tsig
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If by chance you're wrong, would you agree to eat a bug?
Same question? Chris B.
I'll eat a bigfoot.
If by chance you're wrong, would you agree to eat a bug?
Same question? Chris B.
It's not worth the financial risk by rolling the dice on an unknown sample by itself.
When I collect a sample I know to be from a Bigfoot creature that will contain a good DNA specimen, I'll have my samples tested all. Testing unknown samples at this time is not going to benefit my study in any way.
You can argue otherwise, but it won't change the facts. As of now I'm simply dismissed as chasing an imaginary creature around in the woods of KY. I can do so unhindered and without much competition. However, if I were to produce a sample that contained unknown primate DNA and news got out. I would certainly have my share of company in the woods of those looking to cash in on my findings.
Chris B.
Only if they did it while heavily armed and while keeping that fact secret from the institution sponsoring them.--snip--
At least 2 people here offered to test your spit sample for free- isn't that better than expressing a willingness to eat a bug?
If by chance you're wrong, would you agree to eat a bug?
Same question? Chris B.
Can't harp enough about quality rain gear. Keeps you out in the field, instead of back in your car.
Don't forget gotta be out of the woods before dark....lions, tigers and bears oh my!!!
Hmmmm we need a nickname for Chris.......
Cool, more fiction.You seem to be trying to hint at me being afraid of the dark. That's completely ridiculous. I have better vision than most people you will meet, both during the day and after dark, but I can't see in pitch black without assistance and you can't either.
Is there something wrong with safety? You seem to be trying to hint at me being afraid of the dark. That's completely ridiculous. I have better vision than most people you will meet, both during the day and after dark, but I can't see in pitch black without assistance and you can't either.
The only time I ever had a rattlesnake latch onto my leg was in the dark. If it had been daytime, I would have seen it in advance. Those things don't always rattle before biting you know, especially if you step on one. The other poisonous snakes here are completely silent as well. If you're out after dark and smell cucumbers, it's not a caesar salad, it's a copperhead, and you don't know exactly "where" it is.
Of course snakes aren't much of a problem in Winter but there are many other safety factors about being in the woods after dark. Here in particular, you may step into a sink hole and disappear without a trace, or drop off a cliff if you're near a river. Everyone needs to be out of the woods before dark, it's just not safe.
Chris B.
I have better vision than most people you will meet,
...I have better vision than most people you will meet, both during the day and after dark...
Well you make a great case for the dangers of being out after dark...but you know that's just your experience which appear to make you..you know...kinda afraid of the darkIs there something wrong with safety? You seem to be trying to hint at me being afraid of the dark. That's completely ridiculous. I have better vision than most people you will meet, both during the day and after dark, but I can't see in pitch black without assistance and you can't either.
The only time I ever had a rattlesnake latch onto my leg was in the dark. If it had been daytime, I would have seen it in advance. Those things don't always rattle before biting you know, especially if you step on one. The other poisonous snakes here are completely silent as well. If you're out after dark and smell cucumbers, it's not a caesar salad, it's a copperhead, and you don't know exactly "where" it is.
Of course snakes aren't much of a problem in Winter but there are many other safety factors about being in the woods after dark. Here in particular, you may step into a sink hole and disappear without a trace, or drop off a cliff if you're near a river. Everyone needs to be out of the woods before dark, it's just not safe.
Chris B.
Is there something wrong with safety? You seem to be trying to hint at me being afraid of the dark. That's completely ridiculous. I have better vision than most people you will meet, both during the day and after dark, but I can't see in pitch black without assistance and you can't either.
The only time I ever had a rattlesnake latch onto my leg was in the dark. If it had been daytime, I would have seen it in advance. Those things don't always rattle before biting you know, especially if you step on one. The other poisonous snakes here are completely silent as well. If you're out after dark and smell cucumbers, it's not a caesar salad, it's a copperhead, and you don't know exactly "where" it is.
Of course snakes aren't much of a problem in Winter but there are many other safety factors about being in the woods after dark. Here in particular, you may step into a sink hole and disappear without a trace, or drop off a cliff if you're near a river. Everyone needs to be out of the woods before dark, it's just not safe.
Chris B.
Flashlights (LEDs are way bright), Coleman lanterns (old school), glow sticks, etc.One would get the impression from reading this thread that Chris has never heard of two wonderful inventions: Ponchos and headlamps.
Cool, more fiction.
Well you make a great case for the dangers of being out after dark...but you know that's just your experience which appear to make you..you know...kinda afraid of the dark
It was one of the first things you brought up on our hike on a pretty well established trail that you are supposedly familar with. It actually looked like a pretty cool area to hang out, and certainly the family hiking in, as we were hiking out seem to think so.
All I can say is after spending many hours in the woods on and off trail in the dark my experience has been very different from yours.