Comments on: Why A Bigfoot Trap?

By: trueyemage

trueyemage — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:18:57 +0000

I went camping at Red River Gorge on Eagles Nest and heard something at 4:30 AM and again 30 minutes later that reminded me of a chest beating sound. It was a very deep base sound, that started slow then picked up speed but did not change tone. (about 15 to 20 beats) It also did not get fast enough to make me think it was some sort of engine to something starting off in the distance. If there hadnt been crunchy ice on the ground I would have thought it was something heavy picking up speed as it ran towards me on the rock. Good thing for crunchy ice covered ground. Unforunately I was the only one up and it can only be left to speculation so it might as well just been a moon shine still processing some back country white lightning.

By: Brian05404

Brian05404 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:10:05 +0000

I feel so wrong about this trap. I mean come on. A bigfoot must have a family and we don’t know if the male or female has a family to look after. Why can’t you just get a better equipment to capture it in motion. All I ever hear is the noises and short clip video of a bigfoot. If we capture one, it would change society and change lives of others. I just believe that bigfoot are the only pre-historic creatures that manage to survive though the years and develop intelligence as it watches us from the mountains. They probably roam when they hear gun shots when hunters are on a deer seasons.

Let me ask you this, I know it sound stupid or silly but why hasn’t anyone beat their chest to see if a bigfoot response in a form of communication. If it doesn’t, then it’s smarter than an ape. I already know it’s smarter but what would it mean if they do. I live in Vermont and I don’t go out looking for a Champ Monster in the Lake. I do fear black water but let it go and let it be free. If you try to capture it, it might become exstinct. You messing with something that belong in nature.

By: WVBIG_2006

WVBIG_2006 — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:42:26 +0000

mystery_man says: “if the Big guy is anything like other large primates, such as gorillas, then he is probably a herbivore and thus a rabbit carcass might not be to his liking” There are numerous reports of a Bigfoot eating fish, wild boar, etc… I also believe they are highly intelligent creatures who can move through the woods very quietly & also may have exceptional hearing and/or eyesight. This may explain why the trap didn’t work. I favor a snare baited with berries & fish native to the area in which the trap is set since there is almost always a creek or river very near to where these creatures are seen. I think audio & video equipment should be set up at the trap site in case the bigfoot escapes. And if the trap works, the creature should be tranquilized and hair, blood, & tissue samples should be taken before transferring it to some sort of facility for further behavioral study. I do not favor one being euthanized & dissected for the sake of science.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:09:47 +0000

I still think they might want to try changing the bait. Just look at gorillas. I Know they are not the same, but if the Big guy is anything like other large primates, such as gorillas, then he is probably a herbivore and thus a rabbit carcass might not be to his liking. I also think that the Bigfoot is a very intelligent, wary animal and find it hard to believe he would stumble into this trap, especially when so many have come to see the trap and the area must reek of humans. If I were a Bigfoot, that’s the last place I’d be likely to go.

By: crypto_randz

crypto_randz — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:06:03 +0000

Finally, a researcher who got smart to try to capture bigfoot i agree maybe a net would be safer. This the only way to prove bigfoots existence, all this time through many years nobody ever came up with a idea of setting a trap, but this gentleman has the right idea.

By: TemplarKnight21c

TemplarKnight21c — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:33:12 +0000

I like the idea of a live trap, but…a bear is one thing, a primate quite another. By most reports, sasquatch tend to have very thickly muscled limbs, and primates tend to be very intelligent (excluding us, of course). Is a trap such as that one going to be enough? A net seems more effective, but much more dangerous and traumatizing.

By: twblack

twblack — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:47:03 +0000

I really enjoyed reading the above article. And I agree someway to capture without doing harm to the Big Fellow is the way to go.

By: WVBIG_2006

WVBIG_2006 — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:23:25 +0000

I feel some sort of live trap must be built to conclusively prove the existence of Bigfoot. Photos & videos can be faked & DNA results from hair, scat, etc, will be inconclusive until there is a 100% verified Bigfoot DNA sample to compare others to. Like the late Rene Dahinden said during a discussion between himself, Robert Morgan, & John Green in “Bigfoot: Man Or Beast?” The photos, films, tracks, etc are interesting & it’s nice to think Bigfoot can be proven to exist with those. But it will take an actual creature. Living or dead, to prove it once & for all.

My organization “West Virginia Bigfoot Investigations Group” has been discussing different methods of capturing a Bigfoot alive because we are a no-kill organization.