April fools jokes get old after awhile. Seriously, I am not looking at/nor attacking peoples credibility, why they would or wouldn't lie etc. To believe that a "joke" would continue on for decade after decade w/o anyone really acknowledging the truthfulness of the joke is unbelievable in itself. A several hundred year joke that repeatedly crops up in certain regions yearly while credible people claiming to see these things (who are part of the joke) is just to hard for a rational thinking person to swallow. Sure, there are pranksters, hoaxers, etc. But, for everyone that willfully sets out to fool the public, there are many, many more who do not. Realize the seriousness of the allegation they are making, look at the persons credibility, check their back ground, etc. If all adds up to be a positive-it is hard to look at the evidence, person, etc and say, "Nope, liar," or "Nah, you are mistaken." Way, way to many encounters to discount all of them as hoaxers or misidentifications every time. I handled eye witness testimony this way. Also, the average human does not have a foot large enough to be mistaken as a Sasquatch, nor would they be heavy enough to leave indentions to cause reason to believe anything out of the norm. was taking place. I am 6'3 245lbs. and I wear a size twelve/thirteen shoe. In no way would my footprint be mistaken for anything other than a human print. Also, once again-how does these hoaxers have the knowledge to create an active, moving fake footprint that has life like movement. I have worked with wood as a hobby for years and I do not have that skill or ability. People who would have that skill are usually educated enough not to use their abilities in this fashion. Generally speaking, hoaxers are either teens or lower educated people with nothing better to do. They would not generally have the "know how" to construct such a foot print replica with such detail. Again-common sense approach w/o all of the what ifs.
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