Comments on: Sighting Reported to Police: “They laughed at me.”

By: Rillo777

Rillo777 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:07:15 +0000

If this is how sightings of known living creatures who are considered OOP by authorities are treated, why does it surprise us that the authorities laugh at true cryptids? It only goes to show how complacent modern thinking is about the world, even by those who are suppose to be experts.

By: twblack

twblack — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:25:03 +0000

Here is what gets my goat. If they were “ALL” released or escaped pets would they not have any fear of people. Seems like they would go right up to most people looking for food if they were pets that did not know much about stalking or hunting on its own. Just a thought I guess. Seems like they would show up everywhere if they were raised as pets. It is a shame people get made fun of for reporting these things maybe the Big Fellow knows this also and he is laughing at us for he knows he is safe!

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:48:30 +0000

With attentive, brave, strong and true peace officers like this on the job, sasquatch could roam shopping malls in packs by day and remain undocumented by science.

This is the thing skeptics never seem to understand. Lots of people see stuff like this. Virtually all of it gets flushed, without followup of any kind.

Maybe we can ask Ben Radford to provide us with an annotated list of every cryptid sighting that got any kind of concerted followup. The ten minutes’ work could keep him in trim. (As a recent thread shows, P/G wouldn’t be on the list.)

What is so unusual about mountain lions in North America? Maybe these cops should start watching the news. Once a year or so. They are right over the border, in every Canadian province, and don’t seem to be showing up in droves to meet the new requirement for passports.

Look, I’m sure they have lots of stuff to do other than chase cats that aren’t stuck in trees. So: they’re too busy to laugh at the people who pay their salaries, doncha think?

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:27:27 +0000

Well, the old canard that large cats or whatever are all escaped from traveling circuses or local area zoos has worn out, so they have to use some other excuse. The only one left is the escaped exotic pet excuse.

By: ShefZ28

ShefZ28 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:48:51 +0000

This reminds me of a story I read a few years ago.

A guy was home one night when someone was trying to break into his house. He called 911 and the operator who answered said all of their officers were dispatched and as soon as she had one available they would be sent right away.

The guy waited for a bit and redialed 911. He told the lady who he was and said he didn’t no one needed to hurry because he took care of the issue with his shotgun ( he didn’t really).

Needless to say multiple squad cars, an anbulance and firetrucks were dispatched immediately.

There is a moral to the story somewhere in there…

By: Sergio

Sergio — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:41:50 +0000

Oh c’mon now, nobody makes fun of this stuff. The reports of people scoffing and making fun of witnesses are as contrived as the reports themselves according to Benjamin Radford.

This stuff happens all the time. The numbskulls on Fox and Friends come to mind, and that was on national television.

By: greywolf

greywolf — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:15:55 +0000

It is to bad that normal sober citizens that see and report strange critters get laughed at . If the police and game people were doing there job they would investigate right away with no BS..No wonder people don.t report sightings.

By: titantim

titantim — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:36 +0000

Standard comment: they are probably released pets. If this be the case then there are more big cat owners in this country than there are dog owners. Every time someone reports a big cat anywhere in the country the officials say it is a released pet. I agree Loren that it is about time to stop this madness and just tell the truth.