Dragon myths aren’t random. Across cultures, people described massive flying reptiles, often linked to heat or fire. Some traditions even distinguish between larger, more intelligent dragons and smaller, more aggressive creatures later called wyverns. That kind of consistency reads less like fantasy and more like people describing different species of the same kind of animal.  The idea that dragons only exist “somewhere else” misses a key point: many of the old stories place them here, in our mountains, caves, and remote regions. The ice wall isn’t the sole origin point—it’s a gateway. Dragons and wyverns are native to neighboring worlds, but some have crossed over and established small, hidden populations in our own. That would explain why dragon legends are tied to specific geographic features like volcanoes, deep forests, and high mountain ranges: places humans rarely go, and where large, territorial animals could stay out of sight.  The polar regions are where extreme cold, pressure, and Earth’s magnetic field intersect, making them a plausible boundary zone where worlds overlap. If that boundary opens at times, dragons and wyverns can move between worlds. Most don’t stay long. A few adapt, go dormant, or retreat into inaccessible terrain.  That also explains why sightings are rare and fleeting. Anything that doesn’t fully belong to this reality wouldn’t leave clean, modern evidence. What we’re left with are scattered reports, old accounts, and myths that read less like pure imagination and more like cultural memory of real encounters with creatures that aren’t supposed to be here—but sometimes are.