Warner Amazon Expedition, 2009. The Search for Yacumama & South American Dragon

NEW! Video Footage of Hamburgo Lake, Peruvian Amazon.

Warner Amazon Expedition March 2009

Schmidt & Rudolf Phleng encounter a creature  similar in description to Mokele-mbembe believed to be a living dinosaur. We have tagged it the South American Dragon to avoid any confusion.

Extraordinarily, although this footage is shot in the wet season, there are identical features that directly coincide with their account e.g. the thermal river with luxuriant vegetation, floating islands with features described as "circular wallows" which can clearly be seen in the video and the stills below. However, it is important to understand that this lake changes completely in the dry season.

Bernard Heuvelmans made mention of such a creature in 'On the Track of Unknown Animals' and refers to a dinosaur-like creature in Africa which was also reported in the UK Daily Mail.

There have been other sightings and reports in areas such as Bolivia, Equador & Peru. Some of these events have been attested to by Dr Karl Shuker, renowned Zoologist & Crytozoologist.

Walter Winans also made the connection between the Sirrush of the Ishtar Gate and Mokele-mbembe.

The account which inspired us to search for the South American Dragon at Site 2 of our expedition deep into the Pacaya Samiria Reserve was the encounter described by Franz Herrmann Schmidt & Rudolpf Phleng in 1907. We have added a full commentary of the encounter in these videos.

We successfully located the thermal lake they described in their account and have published photographs which may indicate the presence of a large aquatic creature in the area.

Hamburgo Lake Survey Part 1 of 2

Hamburgo Lake Survey Part 2 of 2

Flight Preparation Meeting, Site 2, Hamburgo Lake

Ishtar Gate - Ancient Babylon (reconstruction)

The Ishstar gate features ferocious animals known to exist at the time of ancient Babylon  such as Lions and Aurochs. The purpose of which was to strike terror into the heart of slaves & captives as they entered the walled city of Babylon. The Babylonians may have even kept living specimens in the city. The message being 'If we can tame these fearsome creatures from around the world, we can tame you'.

Why then would they feel the need to add a fictional creature like the Sirrush? It's stands to reason that this was a known dragon-like creature.

The apocryphal Aramaic writings of 'Bel and the Dragon' provide detailed accounts of the dragon like Sirrush which was revered by the Ancient Babylonians. This account also appeared in the original 1611 King James bible.

River Fed by Thermal Springs

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