Is Bigfoot Real

philipf

13 years ago

i've got a big foot, but i'm not big foot
but seriously, i think it's a hoax

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myob 13 years ago

Haven't seen much footage, but here in the 'hood there is extensive documentation for:

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Folklore. If it were real there would be better evidence than there is. Where are the bones? Where are the bodies? Where are the photographs? Any photograph or video is always poor quality at a distance, proving nothing.

There have be hoaxes as well. Intentional deception and lies. Bunkum!

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HeySal

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Folklore. If it were real there would be better evidence than there is. Where are the bones? Where are the bodies? Where are the photographs? Any photograph or video is always poor quality at a distance, proving nothing.

There have be hoaxes as well. Intentional deception and lies. Bunkum!

Hoaxes don't mean anything, Dennis.

I was at a party once up in the Great Northwest. We were all having fun passing fatties and drinking our favorite flavors. Bigfoot was really acting like a jerk. He kept jumping over the fire pit and finally his fur caught on fire and he screamed and ran and jumped in the creek.

I turned to his wife and asked "Is he for real?"
She just shook her head, shrugged and said "I'm really not all so sure sometimes."

So NOBODY really knows if Bigfoot is for real or not. His wife is kinda kewl in her own way, though.

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benbro

13 years ago

Originally Posted by philipf

i've got a big foot, but i'm not big foot
but seriously, i think it's a hoax

Me too, Phillip. And like you I'm definitely not out in the forests making a lot of ruckus.

Originally Posted by myob

Haven't seen much footage, but here in the 'hood there is extensive documentation for:

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Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Folklore. If it were real there would be better evidence than there is. Where are the bones? Where are the bodies? Where are the photographs? Any photograph or video is always poor quality at a distance, proving nothing.

There have be hoaxes as well. Intentional deception and lies. Bunkum!

Right, exactly Dennis. Now of course the scientists do claim to have uncovered the remains of a primate called Gigantopithecus but that's like a million years old though.

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that's not bigfoot, that's big@$$

True that Phillip.

Originally Posted by HeySal

Hoaxes don't mean anything, Dennis.

I was at a party once up in the Great Northwest. We were all having fun passing fatties and drinking our favorite flavors. Bigfoot was really acting like a jerk. He kept jumping over the fire pit and finally his fur caught on fire and he screamed and ran and jumped in the creek.

I turned to his wife and asked "Is he for real?"
She just shook her head, shrugged and said "I'm really not all so sure sometimes."

So NOBODY really knows if Bigfoot is for real or not. His wife is kinda kewl in her own way, though.

Did you happen to get that on footage

I mean if that's all we've got to worry about then I guess Bigfoot's just one of the fellas and we've got nothing to worry about. LOL. Have a good week everyone. Thanks for the chat.

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Kurt

13 years ago

Originally Posted by benbro

Right, exactly Dennis. Now of course the scientists do claim to have uncovered the remains of a primate called Gigantopithecus but that's like a million years old though.

Actually, most experts feel gigantopithecus died off as recently as 50,000 years ago and I heard one claim it was only 10,000 years ago. This is during the time of modern man, so we did live with it for a fairly good time.

Because Gigantopithecus did actually exist, I believe big foot to be the most "probable" of all the mythical creatures. That doesn't mean that it does exist now, only that IMO it's possible, if very unlikely.

My problem with big foot is actually all the sightings. If it's being seen so much, why are there so few pictures of it, and those pictures are always blurry?

There's a bear that lives in BC Canada called the "spirit bear". It's actually a white black bear. There's only 300 of them in the World. While it takes some doing, it's possible to find them and they are regularly filmed and phtographed.

Why can we find a creature with only 300 living animals, but can't find big foot? Most zoologists agree you'd need a population of at least 300 to be able to breed and keep the species alive.

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philipf

13 years ago

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candoit2

13 years ago

I think I saw one years ago in Canada. You can read my report of the incident I gave here.
BFRO Report 24643: Manlike form seen crossing road at night in a thunderstorm near McKague

I am pretty sure that is what I saw.

This video shows similar to what I saw.

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Except the one I saw could run as fast as a Wolf, if not faster. That looks just like what I saw.
No person can run as fast as a wolf in a monkey suit. No bear can run like that on two legs either lol.

Plus where I saw it was in an area that is not populated. The odd farm yard spread miles apart.

Plus a thunderstorm.

A guy in a soaking wet monkey suit is not going to be able to run through a muddy field and cross a gravel road in basically a single stride at such a fast speed.

I have goosebumps just recalling what I saw, and this happened back around 1993-94.

That is the kind of strong impression what I saw had on me.

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michael26a

13 years ago

It would be very cool if Bigfoot was real. I can't say its not real because I don't know for sure, anything is possible these days. I love the idea of it, is very fascinating and mysterious.

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

No offense intended Aaron, but that video and your experience are neither one convincing. I'm not suggesting you're lying, I'm sure you experienced something, but what you think you saw and what it really was aren't necessarily the same thing.

The reason bigfoot stories persist is because you can't prove a negative. In other words, you can prove they do exist if you capture one, but you can't prove one doesn't exist.

That's why all these paranormal and cryptozoological stories will continue to persist. Even if you prove one story was a hoax, as has been done many times, that doesn't disprove the other stories.

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candoit2

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

No offense intended Aaron, but that video and your experience are neither one convincing. I'm not suggesting you're lying, I'm sure you experienced something, but what you think you saw and what it really was aren't necessarily the same thing.

The reason bigfoot stories persist is because you can't prove a negative. In other words, you can prove they do exist if you capture one, but you can't prove one doesn't exist.

That's why all these paranormal and cryptozoological stories will continue to persist. Even if you prove one story was a hoax, as has been done many times, that doesn't disprove the other stories.

It is alright if you don't believe me. I was not the only one to see the same thing.

I just shared my experience, and a video that shows something that was very similar to what I saw. My being there, I think I would make a better judge of what I saw than anyone else.

Around the same age I had walked right up on and startled a Mountain Lion. (we call Cougars) I was within 5 yards of it, crouched down and angry.

Again, I was not alone, we both had the same story. Everyone told us that Cougars don't live in Saskatchewan, they live in the mountains hundreds of miles away.

I heard all types of things people told me of what I saw as if they had a better view of it than I did.

A couple weeks later someone shot a Cougar 30 minutes from where I saw it.(Probably the same one).

If no one would have shot it, then I guess as far as everyone would have been concerned I did not know what I saw.

Others seeing the evidence didn`t make it more true than when the evidence was only my word. The Cougar existed even if the masses had never seen one.

It didn't mean I did not know what I saw

It meant you would have to see it to believe it.

If you ever see what I saw, you'll never forget it.

Until then it is a see it to believe it situation.

Aaron

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AaronJones

It is alright if you don't believe me. I was not the only one to see the same thing.

I just shared my experience, and a video that shows something that was very similar to what I saw. My being there, I think I would make a better judge of what I saw than anyone else.

Aaron, I never said I didn't believe you. I said it was unconvincing. I actually said I believe you experienced something and made a specific point of saying I didn't think you were lying.

Look at it from someone else's point of view, here are some of your own words:

We actually did come to the conclusion that we had seen some sort of spirit.

Untill I was reading your site and the stories and and decriptions of the bigfoot I then thought maybe what I saw was alot like what people are describing as bigfoot.

I do know I saw something ... Bigfoot, ghost, whatever we saw was not a human, but it appeared like one in form.

Anyways, that is what I saw, whatever it was.

No offense intended, but you don't sound as sure of what you saw then as you seem to now. Usually the closer to the event the more accurate the memory.

There are other aspects to your story that cause doubt as well. You say it moved so fast, 20 yards or so in 6 to 8 second. Humans can run faster than that by far.

As far as this comment you made, "My being there, I think I would make a better judge of what I saw than anyone else."

You're a better judge of what you think you saw than anyone else, but any cop will tell you two people can see the same thing and have completely different stories. Eyewitness reports are notoriously unreliable because of the mental, experiential, and emotional filters we all have.

Again, I'm not casting aspersions on your honesty, sanity, integrity, or anything else ... just saying your story is not convincing to anyone looking at it for evidentiary value.

By the way, there's a lot of controversy just in defining what "bigfoot" even is, so there's no wonder there's greatly differing opinions and beliefs. From ape to multi-dimensional creatures, the word "bigfoot" covers a lot of ground ... but where are the footprints?

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candoit2

13 years ago

There are other aspects to your story that cause doubt as well. You say it moved so fast, 20 yards or so in 6 to 8 second. Humans can run faster than that by far.

Running in a field of wheat or other crop that is muddy from the storm and rain?

You cannot run through wheat even in dry conditions. (or whatever is planted)

Any mud sticks to your boot, the next step adds more making it heavy. A couple more steps and your boot comes off.

The ground is not flat either and has rocks etc. (Every spring new rocks come to the surface.)

Then factor in someone has to run in a monkey suit in the pouring rain. It would be heavy and soaked.

Then they are going to cross that field and run in front of our car as a prank and time it just right so they don't get run over?

All this while running as fast as I've seen a wolf run before chasing down it's meal.(let's just say a dogs running speed) (The distance and speed may be off in my estamite, but the speed I saw it run I can relate it easily to what I saw a wolf run.)

As far as this comment you made, "My being there, I think I would make a better judge of what I saw than anyone else."

You're a better judge of what you think you saw than anyone else, but any cop will tell you two people can see the same thing and have completely different stories. Eyewitness reports are notoriously unreliable because of the mental, experiential, and emotional filters we all have.

There were two eye witnesses and we both saw the exact same thing.

I am more convinced now than before. The letter you read was me reaching out to the investigator. I was just coming to the realization that what I saw could have been a Big foot.

After talking to him, hearing him talk about his own investigation on the area. How his family has been monitoring two family groups nearby for years.

Listening to some of the audio recordings of the them etc.

Then actually talking to others in my area who have seen basically what I have seen.

This happened back in 93 or 94. I've talked to more people and I am more sure today than before.

Also when I told the guy who interviewed me that the lights on the animal I saw didn't reflect on it's coat or shine like it would other animals he told me that was his experience also.

One guy I talked to last year told me he was waiting for some friends to come down a trail and from his vantage point he saw one coming down the pathway. His friends came along and the "big foot" hid in the shadows of a small group of trees and they walked past it only a few feet away while he watched.

None of them saw a thing and they were right next to it in the daylight. It should have been noticable as it had little cover.

If they are that dark and hard to see in the shadows in day, how will you see them at night?

Assuming his story is true, of course it would be hard to see these things if they are that dark and can blend into the shadows easily and their coats do not reflect light.

Myself, I am pretty convinced that what I saw could only be what other people describe as a Big foot. It is very real to me I saw something like nothing else I have seen before.

I find this site quite interesting. The stories, theories etc. http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_fAQ.asp?id=405

Aaron

I got this from the site and it sums up my experience in the beginning.
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=4857

The second characteristic I've noticed from witnesses of good sightings is that they seem hesitant to give the thing they've seen a name. Apparently, the experience is awesome, carries great implications, and is plain frightening. To put a name on it maybe implies some understanding of it - and understanding seems far from what is felt by witnesses. "Traumatizing" may be a better way to characterize the experience.

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AaronJones

Then factor in someone has to run in a monkey suit in the pouring rain. It would be heavy and soaked.

You said the figure was "deep black" and you couldn't see any details, no hair or anything. You're assuming the figure looked like bigfoot, so if it was a hoaxer they would need a monkey suit. That's a false assumption. If you couldn't see any details, there's no reason to assume a monkey suit was worn.

There were two eye witnesses and we both saw the exact same thing.

Perhaps. Or as any good cop would realize, you discussed it and may have inadvertently helped each other agree on what you saw. That doesn't have to be done intentionally on your part, but there's a reason the police isolate eye witnesses before said witnesses have a chance to discuss what they saw.

I understand you're convinced about what you saw. I'm not, the evidence isn't there. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Aaron.

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candoit2

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

You said the figure was all black and you couldn't see any details. In that case, no monkey suit is needed.

Perhaps. Or as any good cop would realize, you discussed it and may have inadvertently helped each other agree on what you saw. That doesn't have to be done intentionally on your part, but there's a reason the police isolate eye witnesses before said witnesses have a chance to discuss what they saw.

I understand you're convinced about what you saw. I'm not, the evidence isn't there. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Aaron.

Yes, this time, we'll have to agree to disagree. My cousin told me he saw a flying saucer.

He is convinced even to this day of what he saw and certain about that experience.

I still have my doubts though and am unconvinced. I believe he thinks he saw one. This is the same situation reversed.

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AaronJones

Yes, this time, we'll have to agree to disagree. My cousin told me he saw a flying saucer.

He is convinced even to this day of what he saw and certain about that experience.

I still have my doubts though and am unconvinced. I believe he thinks he saw one. This is the same situation reversed.

Aaron

You're quite right, it is the same situation in reverse. As Carl Sagan used to say, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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Kurt

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Jim that looks very similar to what I saw up in the Adirondacks about 20 years ago. I had just set up camp at an isolated spot on the west branch of the Ausable River. It was close to dusk when I heard a noise in the bushes to the left of my camp site. When I looked over a black hairy critter about 4 ft. tall took two steps out of the brush, jumped a small berm and was gone. I seriously considered breaking camp and getting out of dodge

I convinced myself it was a black bear, even though I've never seen a bear run and jump on it's hind legs like a human before.

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Jim I can't say for certain what I saw. I do know it looks like the pictures of Big Foot I have seen and one documentary I watched talked about sighting in the Adirondacks. I know in a forest that big you could easily live your life and never have contact with a human if you didn't want to.

I believe Thom forgot to mention the Purple Urkle he smoked 10 minutes earlier was tested at 20%.

Seriously, I do believe it's possible that there's a few chimps here and there that have either escaped from labs, and they aren't telling us, or were let loose by owners once the chimps grew too big. The picture posted above looks like a chimp to me.

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ThomM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I believe Thom forgot to mention the Purple Urkle he smoked 10 minutes earlier was tested at 20%.

Seriously, I do believe it's possible that there's a few chimps here and there that have either escaped from labs, and they aren't telling us, or were let loose by owners once the chimps grew too big. The picture posted above looks like a chimp to me.

I didn't forget, I just left that part out

Notice I said it looked like what others described as Bigfoot and Jim's picture of Bigfoot, but never said it was a Bigfoot. I know I saw it do what it did, but I have no idea of what it was. In my many years of going into the wilderness I've seen to many animals do what you don't expect them to do. For all I know there's an old black bear sitting in a cave right now telling it's grand-cubs how it messed with a camper one day by running on it's hind legs

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I believe Thom forgot to mention the Purple Urkle he smoked 10 minutes earlier was tested at 20%.

Seriously, I do believe it's possible that there's a few chimps here and there that have either escaped from labs, and they aren't telling us, or were let loose by owners once the chimps grew too big. The picture posted above looks like a chimp to me.

I'm not to sure about that Kurt. For me it doesn't look like chimp.

The proportions on the length of arms and legs to the torso just don't look right for a chimp.

I've tried to look up a picture, but I don't remember a chimp bending over like that to pick something up. They usually squat, but I could be wrong about that.

The proportions don't look right for a chimp tho.

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Kurt

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

I'm not to sure about that Kurt. For me it doesn't look like chimp.

The proportions on the length of arms and legs to the torso just don't look right for a chimp.

I've tried to look up a picture, but I don't remember a chimp bending over like that to pick something up. They usually squat, but I could be wrong about that.

The proportions don't look right for a chimp tho.

I really don't like posting this video, because it's so sad. It's a mom chimp finding her dead baby. But it does show chimps in various postures:

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

I really don't like posting this video, because it's so sad. It's a mom chimp finding her dead baby. But it does show chimps in various postures:

Chimpanzee mother learns about her dead infant - YouTube

That is kind of a sad video. It amazes me sometimes when people don't think animals have deep feelings.

Well I guess I was wrong about them bending over.
That still picture is at an odd angle, I can't really tell if 'it' is resting on it's knuckles while bending over or not.
The arms look shorter than the legs which is opposite on a chimp.

Something just doesn't seem right about it, can't really put my finger on it.

Anyway thanks for the video, Kurt

That pic came from Wikipedia, just in case anyone was wondering.

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13 years ago

The ONLY thing that has me curios about the Bigfoot legend is there are stories from all over the world which are very similar.

Even the Northwest Native Americans had a legend of one, which is where the word Sasquatch comes from.

From long before mass communication between tribes and peoples.

In the Himalayas there is The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, very similar description, except for color, (actually the first 'monster' I ever heard of, as I wasn't born in North America)

There is a legend in, I believe central China, but I do not recall what the name is.
I watched a documentary about a month ago, the description sounded very much like Bigfoot.

Edit: It is known as the Yeren

I don't really know what to think as far as believing or not.

I have no doubt that some have faked evidence for publicity.
However these are not stories and legends that just 'showed up' lately, (within the last 150 years) they are all very old amongst the local tribes of respective 'creatures'.

Like Dennis mentioned, it is curious that no bones have ever been found...but then again any 'animal' smart enough to stay away from mankind, would be (presumably) smart enough to hide bones and any other evidence.

One thing I have noticed too, is that rarely have more than one been reported seen at a the same time. For these 'missing links' to survive obviously they would have to have families...when was the last time someone reported seeing a little Bigfoot, or Yeti?
There maybe stories, I just haven't heard of...

Edit: Just as I say that I found what is supposed to be a young Bigfoot, from the Allegheny Mts in Pennsylvania

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Dennis Gaskill 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

In the Himalayas there is The Yeti or Abominable Snowman...

Well of course the Abominable Snowman is real, I saw one in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
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Kurt

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

The ONLY thing that has me curios about the Bigfoot legend is there are stories from all over the world which are very similar.

Even the Northwest Native Americans had a legend of one, which is where the word Sasquatch comes from.

From long before mass communication between tribes and peoples.

In the Himalayas there is The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, very similar description, except for color, (actually the first 'monster' I ever heard of, as I wasn't born in North America)

There is a legend in, I believe central China, but I do not recall what the name is.
I watched a documentary about a month ago, the description sounded very much like Bigfoot.

Edit: It is known as the Yeren

I don't really know what to think as far as believing or not.

I have no doubt that some have faked evidence for publicity.
However these are not stories and legends that just 'showed up' lately, (within the last 150 years) they are all very old amongst the local tribes of respective 'creatures'.

Like Dennis mentioned, it is curious that no bones have ever been found...but then again any 'animal' smart enough to stay away from mankind, would be (presumably) smart enough to hide bones and any other evidence.

One thing I have noticed too, is that rarely have more than one been reported seen at a the same time. For these 'missing links' to survive obviously they would have to have families...when was the last time someone reported seeing a little Bigfoot, or Yeti?
There maybe stories, I just haven't heard of...

Edit: Just as I say that I found what is supposed to be a young Bigfoot, from the Allegheny Mts in Pennsylvania

And Central China is where a few teeth from gigantopithecus have been found. At least there is some fossil evidence in that area to support the concept of a big foot, as estimates are gigantopithecus was a 10 ft tall ape.

While very unlikely, it is possible that they have survived in the C China area. But in other areas of the world, there's just no fossil or geological evidence to support the theories, only "eye witness".

The one thing that does interest me is in that little movie from California in the 60s that's the most famous Big Foot film is that the think in the film had boobs. Why go through the trouble to add boobs to the costume? But...there's just too many other questions, such as the guy that shot the film having some other motives for making the film. And he had some real Hollywood connectections.

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ThomM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

The ONLY thing that has me curios about the Bigfoot legend is there are stories from all over the world which are very similar.

Even the Northwest Native Americans had a legend of one, which is where the word Sasquatch comes from.

From long before mass communication between tribes and peoples.

In the Himalayas there is The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, very similar description, except for color, (actually the first 'monster' I ever heard of, as I wasn't born in North America)

There is a legend in, I believe central China, but I do not recall what the name is.
I watched a documentary about a month ago, the description sounded very much like Bigfoot.

Edit: It is known as the Yeren

I don't really know what to think as far as believing or not.

I have no doubt that some have faked evidence for publicity.
However these are not stories and legends that just 'showed up' lately, (within the last 150 years) they are all very old amongst the local tribes of respective 'creatures'.

Like Dennis mentioned, it is curious that no bones have ever been found...but then again any 'animal' smart enough to stay away from mankind, would be (presumably) smart enough to hide bones and any other evidence.

One thing I have noticed too, is that rarely have more than one been reported seen at a the same time. For these 'missing links' to survive obviously they would have to have families...when was the last time someone reported seeing a little Bigfoot, or Yeti?
There maybe stories, I just haven't heard of...

Edit: Just as I say that I found what is supposed to be a young Bigfoot, from the Allegheny Mts in Pennsylvania

Jim that looks very similar to what I saw up in the Adirondacks about 20 years ago. I had just set up camp at an isolated spot on the west branch of the Ausable River. It was close to dusk when I heard a noise in the bushes to the left of my camp site. When I looked over a black hairy critter about 4 ft. tall took two steps out of the brush, jumped a small berm and was gone. I seriously considered breaking camp and getting out of dodge

I convinced myself it was a black bear, even though I've never seen a bear run and jump on it's hind legs like a human before.

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Michael Mayo

13 years ago

I don't know about all of you but Bigfoot is very real.

We have on here in KY.

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Sunfyre7896

13 years ago

I would just love to see something like Bigfoot, or Loch Ness, or UFO's, or anything that is supposed to be fake turn up and be verified just to see the look on people's faces. I love when people are shocked at anything that they just can't fathom as possibly happening. But I'm just going to have to settle for the day of the 22nd of December if you catch my drift. That day is going to be golden. Just like back in was it May, the next day was a silver level, maybe even just bronze level, but I got my kicks seeing some of these so called prophets get owned.

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hardraysnight

13 years ago

We will likely never know

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HeySal

13 years ago

The Chinese version of the Bigfoot is supposed to be the most credible - and there are a lot of farmers in mountainous areas that claim to have seen them in their crop fields. There is so much land that is yet unexplored in the great plateau region, it would be hard to say whether there remains or not. They know there are species yet undiscovered up there, and they do discover new ones now and again. It's not impossible that one of those species might be humanoid. As far as seeing them only in singles out there, I'm not real sure about that, but it doesn't seem that odd that one would be out hunting while the other would stay back at a "home" much like our own ancestors did. Hunters do not always hunt in groups and if going into territories that they felt that groups might attract more unwanted attention, it's not so hard to see why only one would go at a time. Just like other animals, these things would probably understand humans as a threat.

Could a single nomad here and there either go off on their own to explore or become just so hopelessly lost that they end up somewhere in one of our forests now and again? Seems possible to me. It also seems that if so, that they might just be very skilled at finding hiding places if they were sick or hurt where the bones might never be recovered. There are gemstones, treasures and fossils all over the world that haven't been found yet or have been found and carried off by someone who has no clue of what they have found, so we never hear about them.

Any news of a sighting is bound to bring out hoaxers for something like this.

There aren't all that many really isolated areas left for something like this to actually live in without detection - but there are still enough that we can't completely discount the possibility that they exist, just because we don' t have full evidence. The way humans are, it would really behoove any other species to be able to hide their existence from us - from that all we can deduce is that if this things are around - they are intelligent enough to know to avoid us like a plague.

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Thom,
the weird thing is, up until I came across that picture above...I really didn't know that there were sitings back East.
Bigfoot is something that I hear about here and there. Not something I follow closely.

The only thing that kind of gnaws at me sometimes, is that someone may try to shoot one of them (if seen). You know... the profit margin.

As far as I am concerned if they do exist, not one has tried to hurt anyone, that I know of. In fact they are very careful to avoid contact.
So if they do exist, great, if they don't, fine.
I just hope they can avoid contact with humans for a looong time.
Because if one ever really does get killed and discovered, then it might start a goldrush type of hunting them.

There seem to be a few critters 'discovered' lately that have obviously avoided detection for some time.

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ThomM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

Thom,
the weird thing is, up until I came across that picture above...I really didn't know that there were sitings back East.
Bigfoot is something that I hear about here and there. Not something I follow closely.

The only thing that kind of gnaws at me sometimes, is that someone may try to shoot one of them (if seen). You know... the profit margin.

As far as I am concerned if they do exist, not one has tried to hurt anyone, that I know of. In fact they are very careful to avoid contact.
So if they do exist, great, if they don't, fine.
I just hope they can avoid contact with humans for a looong time.
Because if one ever really does get killed and discovered, then it might start a goldrush type of hunting them.

There seem to be a few critters 'discovered' lately that have obviously avoided detection for some time.

Jim I can't say for certain what I saw. I do know it looks like the pictures of Big Foot I have seen and one documentary I watched talked about sighting in the Adirondacks. I know in a forest that big you could easily live your life and never have contact with a human if you didn't want to.

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yeahvairily

13 years ago

Yes - they make crop circles at night

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RokDot

13 years ago

at one point there was dragons. at one point there universe went around the world. and the sun went around the earth. I think bigfoot is fake LOL.

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bharatmax

13 years ago

Do they attack humans? if so any survivors?

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myob 13 years ago

Originally Posted by bharatmax

Do they attack humans? if so any survivors?

There are no known survivors, but little foot has been seen a dozen times:

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13 years ago

Minnesota Bigfoot Sighting Near St. Croix...

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DotComBum

13 years ago

I am a big believer of bigfoot or whatever it's called in other parts of the world, it's not only existed in the US but also in other countries too!!

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dagaul101

13 years ago

I think there are some paranormal activity many of us don't understand, it would be interesting if Bigfoots were real, as evolution suggests we might have distant relatives that are not quite ape but not quite us

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Truemove

13 years ago

There is no such thing as ghosts bigfoot vampires headless horseman headless chickens superman buffy the vampire slayer spider man or santa. Sorry to upset some of you

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hardraysnight

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Truemove

There is no such thing as ghosts bigfoot vampires headless horseman headless chickens superman buffy the vampire slayer spider man or santa. Sorry to upset some of you

Fortunately, the toothy fairy survives. I do not have to give my tooth money back to my mother

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Dennis Gaskill

13 years ago

Originally Posted by oncewerewarriors

Fortunately, the toothy fairy survives. I do not have to give my tooth money back to my mother

When I had a tooth pulled the dentist kept it. Do you think he put it under his pillow and cashed it in? Maybe I should sue him ... and his sneaky mother.

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myob

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

When I had a tooth pulled the dentist kept it. Do you think he put it under his pillow and cashed it in? Maybe I should sue him ... and his sneaky mother.

That sneaky mother planted it.

Photograph by Kentucky Bigfoot researcher Barton Nunnelly.

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highhopes 13 years ago

Yes.....three feet one yard two of my feet a farm yard!
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SEO Direct

13 years ago

Everything is BS. They even make entire movies and tv shows about this fictional character. Anyone who believes different is in denial.

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Repairguy

13 years ago

I think he's real. Let this be my introductory post to Warriors. I remember watching a documentary where it said that the amount of pressure in the footprints could not have been generated by a human being among other things such as limitations of technology and costumes could not have created the video.

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Joe Mobley 13 years ago

Yep! I saw the Virgin Mary standing next to bigfoot in a crop circle looking up at a UFO.

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jonatan

13 years ago

Haha! Good question... I don't think he is though

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M A Kay

13 years ago

I can never say its real or not...Never seen it

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Ken

13 years ago

Being a good ol' Alberta boy I couln't let this pass.

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Chad Markus

13 years ago

Im Canadian and I've seen three

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reverseengineering

13 years ago

Totally fake. Why can't we ever find a dead one? Or why doesn't any of them get hit by cars? Humans are smart but they get hit by cars all the time! And how is it that know one stumbled upon one while hunting and shot it?