Bigfoot's indelible imprint (No, not Janet Reno...The REAL Bigfoot!)

USA Today ^ | 11-1-02 | Marco R. della Cava

[Johnny Shear]

IN THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, Ore.

[Johnny Shear]

I LOVE this stuff.

We had a Bigfoot type creature in my Indiana home town when I was a kid...His name was Mo-Mo!

Anybody ever REALLY see a Bigfoot?

[LibWhacker]

Janet Reno IS the real Bigfoot.

[LibWhacker]

Click here to hear Bigfoot howl (and do other nasty things).

[Physicist]

There's no obvious reason why something like bigfoot couldn't exist, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If someone claims to have discovered a new species of beetle, I'll take his word for it that a specimen has been placed in a drawer somewhere in the British Museum. If someone claims to have discovered a second living species of hominid, he'd better bring one in.

[cactusSharp]

I've studied this stuff or decades and am convinced
it is real...but evil,not to be flipped with

maybe some demon/like kicked outta heaven.....
....I know a Johnson credible type who saw the
same thing 18 years ago in Colorado and the
smell still nauseates him when he thinks about
it.

[Paul Atreides]

Photos don't lie.

[Johnny Shear]

I've studied this stuff or decades and am convinced it is real...but evil,not to be flipped with

maybe some demon/like kicked outta heaven.....

Really? Like figments of people's imaginations or real flesh (fur)?

[onedoug]

Though no fossils, anywhere.

[humblegunner]

"It's interesting that something allegedly that large has never been found."

I have an exwife this guy needs to talk to...

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

[weikel]

ROTFLMAO.

[spetznaz]

I personally do not believe in the existance of Sasquatch/bigfoot/yeti etc, but there is a wee chance it might be true. After all for many years explorers thought that the Mountain Gorilla in Africa and the Orangotang in Asia were figments exuded from the superstitious imaginations of the natives, but to their chagrin both gorillas and Orangs came to be real. Hence there is a slight chance that Sasquatch exists. As for the lack of bodies it is really not that often that someone out in the woods comes upon a bear carcass! Hence it is within the realm of probability that a rarer species like Sasquatch (if it exists) would have an even harder likelihood of a carcass been discovered! A good example is stray cats! Unless they get run over by a vehicle one never finds their remains after their demise. Hence lack of body evidence does not necessarily mean no creature.

However my personal theory is that maybe what the BigFott 'witnesses' have seen is either a prank, or might be an escaped pet goreat ape (ranging from an orang to a gorilla ....maybe even a large gibbon)! After all the gorilla is a creature that is unlike any found in the States, and maybe confusion could come from a sighting.

And although a wild gorilla running free in North America may seem absurd at first, remember that in Britain there have been reports of Lions, Leopards and 'mystery cats' stalking he wild countryside and killing sheep! On top of that some have actually been caught, and to the surpirse of naturalist turned out to be 'amalgamations' of two cat species (eg when a Male lion and a female tiger mate they produce offspring called a Liger which is larger than a lion or tiger; and when a male tiger and a lioness mate they produce a Tigon. Do a search on them ...especially the Liger. Interesting). Anyways the British cats were not Ligers or Tigons, but there were several Leopards, and some Leopard/Cougar combinations! The leopards were especially bad for the sheep farmers since leopards have a penchant for slaughtering for pleasure (they are the only cat species that does that, and int heir native Africa they are feared more than the lion). Hence if exotic Wild cats can be found in the UK there is a chance a gorilla could be lose in North America.

Anyways i would say Sasquatch is merely wishful thinking. Or it might be an escaped ape. However i doubt there is actually some hominid bipedal creature chilling out in the woods!

It is possible, but at the same time highly improbable.

[cactusSharp]

actually,hair has been found and analysed
the results were: of unknown origin....
it was done TWICE (the test)
in NMexico and New york as well

[ErnBatavia]

Bigfoot lurks, but probably not on FR....

[Johnny Shear]

Yeah, I've heard about those tests. But nothing ever made me think it was anything more than an unidentified animal of some sort...Not a "Demon". And besides, why would some kind of demon leave any evidence?

Have you got any links on the hair tests? It seems to me that if someone really found some kind of new species (Based on DNA) we would have heard a LOT more about it...

[Ditter]

Do you know why you never find a dead bear in the woods? Other bears eat them. We have been bear hunting in Canada. The bear was skinned & the hide carried back with us. Our guide said the body of the bear we left behind would be totally gone in 24 hours. I am not at all convinced that Bigfoot exsists, but if he does this would be his fate in bear country.

[cavtrooper21]

how's about vacation next year? Sounds like fun! Scare the p**p outa MrsCT21!

[demosthenes the elder]

"Think about it: If illusion alone could generate such devotion, you'd have a Unicorn Society and a Leprechaun Society. But you don't,"

But we DO - we call them "wiccans"

haven't finished the article, haven't read the posts, but couldn't resist the potshot.

[Antoninus]

Though no fossils, anywhere.

That's not necessarily true...

Gigantopithecus

[AuntB]

Bumping for a later read....I want them trained to go after the envirofreaks that inhabit these same forests. :<)

To answer your question, a psychologist from Grants Pass tells the most credible tale of a bigfoot encounter (near Oregon Caves last year) that I've ever heard. Hey, Hillary got elected senator..anything is possible!