Comments on: Unicorns Are Real

By: chicky m

chicky m — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:17:08 +0000

I definately believe unicorns are real.
Everyone believes they r not real but hey how would they know?
Just like God,Angels,Demons,Devils,Loch ness monster…All the other 1’s as well !!!
No1 has confirmed any thing that they are real,like people have sighted the lochnes monster and that,well say they have but no1 knows if its real.
So if u believe in 1 of those things and that why not believe in Unicorns !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Realist

Realist — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:04:23 +0000

You are all smoking crack. Unicorns? Really? ROFLMAO!!

By: nicola

nicola — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:37 +0000

yes unicorn did back 2 and a half millenions ago i wish i could touch a unicorn

By: sara

sara — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:20:39 +0000

“…and if you think that we have found and discovered everything that has ever existed on earth mrs/ms sara, you are wrong…”

I agree with that 100%. I’m not claiming that we’ve discovered everything, by any means. That’s what’s wonderful about science…we make new discoveries all the time. And I have no doubt that during my lifetime alone, many new species of animal will be discovered. So we don’t disagree on that point.

“who are we to say if something does… or doesn’t exist…”
Okay, here’s where we start to disagree. While I’ll admit that there’s a lot we don’t know, this doesn’t mean we have to take things like unicorns as a serious possibility. All we can do is work with the knowledge we have, and right now, we have nothing to suggest that unicorns are reality. If our knowledge of unicorns changes (say, if we ever find a live one) then we will know unicorns are real. However, until such time comes, I don’t see why it’s neccessary/beneficial to say “well, unicorns COULD exist…” Look at it this way. Many people have claimed to see the Loch Ness monster. Others have claimed to produce pictures of it. So it makes sense, from a scientific point of view, to keep open-minded enough to check the facts and search for evidence. However, given that the extensive searches performed in Loch Ness throughout the past fifty years have never turned up concrete evidence, it seems more likely to me that “Nessie” is a myth. Fun to believe in, maybe, but still without any basis in reality.

I don’t need to “live next door” to Bigfoot to believe in it, as you say, but I refuse to assign special rules to Bigfoot. I don’t need to live next door to a penguin to know that penguins exist. But penguins have been conclusively proven, while Bigfoot, unicorns, and the Loch Ness monster have not. And no, I’ll admit I didn’t know that elephant bones, in particular, were nearly impossible to find, but I do know that fossils, in general, are extremely rare. In any case, WE HAVE REAL ELEPHANTS to study. Mankind has lived with, worked with, and studied elephants for centuries. I’ve never met a person who denied the existence of elephats.

So, in a nutshell: while we certainly haven’t discovered everything, what is to be gained by taking unicorns seriously, given the complete lack of evidence to suggest they exist?

By: Shaun Collins

Shaun Collins — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:35:28 +0000

with god… anything is possible…. and if you think that we have found and discovered everything that has ever existed on earth mrs/ms sara, you are wrong… of course it’s a strech… some people believe in things beyond what we call reallity and normal to our standards of everyday life… just open your mind to the possibility that we don’t know it all and who are we to say if something does… or doesn’t exist… people have reasons for believing certain things i understand… you people want to ride one… or live next door to bigfoot… in order for them to exist… it’s dangerous to rule out the existance of the unkown… because then you might not believe in the things you should. this is my last message… for since i’ve never “seen” a unicorn in person… i can’t argue their existance… but i will say i have seen things that are out of this world and i’m just telling you don’t be so quick to judge what you think is real and not real… just because “you” haven’t seen it… ( sara, did you know that even elephant bones are almost impossible to find… we know they’re there…. because of the great numbers we do find bones once in a while… maybe there wasn’t many of them ) lol who knows right?

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:01:54 +0000

“there would be no evidence good enough to convince someone who has his mind made up… well 99% made up”

Mr. Collins, it’s this kind of attitude that drives me crazy. Why would you assume that a person who has his mind 99% made up could never be convinced? The following would convince me that unicorns exist:

fossil remains of unicorns are found
a deceased, but still fresh, unicorn is found
a live unicorn is captured.

If any of those things were to happen, I’d look like an idiot for denying the existence of unicorns. It would be like denying the existence of lions.

You don’t sound as though you are suggesting that unicorns exist…are you just saying that we shouldn’t say they DON’T exist? Why shouldn’t we say that? If unicorns and lions both exist, why can we go to the zoo to visit one, but not the other? Why do different rules apply?
You said there’s “nothing magical about a horse with a horn,” which would suggest that it can’t dissapear or make itself invisible to humans, etc. So where is it?

In the meantime, given the many hoaxes I’ve seen in my 27 years, I find the youtube video unreliable.

By: Ted Goas

Ted Goas — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:08:06 +0000

You know what, strike everything in my last comment. It boils down this this part:

You’re saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video is shows that. I’m saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video adds nothing to the equation.

I’m not saying I have my mind made up, I’m just saying I don’t think this ‘evidence’ is good. Don’t take it personally…

I’ll keep looking for evidence of the existence of unicorns, but you haven’t presented me with anything to change my 99% made up mind on this topic. I still have a good reason to believe unicorns don’t exist: No good evidence…

By: Ted Goas

Ted Goas — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:40:28 +0000

I did not see a horn in your YouTube video. I see a few VERY blurry frames of something that looks like a horse. I did notice an equally blurry line near the animal’s head. Was it a horn? I can’t tell from this video. Have you considered this ‘horn’ could be a camera glare? Or a part of the rock behind the horse (the ‘horn’ never actually moves with the horse, by the time the horse moves the horn is behind the bush)? The video might be doctored (it’s only a few frames to edit). Have you considered that IT’S YOUTUBE? YouTube isn’t a great place to find credible and reliable information. Even so at just over 8,000 views, this video isn’t exactly making headlines…

There are other explanations abundant, but I get the impression you’ve chosen to jump right to the single conclusion that it could a unicorn because Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible and therefore exist. If you want to believe it, that’s fine with me. I need something a bit better, more concrete if I’m to believe your bold claim.

You’re saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely, and this video is shows that. I’m saying that unicorns MIGHT exist but not definitely and this video adds nothing to the equation.

I’m not saying I have my mind made up, I’m just saying I don’t think this ‘evidence’ is good. Don’t take it personally…

“and there is nothing magical about a horse with a horn” - I don’t think magical is the word you want. Look up the term Elasmotherium.

By: Shaun Collins

Shaun Collins — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:20:28 +0000

in other words you want to see one in person because there could be no video that would be believable…. take a video camera and try to zoom in as far as he had to… and there is nothing magical about a horse with a horn… you’re comparison to greek mythology and leprechauns are not justified for neither is mentioned in the bible… and i think that certain things are more probable than others… but who am i? right? there would be no evidence good enough to convince someone who has his mind made up… well 99% made up

By: Ted Goas

Ted Goas — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:53:24 +0000

Right, I think we both agree that it’s possible for the just about anything to existance… technically speaking.

Technically speaking, I can’t disprove that leprechauns exist, or the god Zeus. I am 99% sure they don’t exist, but cannot prove it beyond all doubt. Do you think it’s possible (or probable) that leprechauns or Zeus exist? There’s no YouTube video to suggest otherwise, in these cases, it’s true. Perhaps that’s where we differ most in the conversation.

I am 99% sure that unicorns do not exist. I do not think the YouTube video is very good evidence (or evidence at all) for the existance of unicorns. You disagree. I am still open to the fact the unicorns might exist, but I need better evidence if I am to be swayed.

Does that sound somewhat accurate?