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Tibetan Dragons
A photograph of what appears to be dragons flying in the sky above Tibet has been generating some attention. The photograph was taken over a year ago:On June 22, 2004, the photographer went to Tibet’s Amdo region to attend the Qinghai-to-Xizang Railroad laying ceremony, and then took a plane from Lhasa to fly back inland. When flying over the Himalaya’s, he accidentally caught these two "dragons" in a picture that he took. He called these two objects "the Tibet dragons."
To me the 'dragons' (you can see their 'tails' in the lower left corner of the picture... click the thumbnail to enlarge it) appear to obviously be clouds. Or maybe they're some kind of formation on the ground. But yeah, I can see the resemblance to dragons.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Aug 10, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 37
Category: Cryptozoology, Photos/Videos
Category: Cryptozoology, Photos/Videos
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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It's a glacier, end of story.
Posted by Adrian Rice on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 06:30 AM
They look like contrails that are being disrupted by the wind.
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 06:31 AM
I see a giant panda in the mountains. Maybe the dragon is running from the panda.
Posted by Floormaster Squeeze on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 08:35 AM
It's REAL I tell you!!!!
Posted by X on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 09:38 AM
Crap, this is like those magic eye things from the 90's. Never could see the picture in them either.
Posted by Craig on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 09:56 AM
I can see what appears to be dragon tails, but I can make the same thing in my photo shop program and put clouds over it with the lightening tool. Easy.
Obviously some sort of normal formation with only a part of it showing, or photoshopped. Interesting, though. Why only one picture? If I saw dragons, I'd be taking as many photos as I could. I wouldn't tell anyone either, unless the photos came out really good and there was another witness. But even then...
I still don't think anyone would believe me.
Sorry, rambling. I'll hush now.
Posted by thephrog in CA USA on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 10:44 AM
Obviously some sort of normal formation with only a part of it showing, or photoshopped. Interesting, though. Why only one picture? If I saw dragons, I'd be taking as many photos as I could. I wouldn't tell anyone either, unless the photos came out really good and there was another witness. But even then...
I still don't think anyone would believe me.Sorry, rambling. I'll hush now.
oh they are real enough and when they unleash their wrath on the Chinese overlords who have assumed rule in Tibet, the mighty shall fall...Free Tibet!!!
Posted by Chuck in Rhode Island on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 11:45 AM
I second the glacier theory - thats the first thing I thought of when I saw them.
Posted by Saribellum in Another Time on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 02:25 PM
Where are the dragons?
I only see clouds above mountains.
But I'm another one who never could see those "Magic Eye" pictures.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas in Dallas, Texas, USA on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 02:48 PM
I only see clouds above mountains.
But I'm another one who never could see those "Magic Eye" pictures.
They aren't dragons, and I don't think they are a cloud formation. Its defenitly something on the ground, perhaps a glacier like Adrian Rice said, or a dried river bed, or even an avalanch area. They are definetly not living creatures, they are too large.
Posted by Draconegia on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 04:36 PM
I think whether they're dragons or not, it's still a pretty fantastic pic! 
Posted by Smerk in to mischief on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 05:15 PM
My first and only thought when I saw this posting...
"Smerk will be happy."
PS - It's a glacier...
Posted by Mark-N-Isa in Midwest USA on Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 06:30 PM
"Smerk will be happy."
PS - It's a glacier...
You know me too well, Mark!Free Tibet...With the purchase of a Tibet of equal or lesser value.
Posted by boatboy on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 07:46 AM
Oh ye of little faith. Gauging by the size of that tail, the dragon would probably be the size of a couple of mountains. Why is it so hard to believe that nobody's ever seen it before? Glaciers, cloud formations, photoshop enhancements, you say. Pfft. It's probably just that big white dude from Neverending Story. And he was nice enough. Then again, that picture probably consitutes enough evidence for W to launch an airstrike...
Posted by Daniel on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 08:05 AM
I guess I can see a "tail"... but I really can't make out much in either picture. The clouds are supposed to look like dragons?
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 10:23 AM
this is totally ridicolous... apart from the obvious fakeness of the image, try to think at how big a dragon like that should be.. it would be even visible from satellites!
Posted by napodano in Avellino, Italy on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 02:11 AM
Two glaciers running into each other, bone heads.
Posted by Mark on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 08:48 AM
Maybe it's two Boneheads running into a glacier...it could happen
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 08:53 AM
Stop using ridiculous theories to prove that the pictures are fake. It was stated several times that the dragons are too large to be real. The dragons are supposed to be flying, not sitting at ground level you idiots. The only evidence you need to figure this one out is that dragons do not exist.
Posted by cybernectic ghost of xmas past from the future on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 11:43 AM
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