Comments on: Hypothesizing Bigfoot

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:43:10 +0000

Great Article

I could be wrong, but with every previously extinct animal(that has been re-discovered), do they not verify the proper habitat, etc., then begin the search when the claim is made someone saw the animal in question?

Wouldnt one need to have some kind of understanding of the animal in question – before the researchers can even begin to look? Regardless of whether the animal exists – it must have the habitat to support the animal, and so on – or its a waisted effort.

I agree with what you said here

By: squatchworks

squatchworks — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:26:37 +0000

Has anyone ever seen an elk running away in staight view? I have and the elk to could be misidentified as a retreating bigfoot. I had a cametracker photo that showed what looked like a straight on view of a bigfoot in hte back ground. When enhanced it showed a pregnant deer. I think that deer and elk should also be taken into consideration.

By: Chris. H.

Chris. H. — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:12:50 +0000

Good point, squatchworks. Sometimes there’s such a thing as ‘too much information’ even in science.
When it comes to sightings and testimony, context may be the best indicator of value. Case in point: the Traverspine Apes. This story came out of northern Labrador at the beginning of the last century. The community had no history of Sasquatch sightings and indeed it occurred before any of the subsequent ‘crazes’ from the Pacific Northwest. Yet they (a ‘male’ and ‘female’) appeared several times in a week, were seen at close range and the witnesses were scared almost witless, as what they saw was so clearly out of their experience. Therefore, on the face of it, the context of the sighting argues towards a higher degree of noteworthiness and potential value.
Fast-forward to this year; the context of the Manitboa video is interesting because outside of hardcore cryptozoologists and some rural residents of Manitoba, it’s an unlikely setting and was recorded at a time/location well outside of accepted or perceived folklore. Yet 3 weeks later there came a similar report from the Yukon of hair samples from a mysterious creature; the timing (context) seemed curious and it was no real surprise that the identification of the Sasquatch hair samples proved ‘erroneous’.
What I’m trying to say is that while the internet provides us with lots more reports now, the field needs a generally accepted methodology for assessing their value.

By: squatchworks

squatchworks — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:47:35 +0000

I say we are alot closer with nothing to show for it. Bigfoot is still a few steps ahead of us. Question , How much good has the internet done in the search, Has it been for the better or for the worse. For gathering information, maps and such, yes i fell its great but for all the lookey loos that come with it im not sure. They create a market to sell t shirts and books to, they fill the message boards but do we gather anything worth while from that?