Moderated Bigfoot- Anybody Seen one?

[Drewbot]

There are non-loon Bigfoot bleevers?

I think the 'non-loon' bleevers are actually people who know bigfoot is fake, but act like it is real in order to make money.

Although, that is probably an entirely different type of loon all by itself.

 

[Volsquatch]

News Flash: There are no skeptics of bigfoot. I learned this in a fascinating and original thread on the BFF in which the OP could not imagine why a real skeptic would visit there.

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGm8sB_6koU

Then watch it again and change the characters to this:

Bugs = the basic casual Bigfooter/Fence Sitter, or "Bigfoot Enthusiast"

Jekyll/Hyde = Giganto/Sweaty/Mulder/Pick-Your-Proponent

Carrot = "Bigfoot Science"

Jekyll's mansion = BFF

Formula = PGF

...and it will all make sense.

 

[CTB]

This is a drive-by posting for which I hope I'm not going to get into trouble from the mods.

It is yeti related.

Here's my link:some evidence debunked

 

[BravesFan]

This is a drive-by posting for which I hope I'm not going to get into trouble from the mods.

It is yeti related.

Here's my link:some evidence debunked

At the BFF they are probably using this as confirmation of Ketchum's human findings!!! LMAO!!

 

[BravesFan]

Yeah it's gone bonkers over on the BFF. There's a new guy who keeps saying the old standby "evolution is just a theory" as if that makes it akin to their theory of Bigfoot is magical. Not to mention in the "Bigfoot/UFO connection" thread, they are now discussing intelligent spheres of plasma energy that several people seem to have experienced. (as well as meeting Bigfoot AND UFO's)

Some people have all the luck!

 

[mikeyx]

This is a drive-by posting for which I hope I'm not going to get into trouble from the mods.

It is yeti related.

Here's my link:some evidence debunked

Good luck with that, Artwhatsinname in particular seems to have a strong lil self righetous streak among others. Say the wrong thing you get slapped. Question Meldrum you will get slapped.

 

[mikeyx]

Yeah it's gone bonkers over on the BFF. There's a new guy who keeps saying the old standby "evolution is just a theory" as if that makes it akin to their theory of Bigfoot is magical. Not to mention in the "Bigfoot/UFO connection" thread, they are now discussing intelligent spheres of plasma energy that several people seem to have experienced. (as well as meeting Bigfoot AND UFO's)

Some people have all the luck!

Actually in General Discussion alone, they have Biscardi supporters being listened to, Janice Carter is being embraced, and Bigfoot has a ufo connection all while being a ghost on top of that.

The Lunatic Fringe has free reign at this point and is imo embraced by some of the management.

 

[Drewbot]

MikeyX, the funny thing is, that Janice Carter, Biscardi, and UFO Bigfoot supporters, all have one thing in common with Bigfoot-is-an-animal/human supporters... They all have exactly the same amount of verifiable evidence supporting their different claims.

 

[tube]

An excellent examination of the argument that Gigantopithecus is Bigfoot:

http://www.skepticblog.org/2011/12/28/gigantopithecus-and-crackpot-cryptozoologists/

 

[mikeyx]

An excellent examination of the argument that Gigantopithecus is Bigfoot:

http://www.skepticblog.org/2011/12/28/gigantopithecus-and-crackpot-cryptozoologists/

Rick Noll once made an argument on the BFF about giganto fossils in Alaskan caves.

Details trailed off from there......

 

[BravesFan]

Judging by the eyeshine in this picture, I would say me and my buddy have been possessed by Bigfoots (or else Ketchum's DNA study is correct and I AM a bigfoot!)

just to clarify , I'm the Squatch on he left in the silly Oscar the Grouch gear

 

[Blue Wode]

Does this new sighting count?

'Yeti' filmed in Russia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nilIlxObXec

News report here:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1683130.php

 

[AlaskaBushPilot]

I think the 'non-loon' bleevers are actually people who know bigfoot is fake, but act like it is real in order to make money.

Or to seek attention. Add people that think of it as a fun and harmless hobby too.

By construction though, the more years that go by with bigfoot hunters from an era of space-age technology being unable to find this massive creature where thousands are said to roam - the more untenable it becomes. So what kind of arguments are left other than loony ones?

 

[Tontar]

Rant Mullins...


"Mullins was told the costume was made of bear hides."
Michael Dennett, Skeptical Inquirer, 1982
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There's SO much to read, on so many threads and forums. This is the first time I have seen it mentioned about the possibility that the Patty suit might be made of bear skins. I've heard various materials, fake fur, horse hide, cow hide, and the horse and cow hide ideas never seemed reasonable to me. I always thought that bear skin would be an easy to obtain and natural looking fur to use. Interesting...

 

[Tontar]

I have remarked a number of times that bigfoot is very boring. He just appears, walks straight along, and then disappears. He never kicks a pine cone, or skips, or does a little dance, or plays in the mud with his toes, or runs and trips, etc. Just walks. Two of them never race each other.

Hmmm. Among the stories and theories bigfoot can run quite fast, faster than a human can. Fast enough to run down a deer in order to capture it. They can stride easily over tall fences. They can move with the grace of a cheetah. Yet they never leave prints when they do all that? They only leave small sets of prints when they decide to stomp along heavily pounding prints into the ground. I would think that if a bigfoot could run faster than a human, they would eventually leave prints with strides well beyond the standard 40x inches. I know when I run as slow as a human, I leave pretty long strides. Maybe with speed and during maneuvering they somehow get lighter and don't leave good prints.

 

[LTC8K6]

How can you run fast with long strides with your mid-tarsals broken?

 

[Drewbot]

it is an adaptive feature.

 

[Tontar]

How can you run fast with long strides with your mid-tarsals broken?

I'm sure a theory could be developed. ;-)

But realistically, there's not a lot that makes sense about a MTB for a biped, or a bigfoot. Apes have feet for grasping and climbing and for quadrupedal motoring around. It's good to have floppy hand/feet in their terrain. Gorillas and chimps aren't the best examples when considering MTB and speed. Baboons would be better examples because they can inhabit open plains and terrain, yet even so, they only move fast on all fours. Flappy feet are not the best design for producing pursuit or escape speed on two legs.

 

[AlaskaBushPilot]

There's SO much to read, on so many threads and forums. This is the first time I have seen it mentioned about the possibility that the Patty suit might be made of bear skins. I've heard various materials, fake fur, horse hide, cow hide, and the horse and cow hide ideas never seemed reasonable to me. I always thought that bear skin would be an easy to obtain and natural looking fur to use. Interesting...

pro tip:

In The Making of Bigfoot, Greg Long interviews the manufacturer of the gorilla suit Roger Patterson ordered. His name is Phillip Morris. Patterson ordered extra material, and modified the suit by adding boobs, and modifying the face.

It's about the best book out there because he is the only one who interviewed the circle of people in Yakima connected to the hoax, the most important of which is Al DeAtley, Roger's brother-in-law, who produced the film.

 

[DennyT]

New Hampshire state park bigfoot hoaxer vindicated. Learn what "panoptic" means....