Is there really a dragon in the world?

1On August 8, 934, a skeleton very similar to the legendary dragon was found in Yingkou. Even more incredible is that before this mysterious creature died, local residents had seen it twice and had long-term close contact with it!

It is recorded in the first volume of Yingkou City Records: "(1 934) On the afternoon of August 8, a farmer in Dongxiao Street on the north bank of Liaohe River found a giant animal white bone, which was about 10 meter long, with a corner on the left and right sides of the head, about1meter long and a spine of * * 29 knots. The pseudo-Yingkou Sixth Police Department transported it to the open space near Xiguan Wharf, and for several days, people came to visit it in an endless stream. ?

An old man recalled that this monster appeared twice, the first time it appeared 20 kilometers away from the estuary. ?

Xiao Man Su Qin Sr: At the age of 9, her father drove a carriage for the landlord. At that time, many people said that they had found a "live dragon" in the upper reaches of Tianzhuangtai and rushed there. Dad put her on horseback and watched for her. The "dragon" she saw was square-headed and square-brained, with big eyes and blinking, while its body was gray, curled up on the ground, with its tail rolled up and two claws sticking out of its abdomen. What impressed her most was that it was very weak, its eyes were half open and half closed, and its eyes were a little red. Many people said that it was because of the hot weather that they built a shed on it. Then it rained heavily for a long time, and this "dragon" disappeared. ?

At that time, the people thought that the dragon in the sky was auspicious. Some people gave the pavilion to the monster tower with reed mats, and some people poured water on the monster to prevent it from drying out. It is said that people are very active, and even lazy people have to carry water. In the temple, many people and monks cross over for it every day until the monster mysteriously disappeared for a few days after another rainstorm. ?

However, after more than 20 days of continuous rain, this monster appeared strangely for the second time, this time in the reeds at Liaohekou 10 km. At this time, it is not a living thing, but a corpse with a strange smell. ?

According to Yang Yishun's memory, before the discovery of the "dragon" bone, I heard adults say that there was always a crackling sound in the reeds, and there was a cry like a cow. It sounded dull, and I could hear the struggle, but then nothing happened. At that time, it had rained heavily for more than 40 days in Yingkou area. Streets and roads were flooded, and some houses collapsed because of too much water. After the rain stopped, with the north wind blowing, the smell in the air was very strong. A worker surnamed Lu, who was in charge of reed pond, followed the strange smell and found a large reed lying down. Pushing them aside, he went in to see them. He was shocked: there was a huge animal carcass lying inside! The worker turned and ran away in fear and came home with a serious illness. When people heard about it, they went to see it together and reported it to the then government. At that time, the staff of an epidemic prevention hospital near Xiguan wore white coats and sprayed disinfectant on dead animals with maggots. After the "dragon" bone was carried out, someone tied a rope with four ship anchors and surrounded the skeleton in a circle for everyone to visit.

Sun Zhengren: Bare bones are not the original dragon shape. It's not that shape, but it's quite long and has a big head. The two big horns are more than one meter long, not only one meter three or four feet long, but also two. Lying on the ground, the body is crooked and can be as long as ten meters.

The son of Ma, a famous osteopath in Yingkou (who has seen the "dragon" bone with his own eyes) remembers that his father told him that when the bone was found, the meat had not completely rotted and looked particularly like a "dragon". ?

The reporter was surprised to find that this "dragon" actually had claws and dug a pit nearly 17 meters long and more than 6 meters wide with its claws, indicating that this "dragon" had struggled.

Related records: "... the dragon is towering, with a head about three inches wide, a spine more than three inches wide, ribs attached to both sides of the spine, each about five or six inches long, and a vertical plate-shaped white bone tail at the end, all of which are * * * 28 knots, and each foot saved is more than * * * three feet. At the place of the original dragon, there was a pit two feet wide and five feet long dug with claws. ?

These characteristics further verify the view that it is a dragon. ?

According to several old people, old fishermen were invited to identify them, but no one knew the monster's body. People talk about it in succession, and generally think it is a "dragon". ?

Yingkou Pseudo-Sixth Police Branch organized manpower, decomposed its bones, transported them to the south bank, and placed them in the open space in front of the West Customs for anyone to visit.