Dale Alan Russell (born 27 December 1937) is a Canadian geologist/palaeontologist, currently Research Professor at The Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) of
North Carolina State University. Dinosaurs he has described include
Daspletosaurus and he was amongst first paleontologists to consider an extraterrestrial cause (supernova, comet, asteroid) for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
[1] He is also credited with inventing the controversial
dinosauroid thought experiment.
[2] Russell's dinosauroid was criticized as being too anthropomorphic.
As long as humanity has kept records of its existence, legends of a serpent race have persisted.
These myths tell of a mysterious race of superhuman reptilian beings who descended from the heavens to participate in creating humankind and to teach the sciences, impart forbidden knowledge, impose social order, breed with us, and watch over our development.
These serpent-like beings were not alone, but were part of a retinue of super-beings thought to be gods by the ancients. Yet, in cultures as widespread and diverse as those of Sumeria, Babylonia, India, China, Japan, Mexico, and Central America, reptilian gods have been feared and worshipped. To this day, the dragon and serpent signify divine heritage and royalty in many Asian countries, while in the West, the serpent represents wisdom and knowledge.
The symbol of two serpents coiled around a staff (originally signifying the tree of knowledge of ancient myth), known as the caduceus, is today used by the American Medical Association as its logo.
Interestingly, stories of reptilian beings who exercise mind-control over human captives while performing medical procedures on them have been emerging from the research of some of the best-known UFO investigators, such as Budd Hopkins, John Carpenter, Linda Moulton Howe, Yvonne Smith, and others.
These stories, told by average, mentally competent Americans, have emerged independently of one another in different parts of the country, but have not yet received much public attention.
They tell of human encounters with creatures that have distinctly reptilian features:
Such stories have circulated around the UFO research community for many years, but few experts have had any idea of how to interpret the tales.
So unbelievable and so frightful are they that in the past, many researchers merely filed them away in their minds for future reference rather than risk looking foolish or being ridiculed. Little by little, at UFO conferences around the country, abductees and researchers learned of each other’s similar experiences with reptilian creatures, and gradually the stories become public.
Today, researchers agree that there is a variety of entities involved in the alien abduction scenario, including:
the familiar Greys
tall, human-looking blonds (Nordics)
the reptilians (Anunnaki)
hybrids (half-human and half-alien)
In addition, there seem to be variations of each of these that imply cross-breeding and considerable diversity.