Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 19, 2017 8:29:47 GMT -5
I don't normally follow those stupid reality shows about Bigfoot but the Animal plaet one recently visited my neck of the woods. They went to Yellow River State Park in Iowa. We are a small population county and very rural. However, almost everyone goes into the woods here. Whether you are a hunter, hiker, photographer, horse rider, cyclist, bird watcher etc. it's the main draw for any touristy activity around here is the woodlands. We are unique from most of the rest of the state because of the travel of glaciation bypassed us. There are probably as many game trail cams as there are people. Another thing is that right near the park is a low security prison. Despite numerous flyovers of the woodlands with FLIR, hundreds of game cams, thousands of hunters and photographers and the fact that every bird watcher biker and equestrian enthusiast these days has a camera in their pockets I had never in over 30 years heard of any crazy sightings in Yellow River. However, some guy who is a known story teller, sees one every time he goes out there according to this show. He conned these "researchers" into coming out and looking for it. They didn't interview a single credible person in the county. They had no pictures, scat, hair, bones, etc., but they took this seriously. This isn't a science it's a relgion and people see what they want to and bend the truth to their beliefs. This guy apparently lives like 20 miles away from me and I can confirm everything. I own land that has "confirmed" Bigfoot sightings. I have trailcams all over it. I scour it yearly for berry picking, mushroom hunting, timber management, arrowhead hunting (lots of little caves) not to mention regular hunting. I think I've even been reported as "Bigfoot". The only thing I've found from "mysterious primates" is pictures of trespassers, their empty beer cans and their cigarette butts. I do see a bear occasionally. Mountain Lion twice. When you aren't used to seeing that kinda thing... and you are drunk/high or just freaked out, it's amazing what you "think" you'll see. Not only that, but if you go out into the woods and hear a bobcat you'll swear to god some kinda of squatch is trying to consume your soul. Even all that said, I want to believe. I really do. I just have to be realistic. And I'm not going to pay much attention to con men and drunks spouting shit for attention. |
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Post by brody on Mar 19, 2017 9:25:07 GMT -5
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Mar 19, 2017 10:59:14 GMT -5
Again though, that video doesn't constitute evidence at all. It's interesting, but it doesn't really 'show' anything falsifiable. And that's the thing about Bigfoot. There's not one real shred of actual, hard, evidence that stands up to any cursory scrutiny. Not one piece in decades that hundreds of people have been looking for this thing cuz there's nothing out there to find that matches a real creature. It'd be cool if they did, but they don't. As a myth/mystery, it's interesting; I can definitely agree there. But in the same way the wolfman or unicorns etc are interesting. The folklore is neat. But there's nothing physical out there to search for. Actually plenty of evidence has been found. But nothing will satisfy scientists/skeptics until a living specimen is found which is fair. Evidence such as hair, saliva, scat, dermal ridges, claw marks, etc have been found and tested only for it to come up with the result as either inconclusive or that of a primate of some sort. However, it is definitely fair to say that until a dead corpse or a physical being is brought in these discussions will continue for God knows how long. I will say that I hate those Bigfoot shows on Animal Planet. I'll never understand how those guys get ratings because it's the same thing over and over again. There really hasn't been plenty of evidence. And it wouldn't take a live capture or complete dead specimen. Just recently a creature thought extinct in my area was discovered. No body. No live specimen. Just a clear trail cam picture. whotv.com/2017/02/15/iowa-dnr-confirms-first-fisher-spotted-in-iowa-since-1800s/For Bigfoot the pictures are always blurry, out of focus, or just some unidentifiable shape or "glowing eyes". How is that even possible? We can get crystal clear pictures of sea creatures we have never seen before, but even to this day all we get are shitty pics of an alleged giant size creature. |
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Post by Gecko on Mar 19, 2017 11:46:21 GMT -5
Bet his legs are cold. (the guy, not the Yeti) |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 20, 2017 10:37:17 GMT -5
Bet his legs are cold. (the guy, not the Yeti) The Yeti's legs could be cold... you never know.  But somehow I doubt that a guy in a t-shirt an shorts is 10,000 feet up. |
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 20, 2017 11:13:42 GMT -5
Bet his legs are cold. (the guy, not the Yeti) The Yeti's legs could be cold... you never know. But somehow I doubt that a guy in a t-shirt an shorts is 10,000 feet up. The interesting part about that picture is based off his clothes. Have you ever seen your own footprint in the fresh snow, and then later look at the same print after it's melted a bit? Quite often your prints will melt in a way where it doesn't even look human anymore. Looks more like a giant. he's likely looking at and measuring prints that have melted. I've seen dog tracks that look like monster bears and rabbit tracks that melted together to form T-Rex prints before. Speaking of dinosaur footprints, turkey footprints in half melted snow are a great way to freak out people that don't know any better. Looks like something escaped from Jurassic park. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 20, 2017 16:48:35 GMT -5
Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth: Bunk! Bunk, I say! Bring me a bag full of Bigfoot's droppings or shut up!
Ranger Park: I have the droppings of someone who saw Bigfoot.
Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth: Shut up!
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