Comments on: Woods Full of Armed Bigfoot Hunters?

By: serpent_seeker

serpent_seeker — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:39:34 +0000

Its a debatable topic do you choose the camera over the gun, well obviously you must be careful not to shoot at will. The camera gives you a chance to photograph something unusual or beautiful, but unfortunately to prove these human like creatures exist science needs a body. The camera can provide many fake photographs of well most of the time of individuals dressing up in costumes and running around the woods. Photos are nice but they dont prove much. It would be great to have a body of a bigfoot so the science world can examine it, to see where its orgin came from.

By: normishmael

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

If the woods are full of legions of armed Bubbas, you can be sure the Armed Bubbas are full of Quarts of cold Coors.

So free-fire zones tend to get called pretty fast. By the same token, they really have had no luck shooting a bigfoot.

If i were going to to go stomping around in a fur suit, I would wait until a big NASCAR race or Pat Robertson speech was going to be on TV, and feel pretty safe.

At the same time there is the old Johnny Cash lyric:

Hello friend! welcome to our town!
I hope nobody don’t gun you down!
It takes all kind to make the world go round,
but it just takes ONE to gun you down!

By: cabochris

cabochris — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:06:47 +0000

Here is a good point. I am an elk hunter in Washington State. From what I have seen while hunting, I tend to believe Bigfoot is real. As a responsible hunter, I am not quite sure if I would shoot a Bigfoot? My heart says no, but my mind and desire says yes. If I killed one, I know I would be in a heap of trouble. But I would also be famous and perhaps rich as a result. Just think. Such an act would prove Bigfoot to the world! You all would go to bed knowing Bigfoot is actually out there! The mystery would end. Some of you would hate me and some would give praise. But Bigfoot would then be protected for sure! Upon spotting a Bigfoot in the woods, I might have to make a split second, perhaps once in a lifetime decision. I think I would shoot. It is in my blood- just like a cat might pounce on a mouse or bird. The fact that it might look human, or could be a person in a suit, would go by the wayside in the heat of the moment. I would trust my judgement. In other words, I think I could ID the real thing. So a fool in a gorilla suit, might be lucky with me. But that is me, and while giving lots of thought into the matter. Others might react different? Say in a campground at night, like the case up in Canada. Someone with a gun just might be scared enough to shoot! Even if there are few in the woods hunting Bigfoot with a rifle, I still say it is foolish to dress-up like a Bigfoot in the outdoors/public lands. They just might hear a Bang!

By: scosmo451

scosmo451 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:48:36 +0000

I think mystery_man makes some very good points: a costumed performer wouldn’t be alone and only needs a backdrop. Go deep in the woods alone and a hunter (or, more likely, a non-hunter with a gun) can get away with just leaving a body behind. My uncle had a relative who was killed in a shooting “accident” and whose body was left to be found. He was near a trail so he didn’t just simply disappear. Even a hundred yards could have made the difference, though.

By: Rappy

Rappy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:27:48 +0000

They’re a bunch of hillbilly idiots who have PUBLICLY stated that if they accidentally shoot someone in a costume while attempting to “harvest” a bigfoot, well that person just deserves to die.

Just remember that not all of us Southerners are like that. As a proud Louisianian, I must say they are truly idiots to say such. There’s a reason hunter’s safety manuals exist, but some people don’t get that fact. I wouldn’t mind seeing more Jeff Meldrums around…

By: Patrick Bede

Patrick Bede — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:26:46 +0000

mystery_man, I thought it was disturbing, too.

But apparently, we have people who visit this site with the same warped sense of thinking.

Our fellow poster, zytebac, above spouted this gem of wisdom:

“If you choose to dress up and frolic in the woods as a ‘bigfoot’, then you should be shot.”

Again, I’m speechless.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:52:06 +0000

I am personally not a hunter, so I won’t pretend to know what they are thinking or how they behave. I do, however, have some thoughts as to why there are not more accidents involving hunters and Bigfoot hoaxers. These are just some opinions, so bear with me.

First of all, I imagine that most casual hoaxers are not dressing up in a bulky suit and just wandering around the forest on their own. They have to have at least one other person with them (the cameraman), and I think likely some other buddies along for the ride. Since they are out to make a fake video, I wouldn’t expect they would be stealthily sneaking around either, and so may be pretty easily discernable by a hunter. The fact that there is a group of hoaxers out having a ball making a fake video, perhaps even drunk and disorderly themselves, might help to prevent the one in the suit from seriously being considered an actual Bigfoot.

Second, I don’t see any reason why a hoaxer would have to go all the way out into the middle of hunting country to make their video in the first place. In my opinion, making a fake video is basically like making a movie, with the movie “set” being the forest backdrop. The video does not actually have to take place in secluded wilderness, but rather create the illusion that it is. The hoax film could be filmed in someone’s backyard as long as it looks the part. I don’t see any reason why they would have to put themselves anywhere they’d be at risk of being shot in order to create a perfectly believable looking background for the video. The believability of the suit is another matter though.
There could also be videos made in protected parks where hunters wouldn’t be. To me, most hoaxers are probably also not entirely insane and there is a good chance they take into consideration the risk of hunters when planning their video shoots.

By the way, Patrick Bede, that was a very disturbing story.

By: zytebac

zytebac — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:39:08 +0000

If you choose to dress up and frolic in the woods as a ‘bigfoot’, then you should be shot. But I know many hunters that would like to shoot you, but they won’t. Contrary to most pre-conceived conceptions, most hunters are more level headed than the average person and will not shoot at just anything that strays by. Even a fool in a gorrilla suit.

By: Huntress

Huntress — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:16:34 +0000

My business is very much hunting related and in the last 15 years I’ve only heard of one hunter even having a sighting. This fellow was hunting big game in the Canadian Rockies and was carrying a high powered rifle that would have been adequate to take down any large animal. When asked why he didn’t shoot his reply was “It looked too human”.

Most states and provinces now have ‘blaze orange’ laws so if your grandma is in the woods, wearing a ghillie suit during rifle season she may be breaking the law.

By: swnoel

swnoel — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:56:52 +0000

For all you that proclaim that gun owners are shoot crazy, how many of you own a gun and know how to handle it?

It’s ignorance that creates many of our problems. Can anyone prove to me me where a person that was dressed up as a bear or Big Foot has been shot by a blood thirsty hunter or gun owner?

Are there drunks that take guns and go into the woods? I’d guess yes, but there are more drunks getting behind the wheel of a 2 1/2 ton automobile that puts the public at a greater risk.

I don’t proclaim that either is acceptable, but there is a greater risk of being injured or killed by a drunk driver than killed by a crazy drunk hunter shooting at you because he thinks you are a Big Foot or Bear.

Oh, by the way, both of the above is illegal.