Moderated Bigfoot- Anybody Seen one?

[makaya325]

I don't know. I've mentioned the lion that supposedly is prowling a nearby county. Four people saw the beast and got a photo of it on a cell phone--a three-hundred pound African lioness! They all agreed.

Except the photo turned out to be a neighbor's house cat--twelve pounds, not three hundred. "You could even see the collar," the owner of the cat pointed out.

Edited to add: Oh, about thirty miles from that sighting, a woman reported that the lioness killed her horse. She even found paw prints. Biologists and a vet went out to check. The horse died of natural causes; the prints were from the woman's own dog.

That is due to ONE county's craze. What is interesting about bf is that it is reported EVERYWHERE. Of course, most are probably bs, but a certain some MAY POSSIBLY be the real deal, but i would not hold my breath on it.

 

[makaya325]

Fear not, good sir/madam...

British Hominid Research

Are you sure that is accurate? In Europe, they call it the fear liath and shadow man.

 

[kitakaze]

Are you sure that is accurate? In Europe, they call it the fear liath and shadow man.

Fear liath, Scottish myth.

 

[kitakaze]

Cool, expect the worst.Hope for the best.

I hope Bigfoot requires a response:

Thank you for contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Your message will be forwarded to a member of our staff. You can expect a reply soon if your message requires a response.

ETA: Any predictions?

 

[Squidgy]

Fear not, good sir/madam...

British Hominid Research

Sir btw, check my sig
Thanks for the link.

 

[Squidgy]

ETA: Any predictions?

We will keep our eyes open.

 

[AtomicMysteryMonster]

I think that most people can tell the difference between a 5ft shrimp and a towering titan from 50 feet away.

*cough hack cough*

My, this thread sure is dusty...

 

[WGBH]

I hope Bigfoot requires a response:

Oh I sometimes get responses to my encounter. Remember the one about me being a fat, crybaby who was gang raped by 5 Bigfoot?


ETA: Any predictions?

Well, not until after the Holiday weekend at least.

 

[AtomicMysteryMonster]

ahh, OK- gotcha Let me define tracks here in this case

In this case, the "track" was not a distinguishable "track" in the sense of an outline/shape/toes etc. This wasnt snow or soft dirt. This was hard ice over water and land which itself was frozen except where it was running water.

These were just "punch thru's"- if they hadnt been heard being made before sun up and unfrozen water sloshing- they probably wouldnt have even been noticed

Thanks for the definition. I'd imagine that overlaid tracks would appear as big holes in the ice, spaced in the fashion I had described earlier. I'm not 100% certain on an exact explanation for your second "maybe" sighting, but I'm leaning heavily towards a bear for this one.

 

[kitakaze]

Sir btw, check my sig
Thanks for the link.

Maybe British Bigfoots are just more polite and don't bother people as much as those big noisy and smelly American ones. Maybe they're cranky and not as outgoing. Who knows? British footers, OTOH, aren't much different from their yankee and canuck counterparts...

Check Sherwood Forest Bigfoot in Nottinghamshirewoodtonburychestersetlandshireshire (or whatever you call it).

They seem to have a slightly better sense of humour, though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSFM2YRBEU&feature=related

I think all that Bigfoot would have done if it caught up to the guys before they fled was say something like...

OI! Wot a you two doin' 'round me 'edges? You a coupla dunces or wot then? Coupla Brummys coom up 'avin a laugh? Or are ye a coupla fairies? Coom to 'ave a little rendevous by the verge. Is that it, then? Well, sod off! I'll not bee 'avin' any o that 'round 'ere. C'mon, off with yas then or'll 'ave you, ya Brummy poofters!

British Bigfoot. - Withdrawn and secretive. Just don't touch his hedges.

 

[makaya325]

*cough hack cough*

My, this thread sure is dusty...

Thanks for finding that report. However, that is only ONE case of a person being fooled. The "It looked like 7ft tall" quote is bs: To prove that those people were way off, you would have to ask each individual to say how tall they thought the man was, and i would bet on it being in the lower 6's.

 

[Squidgy]

Check Sherwood Forest Bigfoot in Nottinghamshirewoodtonburychestersetlandshireshire (or whatever you call it).

Sherwood Forest is in Nottinghamshire, as am I.
I've seen a few people around here who could be mistaken for a sasquatch

 

[AtomicMysteryMonster]

Thanks for finding that report. However, that is only ONE case of a person being fooled.

Actually, make that two cases. Let's not forget that the Canadian case involved a former police officer, someone who is trained to be a good observer. Bigfootencounters.com has some other cases involving people being fooled by costumes, but I forget if any details about height were provided. And don't forget that Loch Ness link I provided, where people were reporting having seen Nessie's head (complete with teeth in some cases) when all they really saw was a fence post.

The "It looked like 7ft tall" quote is bs:

Why, because you don't like it?

To prove that those people were way off, you would have to ask each individual to say how tall they thought the man was, and i would bet on it being in the lower 6's.

Too much time has passed. Besides, even if things played out the way you think they would, they'd still be saying the guy in the suit was taller than he really was.

 

[Squidgy]

OI! Wot a you two doin' 'round me 'edges? You a coupla dunces or wot then? Coupla Brummys coom up 'avin a laugh? Or are ye a coupla fairies? Coom to 'ave a little rendevous by the verge. Is that it, then? Well, sod off! I'll not bee 'avin' any o that 'round 'ere. C'mon, off with yas then or'll 'ave you, ya Brummy poofters!

Good impression

 

[makaya325]

Actually, make that two cases. Let's not forget that the Canadian case involved a former police officer, someone who is trained to be a good observer. Bigfootencounters.com has some other cases involving people being fooled by costumes, but I forget if any details about height were provided. And don't forget that Loch Ness link I provided, where people were reporting having seen Nessie's head (complete with teeth in some cases) when all they really saw was a fence post.

The fence post seemed comical. I would like to test that with trained biologists instead of tourists who were probably PAID to act.

Why, because you don't like it?

No, it is because people think it is ok to say everyone is a horrible witness. Some of the passengers may have thought "5ft, 6ft, 5ft, etc. They asked one honkie instead on his opinion and closed it.

Too much time has passed. Besides, even if things played out the way you think they would, they'd still be saying the guy in the suit was taller than he really was.

There are a few reports of hoaxes, but not 100's after 100's of consistent reports. I think hoaxers play a very small part here: It has more to do with imagination and human nature than a prankster.

 

[makaya325]

Too much time has passed. Besides, even if things played out the way you think they would, they'd still be saying the guy in the suit was taller than he really was.[

Maybe, maybe not.

 

[Spektator]

The fence post seemed comical. I would like to test that with trained biologists instead of tourists who were probably PAID to act.

(snip) .

You have obviously never been a tourist in Scotland. The money flows the other way.

 

[makaya325]

You have obviously never been a tourist in Scotland. The money flows the other way.

It seems hard to imagine people mistaking a bobbing stick up close to have teeth and scales. I think the producers told then what to say.

 

[Spektator]

It seems hard to imagine people mistaking a bobbing stick up close to have teeth and scales. I think the producers told then what to say.

I suggest that you'd understand if you spent much time there. I've stayed several times in Drumnadrochit, right on the Loch. I've seen Loch Ness at all times of the day, in different light conditions, and in different weather. At times the wakes of boats look for all the world like large swimming creatures; the Monster Centre in town includes movies of such things as bobbing tree trunks, and they really look like living creatures. Especially on rainy days, with low clouds, the dark Loch can play tricks on you. I'm not at all surprised that people could imagine all sorts of details that they did not really see.

 

[makaya325]

I suggest that you'd understand if you spent much time there. I've stayed several times in Drumnadrochit, right on the Loch. I've seen Loch Ness at all times of the day, in different light conditions, and in different weather. At times the wakes of boats look for all the world like large swimming creatures; the Monster Centre in town includes movies of such things as bobbing tree trunks, and they really look like living creatures. Especially on rainy days, with low clouds, the dark Loch can play tricks on you. I'm not at all surprised that people could imagine all sorts of details that they did not really see.

I definitely know water can play tricks on you, but you are better off identifying an 8ft gorilla on land, which isnt likely to be mistaken for any other animal on earth except man, instead of a black lump in the water, which could be anything. Since bf is human shaped, it doesnt have many mistaken identity candidates. Nessie is shaped like a long log, which could be mistaken for tons of things.