# The New, New Colossus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200 "2005-10-14T09:28:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/1 "2005-10-14T09:28:04Z")
Snopes has an undetermined pronouncement on this [giant something](http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/colossus.asp) from India. The video never gets very close to the thing. To me, the whole thing just rings of hoax like a silver bell in a wind storm. It would be fun if it was real, but…? What do you think? I’m pretty sure its a dragon. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/2 "2005-10-14T09:58:14Z")
I agree with Snopes, probably publicity for a new game or something. No way that is real. The picture even looks dodgy to my very untrained eye. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/3 "2005-10-14T11:39:13Z")
We’d likely have heard from giddy scientists if this wasn’t a hoax. This reeks of some kind of promotion. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/4 "2005-10-14T12:48:55Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > The video never gets very close to the thing. To me, the whole thing just rings of hoax like a silver bell in a wind storm. Absolutely. Real news camera people crawl all over everything trying to get a closeup or a walkaround. Even if it’s just of police barricades (about the only thing that keeps them out). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/5 "2005-10-14T19:54:24Z")
It looks like a promo for Surface to me. I mean, I don’t think it’s for that specific show, but it has that CGI-attempting-to-pass-itself-off-as-real look to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/6 "2005-10-14T20:31:23Z")
And if it was fossilised, it wouldn’t ‘wash ashore’, would it? Fossils are made of rock. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/7 "2005-10-14T23:56:50Z")
It was uncovered by a storm. The same one that led to the discovery of an ancient city, just off the beach. I remember the news about the city ruins. The close up of the rock shows what would be mineralized bone in Quartz. The rocks look like fossilized bone in quartz that I’ve seen. The formation could be other things though. I’ll leave it in the realm of maybe, and watch for updates. I saw a mention about seeing this object from satellites. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/8 "2005-10-15T00:16:28Z")
Hey, if anyone digs that video I’ve got some great beachfront property in Iowa I’d like to sell you. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/9 "2005-10-15T00:29:58Z")
I’d like to know where the video originally came from. The Snopes article said collected via email, so someone found it and emailed it to them, but surely there’s a website _somewhere_ where this is being hosted, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/10 "2005-10-15T00:59:00Z")
This site has the video with the english voice over. The site has more information on the objects in question. [http://giantology.typepad.com/giantology/2005/10/giant\_creature\_.html](http://giantology.typepad.com/giantology/2005/10/giant_creature_.html) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/11 "2005-10-15T16:39:38Z")
The more I think about it, the more I think it’s a promo/viral marketing thingy for Surface, on NBC. The claw-looking thing comin up out of the sand looks just like the claws on the Surface creatures. I couldn’t find any screen grabs from it, but trust me, it does looke like one of the creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-new-colossus/326200/12 "2005-10-15T16:43:11Z")
Talk about a great promotion campaign… _has to admire_