Comments on: More on the Texas Bigfoot Conference

By: DWA

DWA — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:36:36 +0000

I’m no Bigfoot Groupie; it’s all about the animal with me and nothing about the personalities.

However. You can bet I got Matthiessen and Gimlin.

There is no way that anyone who says anything nice about Bob Gimlin can prepare you for how honest, straight up and just plain good the man really is. Everything that’s human about you says this guy wouldn’t lie. About anything.

I have to admit to expecting that those two might make token appearances and split. I couldn’t have been farther off. Everything that happened – straight up until they left town after the conference – they were right in the middle of, and totally involved with anyone they were talking to. That has to impress you.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:46:52 +0000

With whom do you think most people wished to have their pictures taken, throughout the weekend?

Bob Gimlin. Hands down. I forgot my camera while packing, so I didn’t take any photos. But everyone I saw who did, wanted one with Gimlin. The man really is a rock star.

By: AlbertaSasquatch

AlbertaSasquatch — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:03:32 +0000

I’m going to guess Bob Gimlin! Now what do I win Loren LOL?

By: graybear

graybear — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:45:45 +0000

In the Patterson-Gimlin film we have a piece of physical evidence (the film) which has been analyzed to death. The latest computer aided analyses show that a human wouldn’t fit inside the supposed suit, and probably couldn’t walk that way. We have plaster casts made from impressions in the sand where the subject of the film walked. We have, finally, the words of the only man living who was there. He says categorically that he really didn’t believe in Bigfoot and that he was scared when he saw the animal, a totally reasonable response.
And we still have people who refuse to admit the validity of the search for the Sasquatch.
I hate to say it, because I don’t like the implications, but the fact is we need a body. Personally, I would rather leave them alone, or watch from a distance as the Sas went about their business. But only a body on a dissecting table will really ever satisfy the ’scientific community’. Photos won’t do it because photos can be faked (see the continuing controversies about the P-G film), DNA tests on hair or tissue samples won’t do it because we don’t have a base-line DNA model for the Sas (requires a body everyone agrees is a Sas). Only a full body on a block will ever really end the controversy.
I wish it were not so.