Did dragons ever exist?

Dragons were the sixth-century term used to describe the reptile we would later (in 1841) call dinosaurs.

Haven't you ever wondered why all the pictures of dragons you've ever seen always consistently looked like a dinosaur? This actually serves as more evidence that man lived with dinosaurs. There are thousands of paintings and legends from various cultures from across the globe showing evidence of man's encounters with these beasts(1). But how did the myth of "fire breathing" come about? The book of Job describes, in detail, an animal (dinosaur) that uniquely has the ability to blow fire from its mouth.

Job 41:18-22 "His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn. Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth. Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him."

So how could any animal breathe fire? That's simple. Bio-mass (plant material), inside of an animal's stomach and out of contact with oxygen, creates natural (methane) gas. A cow's stomach, for example, is the perfect vehicle to produce this gas. In fact, if you take a match and light it in front of a cow when he burps, he will undoubtedly produce a flame.

What caused this dinosaur's methane gas to ignite we can only speculate. The hadrosaur had two large tubes extending from its head to its stomach and the purpose for these tubes have always puzzled scientists. Many biologists believe these were vent tubes used to vent this gas. Strictly conjectural, it's possible that as this gas was venting out, and due to the enormous amount of friction that would be generated by the amount of air necessary to push this gas all the way to the other end of these tubes and eventually out the mouth, the gas ignited.

The simple rule that man witnessed these animals doing such things is the basis of origin for all of those legends and paintings. Regardless of what actually ignited this gas, the book of Job is absolute, and once again, the Bible has been confirmed.