in search of..

... a copy of the series "in search of..." hosted by leonard nimoy. one of my growing up nerdy pleasures was watching this documentary, this discovery-channel precursor series on the 'mysteries' of the planet. a quickie with wiki reveals that the series actually ran from 1976 to the 80's, yeah, my growing years!

i remember mysteries like the loch ness monster (a dinosaur still alive in a lake?) or the bigfoot or yeti (a huge ape-like man hiding in the california redwoods or in the himalayas?) or the bermuda or devil's triangle (a region in the sea where planes, ships disappear without a trace?) or even the city of atlantis (as described by plato to be an advanced civilization that went down the sea with a massive volcanic eruption)! let's include stonehenge, the easter island giants, the giant carvings on the plains of peru and even england! those were hot, hot topics then.

i wonder what ever happened to the 'theories' to explain these mysteries. how come they don't make it to consciousness anymore? were they ever 'solved'? or did we just become disinterested?

if before i would have to wait for the episode to air, or read the books written about these topics, all i have to do now is google. and when i find the time, that is precisely what ill be doing. ill be following up on these topics and see what's the latest on them. or maybe some of you have the updates. do share.

:-)