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Pterodactyl
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It's actually saturday, but I tore the labrum in my right hip doing some cross training, so now Im drinking beer and playing on the internet.
Cervelo
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Whew....this guy Xion Comrades got it all figured out, seems a little angry though
http://bigfootforums.com/index.php/topic/48541-is-bf-burn-a-factor-in-discussions/page-4#entry893016
http://bigfootforums.com/index.php/topic/48541-is-bf-burn-a-factor-in-discussions/page-4#entry893016
dmaker
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^^ That's a grand idea! Get a blimp to follow someone like Chris around and the "mystery" would be solved. Chris would have to get the blimp to sign an NDA, though. Can't have everyone knowing that Chris does his bigfootin' in what sounds essentially like a public park.
tsig
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It's well known that nobody goes into the woods anymore, it's too crowded.
He needs a rugged, adventure avatar. Maybe an Indiana Jones hat.
The Shrike
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_oVOg3hBk
At around 8:30 when he takes his shoes off because they're "so loud" get ready for some comedy gold!
The "jackpot" at 11:45 is also outstanding. This is BLAARGing at its best.
At around 8:30 when he takes his shoes off because they're "so loud" get ready for some comedy gold!
The "jackpot" at 11:45 is also outstanding. This is BLAARGing at its best.
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dmaker
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That is some serious, remote, rugged bigfoot territory. I always wear my Croc sandals when in the back country looking for 9ft wood apes.
The Shrike
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Chestnut oak and green ash in the understorey, and my god those looked like Norway maples! Not a tree with > about 12" dbh either. The sunlight in the background? Yeah that's an open field.
The bigfoot is sitting in this vast wilderness, smashing field apples on his anvil. When he walks off and the neighborhood dog barks, you can hear him go "AAAArrrrgghhh!!"
Crocs?! Right after he takes them off (if that's what he actually does) you can hear him say "Ow, these sticks are sharp."
Hilarious bigfootin' at its best!
jerrywayne
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Here is a topic that doesn't get much attention in the world of Bigfoot.
What are we to make of the motive of hoaxers who create Bigfoot tracks? I'm guessing there are different motives at play. These come to mind:
a. The trickster and mischief maker.
These hoaxers' motive is simple, create a hoax for the pure fun in confounding people. I think Rant Mullins and Ray Wallace are two good examples of the trickster mentality. Also, since they were the early pioneers of tracks eventually attributed to “Bigfoot,” we can understand why an alleged giant ape possessed very human-like feet. Mullins had begun hoaxing tracks in the 1920s, before Bigfoot, and we can see he was creating trackways of giant humans, either based on European giant lore or giant Indian lore (i.e., “sasquatch”), not monster apes, and his concept was later copied by others, including Wallace in Northern California in the 50s. Once Green brought his sasquatch-yeti hybrid with him from Canada, Wallace's tracks became ape tracks, and Wallace, ever the trickster, adopted the notion.
b. The famous Bigfoot advocate.
These hoaxes are created by Bigfoot believers for fame and fortune and for advancing the case for Bigfoot. I see Roger Patterson, Ivan Marx, and Paul Freeman as the best examples of this type of hoaxer. It would not be enough to plant evidence for others to discover, they wanted to be part of the action themselves. They wanted to be the discoverers, the one's seen by others as contributing in an important way to solving the great mystery of Bigfoot. Both Patterson and Freeman wanted to verify the Beast's existence, an existence they didn't doubt, even if it meant cheating and creating the illusion of verification by their hand. Patterson and Marx also had a very strong monetary motives for creating hoax tracks and videos.
c. The suffer-the-fools track maker.
This anonymous hoaxer would have a dim view of the gullibility of people and would derive satisfaction from creating outrageous tracks that are in turn believed to be the real deal by some folks, thereby reinforcing the hoaxer's cynicism about the human race.
d. The anti-science hoaxer.
This hoaxer would be motivated by what could be described as an anti-science bias. He may be a pseudo-Fortean who believes science is taking all the “magic” out of explanation, a “reducing the world to atoms-in-motion” type of argument, and he wants to add a little of the inexplicable to nature to confound the “know it all professors.”
e. Advancing the idea of Bigfoot.
For whatever reason, this hoaxer just wants to contribute to building a physical case for the existence of Bigfoot.
What are we to make of the motive of hoaxers who create Bigfoot tracks? I'm guessing there are different motives at play. These come to mind:
a. The trickster and mischief maker.
These hoaxers' motive is simple, create a hoax for the pure fun in confounding people. I think Rant Mullins and Ray Wallace are two good examples of the trickster mentality. Also, since they were the early pioneers of tracks eventually attributed to “Bigfoot,” we can understand why an alleged giant ape possessed very human-like feet. Mullins had begun hoaxing tracks in the 1920s, before Bigfoot, and we can see he was creating trackways of giant humans, either based on European giant lore or giant Indian lore (i.e., “sasquatch”), not monster apes, and his concept was later copied by others, including Wallace in Northern California in the 50s. Once Green brought his sasquatch-yeti hybrid with him from Canada, Wallace's tracks became ape tracks, and Wallace, ever the trickster, adopted the notion.
b. The famous Bigfoot advocate.
These hoaxes are created by Bigfoot believers for fame and fortune and for advancing the case for Bigfoot. I see Roger Patterson, Ivan Marx, and Paul Freeman as the best examples of this type of hoaxer. It would not be enough to plant evidence for others to discover, they wanted to be part of the action themselves. They wanted to be the discoverers, the one's seen by others as contributing in an important way to solving the great mystery of Bigfoot. Both Patterson and Freeman wanted to verify the Beast's existence, an existence they didn't doubt, even if it meant cheating and creating the illusion of verification by their hand. Patterson and Marx also had a very strong monetary motives for creating hoax tracks and videos.
c. The suffer-the-fools track maker.
This anonymous hoaxer would have a dim view of the gullibility of people and would derive satisfaction from creating outrageous tracks that are in turn believed to be the real deal by some folks, thereby reinforcing the hoaxer's cynicism about the human race.
d. The anti-science hoaxer.
This hoaxer would be motivated by what could be described as an anti-science bias. He may be a pseudo-Fortean who believes science is taking all the “magic” out of explanation, a “reducing the world to atoms-in-motion” type of argument, and he wants to add a little of the inexplicable to nature to confound the “know it all professors.”
e. Advancing the idea of Bigfoot.
For whatever reason, this hoaxer just wants to contribute to building a physical case for the existence of Bigfoot.
jerrywayne
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In this area of Bigfootery, I'd say it's almost all hoax. There may be some bear tracks and indistinct single tracks that have been adopted by Bigfoot enthusiasts for their cause, but the norm is hoaxing.
Northern Lights
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What about it?
ETA: What do you find most compelling? The narration?
"We are miles and miles from blahblahblah. Not a soul has been out here, I think ever."
Well, first of all, you're there dummy. And second, of course people have been there before. Who made this trackway? My first suspicion is the same folks who made the video.
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