Dragons of the Planet Earth, An Introduction to Their Real History and Culture

1

The dragons that are mentioned in the myths, religions and legends around the world are a species of unusually large, long-tailed Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur, the toothed type with very reptilian head instead of the later, bird-like beaked type, and which bears an uncanny resemblence to so-calle 'Wyvern' dragons. As the recent discovery of Hatzegopteryx has proven, pterosaurs with nearly fifty foot wingspans actually flew, yet were large enough to swallow an adult human whole, so the ability of a large dragon to fly, and even bear he weight of a human 'rider' (or prey item), is by no means magical, or impossible, as some modern writers incorrectly postulate. However, this particular species of pterosaur that is the subject of this article, appears to have been enhanced with an extradorinary level of intelligence, and the ability to live thousands of years, by the modification of the genes that cause aging in normal lifeforms. These modifications were apparently administered to this species by the unknown entity, sometimes referred to as a 'Creator god' attributed by many to be responsible for the remarkable order of the universe.2

The purpose of Draco universalis, as I coin this creature since it appears to have been known to every human culture, was presumably to observe life on the planet Earth and seek out and cultivate any life form that had the potential of becoming naturally sentient beings. Its own great intelligence and longetivity enable it to survive the several catastrophic extinction events that caused the demise of the dinosaurs and most other large reptiles.3

The creatures who would become the object of interest to the dragons would be the primates that would evolve into what we term Homo Sapiens, and accordingly, dragons appear in the religions in beliefs of the Homo Sapiens in every corner of the world, both as benificient gods and despised devils.4

But what of the the culture of the dragons themselves? During the period known as the Paleolithic, each dragon sought out a human clan or tribe to be its own to teach and protect. Unfortunately for the human 'flocks' the dragons were not purely benificient, for their motive was not unlike that of human 'shepherds', and a healthy flock of hamans insured a surplus that could be culled for the dragon's own nutritional needs, for humans, with their lack of horns, claws, hooves, and thick coats of indigestible fur are clearly the most popular foodsource of dragons, and thus we read accounts of humans 'sacrificed' to dragon gods, which would later deteriorate into rather naive fairy tales in which the dragon is no longer a protector god, but a marauding beast to be improbably slain by a human hero.5

It is probable that the unknown 'Creator' entity was well aware that his modified 'dragons' would consider their human charges as a food source, for this in no way decreased, but actually increased the dragons' desire to see their domesticated primates 'be fruitfull and multiply' -- (a term we see recounted in perhaps the best documented story of a dragon and his flock, that of Yahweh and the Hebrews).6

The dragons of this time were highly competitive, and wanted their humans to be the most succesful, and therefore taught them many talents to be succesful, such as agriculture, domestication, and metalurgy. Domestication helped alleviate the need for human sacrifices, for now very tender young domestic animals were often acceptable substitutes and kept the human flock more content. The fabrication of objects of precious metal also impressed the dragons, who like other groups of archosaurs, notably certain species of birds, enjoyed collecting the shiny objects. In the case of the aforementioned Yahweh dragon, the surviving scriptures show that he was willing to accept such treasures as a replacement for the obligatory firstborn offspring of every human and domestic animal under his protection.7

As the human tribes became city states we see this competitiion between dragons reach its height as they implored their humans to create larger and more impressive monuments, often for their own purposes, such as the Calcolithic structure known as 'Stonehenge' the structure of which strongly suggests was a 'feeding platform' and meeting place for dragons. Other very ancient monuments of mankind were similarly produced under the supervision of dragons.8

Dragons sometimes used their humans to conquer other tribes to gain wealth and more worshippers, and infrenquently fought among themsleves. There are some exceptions, but like more primitive reptiles were largely bloodless pushing matches, and never fatal. Memroies of these conflicts would later become many of the worlds great myths and religions, though evnetually the humans would anthroporphise the dragon gods as we see in with the patricarchal dragons such as Zeus, Odin, and Yahweh, originally weather controlling dragons, just as we see in China where because of a higher degree of civilization, the true 'dragon' nature of the ancient gods were more accurately remembered, though over the years, the forms were more stylized into elongated, wingless, serpents, though the true form of winged dragons are observable in early Chines art.9

With their work accomplished in civilizing mankind, the dragons completed their precribed function dictated by the so-called 'Creator Entity', and largely retreated to an aquatic life style in deep lakes and oceans, preying on fish and smaller marine mammals. This largely took place by the late bronze age, though as late as the Middle Ages, however, we have reliable accounts of dragons still pretying on domestic animals, and fanciful and absurd accounts of humans 'slaying' them, which in reality, had simply been a dragon departing an area where it was being a nuisance, and someone claiming they had driven it off. After a century or more, it was claimed the dragon was actually slain, but by this time no one had any knowledge of where its corpse lay. In truth of course, no dragon was every killed by humans with iron age technology, which is ridiculous, and which why no remains of a dragon have ever been found.10

The dragons today remain elusive, though are occasionally still seen though always from a distance due to the dragons' superb senses. Few huamns still refer to these sightings as being those of dragons, but are more comfortable referring to them as plesiosars, dinosaurs, sea serpents and lake monsters, though in most cases they retain the basic description of a large, long necked reptilian creature. Wings are seldom noticed as the dragons are most often seen in the water with only their heads and necks exposed. Also, like aquatic birds, the wings are tucked tightly agains the body, while swimming and by relying on tail sweeps for propulsion much like a crocodile. Dragons can cover large distances over land by flying, but only on the darkest nights, avoiding human habitations and flying low enough to avoid detection by radar.11

Dragon today are largely gregarious, and concentrate in two major areas, known today as the 'Bermuda Triangle' and more appropriately in the Pacific, as the 'Dragons' Triangle' or 'Dragon Sea'. Because of the dragons' ancient preference for human prey, a signicant number of ships and aircraft still routinely disappear in these regions, suggesting predation. 12

For a more detailed study of the history and culture of Draco orginalis, watch for my largely completed and upcoming book which will be the first to fully document this extraordinary species, and will be announced on these forums upon publication. 13

Vingettes on some of the more notable individuals of the species can be found in my gallery.14