Comments on: The Ultimate Earth Day Icon: Sasquatch

By: fabucat

fabucat — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:35:19 +0000

Ape behaviorist Jane Goodall is a fan of bigfoot. She says that all culture all around the WORLD have at least one legend of a bigfoot, sasquatch, or ape-man. Food for thought.

By: LanceFoster

LanceFoster — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:52:41 +0000

Sasquatch and the Spotted Owl have a lot in common. They live in primeval Northwest oldgrowth forests and are an indicator species for that habitat. Sasquatch as an indicator species of healthy NW habitat may be more popular among loggers too

I am also reminded of the old Montana Bigfoot sighting in the Bitterroot mountains. A logger was out cutting trees and saw a Bigfoot looking at him. When he started up his chainsaw, the Bigfoot’s neck hair stuck out. When he stopped the chainsaw, the neck hair went down. Message? “No cut Bigfoot’s forest!”

And many tribes such as the Lakota and Blackfeet see the sightings of Bigfoot as a warning that things are getting bad, environmentally and other ways too.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:21:58 +0000

Persuasive, with the best of intentions, but I remain unconvinced. I’d prefer that sasquatch remain on the periphery of our cultural consciousness. It’s consistent with its presumed cryptic nature, which in turn reflects a kind of cryptic nature that is present in all of us. Having a sanctioned and approved design concept stand along with the panoply of pop-culture mascots like McGruff the crime fighting bloodhound, Woodsy Owl, Muffler Man, and the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man reduces it to just another madison avenue attempt at raising consciousness with some ulterior motive, usually involving the forwarding of some presumed plan, that in reality (at least as it applies to sasquatch) is better left alone, and as we see there really is no need to make it official as sasquatch continues to be appropriated by a wide, and increasingly broad, spectrum of users all of whom would no doubt like to claim exclusivity when it comes to sasquatch. I prefer it to remain free, unfettered, and curious. Cheerio.

By: tropicalwolf

tropicalwolf — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:32:14 +0000

First off, that Bobbie Bigfoot mascot is HORRENDOUS; I feel that I may need to wash my eyes with bleach after staring at it for more than 2 seconds.red_pill_junkie

Priceless quote!

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:49:37 +0000

First off, that Bobbie Bigfoot mascot is HORRENDOUS; I feel that I may need to wash my eyes with bleach after staring at it for more than 2 seconds.

Secondly, I think a campaign to promote conservation utilizing Sasquatch is a fine idea. The kids are already familiar with some aspects of Bigfoot ‘thanks’ to pop culture; if the Big guy is used to sell stuff already, why not asking him to help us preserve the ecology?

The problem with these campaigns, as you stated, is that they tend to be preachy and aim at the guilt factor. There really have to be better ways to make people understand about our role as stewards of the planet.

Of course, we need to make people realize that by now it is kind of too late. Whether we like it or not, ALL OF US will experience the effects of climate change. All these campaigns should be aimed at trying to prevent the very nastier outcomes of it.