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[Rodibidably]

I have to agree with the OP. Bigfoot has always bored me.

I don't see the potential for harm with bigfoot that I see with CAM, creationism, etc
I don't see great potential for gain in human understanding that I see with psychic powers, cold fusion, etc

To me, bigfoot is one of the lamest woo-woo things around, and I just don't get the appeal.

 

[fromdownunder]

To me, bigfoot is one of the lamest woo-woo things around, and I just don't get the appeal.

Potential fame? Money? Reasonably easy to do without a lot of capital (it's in my own backyard)? A good way to exercise and see the great outdoors? Providing income for people in otherwise economically challenged areas?

Personally, I find myself still captivated with the idea of Nessie, and would love to see some evidence that he/she /they actually exist. But I'm not holding my breath. And I would be more than mildly interested if evidence of Bigfoot, the Yowie, the Yeti, or any other mysterious beastie actually turned up.

Norm

 

[Rodibidably]

Potential fame? Money? Reasonably easy to do without a lot of capital (it's in my own backyard)? A good way to exercise and see the great outdoors? Providing income for people in otherwise economically challenged areas?

Personally, I find myself still captivated with the idea of Nessie, and would love to see some evidence that he/she /they actually exist. But I'm not holding my breath. And I would be more than mildly interested if evidence of Bigfoot, the Yowie, the Yeti, or any other mysterious beastie actually turned up.

I agree it would be interesting if it turned out to be true.

BUT if bigfoot was found on the sasme day that psychic power were proven, or aliens landed on the white house lawn, or god was proven (or disproven), which one do you think gets the front page?

It's an interesting idea I suppose, it just doesn't "do anything" for me...

 

[arthwollipot]

Then why didn't you start one of those instead of basically starting another bigfoot-related thread?

Because they're no fun if they're not started by a believer.

"Dowsing is bunk!"

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

"Say it, bro."

"Yeah."

"What he said."

...

 

[aviolet4u]

There are plenty of alien topics out there, just google and then post if you want. I chatted with someone who said after sleeping outside and saw a few lights in the sky he woke up to find a perfect little tiny hole in his leg. He looked it up and many others had that same thing because of alien abductions.

If there is a lot of smoke, there has to be a fire somewhere yes? Something is definitely going on but trying to make sense of it is something else. How come the aliens are so hush hush? I'm not complaining that they are but who knows what the agendas are.

 

[EHocking]

Because they're no fun if they're not started by a believer.

"Dowsing is bunk!"

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

"Say it, bro."

"Yeah."

"What he said."

...

I guess this should be over in the Science forum, but I've been thinking about discussing the results (and perhaps worth?) of the continued search for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker (over at Cornell). It's slightling bfish in that the original evidence presented to the public is less than convincing in my opinion and then when the turned up the surveillance in the area, sightings vanished. I'm still on the fence on whether the first sightings were of an IBWP and some of the first annual reports of "progress" had all sorts of rationalisations for the subsequent dearth of clear evidence i.e. bird moving on, being disturbed etc etc, but the possibility that the bird isn't or indeed wasn't there was not actually voiced.

As an avid birder I'd like the beastie to be extant still, that's quite exciting, but based on the evidence presented, it's practically pseudo-cryptozoology.

 

[kitakaze]

Oh! for the old days of historian and creekfreak.

I miss 'em.

I did too and then I recently started posting again at a Bigfoot board I joined two years ago where he has been Creekin' it up. I think that saucy fart has missed me, too.

Here he is:

http://searchforbigfoot.org/index.php?showforum=144

I think he gave up caring about if he could prove Bigfoot existed and was going to by a house. Then I came by with skeptical posts and that plan's up in smoke and the hunt is on again. He offered to fly me from Tokyo to Florida to meet his Bigfoots but I told him to save some money and buy some trail cams. I must remember to ask him what he thought about Bullet Maker stealing his thunder.

 

[Brattus]

Well before Bigfoot this part of the forum was overrun with Sylvia Browne and RSL.
Talk about something getting old fast.
But I guess even that is better than new proof of Roswell landing or moon landing hoax crap.

 

[I Ratant]

He offered to fly me from Tokyo to Florida to meet his Bigfoots but I told him to save some money and buy some trail cams. I must remember to ask him what he thought about Bullet Maker stealing his thunder.

.
Some images from a Trail Cam in South Texas..
Quite a variety of species..

 

[EHocking]

Well before Bigfoot this part of the forum was overrun with Sylvia Browne and RSL.
Talk about something getting old fast.

To be fair RSL is in recovery from a stroke at the moment. While $ylvia looks to be in a slow tailspin at the moment, the real reason focus is not on her is a. because Robert had done such a good job and b. few of us are big enough to fill his shoes (in the committment sense) so we're all awaiting his return to get back to the crusade.
(this is not a personal dig - only my take on it)

But I guess even that is better than new proof of Roswell landing or moon landing hoax crap.

 

[Dingoboy]

Yes but two things stand like stone.
Forget about the Yowie, but there may be something in the bunyip yarn. It is said it was a name Aboriginals had for seals and they were thought of as special to certain tribes because they were rarely seen.
It could be more bs, but there is a possibility there is some truth to this given that the seal population at one stage was enormous and they have been known to travel up rivers many miles. Two were found near Goulburn in the 1940's.

 

[arthwollipot]

Two were found near Goulburn in the 1940's.

Evidence?

I mean come on! There aren't even any rivers near Goulburn. How could aquatic mammals get that far inland.

 

[EHocking]

Evidence?

I mean come on! There aren't even any rivers near Goulburn. How could aquatic mammals get that far inland.

Dingoboy must be a local:
"while in 1947 four seals were reported to be inhabiting the Mulwaree river, about 5 miles from Goulburn.", from an aptly name webpage, Delusion Downunder, discussing Yowie etc.

 

[Cainkane1]

Yowies eat bigfeets for breakfast.


Australian Yowie Research

The Yowie, In Search of Australia’s Bigfoot


Cheers, Ma'am

I was watching monsterquest (yes I have time on my hands) and a scientist has said that every culture has a big hairy man legend. We may be genetically wired to fear and expect to see big hairy men in the woods. Perhaps a defence mechanism we developed when we were competeing with stronger hominids for the bananas.

 

[arthwollipot]

Dingoboy must be a local:
"while in 1947 four seals were reported to be inhabiting the Mulwaree river, about 5 miles from Goulburn.", from an aptly name webpage, Delusion Downunder, discussing Yowie etc.

Yeah, that could be it. I had forgotten about the Mulwaree. Possibly because it doesn't actually have any water in it at the moment. I was thinking that the nearest was the Nepean, because it's the only one that's still running.

 

[makaya325]

I was watching monsterquest (yes I have time on my hands) and a scientist has said that every culture has a big hairy man legend. We may be genetically wired to fear and expect to see big hairy men in the woods. Perhaps a defence mechanism we developed when we were competeing with stronger hominids for the bananas.

I feel that Man's last remaining days co existing with other weird hominids caused this whole bigfoot phenomona. While i dont believe in bigfoot at all, I do consider the Yeti, Yeren, And Orang Pendek, as possible, if not probably, existing.

 

[FramerDave]

How about magnetic wine aging? My bother in law and his wife visited a couple weekends ago. He's a big wine buff and absolutely swears buy it. Another of my in-laws fell for it and bought one too. She's pretty reasonable though, so I'm thinking about setting up a double-blind wine tasting at her place to test it out.

I can't wait until I email a few of the places selling them and ask what precautions I should take to make sure nothing interferes with the effects. You know, just to be sure there's no post-hoc reasoning if it fails.

 

[EHocking]

Yeah, that could be it. I had forgotten about the Mulwaree. Possibly because it doesn't actually have any water in it at the moment. I was thinking that the nearest was the Nepean, because it's the only one that's still running.

Perhaps I need to come back to Oz more often. The only times I've been to Todd River (A.Springs) and Lake Eyre, they were full of water...

 

[Ashles]

I never thought I'd say this, bit I miss Mayday.

Never say that. Never. Never even think it.

 

[arthwollipot]

Perhaps I need to come back to Oz more often. The only times I've been to Todd River (A.Springs) and Lake Eyre, they were full of water...

Well, if you could bring the water with you, I'm sure that there'd be hundreds of thousands of very grateful people...