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Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum - America's "Bigfoot Professor"

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The only investigation he did that I watched was the remote cabin in Canada where -somebody- was chucking firewood at the cabin half the night.

It was too dark to see anything but a bunch of men scared out of their minds at a no-see-um somewhere out there. Then they all hid in the cabin until morning, when they found firewood here and there.

He went up to discover what had been reported by other supposed guests after a bear had trashed the cabin.

And that was claimed to be his most amazing investigation up to that date.

After that any of his vids got passed over for other stuff. I was that amazed.
 
gigmaster said:
I am bewildered as to why the University keeps Meldrum on staff. Even with tenure, there are ways to remove someone who harms the institution.
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From our perspective he might be doing harm but from his administration's? Nah. It's a public institution. Students go there 'cause it's relatively cheap, not because they're deciding that it's more prestigious than Princeton or Stanford. Plus, look how popular he is. Dude's on TV all the time. That's *positive* press to the great majority of people out there. Plus he made Full Professor there. That means that the administration is totally cool with him.

I thought maybe he's a super-popular teacher and that's why they coddle him. Evidently not: he's only got 4 entries on RateMyProfessor. He seems to be "meh", but not horrible. You've gotta be worse than horrible to get ousted once you've got tenure.
 
Did Meldrum go on an LDS mission?

I ask because of his carefully staged demeanor with which he tries to persuade you to believe something far fetched if not actually unbelievable. I assume young LDS men are trained in this before going out to proselytize.
 
Good point DennyT.

It is a form of magician's trick, whether it is preaching about the quality of a few Bigfoot sightings, or the quality of a few healing prayers. By ignoring the plethora of failed instances, they can persuade their listeners much more easily.
 
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Cruel and unusual punishment is illegal.
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:biggrin: It is that.

You don't have to watch it for long to seriously consider how it is he could be so delusional as a "scientist". His sincerity shtick seems to work, but he's lacking a whole lot of substance. 55 bland minutes and not an iota of new (or old) evidence. A sure bulletproof case in a bizarro world. Supposedly Bigfoot would be one of the greatest finds in all of history and yet despite his being convinced it's real "scientifically", he's not really interested in proving the case in true "scientific" fashion (he'd actively be doing it if he were). Which only helps the argument there's been more than one glaring (if not unethical) contradiction in his "scientific" motives from the beginning.
 
Our group is participating in a sasquatch conference and one of the speakers will be Dr. Meldrum. So not only will I be meeting him for the first time, I will be picking him up from the airport and driving him to the conference location which is about 2 1/2 hours away.

I understand he is not held in high regard on this forum but I don't share that sentiment. I do respect the man and am truly looking forward to meeting and being able to talk to him without interruption.

My question to this group is if you had this type of access, what would you ask him? If I think you have a serious and legitimate question, I will ask him and reply back with what he said.

The conference is 6 weeks out so let me know. Obviously I'm going to ignore all BS questions but am interested in hearing your thoughts.
 
Who will be in charge of harvesting the bodies when coronavirus hits all the different crypto-hominoids worldwide?
 
How do you stifle laughter addressing a roomful of credules?
 
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by what basis have some of the estimates for bigfoot populations/density been made?

Also, does he believe that bigfoot populations are scattered all over the U.S, from Washington State to Florida, or only in the Pacific NW, Canada and Alaska? If the answer is only in the NW then what does he think of the evidence for other areas?
 
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Our group is participating in a sasquatch conference and one of the speakers will be Dr. Meldrum. So not only will I be meeting him for the first time, I will be picking him up from the airport and driving him to the conference location which is about 2 1/2 hours away.

I understand he is not held in high regard on this forum but I don't share that sentiment. I do respect the man and am truly looking forward to meeting and being able to talk to him without interruption.

My question to this group is if you had this type of access, what would you ask him? If I think you have a serious and legitimate question, I will ask him and reply back with what he said.

The conference is 6 weeks out so let me know. Obviously I'm going to ignore all BS questions but am interested in hearing your thoughts.
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Since you'll be one-on-one with him, ask him if he knows Lowell Zilch and if he thinks Zilch's second cousin doesn't look just like a pint sized Roger Patterson. Zilch and the rest of the cousins think so too, but his second wife isn't convinced. Heck she doesn't even know who Roger Patterson is. Also ask him if Bigfoot migrates, and if so do they use maps or smoke signals or what exactly to do it so *** **** effectively. Hey also ask him if Bigfoot has pets. I bet it's yes. I heard he's seen and photographed several suspicious Yeezy™ dog leashes just laying around out there in the wilds of Wyoming. Good luck. Buh bye!
 
Northern Lights said:
The conference is 6 weeks out so let me know. Obviously I'm going to ignore all BS questions but am interested in hearing your thoughts.
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Since bigfoot is ********, all questions regarding bigfoot are ******** by default, so get off this silly high horse. No one anywhere can, or has produced a bigfoot, or any part of a bigfoot. Therefore, this "conference" has all the legitimacy of a pixie/unicorn/fairy/puff the magic dragon conference. Ignoring the questions you call BS just means ignoring those that refuse to legitimize the silly bigfoot circus. All you are doing is enriching Meldrum's retirement account; nothing will ever come from this bigfoot nonsense save endless amusement for those who know ******** when it's shoveled so conveniently, and put on display so ironically.
 
Ask if it bothers him to be the laughing stock of the academic world. And if he thinks he could get a job in a non-Mormon school in a non-Mormon town.
 
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Since bigfoot is ********, all questions regarding bigfoot are ******** by default, ...
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^Kinda this. The whole Meldrum schtick is his ability to use his actual anthropological chops and sound just enough on the fence to create a veneer of respectability in his bigfootery. "I'm just asking questions the way any real scientist should." Folks then give him the time of day because he's generally polite, uses big words, and tells them what they want to hear.

Thus, there is no aspect of bigfootery for which he will not have an eloquent and on-its-face reasonable answer at the ready. The only interesting questions he will not answer, and there's no way you're rude enough to ask them. Examples include:

  1. Are you a grifter or simply mind-numbingly incompetent?
  2. How can you claim to be a scientist and publish on "Mormon theology"?
  3. Did you learn to bilk an ignorant populace by studying Joseph Smith or did that just come naturally for you?
  4. How much money have you made from your bigfoot-related silliness?
  5. That's a lie, how much have you actually made?
  6. Had you seen Todd Standings' muppets before you signed on to endorse his derp-umentary?
  7. Yes you had.
 
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