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Title: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: MoeRon on August 14, 2008, 09:13:21 AM
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Three men from the US have claimed that they have found the body of the mythical ‘Bigfoot', and intend to present the animal's body as the conclusive proof.

Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is an alleged ape-like creature said to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the Pacific northwest region of the United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia.

According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the three men plan to release a photo of their Bigfoot and what
they claim is DNA evidence at a news conference in Palo Alto on August 15th.



Whats with all these monster hoax's?       (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/whacky007.gif)
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
   
 
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Capt.Joe on August 14, 2008, 09:41:11 AM
 :noid

1 more day!!
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: FiLtH on August 14, 2008, 09:43:59 AM
    Is Rivera opening the vault again?
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: crockett on August 14, 2008, 10:15:37 AM
:noid

1 more day!!

I bet some one steals the body before tomorrow..  :rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Capt.Joe on August 14, 2008, 10:18:27 AM
 :rofl yeah probably. That'll be good...
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Ripsnort on August 14, 2008, 10:34:40 AM
Who wants to bet it has a striking resemblence to this?

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: expat on August 14, 2008, 10:41:07 AM
that needs a govt health warning !
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Shifty on August 14, 2008, 10:54:16 AM
Who wants to bet it has a striking resemblence to this?

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)
:rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: dunnrite on August 14, 2008, 11:14:08 AM
Who wants to bet it has a striking resemblence to this?

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)

 :rofl  Thats just nasty
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Megalodon on August 14, 2008, 12:56:49 PM
(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00383/BIGFOOT_383332a.jpg)
3 others on film  :O

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4531119.ece
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 14, 2008, 01:31:29 PM
would be realy cool if it is real.......   :D       http://www.searchingforbigfoot.com/HomePage  <<< link to there home page
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: myelo on August 14, 2008, 01:39:08 PM
They found bigfoot's body in north Georgia.

I knew when the Russians invaded something like this would happen.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 14, 2008, 01:46:04 PM
 :rofl   North Georgia U.S.A.


They found bigfoot's body in north Georgia.

I knew when the Russians invaded something like this would happen.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: sunfan1121 on August 14, 2008, 01:46:25 PM
They found bigfoot's body in north Georgia.

I knew when the Russians invaded something like this would happen.
LOL :rofl bigfoot = freedom fighter
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Ripsnort on August 14, 2008, 01:50:43 PM
Hey, I was damned close!  :rock

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)


(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00383/BIGFOOT_383332a.jpg)



Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 14, 2008, 01:58:56 PM
YUP  :rofl :rofl


Hey, I was damned close!  :rock

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)


(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00383/BIGFOOT_383332a.jpg)




Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: JAGED on August 14, 2008, 02:03:50 PM
HOAX! According to: http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp (http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 14, 2008, 05:11:18 PM
I'm saddened.  I love Cryptozoology. 
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Ripsnort on August 14, 2008, 05:12:59 PM
HOAX! According to: http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp (http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp)

I wonder if they got permission to use a nekkid picture of Rosie on their website?  :O
http://www.thehorrordome.com/HDSHOPPINGPROPS/SasquatchLARGE.htm
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 14, 2008, 06:33:43 PM
 :rofl :rofl    :aok


I wonder if they got permission to use a nekkid picture of Rosie on their website?  :O
http://www.thehorrordome.com/HDSHOPPINGPROPS/SasquatchLARGE.htm
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 14, 2008, 06:34:27 PM
did you read some of the post on that bb  :rofl :rofl   :aok


HOAX! According to: http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp (http://www.bfro.net/hoax.asp)

Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: boxboy28 on August 14, 2008, 09:56:36 PM
at 1st i wanted to believe........ after watching all the video of those good ole georgia booooyyysssss...   viral marketing for two guys wanting to sell camping trip to familys for the up coming spooky seasons of the fall.............with bubba and toofy.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: bobtom on August 14, 2008, 10:39:20 PM
LOL :rofl bigfoot = freedom fighter

 :rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: uberslet on August 14, 2008, 11:01:40 PM
Hey, I was damned close!  :rock

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)


(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00383/BIGFOOT_383332a.jpg)




:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: boxboy28 on August 14, 2008, 11:11:34 PM
goto cryptomundo.com or rense.com for the pix
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: midnight Target on August 15, 2008, 07:26:50 AM
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Various legitimate bigfoot researchers in Georgia were appalled by the whole situation

Now that is funny.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: FiLtH on August 15, 2008, 08:01:40 AM
  Ever notice when the economy tanks disco becomes popular and there are more bigfoot sightings? I said this to my wife this morning and she said ya, before ya know it there will be some superhero jumping cars on his motorcycle.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: JAGED on August 15, 2008, 08:15:15 AM
did you read some of the post on that bb  :rofl :rofl   :aok



"What I want is a live body; One that walks in front of my digital camera or camcorder in daylight user friendly so my friends will know I'm not nuts." ROFL  :lol
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: angelsandair on August 15, 2008, 11:17:22 AM
So, any news??? :noid
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: MoeRon on August 15, 2008, 01:05:12 PM
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the men previously admitted filming a hoax video, supposedly interviewing a "scientist", which turned out to be fake



this according to wiki, so dont get your hopes up..(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/merv/split.gif)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: SwS on August 15, 2008, 01:19:36 PM
There is an article on CNN.com and a pic.   :O
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Holden McGroin on August 15, 2008, 03:31:36 PM
Everybody knows (ie it's a well known fact) that Bigfoot is endemic to the Northwest.

All these sightings in Arkansas or Georgia or somewhere other than the Cascade mountains are foolish nonsense.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 15, 2008, 03:35:45 PM
what about the FLA. skunk ape???  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape   http://www.skunkape.info/

Everybody knows (ie it's a well known fact) that Bigfoot is indemic to the Northwest.

All these sigtings in Arkansas or Georgia or somewhrere other than the Cascade mountains are foolish nonsense.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: JAGED on August 15, 2008, 03:36:17 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,404805,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,404805,00.html)

The much-anticipated Bigfoot press conference Friday afternoon in Palo Alto, Calif., revealed little more than two men — introduced by a self-styled Sasquatch seeker — claiming to possess the 7-foot "body" of a "bipedal creature" on ice in a secret location, awaiting an autopsy.

As expected...   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Holden McGroin on August 15, 2008, 03:38:00 PM
what about the FLA. skunk ape???  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape


foolish nonsense.

just an aside, I hear about people debunking hoaxes, but I have never heard of somebody bunking one.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 15, 2008, 03:53:05 PM
   :rofl


foolish nonsense.

just an aside, I hear about people debunking hoaxes, but I have never heard of somebody bunking one.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: DiabloTX on August 15, 2008, 04:03:07 PM
I can tell you without hesitation and with complete conviction that the creature from Boggy Creek in the Texarkana region is 100% real.  I saw a film on it.

(http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Boggy.jpg)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: mbailey on August 15, 2008, 06:25:36 PM
I can tell you without hesitation and with complete conviction that the creature from Boggy Creek in the Texarkana region is 100% real.  I saw a film on it.

(http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Boggy.jpg)

Yup, its real. Come to find out its actually my Mother in Law   :D
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: angelsandair on August 15, 2008, 06:27:43 PM
what about the FLA. skunk ape???  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape   http://www.skunkape.info/


Thats just scary :eek:  :eek: :huh
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: DiabloTX on August 15, 2008, 09:09:21 PM
"Swamp monkey"

I'm sure people from swamp states find that offensive.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: DiabloTX on August 15, 2008, 09:17:03 PM
(http://www.bigfootencounters.com/files/mk_davis_pgf.gif)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: titanic3 on August 15, 2008, 09:28:10 PM
 Guy in a monkey suit.. a really big monkey suit with really big feet.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: rabbidrabbit on August 15, 2008, 09:39:23 PM
So, any news??? :noid
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All will be revealed in two weeks.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 15, 2008, 09:43:22 PM
Human and Possum DNA.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: DiabloTX on August 15, 2008, 10:09:14 PM
Must be a relative of Mac.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: MORAY37 on August 15, 2008, 11:33:27 PM
Genomics came back.

Hairs are Homo sapien. (Human)  mixed with Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Oppossum).

I confirm a Rosie O'Donnel sighting from these facts.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080815/NEWS-BIGFOOT-DC/ (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080815/NEWS-BIGFOOT-DC/)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Slash27 on August 16, 2008, 01:25:37 AM
I can tell you without hesitation and with complete conviction that the creature from Boggy Creek in the Texarkana region is 100% real.  I saw a film on it.

(http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Boggy.jpg)

Still creeps me out.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Masherbrum on August 16, 2008, 10:33:21 PM
I never saw the Press Conference.   I'm curious on this one issue though.   Whitton and Dyer promise to tell the story of how they found the corpse at the news conference. They have regaled us with three different tales so far:

1.)  In early videos, the animal was shot by a former felon, and the men followed it into the woods.

2.)  In a second version, they found a "family of Bigfoot" in North Georgia mountains.

3.)  In the third, the two were hiking and stumbled upon the corpse with open wounds.

This is a hoax because of the above.   They've lied all along and changed the story when prodded.   Never overestimate the stupidity of some (the idjits holding the press conference), for they only wanted what PT Barnum wanted, to rip folks off.     
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: gwano on August 16, 2008, 10:45:20 PM
Genomics came back.

Hairs are Homo sapien. (Human)  mixed with Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Oppossum).

I confirm a Rosie O'Donnel sighting from these facts.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080815/NEWS-BIGFOOT-DC/ (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080815/NEWS-BIGFOOT-DC/)

No self respecting bigfoot would breed with anything that MAY produce a "rosie"

But seriously, I've spent LOTS of time in the woods of the pacific northwest. traditional "bigfoot" country. I find lots of carcasses of all the native species of large animals EXCEPT bigfoot. and nobody else has produced a single verifiable scrap of evidence either. No animal can completely dispose of its own remains upon its death. Any species needs to have a small population to continue propagating and a community of them that it would take to propagate would have been found. There are no places left in the pacific northwest that have not been covered on a regular basis by hikers and hunters.
They simply don't exist
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: JAGED on August 19, 2008, 01:19:24 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406101,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406101,00.html)

Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume!

"At this time action is being instigated against the perpetrators of this fraud," Kulls writes on Biscardi's Web site. "On behalf of myself I can say with certainty Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer [are] not the best Bigfoot trackers in the world!"

 :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 19, 2008, 02:37:49 PM
lol ""come on take the money and run""  lol
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Chalenge on August 19, 2008, 02:41:36 PM
what about the FLA. skunk ape???  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape   http://www.skunkape.info/


A hunter in Florida proved the Skunk Ape/Skunky was a Musk Ox brought down for the filming of a Tarzan movie. Hollywood audiences not being so bright they accept an arctic animal in a tarzan movie. Anyway the hunter tried and tried to get the story out there but that would not benefit the newspapers or tourist trade so it didnt get any coverage. Does that illuminate any dark areas for you?
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 19, 2008, 02:43:17 PM
still waiting for the little green guys to come by  :rofl :rofl  and say we found bigfoot  :rofl
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: crockett on August 19, 2008, 05:27:23 PM
lol awesome..

Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: BTW on August 19, 2008, 06:32:27 PM
The fact that this idiocy  made a news cycle is why someone like Obama is treated seriously as a candidate for POTUS.
How many people here needed someone to confirm this was hoax? If you did, are you voting in the presidential election?
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: culero on August 19, 2008, 06:48:12 PM
Who wants to bet it has a striking resemblence to this?

(http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/rosieksm.jpg)

Or this?

(http://home.rgv.rr.com/casamyers/hog2.jpg)
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 19, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
No self respecting bigfoot would breed with anything that MAY produce a "rosie"

But seriously, I've spent LOTS of time in the woods of the pacific northwest. traditional "bigfoot" country. I find lots of carcasses of all the native species of large animals EXCEPT bigfoot. and nobody else has produced a single verifiable scrap of evidence either. No animal can completely dispose of its own remains upon its death. Any species needs to have a small population to continue propagating and a community of them that it would take to propagate would have been found. There are no places left in the pacific northwest that have not been covered on a regular basis by hikers and hunters.
They simply don't exist

The reason I love Cryptozoology so much is the same reason I love baiting Liberals so much as well.  The mere inference that a Scientist or a Liberal DOES NOT KNOW EVERYTHING is enough to drive them into a foaming at the mouth rage.  Christians are a small step below Scientists and Liberals.  Very small step.


Anyway, it was only recently that a Cryptid, the Giant Squid, was proven to exist.  For the longest time, the myths of giant squids were dismissed.  That was until crypto's discovered a new species of baby squid.  And then a very large squid was caught on camera.  It was only after that was a body accidentally caught.

You're wrong in thinking you know everything, like you've clearly stated above.  You're also wrong in thinking that all animals are automatons that just go through life to eat, sleep and have sexy.  Research has been done to show that a few animals actually have cognitive thought. 

On top of all this, we are still discovering new things about the creatures we thought we understood.  Take the Brazilian rain forests.  It was only just discovered recently that a tribe of indians existed that we never even knew was there.


With all of this, I believe the chance for bigfoot, and other cryptids, existing goes up.  However, you will never get a Scientist or Liberal to admit they are wrong.  You could slap them with a dead bigfoot's hairy palm across the face, and some would still not admit it.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Elfie on August 19, 2008, 08:39:05 PM
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You could slap them with a dead bigfoot's hairy palm across the face, and some would still not admit it.

Isn't that the truth!  :lol
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: BTW on August 19, 2008, 10:25:54 PM
The reason I love Cryptozoology so much is the same reason I love baiting Liberals so much as well.  The mere inference that a Scientist or a Liberal DOES NOT KNOW EVERYTHING is enough to drive them into a foaming at the mouth rage.  Christians are a small step below Scientists and Liberals.  Very small step.


Anyway, it was only recently that a Cryptid, the Giant Squid, was proven to exist.  For the longest time, the myths of giant squids were dismissed.  That was until crypto's discovered a new species of baby squid.  And then a very large squid was caught on camera.  It was only after that was a body accidentally caught.

You're wrong in thinking you know everything, like you've clearly stated above.  You're also wrong in thinking that all animals are automatons that just go through life to eat, sleep and have sexy.  Research has been done to show that a few animals actually have cognitive thought. 

On top of all this, we are still discovering new things about the creatures we thought we understood.  Take the Brazilian rain forests.  It was only just discovered recently that a tribe of indians existed that we never even knew was there.


With all of this, I believe the chance for bigfoot, and other cryptids, existing goes up.  However, you will never get a Scientist or Liberal to admit they are wrong.  You could slap them with a dead bigfoot's hairy palm across the face, and some would still not admit it.

Well if you think Bigfoot has been successfully eluding taxidermists in Georgia since the inception of this country, stay home on election day. Please. And I'm a Republican.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Skyeho on August 19, 2008, 10:26:15 PM
Body of Bigfoot was a frozen gorilla suit. Moroons.  :huh
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: texasmom on August 19, 2008, 10:28:16 PM
Guy was a cop, too... lol. I think it's a little bit funny... aside from the whole "let's take the money & disappear" part.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: BTW on August 19, 2008, 10:32:39 PM
Guy was a cop, too... lol. I think it's a little bit funny... aside from the whole "let's take the money & disappear" part.

It used to be. But now when you find people convinced there's a conspiracy to hide an undiscovered species, its hard not to expect lead poisoning. You have scientists that have closed down plants because they've found a certain type of snail in a stream. You REALLY think they'd miss a 7 foot ape??? Common people. ELEVATE.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Skyeho on August 19, 2008, 11:09:12 PM
Not really the point.  There are new species of animals, plants and bacteria  being discovered all the time. Even tribes in South America.  It is probably unlikey that they exist but not inconceivable.  However, idiots wasted real scientists efforts on a stupid trick. 
The field of science is being bombarded by scientists(Korea) and pharmaceutical companies (LONG LIST)  that are faking results and experiments.  It puts a bad name on the researchers and companies with legitimate results.  Again, moroons
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: 007Rusty on August 19, 2008, 11:13:50 PM
that tribe in south america was fake
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: ROX on August 20, 2008, 10:17:24 AM
I can tell you without hesitation and with complete conviction that the creature from Boggy Creek in the Texarkana region is 100% real.  I saw a film on it.

(http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Boggy.jpg)



Actually SW AR about 25M ESE of Hope, AR.....But not all that far from Texarkana.







ROX
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: myelo on August 20, 2008, 10:57:38 AM


Actually SW AR about 25M ESE of Hope, AR.....But not all that far from Texarkana.

Isn't that about forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana ?
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Samiam on August 20, 2008, 01:54:41 PM
The reason I love Cryptozoology so much is the same reason I love baiting Liberals so much as well.  The mere inference that a Scientist or a Liberal DOES NOT KNOW EVERYTHING is enough to drive them into a foaming at the mouth rage.  Christians are a small step below Scientists and Liberals.  Very small step.


Anyway, it was only recently that a Cryptid, the Giant Squid, was proven to exist.  For the longest time, the myths of giant squids were dismissed.  That was until crypto's discovered a new species of baby squid.  And then a very large squid was caught on camera.  It was only after that was a body accidentally caught.

You're wrong in thinking you know everything, like you've clearly stated above.  You're also wrong in thinking that all animals are automatons that just go through life to eat, sleep and have sexy.  Research has been done to show that a few animals actually have cognitive thought. 

On top of all this, we are still discovering new things about the creatures we thought we understood.  Take the Brazilian rain forests.  It was only just discovered recently that a tribe of indians existed that we never even knew was there.


With all of this, I believe the chance for bigfoot, and other cryptids, existing goes up.  However, you will never get a Scientist or Liberal to admit they are wrong.  You could slap them with a dead bigfoot's hairy palm across the face, and some would still not admit it.

You don't appear to actually have any real understanding of science. You state this like it is a case where crypto "nutjobs", flying in the face of a scientific establishment, went and proved the existence of the giant squid to the embarrassment of scientists. I don't know where you get your information, but the story of the giant squid elegantly demonstrates scientific success.

Fishermen report sightings. Pieces of animal occasionally wash up on shore or get dragged up by fishermen. Scientists - yes scientists, not wackos - examine the pieces and listen to the stories and form a hypothesis about what the animal may be, and what genus it may fit into. Using sound scientific principles and studying all there was to know about this mysterious genus, a Japanese scientist (from the National Science Museum) predicted where he might be able to film living specimens (based on studying what was known about them to date) and his science must've have been pretty sound because he was successful at capturing them on film. As we gather more information, our scientific understanding of this animal is enhanced.

How does this relate to this bigfoot story except to illustrate that science works and cryptozoology as practiced by these guys is a wacko pseudoscience?

And how does this illustrate how science thinks it "knows everything" but was wrong?

Scientists would love to examine any and all real evidence of a bigfoot. To date there is exactly zero actual evidence to study (well, there's been plenty to study but it all has turned out to be bogus). Not saying science knows everything, just stating that as a fact. Evidence will lead to scientific study and an understanding of whatever it is. Lack of evidence leads to scientists saying "There's simply no evidence to support a belief in bigfoot."
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 20, 2008, 05:34:38 PM
Point, Laser.


You just elegantly proved my point for me.  Look at the rant you went off on from the mere hint that Science is not all knowing.


Quote
Well if you think Bigfoot has been successfully eluding taxidermists in Georgia since the inception of this country, stay home on election day. Please. And I'm a Republican.

I believe that all the big foot sightings are one of three things.  All faked, even since before the big foot fad took off and people really thought to fake them.  All real.  Or a personal theory of mine, delusions of the brain back to a time when gigantic hairy apes were a real threat to human beings.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Samiam on August 20, 2008, 06:14:15 PM
Point, Laser.


You just elegantly proved my point for me.  Look at the rant you went off on from the mere hint that Science is not all knowing.


I believe that all the big foot sightings are one of three things.  All faked, even since before the big foot fad took off and people really thought to fake them.  All real.  Or a personal theory of mine, delusions of the brain back to a time when gigantic hairy apes were a real threat to human beings.

I'm not reacting to the notion that science is not all knowing. I simply pointed out that the example you used to show what is wrong with science contrarily proved what is right about science.

Science is not all knowing. There is either evidence to support something that holds under scientific scrutiny and allows for accurate predictions to be made or there isn't. The amount of evidence, the level of scrutiny, and the volume of testable predictions lends to the degree of confidence scientists place on any particular theory or explanation of how the universe works. Science is just a process - or methodology - that leads to understanding.

I happen to agree with your bigfoot theory 100% and there's even a scientific name for it - Pareidolia. This is when your brain fills in detail that isn't really there to produce an image of something your brain is pre-programmed to recognize. (Strictly speaking, pareidolia describes why people see faces in patterns, like the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich, but I think you are right that it applies to making amorphous movements in the distance into human-like shapes).
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Holden McGroin on August 20, 2008, 06:17:37 PM

Science is not all knowing. There is either evidence to support something that holds under scientific scrutiny and allows for accurate predictions to be made or there isn't. The amount of evidence, the level of scrutiny, and the volume of testable predictions lends to the degree of confidence scientists place on any particular theory or explanation of how the universe works. Science is just a process - or methodology - that leads to understanding.

The climate change thread is a sticky...
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 20, 2008, 07:36:01 PM
I happen to agree with your bigfoot theory 100% and there's even a scientific name for it - Pareidolia. This is when your brain fills in detail that isn't really there to produce an image of something your brain is pre-programmed to recognize. (Strictly speaking, pareidolia describes why people see faces in patterns, like the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich, but I think you are right that it applies to making amorphous movements in the distance into human-like shapes).

No, I think it goes past shape recognition into full on hallucination, if the theory is true.  For example, walking alone into the woods triggers something in your "Lizard Brain" that you are doing something stupid, and thus triggers a hallucination of whatever primeval terror used to haunt us.

Think about it.  The mere idea of a large cognitive hairy hominid is truly terrifying.  I think this is because there used to be something like that back in the golden days.

But I have no experience in this field whatsoever.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: Hangtime on August 20, 2008, 10:14:53 PM
No, I think it goes past shape recognition into full on hallucination, if the theory is true.  For example, walking alone into the woods triggers something in your "Lizard Brain" that you are doing something stupid, and thus triggers a hallucination of whatever primeval terror used to haunt us.

Think about it.  The mere idea of a large cognitive hairy hominid is truly terrifying.  I think this is because there used to be something like that back in the golden days.

But I have no experience in this field whatsoever.

You haven't been in brooklyn lately.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: gwano on August 21, 2008, 11:32:00 AM
No, I think it goes past shape recognition into full on hallucination, if the theory is true.  For example, walking alone into the woods triggers something in your "Lizard Brain" that you are doing something stupid, and thus triggers a hallucination of whatever primeval terror used to haunt us.

Think about it.  The mere idea of a large cognitive hairy hominid is truly terrifying.  I think this is because there used to be something like that back in the golden days.

But I have no experience in this field whatsoever.

I've never hallucinated while "walking alone into the woods".

Just a couple of money hungry quacks looking to profit off of less experianced urbanites.
Title: Re: Body of Bigfoot found.
Post by: CAP1 on August 21, 2008, 11:35:34 AM
It used to be. But now when you find people convinced there's a conspiracy to hide an undiscovered species, its hard not to expect lead poisoning. You have scientists that have closed down plants because they've found a certain type of snail in a stream. You REALLY think they'd miss a 7 foot ape??? Common people. ELEVATE.

the ape is more advanced than us. he's a romulan spy. he has a protable cloaking device :D