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* [[David Icke]] is the most prominent advocate of the idea that Reptilians are real. He claims that they come from the Alpha [[Meaningful Name|Draconis]] star system, and that [[George W. Bush]], Elizabeth II, and many other world leaders are among their ranks.
* In [[The Eighties|the early eighties]], Dale Russell, curator of vertebrate fossils at a Canadian museum, proposed that, if the dinosaur genus Troodon [[Alternate History|hadn't died out]], it could have evolved into a sentient humanoid creature, christened "[[wikipedia:Troodon#The .22Dinosauroid.22|Dinosauroid]]" by Russel. Since then, the Dinosauroid (in appearance vaguely resembling a scaly [[The Greys|Grey alien]]) has been criticized as being implausible, because it is too anthropomorphic. Also, [[Science Marches On]], and now we know that Troodon's appearance probably had more in common with birds than with reptiles. Thus, when paleontologist [http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/11/dinosauroids-revisited.html Darren Naish] and artist Nemo Ramjet revisited the concept during [[The Noughties]], the result was a decidedly less humanoid, err... [http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8094/2150/1600/dinosauroid.jpg Bird Folk].
* An urban legend about a supposed "snake man" inhabiting the Robinsons Galleria in Quezon City, Philippines became popular in the 90s when rumours of its existence spread through word-of-mouth. Allegedly, the Gokongwei clan had the mall built as a hunting ground for their reptilian relative, rigging the fitting rooms with trap doors for unsuspecting customers to get caught and fed to the "snake-man" for whatever ridiculous reason, e.g. as a lucky charm "to bring good fortune." Despite the idea being overly absurd, the alleged reptilian caused a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mRXIVQZGcE public relations nightmare]
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