Opinions on the existance of Bigfoot??

[Red Future]

Do people agree with the possible existence of such a creature ?? Personally i think it seems rather unlikely.

[PhoenixAsh]

Anything is possible in the absence of evidence of the contrary.

And who knows; new species are discovered every week. Some species are even rediscovered after we thought them extinct.

But for such large creatures such as Bigfoot, Nessie, Yeti and the one in Africa to exist for so long sometimes in such limited locations ... well....thats highly doubtfull.

And not only because its not unlikely to spot one individual...but sustained reproduction needs a group of individuals....and therefore observations should have been made left and right.

[Magón]

I had a big fascination with Bigfoot as a kid, and for my 7th birthday, my dad dressed up in a suit like Bigfoot, acting like he was it. I was so sad later that year when I was told it wasn't actually Bigfoot. :(

[Ocean Seal]

The fact that it would need a large population to survive makes it somewhat unlikely. Of the 4 Nessie is the least likely as large fish living in a lake would be somewhat easy to find especially if the population were ~300 of them. Perhaps at one point these species did exist, but the fact that we cannot find them today is reason to believe that they don't exist. Then again something like the Yeti is very possible because we have not explored that region very thoroughly, and of course I think bigfoot could exist because the dense forests might provide cover for such a creature. I also wouldn't be surprised if something like bigfoot existed in the Amazon where new species are discovered everyday.

[Red Future]

The fact that it would need a large population to survive makes it somewhat unlikely. Of the 4 Nessie is the least likely as large fish living in a lake would be somewhat easy to find especially if the population were ~300 of them. Perhaps at one point these species did exist, but the fact that we cannot find them today is reason to believe that they don't exist. Then again something like the Yeti is very possible because we have not explored that region very thoroughly, and of course I think bigfoot could exist because the dense forests might provide cover for such a creature. I also wouldn't be surprised if something like bigfoot existed in the Amazon where new species are discovered everyday.

The Amazon is still proving to be an ecological goldmine

[RATM-Eubie]

I saw him once. I was eating beef jerkey when i saw it! I caught it all on tape!! :::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eotb8Dc6CBA

[The Man]

I had a big fascination with Bigfoot as a kid, and for my 7th birthday, my dad dressed up in a suit like Bigfoot, acting like he was it. I was so sad later that year when I was told it wasn't actually Bigfoot. :(

This was a really good post. I haven't seen a good one in forever:thumbup1:

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

The fact that it would need a large population to survive makes it somewhat unlikely. Of the 4 Nessie is the least likely as large fish living in a lake would be somewhat easy to find especially if the population were ~300 of them. Perhaps at one point these species did exist, but the fact that we cannot find them today is reason to believe that they don't exist. Then again something like the Yeti is very possible because we have not explored that region very thoroughly, and of course I think bigfoot could exist because the dense forests might provide cover for such a creature. I also wouldn't be surprised if something like bigfoot existed in the Amazon where new species are discovered everyday.

Since when is Nessie a fish? Well, a fish is indeed better than an impossible prehistoric reptile with no way of moving into a cold lake that was formed but 12,000 years ago from cold oceans-

Bigfoot/Sasquatch is more unlikely than Yeti because the area is much more frequently travelled and populated and the support for such an animal - particularly in the western United States - living without being noticed more is quite doubtful. The area is rather well-urbanised and densely population and the populations required to sustain a stable and healthy population (roughly 1,000 specimen or so) would find it difficult to hide. Those mountainous regions are often visited by hikers. Yet there's only rubbish blurry videos, doubtful footprint pictures and moulds, and presumably human stool for us to find; and inconsistent stories whose only merit is that they tickle the entertainment nerves of TV-watchers when concentrated into an action-packed morass of lies as in Monster Quest.

[Delirium]

I'm living in bigfoot territory right now, there is a bigfoot museum a little ways down the road. There is wide belief in the existance of sasquachs by the locals around here. alot of them describe them as "plane shifters", moving through the forest one second and then completely disappearing the next second sometimes accompanied by flashes of light. A friend of mine described one leaping over his truck from the hill side followed by a pink trail of light, landing and disappearing without a sound.

I'm comfortable in the wilderness, having spent a good chunk of my life off the grid. I've had plenty of experiences with predators directly and indirectly. Out in these hills though i get some pretty odd feelings of something watching me, not just mountain lions too.

[RED DAVE]

It's bullshit; it's been exposed over and over again. Grow up.

RED DAVE

[Jazzratt]

When I first saw this thread title I thought was a satire on people asking for our opinion on the existance of god.

Bigfoot, nessie and the like are all pretty stupid ideas. We have an amazing world around us filled to the brim with all kinds of wierd, fascinating and beautiful creatures. While I see that it's nice to create fantasies and so on I think it's asinine to project these fantasies onto an already mysterious and majestic world.

[PhoenixAsh]

Inb4 Candiru (not majestic, not wonderful, not beautiful....horrible and mind boggling...definately)


well....giant squid and octopusses are not really fantasy as previously thought. Perhaps not the monsters of fantasy...but definately to some extend true.

But yeah...overall the big foot, nessie thing is far fetched to the extreme.

[Salyut]

I'm a total sucker for scary stories.

I wish it was real but alas. :(

[Kuppo Shakur]

It's bullshit; it's been exposed over and over again. Grow up.

PURPLE DAVE
:)

[RED DAVE]

PURPLE DAVE :)I sent that one from my cellphone. :D

And I ain't changin' it. :cool:

RED DAVE

[Zav]

Bigfoot is just an urban legend. If it existed, it would have been found by now.

[Delirium]

That what they all say until that dirty old squach shows up and steals all your weed and disappears.:rolleyes:

[Robespierre Richard]

It wasn't even real in San Andreas...

[x371322]

I'm surprised all the bigfoot believers actually want this thing to be found. Once it's found it stops being fun, and starts being just another animal.

On that note, I wonder what Sasquatch meat tastes like? :drool:

[PhoenixAsh]

on a slightly related note....

pay special attentyion to the last paragraph...:D


http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/a44b1f08-025d-452c-b500-06742f433ffd.jpg

[Tavarisch_Mike]

I think that the idea of existence of bigfoot tend to fall even more when youre considering the archeological/evolutionary evidence for its existence, because there is simply nothing. No fossils of some giant two-feet-walking ape meanwhile you can find plenty of fossiles frome primitive animals such as the mammoth and sabel-tooth tiger.

[ExUnoDisceOmnes]

Until you can prove that he doesn't exist, he exists.

[Tim Finnegan]

on a slightly related note....

pay special attentyion to the last paragraph...:D


http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/a44b1f08-025d-452c-b500-06742f433ffd.jpg
To be fair, by this point Che Guevara is just as much a fictional character as an historical one. ;)


Until you can prove that he doesn't exist, he exists.
Until you can prove that you're not buggering a puppy, you're buggering a puppy. :p


I think that the idea of existence of bigfoot tend to fall even more when youre considering the archeological/evolutionary evidence for its existence, because there is simply nothing. No fossils of some giant two-feet-walking ape meanwhile you can find plenty of fossiles frome primitive animals such as the mammoth and sabel-tooth tiger.
Yeah, there's really no reason at all to believe that there was any sort of ape in the that part of the world prior to humans. The Yeti, at least, is claimed to live in an area which was once inhabited by large apes, but the Pacific North-West? Not a one.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

Yeah but then the discussion tend to be more about philosophy then about sience, just because i cant prove that a community of mermaids lives in some remoted cave in the marian trench, doesnt mean that the possibility still exists. I just simply came up with it at the moment.

[Plagueround]

I have been told by members of my community that Sasquatch only speaks the old languages of our continent, as do most of our animals except crows, who seem to enjoy mocking people in English. However, one must understand that most of the time when our elders are telling you something, they're actually telling you something other than what they're telling you.

[El Chuncho]

Since when is Nessie a fish? Well, a fish is indeed better than an impossible prehistoric reptile with no way of moving into a cold lake that was formed but 12,000 years ago from cold oceans-


Well Loch Ness connects to the ocean, so a ''nessie'' could be a big type of eel or something that goes their to eat, rather than living there. ;)

[Tim Finnegan]

I have been told by members of my community that Sasquatch only speaks the old languages of our continent, as do most of our animals except crows, who seem to enjoy mocking people in English. However, one must understand that most of the time when our elders are telling you something, they're actually telling you something other than what they're telling you.
I think that's part of the problem with the sasquatch mythology: it's the appropriation of indigenous folklore by literal-minded white folk who don't really understand the complexity of animistic faith systems. One may as run around the English countryside looking for hobgoblins.


Well Loch Ness connects to the ocean, so a ''nessie'' could be a big type of eel or something that goes their to eat, rather than living there. ;)
Pfft, everyone knows that "Nessie" sightings are just the thrashing limbs of local teuchter's who've fallen into the loch after a long night at the pub. ;)

[PhoenixAsh]

I think that the idea of existence of bigfoot tend to fall even more when youre considering the archeological/evolutionary evidence for its existence, because there is simply nothing. No fossils of some giant two-feet-walking ape meanwhile you can find plenty of fossiles frome primitive animals such as the mammoth and sabel-tooth tiger.

which is true...but new species...and large ones...are still discovered. (http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-china.html)
And here (http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/22/bizarre-new-dinosaur-species-found-in-utah/)

So...not having found any...does not automaticallly disprove its existence or decrease the likelyhood it existed.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

which is true...but new species...and large ones...are still discovered. (http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-china.html)
And here (http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/22/bizarre-new-dinosaur-species-found-in-utah/)

So...not having found any...does not automaticallly disprove its existence or decrease the likelyhood it existed.


Eeeh this exampel is not compareable since all thoose spicies are extincted.

[Tim Finnegan]

Also, neither of those species marks a significant divergence from the known species which once inhabited those areas. A Great Ape turning up in North America would be contradict everything that we know about the evolution of the hominid family.

[ChrisK]

on a slightly related note....

pay special attentyion to the last paragraph...:D


http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/a44b1f08-025d-452c-b500-06742f433ffd.jpg

Except that Sherlock Holmes was indeed based after a real life person. Dr. Joseph Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bell)