I heard this story at college some years ago and ive never been able to find anything out. the story is that french railway enginners blasting a tunnel saw something coming at them through the smoke , they ran it followed then croaked and dropped dead outside the tunnel , the enginners found a cavity in the rock that was shaped like the creature what large black oily wings and a long beak or bill ,could this be true? what happened to it if it is?
I ve heard of toads being found alive in stone so why not prehistoric creatures?
2006-10-29 22:19:38 · 22 answers · asked by tannerboy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
In one word; NO
2006-10-29 22:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hello mate. I must admit I havent heard of the french story but I have heard of the south american pterasaurs. The story goes like this.
A woman comes home one day and notices her cat stalking something. She goes inside and watches from the window. She thinks she sees the cat catch a bird and being kindly goesback out to try and save it. She shoos the cat away and picks up what looks like a birdie. However, on closer examination it looks all wrong. It looks more like a smallish bat but with fur on its back and a very long beak. As luck would have it, her son is home so she calls out to get a camera.He brings it out and takes a few pictures. The animal is in shock but after a while gains its composure and flies away. It lands on her roof, stays for a while then flies away for good.
The photo's were good quality and in focus.
Im going to try and attach one. See what you think.
Cant attach it so I'll email it to you.
2006-10-29 22:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by andy2kbaker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If that is the truth, then I should expect to see Nessie and Ogopogo the next time I'm around Scotland and the Okanagan. Better watch yourself when you go outside, you never know when those pesky velociraptors will be in the neighbourhood!
2006-10-30 05:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pure fiction. Pterodactyls were gliders, using thermals in the air to stay aloft. it would have had great difficulty getting very far in a tunnel and unless it was a very short tunnel, would have crash landed somewhere in the tunnel.
2006-10-29 22:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Minxy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there is some truth to that.
There is a railway tunnel in France.
2006-10-30 06:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was just a rumour that started when Margaret Thatcher opened the EuroTunnel and stepped into France.
2006-10-29 22:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What an original piece of fiction! But if you believe that you'll believe anything. I think that they didn't even see a pterodactyl much less the thing you mention.
2006-10-30 02:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by clausiusminkowski 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Another good fairy tale is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2006-10-29 22:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's the French for 'Pigs might fly' oink, oink, oink, got to do the oink bit in a French accent by the way, so more likely, unk, unk, unk.
2006-10-30 22:38:59 · answer #9 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It was an illigal immigrant trying to get to the UK and he thought he was in the channel tunnel.
2006-10-30 03:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by Jon H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do expect from the French? Too much beer and wine on the lunch break, if you ask me.
2006-10-29 22:23:31 · answer #11 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋