Comments on: Bigfoot Ignorance is Bliss

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:53:18 +0000

There are true believers on both ends of the bigfoot spectrum.

Daryl just talked about two of them.

To me, here’s the definition of close-minded: you won’t consider anything as evidence until there’s proof. We wouldn’t have the wheel yet if science worked that way.

Think about it. You’re an atheist. One day you are walking to work and notice that the sunlight is doing very weird things; in fact the very weather has changed. You look up. A figure whose size just shuts down your mind is standing there, astride the earth, flipping the sun up and down in his hand like a baseball. He looks down at you. You know the entire solar system, and beyond, can hear him when he says:

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SO. YOU DON’T BELIEVE, DO YOU?

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You do now. But did you have an open mind? (SURE God could be a She. God could be an It. ) To say you did would render the phrase “open mind” without meaning, wouldn’t it?

Being “open” to the possibility of something not existing when you know it does might work in a philosophy class. But in day-to-day life, it just makes you a fool.

By: Grant

Grant — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:46:50 +0000

I really liked the comments by crgintx, except for one unpleasant thing. Texas has become a haven for land developers, including some of the sleaziest ones (even BEFORE Bush and Perry came along, let alone SINCE). So instead a Bigfoot “putting a dent in real estate development,” it would be likely to be the other way around. Unless they became violent, like the ones in those Bigfoot horror movies. And (at the risk of sounding like an “eco-nazi”) if they did, and somehow zeroed in on the developers themselves (instead of their employees), I don’t know how awful a thing THAT would be.

By: scosmo451

scosmo451 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:40:28 +0000

Nice read. Sometimes, folks amaze me still. Usually when they display irrational fears.

Let me see…Bigfoot isn’t proven and one has never attacked me. Bigfoot gets proven…and one still doesn’t attack me. Unless they read the papers and decide that we’re becoming a threat, I think we’re pretty safe. Of course, some people are just idiots, no matter how well educated. I’d bet Bigfoot is smarter and less violent than most human folks nowadays.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:03:00 +0000

Knowledge is burden. Some people desperately want to remain ignorant, confusing ignorance with innocence. But an adult cannot afford to stay as a child forever.

That’s part of the pain of growing up.

By: Benjamin Radford

Benjamin Radford — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:14:18 +0000

Good post. I find it very strange that anyone gets upset over the existence of Bigfoot, one way or the other. I have spoken to a lot of people who seem to be threatened by the idea that Bigfoot does NOT exist, because they have put so much time and effort into the search.

To me, they are the true believers, the closed-minded ones, because they say they “know” for a fact that Bigfoot exist. I don’t know if they do or don’t, but these people have made up their minds, they are not open the idea that Bigfoot don’t exist… so who’s being closed minded? The skeptic who says it’s possible but unlikely, or the believer who says Bigfoot exist and nothing will change his mind?

My worldview is not threatened in the least by the existence of Bigfoot, any more so than the existence of zebras or grasshoppers. To me, the Bigfoot question is a factual matter, one of evidence.

By: crgintx

crgintx — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:55:48 +0000

If Bigfoot is proven to be a flesh and blood creature, it’s going to put a huge dent in real estate development in a fast growing area of the country. Having to close off huge areas of the country to development is going anger lots of people. Just look how much controversy the re-introduction of the wolf and grizzly is causing out in the western states. In the case of East Texas, the black bear’s return is causing alot of consternation. Cougar are reported in almost every county now including major urban counties like Travis and Bexar. Many new urbanites to Texas are disturbed by the sight of even coyotes, bobcats and racoons. As one lady I met from Chicago said “But they’re wild animals!”. I’m part Native American and believe that the Hairy Man of the Woods is something more the flesh and blood. The Hairy Folk around the world seem to both attracted to and repelled by humans as much as we are to them. It make me think that we’re dealing with a creature that’s more intelligent than either chimps or gorillas. Those beings we already know can master language and make tools, if the Hairy Folk are smarter then the other large primates, they are truly formidable beings.

By: bill green

bill green — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:24:46 +0000

hey craig , wow definetly i realy like this new bigfoot article indeed. i agree with everyone above replys about as well. thanks bill green very interesting

By: Bob K.

Bob K. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:19:46 +0000

Craig wrote: “My friend was perplexed by the anger displayed by someone who was obviously highly-educated, yet extremely unreasonable. He also seemed a bit saddened by it and discouraged. As we say down south, my friend was quite “down in the mouth.”

When peoples closely held worldviews are challenged, the reaction can indeed be vicious. Even if the worldview in question is not theistic in nature, it functions, for all intents and puposes, as that persons religion, and religious spirits can be quite vicious, beyond all reason. It can hurt to be on the receiving end of such an attack, (as your friend was); best to say, as a most famous Man once said “Forgive them; they know not what they do.”

By: bucko

bucko — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:24:15 +0000

Good post Craig. Some people do get angry over this subject. Never seems to be hunters I know. It always seems to be folks that have probably never been in too many woods. I could be wrong.
I’m from the Mena,Arkansas area (not too far from Talihina) and all this area is prime Bigfoot country. I’m talking Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Most people keep it to themselves to avoid the angry negative people you describe.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:14:10 +0000

Getting angry over something like this is one of our “human nature” traits. Think about all the great scientists from the renaissance where all they did is search, not just for facts, but the truth of how everything works. The schools today are teaching a form of evolution that I believe needs some rethinking. Somethings we are taught in school someone was persecuted just because of the idea, even though it is true (as far as we know). Yes, the smell of rotten eggs at 04:30 would be a little disconcerting.