Jeff Foxwothy shops at Walmart and so do a lot of other wealthy, frugal people.

Now move out of that parking spot starin’ at that light pole ‘fore this Georgia hillbilly runs ya over with his Mercedes…. : – )

If cryptozoology is a science, personal feelings, irritation, spiritual beliefs, and plain old desire for an outcome should have nothing to do with the outcome of an investigation. When I was a kid, I saw faces in the burled wood headboard on my bed, and in the clothing hung on the bedpost. There were no faces there: only shapes being interpreted by a brain that evolved to be really great at finding faces in things. We are great at finding bird shapes too, because two million years ago identifying a raptor in the distance was critical for survival.

And if cryptozoology is not a science, then you all might as well believe whatever it pleases you to believe because ultimately, the truth is what you want it to be.

Looking beyond the occasionally dismissive tone, I think threads like this one really do stick it in the eye of cynics who say crypto-enthusiasts are dreamers who see what they want to see, incapable of objective reasoning, gullible, immediately jump to paranormal conclusions, and terrible observers with a poor sense of size and range.

When a photo like this gets posted here it normally doesn’t take long for a well-informed majority opinion to gel regarding what it shows. Recently, I remember the same thing happening with the red Ogopogo vs. windsurfer thread.

Everyone has different standards of proof and opinions, but in the end things seem to shake-out pretty well here at Cryptomundo. It’s a real contrast to the ugliness and ignorance that shows up in other forums.