A world of gullibility

Isn’t it tediously inevitable how often the ‘proof’ of the existence of a supposedly long extinct animal – whether it was ever known to exist or not - turns out to be so inconclusive that the word fraud! is the first response that comes to mind?

Think of the 1967 film apparently showing Bigfoot roaming a forest in Northern California (pictured) or the various shots of the Loch Ness Monster chucked in front of the media over the last 50 years or so.

Despite what some may say, and these tend to be people with vested interests in supporting the veracity of the pictures taken, none have been what you could call conclusive and many are exceedingly suspicious.

A fresh addition to the dodgy list can now be made now that some blurry footage (isn’t it always?) of what is said to be a mammoth roaming Siberia has been released to a cynical press.

So, although extinct for 10,000, this must mean that a few of these hairy beasts are still roaming Siberia, surviving and unseen by human eyes in all this time – until now.

Never mind a shaggy dog tale, rather a hairy mammoth tale.