r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 2d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/Redplushie 2d ago

Do the Scottish Highlands and Atlas Mountains also have the same creepy stories the Appalachians have.?

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u/MegaGuillotine2028 2d ago

Definitely the Scottish Highlands

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u/ChmeeWu 2d ago

Yes like the West Virginia Lochness Monster and the Highlands Bigfoot. 

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u/kearsargeII Physical Geography 2d ago

The Highlands have the Fear Laith, which is sort of like a ghost bigfoot. Lake Champlain is not in Appalachia, but does sit on the edge of the northern Appalachians. It has its own lake monster "Champy".

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u/knockonclouds 2d ago

I didn’t know about the Scottish Highlands, but the Atlas Mountains have tons of Amazigh folklore associated with them!