Comments on: Bigfoot? Lost Hiker’s “Monkey” Sighting

By: Samson77

Samson77 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:05:43 +0000

I just happen to live in this exact area, and I can tell you that there is NO way Moe the chimp could have gotten to where the hiker was from where he escaped without walking through populated areas or across the freeway.

The area Moe escaped from is not really in the mountains, but more or less at the bottom of a canyon. It is a very brushy area, with not alot of food sources. It is a high desert area.

By: sschaper

sschaper — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:55:54 +0000

It doesn’t say how knowledgeable she was about the wild. The rolling run of a bear or a raccoon might be what she saw. Is English her first language? Could there be a translation issue here?

By: Lightning Orb

Lightning Orb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:48:20 +0000

Hey, I think I’ve got it; Hilario thought she saw a monkey, right (or maybe a chip)? And they think it’s NOT Moe, right? It’s probably just one of his brothers then; but which? Larry or Curly?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:15:21 +0000

You got a good point there, Loren…

Like I’ve said before, maybe the media don’t want to “panic” people?

I still hope Ole Moe is caught. Then they can give him a spanking.

(Heh-heh-heh.)

By: Munnin

Munnin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:09:16 +0000

OK- I know I’m likely being a nit-picker here, and I hope I will be forgiven for being so. But the newspaper articles quoted in this post seem to be prime examples of what I feel are increasingly blurred or even ignored distinctions in such stories which appear in the media, especially concerning scientific topics. Monkeys are not apes. Apes are not monkeys. Yet I see more and more instances in print and on video where this type of distinction is not only not emphasized, it isn’t pointed out at all. It would have taken just one sentence in either of these newspaper articles to do so. Hardly any effort at all.

I recently watched a mostly wonderful video from National Geographic, narrated by Jeremy Irons. Several times, as images of old world monkeys appear on the screen, tails swinging very noticably below them as they move from branch to branch in the trees, Irons describes them using the phrase “…these little apes…” This goes uncorrected, no doubt leaving the less-informed viewer with the impression that the terms “monkey” and “ape” are synonomous. Shame on National Geographic, say I!

And don’t even get me started on the resurgent fallacy that the theory of evolution holds that humans evolved from apes. I can hardly believe how the popularity of this pernicious misconception has somehow regained ground in recent times.

Uh oh – too late. I guess I got myself started! LOL!

By: StinkFoot

StinkFoot — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:45:19 +0000

theres nothing to gain if she says she seen a monkey. much to lose to make false claims.

By: Lightning Orb

Lightning Orb — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:39:13 +0000

A bear or wolf? I think someone who’s lost in the woods and sees a bear or wolf reports a bear or wolf. But could this have been a shaggy little hermit?