Dating all the way back to 398 BCE, ancient Greek historian and physician Ctesias once wrote about a cryptid that may have its roots in India. The unicorn was portrayed to be some type of fierce horse-like species with a white body, dark red head, dark blue eyes, and a single 1.5-foot-long horn on its forehead similarly colored. Believe it or not, there once was such a creature that was basically a prehistoric rhinoceros that could fit the bill as the inspiration for this species. In fact, all the way back in 2500 BCE, there were sketches drawn of a single-horned beast that was similar to an ox, antelope, or cattle that may have lived in that exact region. Other biblical accounts from civilizations back in the day have similar accounts documented for what the animal could be. In fact, Scotland currently has the unicorn as its national animal, despite technically still being unclassified by science.
Could a mythical creature have a basis in truth?
