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re: What horrors really lurk down at the deepest part of our oceans?
Posted on 4/16/16 at 2:28 pm to halleburton
Posted on 4/16/16 at 2:28 pm to halleburton
Many many people that have spent time on the ocean have similar stories. He are arrogant and ignorant and much of what we think we know is wrong. I have seen some weird shite too and I was rarely more than 100 miles out.
In the 80's We saw a great hammerhead swimming on the surface of Louisiana that was bigger than our helicopter 26 feet, The pilot circled it for a minute or so and lined up the shadow of the helicopter with the shark, and estimated the shark at 26-28 feet in length. Way bigger than their alleged maximum size,
Off Chandeleur islands in the 90s I also saw an almost perfectly square area of wind white caps and 2 feets seas about 500 yards across move across the water with a wind field about 20-30 mph on a day when it was smooth as glass on no wind clouds or anything. I still cant believe it and have no clue what it was or wasn't but half a dozen fishing boats were there and we all saw it. No one had a clue. It was like there was a giant invisible fan moving over the water, but the edges were too crisp for that too
In the 80's We saw a great hammerhead swimming on the surface of Louisiana that was bigger than our helicopter 26 feet, The pilot circled it for a minute or so and lined up the shadow of the helicopter with the shark, and estimated the shark at 26-28 feet in length. Way bigger than their alleged maximum size,
Off Chandeleur islands in the 90s I also saw an almost perfectly square area of wind white caps and 2 feets seas about 500 yards across move across the water with a wind field about 20-30 mph on a day when it was smooth as glass on no wind clouds or anything. I still cant believe it and have no clue what it was or wasn't but half a dozen fishing boats were there and we all saw it. No one had a clue. It was like there was a giant invisible fan moving over the water, but the edges were too crisp for that too
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Posted on 4/16/16 at 5:56 pm to TutHillTiger
One of the most remarkable, and probably unique, characteristics of humans is the way we remember events. While we still don't know the exact mechanism with which our brains record memories, we know for absolute certain that, as we repeatedly recall them, they change.
Each time we call up a memory it's like taking a book off a library shelf. However, we never put the memory back as we would the book. A memory is made within the context of the environment we're experiencing at the time, the way we feel, and the nature of what we're experiencing; for example, a dangerous experience is more poignantly recorded than is a blasé one.
The call up of a memory is total. We actually are reliving it in a new environment, feeling different and certainly not in the same context in which it was recorded; for example, the same danger level wouldn't exist.
It's called the Reconsolidation Theory. It isn't re-recorded as it originally was. It has changed and each time it's called up it changes more.
That's why the 18" bass becomes 2 feet. The 4' alligator becomes 7 feet. The 3-foot rattler becomes 6 feet, and so on.
It's human nature and there isn't a thing we can do about it short of making a video of everything we experience. My point is that our memories are faulty and stories about monsters usually originate from this involuntary embellishment by our brains.
Each time we call up a memory it's like taking a book off a library shelf. However, we never put the memory back as we would the book. A memory is made within the context of the environment we're experiencing at the time, the way we feel, and the nature of what we're experiencing; for example, a dangerous experience is more poignantly recorded than is a blasé one.
The call up of a memory is total. We actually are reliving it in a new environment, feeling different and certainly not in the same context in which it was recorded; for example, the same danger level wouldn't exist.
It's called the Reconsolidation Theory. It isn't re-recorded as it originally was. It has changed and each time it's called up it changes more.
That's why the 18" bass becomes 2 feet. The 4' alligator becomes 7 feet. The 3-foot rattler becomes 6 feet, and so on.
It's human nature and there isn't a thing we can do about it short of making a video of everything we experience. My point is that our memories are faulty and stories about monsters usually originate from this involuntary embellishment by our brains.
Posted on 4/16/16 at 9:22 pm to TutHillTiger
Same goes for you with the liberties, but I definitely believe you about the hammerhead. No telling how big they can get!
Like the guy above said, every time you 'remember' an event, you are actually remembering the last time you 'remembered/recalled' it, and as such it will change over time, much like the game of telephone we all likely played as kids.
Like the guy above said, every time you 'remember' an event, you are actually remembering the last time you 'remembered/recalled' it, and as such it will change over time, much like the game of telephone we all likely played as kids.
This post was edited on 4/16/16 at 9:24 pm
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