I just read some stuff I wrote in 10th grade and I found this idea about dragon mythology. I remember feeling particularly proud of the idea back then . . . The idea still amuses me, so I thought I’d share.

The basic idea is that dragon mythology began when someone found a dinosaur fossil. If you’d never heard of a dinosaur before and you stumbled upon a 25 foot long T-Rex fossil with 6 inch teeth, how would you explain it? And Pterodactyls had wing spans of up to 40 feet. In an unscientific world, I think a Dragon is a reasonable explanation.