Bigfoot snapped a 24" diameter Oak Trunk

[William Parcher]

No branches at all for a very long way up that trunk. Must have been quite a sight to see the Bigfoot climb that one. His feet are like hands as with chimps and gorillas, right? Imagine how much hair is now trapped in the intricate bark.

This tree may not have even fallen in their presence and that part is just another lie. Maybe taken down by wind or even lightning. I wouldn't believe anything that they say.

 

[Red Baron Farms]

Even if it were to produce the force needed to snap the tree, the tree wouldn't break 40 feet below the point of impact, in just about the strongest part of the tree. That's just ridiculous.

Not necessarily. I have seen trees break like that, so I know for a fact it is possible. True MOST of the time they would break higher up in the thinner part of the tree, but not always.

For an explanation as to why? I suspect it has to do with brittleness of the wood. Higher and thinner would also be more elastic. Thicker and more rigid lower down may be stronger, but also more likely to break instead of bend.

Now in the "impact" theory proposed, sure.....ridiculous. But if we were talking about simply bending the top over? It can happen.

 

[Red Baron Farms]

It was just blocking a trail to send a message.

See my post 57

This generally happens in very tall thin trees with little branching except near the top of the canopy. In effect they are top heavy already. Forced to grow that way because of the other trees around them. But usually don't topple because the other trees help support them and prevent them from swaying too far. However, remove the other trees, and they will easily snap. You can see this effect very commonly beside a new logging road or power line cut through a forest.

There is no need to use bigfoot to explain this common phenomenon. Trees can and do break along trails cut through the woods just from the wind. Don't even need a particularly strong wind either. Just enough and in the right direction to get the tree bending towards the gap in the canopy created by cutting the trail or road. Once the tree starts that direction, it's own weight can be enough to break the trunk.

 

[LTC8K6]

See my post 57

Why? Do you think footers actually believe these broken trees are warnings from the local chief bigfoot?

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Why? Do you think footers actually believe these broken trees are warnings from the local chief bigfoot?

Clearly they're just grasping at branches.

 

[Red Baron Farms]

Why? Do you think footers actually believe these broken trees are warnings from the local chief bigfoot?

Some maybe. Hard to tell what % know they are lying and fooling others, and what % are being played as fools. The power of suggestion can be quite strong. Someone suggests that broken trees are a warning system or "territorial marking behavior" and certainly a % of people who are disconnected from natural environments might start believing it.

Similar to the ancient "jet plane statuettes" found in ancient Mayan ruins. They are stylized flying fish. It's pretty obvious for a number of reasons. However, when an ancient aliens theorist suggests to someone unfamiliar with what they are actually, that they might be a model of an ancient jet plane, a % might actually believe it. I would guess the % would be higher in people who have seen far more jets, or pictures of jets, than flying fish.

Same would seem to be true of footers trying to understand trees falling across trails.