The Shrike
Philosopher
Not only that, but a bigfoot angry with the puny humans for domesticating wild grapes . . . or something.
Not only that, but a bigfoot angry with the puny humans for domesticating wild grapes . . . or something.
That must of been one big harmonica.Interesting family story though whatever the real thing about it was.. Reminds me of my father's claim that he lost all his hair because he had to wear a helmet during WWII in the Pacific Theatre ? And also , of course, the one about how he played the harmonica in the United States Marine Band ?
Which brings this to mind.
To all of you who have served this Nation in Service.. Thank You on this Memorial Day.
Tom
PS: My dad couldnt carry a tune jsyk..
And therefore bigfoot?
I once represented a 9 year old in Juvenile Ct. He was charged with vandalism and criminal damaging. His next door neighbors went out of town for a week of vacation. When they came home their home was flooded from the basement up to the window sills of the first floor.
We went to trial. Testimony from the other neighborhood kids pointed out that my client had taken the neighbors garden hose, turned on their water and poked it through a small hole in a window screen and let the water run for 5 days. He told me that one of the other neighbor kids did this.. or maybe it was Bigfoot.
Not only that, but a bigfoot angry with the puny humans for domesticating wild grapes . . . or something.
Wow! Where I come from - 12 years old is the absolute minimum for charges and that is reserved for pretty heinous crimes and still very controversial.
I think you might find you have more in common with those bigfoot proponents you seem to detest than you realize.
You didn't list any, and this is just an ad-hom. I also noted that despite claiming you had unearthed evidence on "both sides" pertaining to animal enumeration, what you actually did was post four links with zero backing for your pro-bigfoot stance. So that intellectual dishonesty is duly noted.
You lost me on that one, they were links regarding wildlife enumeration methods and management in general.
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If I understand the sacred story now, which is the major underpinning of the bigfoot belief in this case, a ten-year old returns from a damaged vineyard. The parents are told it was not he who damaged the vineyard, but a bigfoot.
According to Pa, my father never said anything about the damage since it hadn't happened yet when he was run off by whatever this was, it's still hear say either way.
The "proof" for bigfoot is the incredulity a ten year old could dislodge railroad ties used for landscaping.
That is what I understood, but I never asked how they were put down.
They were not landscaping railroad ties, these were discarded railroad ties. Where would anyone get what you are talking about back in the early 1940's? Did they even make those then?
No one landscaped on farms back then because of snakes. You kept trees and grass away from the house. I never said the word "proof" but the story was my primary reason for belief.
I've been throwing railroad ties around for years. I use the real ones for footings or pilings for buildings. The bridge ties, which are much larger than normal ones. Landscaping ties are CALLED railroad ties, but they're made of light pine, not heavy oak. They weigh half what a real tie weighs. When they've dried out and are old they weigh way less than a hundred pounds. A ten year old kid that can't move a landscaping tie around is a real wimp.
I'm sure they could have if they existed back then, that's not what I understood them to be.
My two year old is packing green birch logs right now and working on the heavy bag punching. By the time he's ten he'll be able to throw landscaping ties over his head with harai-goshi and break cement blocks with his bare hands. Nothing exceptional if you follow child athletes. There is a ten year old girl who can squat 215 lbs.
I can tell you are proud of him, maybe you could share a pic one day?
So the bigfoot "evidence" in this case seems to be that "My father was too much of a wimp".
If you continue to dodge and ad-hom your way out of the "intelligent discussion" you claimed to be looking for, you'll become a forum joke like SweatyYeti.
SweatyJodie?
Why not address each point in full as we bring them up? You ignore or handwave away our most important arguments, while inventing reasons to cling to the magical belief system you developed to accept your father's childhood fantasy as factual.
That's certainly a more substantive reply than the one above, in which you handwave away ABP's points and close with a condescending insult: "I hope your son grows up to have better sense than his daddy." Or is that more of the "humor" you're so keen on introducing into this discussion?
I addressed all points with a valid answer. If those responses were ad hom's that does not mean that they were not a reasonable critique of the points. I'm very clear as to what my stance is: There is no evidence for the existence of bigfoot. I have begun to question whether bigfoot ever existed or still exists. In doing this my argument is how well was the site/evidence/ or circumstances assessed? That is a reasonable place to start in my mind.
So far I am no longer taking my father's story as gospel, simply because it is a story. I have answered all points on that to the best of my knowledge based on what I was told and what I know to be true for the time and area.
Bush doesn't seem to like what I found for wildlife management practices in North Carolina. I don't know what else to say about that, it is what it is. The environment is different so it would necessitate different processes but the end result was the same in my mind. Someone would likely see some kind of indication of existence somewhere.
I'm at a loss as to how the PGF relates to me personally since it was never a big factor in my belief of bigfoot. It can't be proven real or fake so it has to be dismissed for consideration. Am I wrong in this?
What did I miss?
Uh, yeah. Well, a handfull of unique individuals with closed minds ranting on the internet about imaginary torn muscles is not really a debate.