Apparently
this is cryptozoology week. We started the week with the news about the
claim of Sasquatch DNA. We end the week with the announcement of the
discovery of a unicorn lair.
In North Korea.
How did the researchers find this? There was a sign:
Archaeologists of the History Institute of the
DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of
the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom
(B.C. 277-A.D. 668).
The lair is located 200 meters from the Yongmyong Temple in Moran Hill
in Pyongyang City. A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair"
stands in front of the lair. The carved words are believed to date back
to the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392).
That the sign is about a millenium younger than purported event, the riding of the unicorn by King Tongmyong, is not discussed as problematic.
What is weirder to me is that they are putting out a press release for
something that is being “reconfirmed.” I could totally go into that
press release scheme. “Scientists reconfirmed today that water is still
wet.”
And you know, since this means there were unicorns less than 2,00 years
ago, that is probably young enough that you could get ancient DNA to
sequence, if the preservation conditions were right.
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