Absolutely, the whole thing's a complete joke. The architect of the theory was Noll. From the moment he decided to see a bigfoot body in the mud rather than an elk and called his other Wn'W buddies over to have a look he was playing pretend. Think about how the discussion went down, all those footers hanging around that mud spot. Everybody got caught up in pretend. Pretend spreads, excitement spreads. The ball started rolling and it wasn't stopping. They decided this was going to be compelling evidence for bigfoot and common sense was no barrier.
Later Swindler looks at it and breathlessly exclaims "My god, it's Giganto." Holy crap, people. Does that make you neither cringe nor laugh? Snap out of it, man. You're playing Woods and Wildmen. Well, actually you were playing Woods and Wildmen. You've had seven years and proper examination by a relevant professional to bring you 'round. Of course not that Swindler, Meldrum or Noll would ever admit they know it's not the imprint of a bigfoot avoiding leaving footprints by lying down in the mud. (Yes it does make me feel stupid just typing it.) No, they're riding that donkey all the way into the sunset. Meanwhile, everybody else just shrugs and shakes their heads.
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A couple of thoughts here....mainly because I've been around a long time and I have seen t
he eagerness to believe, the
hope-filled "want" to find something, anything as the case may be....as with the Memorial Day Footage and the Skookum cast.... priceless examples!
You have to admire the effort and drive Meldrum and Noll display in their respective research, BRAVO for their persistence - but I see them as "fallen heroes" to that
innate "want" to believe in something so deeply that they lose perspective and objectivity.
I truly believe Noll believes in what he thinks he sees in the SC...in the same manner that Matthew Johnson believed he saw details in a dark shadow that passed between two trees that absolutely HAD TO BE a sasquatch. (...they "believe" - therefore it is!) -- Isn't the mind amazing? Isn't the power of suggestion an amazing tool?
I personally never thought that the 82 year old Daris Swindler was qualified in skeletal tracings to the degree that he should have commented, his years at U of WA didn't automatically qualify him in that department.... Wroblewski on the other hand is impressive; Noll should have sought someone like him out before he dragged the SC to Rene's funeral.....(talk about poor taste, people were grieving that day, ah but here comes Noll with the skookum cast.)
The imagination, the mind itself if you will is an amazing ally, a grand associate to support one's intent....but one must reign in that imagination, stick with the facts and cautiously proceed onward looking for the truth. Without that control and self discipline the imagination runs rampant and suddenly evidence takes on a truth that in reality does not exist....as we see in these two examples - MDF and SC
Shoot......even Krantz wouldn't touch the MDF in his re-released book.....we asked him if he was going to entertain comment on the MDF and he said basically something to the effect, "not in this life time, it's a kid." ....so I was flabbergasted when Meldrum included comment on these two points in his book... I guess that's my fault for hoping Meldrum's book would stick to scientific doctrines...
...."the controversial subjects" like SC & MDF could have been left for another book.......yes?
[FONT="].... okay so much for shooting my mouth off on a public forum....I know I'll get letters....rotfl.
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