Comments on: Another Update: Tennessee Bigfoot With Cane?

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:18:45 +0000

I definitely agree with this ‘creature’ being either a hiker or a hunter with a large coat & hood, and either a walking stick or rifle.

I believe very much in Bigfoot, but to me, this is obviously a human bundled up in wintry outdoor clothes. And, particularly in that 1st pic, you can see where the bottom of a coat possibly ends and then the little calves, ankles and feet begin.

I would like to be wrong about that and it is a Bigfoot, but this is very unconvincing footage IMO.

By: Lu Ann Lewellen

Lu Ann Lewellen — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:03:13 +0000

If Patty can wear a bone scünci, I see no reason a Bigfoot can’t carry a cane.

By: Remus

Remus — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:19:15 +0000

Occam’s Razor folks! Most likely, it’s a blobsquatch. (Duh! So obvious…)

By: Neworderedworld

Neworderedworld — Sat, 05 May 2007 19:11:01 +0000

WildmanMarty made a good point about if you actually caught a bigfoot on tape you wouldn’t just upload it to youtube.com straight away like a sad giddy idiot who just wants to capture something strange on camera so they can get their youtube ratings. I guess you would try and get it researched by a professional in this field first, but everyone has different ways about going about things and I respect that also.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:17:34 +0000

DWA- You’re right, that IS a hilarious post! Somehow I missed that one. I’m definately going to have to tell my Bigfoot buddy about it.

By: DWA

DWA — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:57:27 +0000

mystery_man: yup. We got shape shifting truth-twisters and video-scramblers and stick-carriers on both sides of this discussion.

But I still think silvereagle says it best above. I laugh my head off every time I read it. Perfect.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:53:02 +0000

DWA- Nice revision. I just think as far as these videos go, there can be a little hyperanalysis going on from both sides. A firm skeptic (see, I can be rserved with my use of the “other term”), may look for reasons why it must be a human to the point of making some pretty big assumptions or seeing things that may not be there, and others who want this to be a video of a sas will do the same thing. A lot of things can be read in to this particular clip, but one of my usual yardstick mental experiments is to imagine showing this to a person who knew nothing of Bigfoot and wasn’t told what this is a video of, and guessing what they would say when asked “What do you see?”. I doubt the first reaction would be “It’s a hairy bipedal primate!” I am certain that colleagues of mine would not make that first guess. So that suggests to me that it is possible that some hope might be involved with making the connection with what is seen here and Bigfoot.

Some will stare and stare at this video until they convince themselves that that is what this must be and not give weight to the reasons why it might not be a sasquatch. They will see a sagittal crest rather than a hood, or a baby bigfoot on its back, or behavior involving using sticks, where there may be no grounds for these hypothesis other than speculation and wishful thinking. Skeptics will do the same. I am in no way close minded to these videos, but I do consider myself capable of seeing both sides of the coin. I am really trying to weigh what is seen in the video with an open mind, while maintaining a dose of realism and healthy skepticism. Looking at this particular clip, I can see so many reasons why it might be a hunter, and not so many that point to this being a Bigfoot. As far as I can see, this video is not as convincing as a Bigfoot as the more mundane possibility of a hunter. Maybe I am wrong and it IS a Bigfoot, but I am not about to make that presumption without looking at other possibilities as well even if those possibilities may not point to a sasquatch. I am looking for the truth here, not what I want to see.

By: things-in-the-woods

things-in-the-woods — Sat, 05 May 2007 10:49:27 +0000

Come back M.K.Davis, all is forgiven.

The crazy dude was right all along.

When you start looking at these vids, there are sticks everywhere…

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:28:27 +0000

Nachzerer, I’m not as gifted as Gorey was, but here goes:

A man in a coat oh so furry,
Was strolling, in no urban hurry.
As he sauntered along,
In his bigfoot sarong,
He pondered an east Asian curry.

By: wildmanmarty

wildmanmarty — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:59:20 +0000

I say it might be a guy who secretly whittled a pool cue in the woods and he’s taking a shortcut past the old abandoned airstrip, to try it out at the local tavern. Sorry, I can’t stop myself sometimes. I think I am beginning to lose faith. One thing I keep going back to with all of these videos…..do you think that if Mr. Patterson were alive today and had just filmed what he believed to be a real Sasquatch, that he would post it on Youtube? I sure as heck would not.