Woman finds 'Jurassic' sized dragonfly measuring 8 inches long!

Wow that's crazy, hows that possible?? :)

Wow that's huge!

How many CM are 8 inches?

Seeing as this is a thing, I'm not surprised.

And catzilla, that's a little over 20 centimeters.

That is awesome! I wonder what happened to it? I would've keeped it.

She should've kept it. If it was legit, then she would've undoubtedly discovered a new species. But I read up on the story, and it seems a little fishy...

DragonFlys are cool i would of kept it, it looks fake, insects can no longer be that big, due to the lack of oxigen to breath true its legs, in the jurassic insects where bigger because there whas more oxygen

lol that's one huge dragonfly there

kinda reminds me of that article about Scientist raising giant insects

That's a big freaking dragonfly. Nothing a round of buckshot wouldn't take care of, but that's a big freaking dragonfly. 

Well, what should I think of this? It's cool yet terrifying.

That is a big *** dragonfly. O_O

Mr. Happy, you of all people should know that a rund of buckshot vs. that thng would be complete overkll. Besides, this occurred in the UK. They probably wouln't have a gun anyway.

Based on the look I would say it is probbably part of either the Gomphidae or Petaluridae families which can get to mostrous proportions. Still they are some of the most anicent and cool looking dragonflies on earth and it is good to see them get some attention for a change. Cool find and thank you for sharing it.

SVANYA - Oh, WOW! That is an incredibly fantastic insect! I live in the UK and I've never seen a dragonfly quite that big! If I did, I think I'd probably ruin one of my favorite skirts while running away as fast as bloody possible! Thank you so very much for sharing this with us! :)

SILVER_FALCON - What in the name of all that is good and sweet in Odin's beard is THAT bug you displayed?! It looks like something out of a bloody freaking nightmare! Even so, it's quite neat! Thank you for making it hard for me to sleep without a frying pan nearby for the next month or five! ;)

It is a creature known as the giant dobsonfly, and is an aquatic insect native to China.

It really didn't look like it was alive, or animate...but i guess it's real

Dragon flies ae my favorite insect, they are the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor of the insect world. Also, they eat mosquitoes, I hate mosquitoes.