Comments on: No Hard Evidence of Bigfoot ?

By: DGBennett

DGBennett — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:19:25 +0000

Kurt:
I think it would be quite a formidable task to capture and release such a creature… but I agree, it would be the right thing to do. Will it be carried out that way? Probably not… I think once rednecks catch wind that these creatures are real, they will be sufficiently freaked-out and want them all dead. And with the arsenals and ignorance most of those people possess, it might prove to be a great danger for the animals. Personally, I would be delighted to know that peaceful giants are living in the world around me… it adds a sense of wonder and magic to our planet that is often times missing or forgotten.

I think it is also quite telling that no concrete skeletal or biological evidence of their physical bodies has ever been reported. Gigantopithicus Blacki molars and fossilized jawbone fragments [from Asia] have been catalogued and studied for several decades now, but not many. There is no conclusive evidence to state definitively if they are true descendents of Giganto… or if they are an entirely as-of-yet unidentified new species. The truth of the matter is that most large creatures that die in a natural setting are beset upon by a myriad of ravenous critters – they are devoured and reclaimed quickly. And there is also speculation that they take care of their own… possibly moving bodies to remote locations, or even burying them. Who knows? It’s extremely rare to find a dead grizzly bear in the wild, yet they do exist.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:08:21 +0000

Capture, examine, and release, I predict, will be the way to go. If we open the gates to shooting them, we will certainly speed their extinction.

I never said open the gates to shooting them and in order to make them extinct you have to prove they exsisted in the first place,,you cant do that.When the best evidence is a 40hr old tape made by 2 guys that some say is a fake and you say you dont think its a fake,,where is ” all the evidence” since then ?I havnt seen any picture,,film,,cellphone pic or anything as good as that 40yr old tape. Archeologists are digging up dinosaur bones every day ,,putting together huge skeletons of once living things.Yet there are people out there who still dont belive dinosaurs ever lived. And your capture,tag and release theory sounds all good and well if your working for PETA but whos gonna get close enough to a bigfoot to “tag” it when no one can even get close enough to take a decent picture that wont get raked over the skepitcal coals of conventional science like all of them do. Face the facts you will never catch a “live one” and the only way you`ll ever prove it is with the end of a gun or the front end of a truck and to texasgirl ive asked the same questions about Maine ,with no response.

By: DGBennett

DGBennett — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:03:30 +0000

I agree… and I too have viewed it from both a romanticism (as a child, fascinated with the classic 1970s TV documentaries; the books from the local library about Yeti and Bigfoot; and from whatever else I could locate and digest on the subject – I was a Sasquatch junkie!), and as a healthy skeptic in adulthood. The evidence accumulated over the years (and within the last 20, including the “Skookum Cast”, or evidence of unique dermal ridges on footprint casts consistent with a creature the size of Sasquatch) are very compelling. My wife will look at me an laugh whenever I talk about “Bigfoot”, but I do believe this creature is as real as silverback mountain gorillas are. I have heard the argument for years now that it must be a hoax – after all, why hasn’t a body ever been discovered, or why haven’t more hunters seen or shot them? And I maintain that they have much more to fear from us than we do from them, so they have developed a sophisticated level of cunning and stealth to avoid us at all costs – smart critters! It’s not hard to sense when a human being is near by, for the most part (we’re noisy… we smell of deodorants and perfumes, we often times cook and eat aromatic meals at campsites, and we have effectively ‘taken over’ most of the world with our cities and homes. There are places in our modern world which are still unscathed… virgin… and they are still mercifully vast. And it is not a huge stretch of the imagination to envision a population of a few thousand unknown great apes thriving there undetected. Most of the chance encounters with their kind are the same as those of people who accidentally come across a grizzly bear in the woods – they are accidental, catching the creature quite unaware and by surprise. Others are by their willingness to approach us… their curiosity. It is evident that they are far more aware of us than we are of them. My great hope is to actually see one in my lifetime – to have a peak. I want to know they exist. I would love that… and I would never endanger their kind or attempt to kill or capture one. They are magnificent beings which deserve our respect and our conservation. I have never read anywhere that they have intentionally harmed a single soul, or killed anyone outright. A creature that could quite easily outrun or overpower a human choosing NOT to do so says a lot for their kind. I believe they are highly intelligent, adapted, powerful, and peaceful. Let’s hope we can be the same towards them as well – I’d hate to make them angry with us!

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:18:36 +0000

I too grew up with the “Bigfoot” and “Yeti” accounts in books, movies, on TV, etc.

But in my opinion you don’t need to possess childlike romanticism or some form of mental illness to believe it is quite possible that they exist. There is too much evidence - DNA analyzed by experts, vocalizations analyzed by experts, dermal ridges on casts analyzed by experts, etc, etc, etc. - that point to the possibility they exist.

One can approach the issue from a stricly logical viewpoint - devoid of any emotion, “magical”, or wishful thinking - and still come to the conclusion that it is quite possible they exist. In fact I think that there is a lot of emotionalism present on the part of the skeptics - a kind of “herding”, “conformity”, or “consensus-seeking” mental reflex that drives a lot of their opinions without giving the evidence an objective look.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:24:38 +0000

KenMD:
You are correct. It would be nice for a live capture, however it would be done. If it comes down to the only way to prove its there is to kill it, then I wish people would just leave it alone. If the creature does exist, it has done a most excellent job of staying away from us.

By: KenMD

KenMD — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:10:05 +0000

I think the rest of my blog comments got lost???
Did you have them Craig? Quite long, I rehash later if not.

By: KenMD

KenMD — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:50:54 +0000

Seems to me as I have been following the subject now for a short time that indeed the problem is good scientific proof. Something undisputable, something with a P-value

By: DrX

DrX — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:14:00 +0000

Sasquatchery - and others here - I think you might gain some insight from reading up on a couple of things: the fallacy of shifting the burden of proof, and Occam’s Razor. I’m not going to bother with your straw man about proving a negative except to note that it is a straw man.

Thanks to shovethenos and Doug, for your comments.

Cheers.

By: DGBennett

DGBennett — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:17:56 +0000

I’ve only had one experience with something I believe to have been “Sasquatch” a few years ago… I think I heard some of them vocalizing at some distance (across a large field from me, in the deep autumn woods). It happened in late September, 2003 out in the rural areas of Andover, Ohio. I was visiting a friend during his family gathering/reunion. It was late, and there was no more room to sleep in the house. So I spent the night in my pickup truck cab. The windows were cracked to let in the pleasant cool air. It was very quiet. Then, in the early-hours of the morning, I heard distant bellows and cries… very faintly. It sent chills up my spine, and I tried to see what it was. I had my SONY Handycam (with night vision) handy, and I pointed it in the direction of the noises. It was so faint, my camera didn’t capture it. Needless to say, it sounded odd to me. It could have been anything really, so I’m not jumping to conclusions (as I’m no outdoorsman, and don’t readily know all of the common animal calls out there). I have heard recordings attributed to Sasquatch before, and what I remember hearing sounded similar. I told my friend and his father about it the next day. They are both avid deer hunters, and told me they too have heard strange, startling sounds in the woods outside their farm in the autumn months. Perhaps, if it is “them”, they are migrating elsewhere… I don’t know! It’s a great mystery of mine.

My one great hope in life is to see a great American ape in the wild. I would love to know they do exist.

By: texasgirl

texasgirl — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:08:23 +0000

I check that site often Craig, It would be nice to see it happen here.
I’m amazed that there hasn’t been a sighting down here where I live around Victoria, Tx. Plenty of cover if you ask me, maybe they don’t like the ocean…