Comments on: How Kids Films Destroyed Sasquatch Research

By: napalmnacey

napalmnacey — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:45:32 +0000

Old post, but I just wanted to say that I really loved “Harry and the Hendersons” as a kid. I was already interested in the unknown back then, as my Mum had a vast library about fringe stuff. The movie made me want to know more about them. Were there really sasquatch? I’d never heard that name before the movie, but now I had a name to go on when I went to the library.

I learnt so much after that point, and kept on learning throughout the years. I learnt that sasquatch research wasn’t so fringe after all, that my hero Jane Goodall was sure that the evidence found so far pointed to something living in the forests of the US. I thought that was terribly exciting.

And a silly movie with a loveable ape-man brought me there. Of course I learnt in future reading that Bigfoot have a dark side like any ape or hominin, but hey, I doubt John Lithgow would have saved Harry if Harry was pelting him with rocks and kidnapping his son. LOL!

I agree with someone else – bad media and internet crazies have damaged cryptozoology as a respectable science far more than a couple of kids movies. UFO research has a similar disastrous reputation thanks to the 90s and the rise of conspiracy theories on the internet.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:15:53 +0000

Kittenz- I’ll let you in on a little secret. You may be surprised to know that Pokemon aren’t real either . Yeah I know, shocking isn’t it?

By: kittenz

kittenz — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:42:59 +0000

You mean Godzilla wasn’t real ????

Say it ain’t so, mystery_man !!!

By: Jjm3233

Jjm3233 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:20:23 +0000

Red Robin – YUM!

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:02:40 +0000

Woo-hoo….let’s here it for Jack Links!!!

By: DWA

DWA — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:09:24 +0000

I agree with what appear the great majority of posters: those films are harmless.

They were many years off yet when scientists saw the P/G film for the first time. THAT, in my opinion, is when scientific credibility on this topic took a vertical dive.

By: JMonkey

JMonkey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:35:05 +0000

Harry and the Hendersons actually inspired me to learn more, though it was not intellectual in any way. I can guarantee you that I for one would give up many comforts for the truth about the Sasquatch’s existence, or that of many other creatures.

By: Anakin0993

Anakin0993 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:46:36 +0000

Being born in ‘93 I was lucky enough not to see this movie (considering I’d only be 4 at the time and wouldn’t even have a good memory of it today). Seeing that video actually angered me….I’m just glad the first Bigfoot video I remember seeing is the Patterson-Gimlin footage.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:13:54 +0000

As interesting as the topic was (is), the comments are even more so as they nicely expand on just what it is about cryptic aspects of the natural world that we find so compelling.
In some ways a bad, mawkish or poorly executed example of a choice cryptozoological expression brings it to mind and in mulling it over and detailing why the example before me is so poor, I come to realize somethings about how it should really look, or how it would really manage to stay hidden, and in that way instead of reducing my interests it make it more intriguing, counterintuitive though that might seem.

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:04:04 +0000

The attention opens up our minds to the impossible being possible. I remember as a kid the stories about monsters and then finding out about Bigfoot seeing that monsters do exist! The attention whether good or bad opens up our minds to these things young and old alike. I loved that Six Million Dollar Man episodes sparked the American conscious to Bigfoot and other things alien and terrestrial such as the use of prosthetics. Again my friends , the possibilities of what may be and what we do to further explore them and find the truth. I’m 44 years old and still believe the stories of a creature walking the woods as do many others. It may be a fairy tale but then again so is a balanced budget for the US within the next few years.