根据当地的民间传说，这些雕像会自己行走；而研究人员倾向于认为这些雕像是由他们的祖先用绳子和木头拖着走的。

Local folklore maintains that the statues walked, while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues somehow, using ropes and logs.

youdao

人体研究也能确定是否辣椒碱能如传说的那样引起听觉损耗。

Human studies could also confirm whether the habanero, as legend has it, can cause hearing loss.

youdao

然而，它的故事为传说生物学研究的信徒和怀疑分子提供了可贵的教训。

However, its story offers a valuable lesson to believers and skeptics alike on the merits of cryptozoological research.

youdao

On your journey, and this is also true of the study of folklore, you need a helper. That's part of fiction. You need another hero.

在你的旅途中，一些民间传说的研究也能证明，你一定需要一个帮手，当然这里面也有虚构成分，你需要英雄。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选