in the movies are not real. Magic is fiction. Baba-yaga and Santa Claus do not exist as, however, and the brownie.
But if for a moment we put aside skepticism aside and look differently at some things that are considered mythical, although they had an equivalent in our world, it can be said with certainty that the dragons actually existed.
Did the dragons really exist?
No ancient script could do without dragons. They were written about by all the peoples of the world who lived in different parts of the globe. And all the legends among themselves are quite similar, and this leads to the idea that the dragons actually existed before. Otherwise, as people living on different continents, who do not have the opportunity to communicate with each other, could leave identical letters after themselves.
For example, in the legend of Herodotus it was written that the Crimean coast had a monster 20 meters long. A huge dark body with a long tail, and powerful clawed paws, with a crest on its head and burning red eyes. And, besides, this monster had an eerie mouth with long teeth in several rows, ran quickly and made a loud piercing roar.
And the Hyperboreans who lived in the opposite direction described it as follows: "A huge lizard with large wings, powerful jaws and long claws on large scaly legs, loudly screams and spews out flames."
Are there dragons now?
Even in the modern world dragons exist. In one encyclopedic edition it is said: "Dragons are a group of lizards, a genus of reptiles, reaching a length of more than 30 cm, they have a long tail and a narrow, flattened body. These individuals due to skin folds, have the ability to plan flights to 20 m. Now about 14 species of dragons live on our planet. "
On the island of Komodo in our days live huge lizards - dragons. They are outwardly very similar to the creatures described by our ancestors, only not spewing fire and not flying.
Many disputes among scientists cause the existence of the Ladoga lizard and the Loch Ness monster. Recently, there are more and more proven clues proving that these creatures are not a myth, but a reality.