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SASQUATCH: fact or fiction?!!

do you believe in Sasquatch?

  • yes

    Votes: 38 26.8%
  • no

    Votes: 93 65.5%
  • undecided

    Votes: 11 7.7%

  • Total voters
    142
  • Poll closed .
Is Sasquatch fact or fiction?

The fiction is perceived by many to be fact.

Throughout history fiction has been repeated over and over again until it becomes accepted fact.

Like the "fact" that Columbus discovered America.

Columbus actually never set foot on American soil.

Lots of fiction around that is accepted as fact.
 
Looks to be roughly 70/30, No Bigfoot/Bigfoot. Not suprising since 70% or more of our population are urban dwellers. They live where Bigfoot doesn't. :D

lol,..interesting!;)

Why do you hope you are wrong? Is it because you have a special bond with these creatures and you want to keep them safe? If so, why tell anyone you've seen one?

Ok...sensible head back on. You, sir, a quite utterly mad.

Insert appropriate smiley.

i afraid that one day they may be forced to choose between Islam & Christianity. or worst, Democrat or Republican!;)
 
Is Sasquatch fact or fiction?

The fiction is perceived by many to be fact.

Throughout history fiction has been repeated over and over again until it becomes accepted fact.

Like the "fact" that Columbus discovered America.

Columbus actually never set foot on American soil.

Lots of fiction around that is accepted as fact.

great post, ZenG! i like how you put that. his-story is chuck full of fiction, IMHO.
 
I think the TB mantra of "pics or it didn't happen" would work well in this thread ... :)

nah,.. pics wouldn't even be believe-able with these guys. they are trying hard to NOT to see! :rollno: lol,.. they don't even recognise the potential. :eek: ROTF,.. i detect abit of good ol' human arrogance along with steaming pile of naivetè.

anyway,.. the poll is enough to see i'm not the only believer, but it appears that eye witnesses are very, very rare. i guess that makes me even more unique!:hyper: perhaps it was my kind heart & open mind that attracted them. :cool:
what's even cooler is being aware of something that 99% of people have no idea exists!!! :D
(oops,.. now i'm coming down with a case of arrogance,.. SORRY):help:
 
nah,.. pics wouldn't even be believe-able with these guys. they are trying hard to NOT to see! :rollno: lol,.. they don't even recognise the potential. :eek: ROTF,.. i detect abit of good ol' human arrogance along with steaming pile of naivetè.

anyway,.. the poll is enough to see i'm not the only believer, but it appears that eye witnesses are very, very rare. i guess that makes me even more unique!:hyper: perhaps it was my kind heart & open mind that attracted them. :cool:
what's even cooler is being aware of something that 99% of people have no idea exists!!! :D
(oops,.. now i'm coming down with a case of arrogance,.. SORRY):help:

Wrong.

Only 70% of people say they don't exist.
 
nah,.. pics wouldn't even be believe-able with these guys. they are trying hard to NOT to see! :rollno: lol,.. they don't even recognise the potential. :eek: ROTF,.. i detect abit of good ol' human arrogance along with steaming pile of naivetè.

anyway,.. the poll is enough to see i'm not the only believer, but it appears that eye witnesses are very, very rare. i guess that makes me even more unique!:hyper: perhaps it was my kind heart & open mind that attracted them. :cool:
what's even cooler is being aware of something that 99% of people have no idea exists!!! :D
(oops,.. now i'm coming down with a case of arrogance,.. SORRY):help:

Yes, you are a bastion of unforetold knowledge, the likes of which has not been seen since the truthers and birthers!
 
It is quoted that new species are being discovered and that recently 3 primate species have been discovered,

That's right.......and in every case they got pictures that are precise and clear when they discovered them.
Easily recognizable as to what they are.

Sasquatch sitings have been going on for North Americans the minute they first landed on the American continent.

equals= several hundred years.

For some reason in this several hundred years no actual definitive proof of Bigfoot existing has ever come to light.


which makes me wonder......

Are Bigfoot sightings "entities"?....that is if a ghost can materialize in front of you and appear as a solid person ....can Bigfoot do the same?

So is Bigfoot really a "ghost" entity" presenting itself?

Why the entities that produce ghosts would even bother presenting themselves as BigFoot or Jersey Devil or Swamp Ape or any of the other mystical entities out there that are seen (Mothman etc) is a mystery to me.......

What's in it for them if they make a Bigfoot appear so you can see it?

A ghost can be construed as a previous living human...so we a have connection there..... (if you believe in ghosts)
 
yes,.. it's extremely easy. i live in the forest!:) the difference between a human & bear walking is child's play really. :eek:

and is this thread so disturbing you want me to retract my claim and admit it was a joke! heheheh,..*

again, it's a Poll,... i want nothing more. i predict that one day some of you will remember this thread. i hope like hell i'm wrong, but eventually the authorities may release what data they have. if people are reporting the same thing in every corner of the world, it has merit whether you think so doesn't factor in. :(

okay,.. the grey alien was put there to invoke more fear! what if that footage is real. what if it's not. what is the point,... i'll tell you why i did it.*

the video totally represents the atypical discription of aliens just the same way every discription of BF is pretty universal. it invokes the same kind of debates we are having right now. i think it's ignorant to believe we are the only carbon based life-form in the universe,.. other's dis-agree. it's no different here.*
i saw proof that BF is thriving,... other's dis-agree! :) it's cool....

There is a big difference between believing in extraterrestrial life and grey aliens visiting earth. Don't assume I don't believe in one because I think the other is ridiculous.

There are plenty of reasons descriptions of sightings are so similar, the main one being the power of suggestion.

Different eras and cultures all have their own particular creatures and subjects of hallucinations. We see what we expect or want to, and this includes so-called religious experiences and the like.

Forests, darkness, and fear are a potent combination. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to see faces in ordinary objects? It's the way out brains are wired, to recognize and discern individuals. Of course people have been imagining other animals through or trees moving in the wind are humanoid through the ages, it's easily explained.

You are flattering yourself, but who doesn't want to be the one chosen to see what others cannot yet? I think you are just very gullible and really want to believe. That's usually enough and explains the larger part of visions through the ages.
 
@ZenG,... there is some weird stuff surrounding this subject. people with higher credentials than i'll ever attain, have staked their reputations on fantastic theories. very few have any conclusive material evidence. even Survivorman, "Les Stroud" has gone on record to say "pro BF" things! even with all those cameras, no data! this may sound ridiculous, but one researcher placed a cooler full of food on a table near an alleged area of activity. he claimed that the Squatch walked backward and slid the container away from the camera view. they seem to understand what cameras are (according to several researchers).
you already know i believe him. i mean who would bother to make this stuff up. why risk your reputation on a hoax when there is zero monetary gain?!! again,.. i won't present anyone's video as they are just inconclusive.:(
 
@ZenG,... there is some weird stuff surrounding this subject. people with higher credentials than i'll ever attain, have staked their reputations on fantastic theories. very few have any conclusive material evidence. even Survivorman, "Les Stroud" has gone on record to say "pro BF" things! even with all those cameras, no data! this may sound ridiculous, but one researcher placed a cooler full of food on a table near an alleged area of activity. he claimed that the Squatch walked backward and slid the container away from the camera view. they seem to understand what cameras are (according to several researchers).
you already know i believe him. i mean who would bother to make this stuff up. why risk your reputation on a hoax when there is zero monetary gain?!! again,.. i won't present anyone's video as they are just inconclusive.:(

Plenty of otherwise highly intelligent and supremely educated individuals have staked their reputations and spent lifetimes chasing pet crank theories. Hardly a defense of the truth of them.
 
There is a big difference between believing in extraterrestrial life and grey aliens visiting earth. Don't assume I don't believe in one because I think the other is ridiculous.

There are plenty of reasons descriptions of sightings are so similar, the main one being the power of suggestion.

Different eras and cultures all have their own particular creatures and subjects of hallucinations. We see what we expect or want to, and this includes so-called religious experiences and the like.
i can totally relate to what you are say, but what i don't understand is why people are so adverse to the notion that a yet undeclared species are having their way devoid of human contact!:confused: just a few years ago, giant squids were the stuff of legend,.. thought long exstinct. there are new found whales, sharks, primates, etc. why can't N. America house great ape with intelligence?!!
 
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@OneDrop,... i just noticed your edited post about the darkness playing tricks. that is a solid conjecture, but my first contact was in broad daylight. from approximately 50ft. in a clearing on knee-high grass. i knew immediately it was not human. we stared at one another for several seconds and i watched for several more seconds as it headed toward the treeline! i tried unsucessfully to discount the sighting for years. the image is imbedded.

@bkbirge,... ROTF!!!;)