Is the Three Gorges Monster really just a broken tire?

It is estimated that some people who know the truth, like this abandoned rubber airbag, feel frustrated.

You know, before this, as soon as the "Three Gorges Monster" video came out, various analyses (some of which should be called brain tonic) were flying all over the sky, and an imagination contest was staged instantly.

The Chinese sturgeon, the yellow croaker, the giant catfish and the giant snake are of the ordinary level; It is said that it is a huge worm, which is a literary level; And guess that it was Xiaolong and other paleontologists, which is considered a spoof level.

Curiosity and exploration of mysterious creatures is almost the innate nature of human beings, which can be called the same cool and hot in the world. No, the legend of the Nice Monster is said to have been circulating for hundreds of years, but today, from time to time, there is still a movement of "a surprise and a surprise", which has caused serious analysis and verification by various media and scientific researchers.

I checked it conveniently. Just last week, domestic media "translated" foreign reports and said, "The latest news! Loch Ness monster, it is it. "

It is reported that a research team from the University of Otago, New Zealand, said at a news conference that by collecting water samples, analyzing and testing DNA of animals and plants, they found that the most likely "water monster" was eel, and ruled out the speculation that the water monster was plesiosaur, catfish, shark and sturgeon.

I look at it with a skeptical attitude. It is said that the research team has collected 25 water samples at different locations and depths in the lake since June 218. As a result, the research team found no DNA of new species, reptiles, catfish, sharks or sturgeons, but found a large number of eel DNA in the lake.

Therefore, the conclusion is that the statement that the "water monster" is a giant eel may come true. However, there is no evidence that there is indeed a "water monster" in the lake.

there is no doubt that this is another conclusion with rhythm. And the Nice Monster is still just a legend.

Actually, it doesn't matter whether there is the Nice Monster or not at this stage. What's important is that people are still maintaining this legend. The media needs it, some scientists need it, and naturally curious onlookers need it more.

The same is true for the spread and fermentation of the "Three Gorges Water Monster". For example, there is a topic in Zhihu that is set like this-what kind of creature is the Three Gorges Water Monster? This question seems ordinary, but it quietly changed the concept and acquiesced in advance that the "Three Gorges Monster" is a creature.

Looking back, in fact, several days ago, some media quoted experts as saying that the object in the water was not a fish or a snake, but a floating object with one end hanging at the bottom of the river. In addition, some people have long questioned that the shooting location is not the Three Gorges. But such information, because it is too simple, has long been automatically blocked by curious netizens in front of the preconceived word "Three Gorges Monster".

Just like the legend of Loch Ness Monster has been going on for years, the reason why the "Three Gorges Monster" can ferment is not so much that some people are partial to listening and believing, but that some onlookers' curiosity needs the support of a legend that is difficult to prove but more difficult to falsify-I just didn't expect that this falsification came so quickly.