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Ya know, I really do love most everyone here. I really do. But the few...

Anyway. Speaking of Bigfoot, as we await these figures coming in...

Has anyone else heard about this documentary that supposedly once and for all debunks the Patterson-Gimlin footage as being a hoax? It involves the Patterson family, so...lends a little credence.

I think if this ends up being legit, this does serious harm to the Sasquatch community and the legend. I say this as someone who has had experiences in Appalachia.
 
This is absolutely not an 'OFFICIAL MODERATOR' comment, because I genuinely mean this:

I love that TSI said to get back to action figures and Rick is immediately like 'fuck that, let's talk about real life cryptid stuff!'

That feels like ArticulatedThoughts in a nutshell, right there.
 
Damien said:
This is absolutely not an 'OFFICIAL MODERATOR' comment, because I genuinely mean this:

I love that TSI said to get back to action figures and Rick is immediately like 'fuck that, let's talk about real life cryptid stuff!'

That feels like ArticulatedThoughts in a nutshell, right there.
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To be fair...

I mentioned while we wait for the figures.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
I think if this ends up being legit, this does serious harm to the Sasquatch community and the legend.
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I watched a video from a Bigfoot believer who saw an early screening at SXSW and he seemed gutted by the new footage.

I honestly don’t think it’s gonna do much to stop Bigfoot from being a thing, we’ve known for years the Surgeon’s photo was fake but people still looking around for Nessie. They had to retcon Chupacabras from weird little space goblins into dogs because there was no way one of those was ever gonna be real.

I’m sure Matt Moneymaker and Cliff Barackman are already writing statements about how the PGF being a hoax doesn’t discredits a huge pile of other much worse evidence (and most of that probably hoaxes too.)

I know even before this news broke Saqutchers fell into two camps “Bigfoot is real, and here’s video evidence!” and “Bigfoot is real, ignore this fake video!”, so I’m sure we slowly see the “it’s real” camp slowly converting to “nah, we always knew it was fake! Look at this fucked up foot print?! Would a hoaxer have thought to make the toes look this bad?! A clear sign of a natural deformity!”

I’m just glad Jeff Meldrum died and went to Hell before this all broke!

I love Bigfoot, I remember one summer when my family took a cross country road trip anytime we were near woods I waited with camera ready to take a photo of Bigfoot. One winter break we went camping in a cabin so used two TalkBack audio recorders to make a super deep “Bigfoot growl” I would play out the window to see if I could lure one to us…

But as an adult I can’t help but think how silly it is, there’s a mysterious creature roaming the woods in apparently every state in America, and the beef jerky commercials guessed it’s appearance correctly?!
 
RicksNerdLife said:
... this does serious harm to the Sasquatch community and the legend. I say this as someone who has had experiences in Appalachia.
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Show us on the Earthworm Jim action figure where the hairy mountain man touched you. 😆

All three of LC's man ape figures look great. I can only justify one, though. I think it might be Yeti. Skookum is a close second.
 
Mint In Boks said:
I watched a video from a Bigfoot believer who saw an early screening at SXSW and he seemed gutted by the new footage.

I honestly don’t think it’s gonna do much to stop Bigfoot from being a thing, we’ve known for years the Surgeon’s photo was fake but people still looking around for Nessie. They had to retcon Chupacabras from weird little space goblins into dogs because there was no way one of those was ever gonna be real.

I’m sure Matt Moneymaker and Cliff Barackman are already writing statements about how the PGF being a hoax doesn’t discredits a huge pile of other much worse evidence (and most of that probably hoaxes too.)

I know even before this news broke Saqutchers fell into two camps “Bigfoot is real, and here’s video evidence!” and “Bigfoot is real, ignore this fake video!”, so I’m sure we slowly see the “it’s real” camp slowly converting to “nah, we always knew it was fake! Look at this fucked up foot print?! Would a hoaxer have thought to make the toes look this bad?! A clear sign of a natural deformity!”

I’m just glad Jeff Meldrum died and went to Hell before this all broke!

I love Bigfoot, I remember one summer when my family took a cross country road trip anytime we were near woods I waited with camera ready to take a photo of Bigfoot. One winter break we went camping in a cabin so used two TalkBack audio recorders to make a super deep “Bigfoot growl” I would play out the window to see if I could lure one to us…

But as an adult I can’t help but think how silly it is, there’s a mysterious creature roaming the woods in apparently every state in America, and the beef jerky commercials guessed it’s appearance correctly?!
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So, I have two little stories that put me firmly in the camp of...SOMETHING.

First one is a second hand account, from my pops. My father is now retired, but used to be a long haul trucker, so this story takes place in the 80s. One night while out on a delivery, he had to stop to take a piss. So, he pulls off to the side of the road, somewhere in remote West Virginia.

He's standing between his truck and trailer, finishing his business, when over the idling of the truck, he hears a deep, loud, guttural growl. And now, at this point, he knows the difference between the Peterbilt that he had been driving for years and an obvious animal, so that rules out anything mechanical. He freezes in his tracks, only to hear it one more time, this time a little bit closer, before hauling ass into his truck and moving on down the road.

He always tells me that "it could have been a bear or a cougar. But it wasn't a bear or a cougar. I'm not saying it was a Sasquatch. But I'm also not going to say that it wasn't a Sasquatch. It was big and it was loud and it was close and it didn't want me there".
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The second story is first hand. Wife and I are down in the Smoky Mountains for our 5 year anniversary. This is back in 2015, before Gatlinburg became what it is now, which is...uh, overpopulated.

Regardless, wife and I rent a cabin for a week, and planned on enjoying the mountains rather than the kitschy downtown more than anything. One morning, we are headed over to Cade's Cove, and pulling off onto the little viewpoint sites along the way.

One of the spots we pull off, there is a big wall of a mountain, and at the top of it, a ledge. We are one of two cars there, and the other pair look at us, you could tell just waiting to talk to us. Me, being the relatively antisocial person that I am, tell my wife "Ugh. Staying in the car".

She says "Well, I'm not getting stuck in a conversation alone, so drive away".

No sooner do I go to back up, when I look up and see SOMETHING standing high up on the ledge. Now, mind you, SMOKY Mountains have their name for a reason. So, it was a bit foggy, but through the fog, there up on this ledge are two figures: one crouched down (or on all fours) at the edge of the ledge, the other behind it looking over its shoulder. They are both looking down at all of us.

I slam on the brakes and go "What am I looking at?", and right as I do, the one crouching stands up, and they both turn around and walk out of view. My wife didn't see anything, she looked at and found the spot that I was pointing at too late. Again, not saying it wasn't a bear, or even an experienced hiker/rock climber. But it definitely didn't look to be an easy place to get to.

It was also on this same trip that my wife and I saw a UFO (and I mean CLOSE, no mistaking what we both saw), and I caught a picture of a little ghost girl in the "Primitive Church" in Cade's Cove.

It was a VERY strange trip. Appalachia is fucking weird.
 
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I doubt the Bigfoot is real. But I hope it is.

I doubt that there’s a Loch Ness monster, but I stood by the side of it and looked across the water and I damn well hope there’s a beastie in there.

I doubt there’s anything as big as the Megalodon still in the deep, but I hope it is.

It’s just more fun living with the hope.


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KAILRYU said:
I doubt the Bigfoot is real. But I hope it is.

I doubt that there’s a Loch Ness monster, but I stood by the side of it and looked across the water and I damn well hope there’s a beastie in there.

I doubt there’s anything as big as the Megalodon still in the deep, but I hope it is.

It’s just more fun living with the hope.


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That's a lot of it. It's fun to still pretend there is something fantastical out there.

And in many cases, I think there ARE fantastical elements to this planet. Things we just cannot fathom. Things that our minds and eyes are trained to explain as the rational.

My wife is a medical professional at one of the biggest hospitals in the country. They have a saying in their field: If you see hoofprints, look for a horse, not a zebra.

Meaning, look for the most logical answer, not the most exotic.

So, do many of our legends and myths likely have scientific and logical explanations, grounded in reality? Of course.

But I really do think many do not. Whether it be fantastical or something as of yet undiscovered.
 
KAILRYU said:
I doubt the Bigfoot is real. But I hope it is.

I doubt that there’s a Loch Ness monster, but I stood by the side of it and looked across the water and I damn well hope there’s a beastie in there.

I doubt there’s anything as big as the Megalodon still in the deep, but I hope it is.

It’s just more fun living with the hope.


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I used to get pissed when parents at Toys R Us would take away any Christmas magic from a kid.

The world sucks. Why would you want to remove any sense of wonder and magic.
 
I am what you might call a pathological skeptic. I don't believe in God (or gods), I don't believe in fairies, ghosts, cryptids, lizard people, psychics, astrology, or luck/bad luck. None of it. And I've never seen or heard anything in my life to convince me to give any of those things even the briefest entertainment as reality.
Not a judgement on anyone else - just talking about how my brain is wired. I remember reading about Nessie as a kid and my entire thought process was 'it would be cool if that were a real thing... but it isn't.' Not remorseful either. Just kind of 'the world would be cooler if fantasy were reality, but fantasy is fantasy and I'm fine with that.'
 
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