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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Some Reasons Why I Think Bigfoot Might Exist

Posted by Bird @ 8:55 pm CST
Filed under: This Is Freakin Bizarre

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(In no particular order.)

- Native American legends and artifacts depicting ape-like men (see Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science)

- The massive number of sightings in regions of the country where you'd expect such sightings (e.g. the Pacific Northwest)

- Tracks, tracks, and more tracks ... and some with inexplicable dermal ridges

- The legendary Patterson-Gimlin film

- The Jacob's Creature photo

- I've seen one (just kidding)

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Comments on "Some Reasons Why I Think Bigfoot Might Exist":

1. Jared - 02/09/2010 9:26 pm CST

I'm a crptozoology fan and a Bigfoot optimist, but I am skeptical of the Patterson/Gimlin film and I think the Jacobs creature is a bear with mange.

Bird, have you seen this?

Gives some support to the idea that sometimes bears do and look like things we don't expect.

2. Bird - 02/09/2010 9:49 pm CST

I am skeptical of the Patterson/Gimlin film

Believe it or not, I'm skeptical too. Mainly because if it's a legit film, then it's a slam dunk -- Bigfoot is real, and here's the video. Case closed. Still, the evidence in favor of the P-G film is intriguing to me, and, if it was a hoax, then it was a well-conceived and elaborate one.

About Jacobs, I'm still up in the air on it myself, but I think it's intriguing for sure.

I just saw that video you mentioned come up on my Cryptomundo feed. I'll bet bears like that ALWAYS get mistaken for BFs. What a trip.

3. Why Not - 02/10/2010 8:57 am CST

I wear 10.5 W shoes does that qualify for Bigfoot?

4. Bird - 02/10/2010 9:45 am CST

Why Not,

I don't think so, but we can certainly use you in a monkey suit in order to do a hoax video. :-)

5. Jared - 02/10/2010 10:53 am CST

I'll shake the camera!

6. nhe - 02/10/2010 11:06 am CST

Have you guys seen Michael Medved's stuff on this? He's probably the most well-known Sasquatch apologist out there.

7. Bird - 02/10/2010 11:49 am CST

NHE,

I didn't know Medved was a Bigfoot apologist. Awesome. Do you have any links to his stuff?

8. nhe - 02/10/2010 3:52 pm CST

I know he used to write about it on his website, I haven't been there in a longtime though......he used to debate callers on it a lot too - but I haven't listened to him in a few years.......as you probably know, he lives up in that area and claims to have spoken to several eye-witnesses.

9. G. Frederick - 02/10/2010 8:10 pm CST

@why not...got you beat (I am 5'10" tall and wear size 13...and I am already very hairy(don't need a monkey suit)...maybe I am descended from the original Sasquatch.

10. Daniel Ross - 02/11/2010 7:39 am CST

@G. Frederick met too. Same height and shoe size. Hairy everywhere except my head. ;-)

11. GinH - 02/11/2010 8:06 am CST

http://www.michaelmedved.com/photos/view/bigfoot/2318/big_foot_vindication/f54daf5a-87d7-4cb6-95a3-0ac8e649b854/

Interesting.

12. Brian in Fresno - 02/11/2010 8:38 am CST

The photos that are pointed to by GenH were proven to be a hoax.

13. Brian in Fresno - 02/11/2010 8:55 am CST

I should clarify that the photos aren't a hoax the costume or creature depicted was a hoax.

14. Bird - 02/11/2010 9:56 am CST

Bif's right. That was a hoax.

15. GinH - 02/11/2010 12:09 pm CST

For clarification, I was just pointing to Medved's bigfoot interest, not saying the photos were genuine.
Just to be clear . . . lol.

16. Brian in Fresno - 02/11/2010 8:16 pm CST

GinH, I thought about the implication of what I wrote and how it sounded but clearly not enough. I in no way understood you to be saying that the photos were genuine and did understand that were only pointing to Medved's site. Please accept my apologies.

17. GinH - 02/11/2010 8:58 pm CST

Oh, please don't apologize. I wasn't offended or upset. Just wanted to clarify. Really!

18. Manders - 02/12/2010 8:49 am CST

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