22 Things That Are Only Known to Exist Because They Were Caught on Camera

It turns out scientific theories and meeting Bill Murray have one thing in common: Without a photo, no one will ever believe you. No matter how much perfect sense or evidence there is for certain beliefs, they can’t fully claw their way out of the realm of “maybe” without concrete evidence. You’ll have to hope a game camera or a space telescope gets lucky enough to catch a glimpse of what you’ve been claiming in order to facilitate your “I told you so” revenge tour.
Black holes, colossal squids and weird stories about a president being attacked by a rabbit were all taken with a grain of salt until they showed up on film. Below, Redditors share some of the very best things proven with a photo or footage, which I have to assume some scientist walked into the lab waving pettily the day after.





















