Bigfoot Zomg?

[sharien chan]

I wonder if they realize that years ago the whole big foot thing was found to be a hoax. That when the guy died it was admitted that he went around with wooden prints to make it look like bigfoot walked around, and he had someone dress up sometimes in this suit. XD silly people

[chibiphonebooth]

Xddd

[Destroyer2000]

Bigfoot has been sighted for years upon years now, but hundreds of people, or so it is claimed. While I'm not saying he exists, I'm not saying it is impossible, either. The man who claimed he was big foot - how do we know that he wasn't lying? Everyone is so quick to pass it off as a hoax, but all the while, there is no real way to be sure. There are indeed many creatures that we, as people, haven't discovered yet.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

The DNA was possum DNA. I'm pretty sure Opossums aren't the missing link.

[Stephen]

But a giant possum? Oh yeah.

[Momo-P]

The DNA was possum DNA. I'm pretty sure Opossums aren't the missing link.

You mean they're not?!

But seriously, why people rely on bigfoot to be the missing link just boggles my mind. Even if evolution takes places over time, we should still have loads of monkey men running around. Heck, there should be loads of "inbetweens" for all animals running around...yet there are none. But Bigfoot suddenly is going to be it?

[Technomancer]

You mean they're not?!

But seriously, why people rely on bigfoot to be the missing link just boggles my mind. Even if evolution takes places over time, we should still have loads of monkey men running around. Heck, there should be loads of "inbetweens" for all animals running around...yet there are none. But Bigfoot suddenly is going to be it?

The idea of a "missing link" (or the need for one) is a product of early 20th century reporting, and is not one that has any currency among scientists. Bigfoot (if it existed) would be a very interesting specimen and would certainly have an interesting evolutionary history in its own right, but is unlikely to add significantly to our knowledge of our own species' history.

A more interesting problem for contemporary "bigfoot hunters" would be tracking down more complete remains of Gigantopithecus

[Nate]

The man who claimed he was big foot - how do we know that he wasn't lying?

His size 25 shoes should have tipped us off. And we let him get away!

[Radical Dreamer]

But seriously, why people rely on bigfoot to be the missing link just boggles my mind. Even if evolution takes places over time, we should still have loads of monkey men running around. Heck, there should be loads of "inbetweens" for all animals running around...yet there are none. But Bigfoot suddenly is going to be it?

The idea of a "missing link" (or the need for one) is a product of early 20th century reporting, and is not one that has any currency among scientists. Bigfoot (if it existed) would be a very interesting specimen and would certainly have an interesting evolutionary history in its own right, but is unlikely to add significantly to our knowledge of our own species' history.

I'm gonna ask that this line of evolutionary discussion stop here before it goes any further--see the forum rules for details.

[ShiroiHikari]

Bigfoot lol. I don't buy it. XD

Whoa, so I guess that beach monster thing really was a raccoon. That picture is pretty compelling evidence.

[MasterDias]

Yeah, it's fake all right.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7571483.stm

I want to know what the "undisclosed sum" the researchers paid is.

[Stephen]

I made a ton of cash...I mean....I bet they did ok.

[Nate]

There are thousands of independent big foot sightings, many by multiple reliable witnesses. Even if you take into account misidentifications, bias, and possible hysteria, there are still way to many sightings for this to all just be made up.

Er, that's not an accurate assessment. Just because many people claim to see something doesn't mean that they saw it. They may THINK they saw it, but that doesn't mean they did. A perfect example of this is the self-immolation of Thích Quả]wanted[/i] to see.

The Bigfoot thing (and by extension, the Loch Ness Monster thing and UFO sightings) is very similar. People see something, but they see what they want to see. Bigfoot doesn't exist, but people see maybe a quick glimpse of the back of a bear, or whatever, and think "Oh my gosh, that's Bigfoot!" It doesn't mean they're lying (to lie you have to purposely be trying to deceive people), but it does mean they're wrong.

Sorry to take this thread into srs business land. To make up for it, here is a picture of Bigfoot fighting aliens.

[chibiphonebooth]

ahahahha bigfoot fighting aliens... XDDD

[That Dude]

Yeah sadly this specific incident was a hoax. As far as the sasquatch being real. Well I don't see any compelling reason not to believe. I mean there have been thousands of sitings across the globe of giant bipedal ape like creatures, heck more than half the continents have their own "bigfoot." The Yeti of Asia, The Alma's of Northern Europe (and asia), the Sasquatches of North America, the Yowies of Australia.

I mean we're finding new animal species every day. In the aftermath of the big tsunami back in 03 I think, they found over 150 new animal species. So though this press release ended up being fake, it's totally possible that they're out there.

Anyway, same as Nate, sorry for taking the thread into serious business land. Here's your treat.

http://zapatopi.net/bsa/

[Technomancer]

I mean we're finding new animal species every day. In the aftermath of the big tsunami back in 03 I think, they found over 150 new animal species. So though this press release ended up being fake, it's totally possible that they're out there.

It's true that we're finding new species, but none of them are especially large (maybe the size of a small deer). There are very few places where something large could still be hiding. The more remote parts of the Himalays might be one such place, but even then I suspect that psychological factors in myth are more likely to be source of yeti legends than some long unknown primate.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

I think the largest recent find was in fact a pygmy deer in Vietnam about ten years back. I remember reading about it in highschool.