Comments on: Dr. Jeff Meldrum Presents at Utah Valley University

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:52:56 +0000

Oh, he’s tenured all right. He’s one of the recognized experts in his field of study: primate locomotor adaptations. (Can’t get more relevant than that, if you’re discussing sasquatch evidence.)

A highlight of a recent flap concerning him was a PHYSICS professor, of all people, calling for his tenure on a stick for all this Bigfoot nonsense. Sure, buddy. Show me a quark.

By: ETxArtist

ETxArtist — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:55:41 +0000

I wonder if Meldrum is tenured. That would give him more opportunity to dabble in whatever field of research he wants, which would explain why he can focus on BF. Eighteen years is a long time to teach at one university, if he isn’t tenured by now it throws doubts on his competency. But I’m sure he is.

By: kryptos006

kryptos006 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:33:28 +0000

DWA:
I am not going to say that he was not very accepting of the idea of sasquatch. His brother is a correspondent of mine on the matter of man-apes. The attendance of this seminar was really a ploy by the hand of his brother to convince him that saquatch does exist. When I said that he was skeptical, I assumed that the implication would be so that he was already on the fence. Now I see that I was fairly vague in my last statement and I apologize.

By: DWA

DWA — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:51:54 +0000

kryptos 006: There’s a lot more to that last sentence than that last sentence!

Although I have said that I am unaware of anyone familiar with the evidence that is skeptical of the existence of the sasquatch, I’m impressed that somebody could come in to one presentation against and leave for (or even on the fence).

By: kryptos006

kryptos006 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:29:52 +0000

It was a great presentation overall. Essentially, if you have read his book, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, then you can imagine what he said. He went over very similar points in basically the same order. The only thing he omitted was the chapter on dermatoglyphics. There was a man sitting next to me that was "an unbeliever" and left an enthusiast on the topic.

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:44:35 +0000

kryptos006: well, I won’t.

But you may have just put yourself on the hook to give us all a report!

By: kryptos006

kryptos006 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:26:27 +0000

I am attending that seminar. Who else will be there?

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:21:29 +0000

“[If] Biology was doing their job, there wouldn’t be a need for the word cryptozoology, there would just be zoology.”

True indeed.

It is not on every zoologist to drop what he’s doing and prove Nessie or Bigfoot.

It is, however, on every last one of them to drop the cynical pronunciations when they haven’t reviewed the evidence.

The cryptid confirmers may be in school now, growing into their chance to change the world. If you’re not going to do the work…leave it to them and stop pooping on it.

By: Wee Falorie Man

Wee Falorie Man — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:19:03 +0000

One small correction:

Jane Goodall is famous for her research with chimpanzees – not gorillas.

Dian Fossey is famous for her research with gorillas.