The Truth About the Truth

Well, one thing I've heard recently, the truth never changes. Legends are made of clay which is passed around from person to person decade after decade, century after century in extreme cases. Everyone is given the opportunity to add their own stamp or impression. Tall tales are only tall once the story becomes
so "out there" it's hardly believable anymore, but first the story must be based loosely on reality where as the truth is not based on reality instead it is reality. The Truth must be anchored in what really happened. In other words the truth requires commitment to honest reporting where as tall tales cheat by bending the perimeters of "truth" and eventually stretching them completely out of line until the " truth" is overshadowed by "doubt".

Every community has it's own mysteries. Folk lore attempts making sense of the past. History isn't always written down. The legend of the goat man is just one example of a story handed down one generation at a time. Some people may have a story or two to tell about their own experiences with the goat man. I stopped and waited, honked my car horn three times, a fog formed in front of me, I heard a strange sound and I saw something... Was it the goat man?. The larger the tale the more the teller will express doubt, but story telling is often an attempt to understand what really happened. Greek mythology or any other mythology will paint a surrealistic portrait of the past in order to explain origin. In fact sometimes all we really have is mythology as in the case with unsolved mysteries.

So is mythology a lie? Well, legends are hardly on purpose, but they are thrown around bean bag style until something sticks. Legends are not intentional lies, they are simply popular myth. Each new story teller who comes to the story feels they have something of value to offer. Every murder trial has it's own share of
hear-say or mythology.

The trouble with mythology? When myth overshadows truth, the truth is lost. People who chase the truth are true detectives at heart. Detectives study the soul of
an investigation. Police work when done properly is an empathic, telepathic, experience.