Sasquatch DNA possibly found near Lexington, KY (light, strange)

[cachibatches]

I think it would actually be a pretty cool solution of the mystery if there were breeding populations of chimps in the United States...but I am skeptical even of this. It could be in Florida, which is tropical, but anywhere else...Kentucky...who do they survive in the winter? What do they eat? Why don't they freeze? Bears hibernate for a reason.

I don't know what to make of the study, but it seems fishy.

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by cachibatches

I think it would actually be a pretty cool solution of the mystery if there were breeding populations of chimps in the United States...but I am skeptical even of this. It could be in Florida, which is tropical, but anywhere else...Kentucky...who do they survive in the winter? What do they eat? Why don't they freeze? Bears hibernate for a reason.

I don't know what to make of the study, but it seems fishy.

I dont have the answers to any of these questions, it interests me greatly...so many claims of sightings and encounters, all over the world, going back 100s of yrs!! IDK what to make of it, has to be something to it though, I personally do not believe all the sightings can be explained by 'mis identifications' or outright fakes, (there are too many).

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

I dont have the answers to any of these questions, it interests me greatly...so many claims of sightings and encounters, all over the world, going back 100s of yrs!! IDK what to make of it, has to be something to it though, I personally do not believe all the sightings can be explained by 'mis identifications' or outright fakes, (there are too many).

There are not that many sightings, you are lumping them all together. Not all sightings are 'sightings'. Sometimes footprints are classified as sightings, sometimes rocks thrown or trees bent or crossed are counted as sightings, and sometimes weird noises are counted as sightings. If you restrict the term 'sighting' to only reports with more than one witness, there are not that many. And, while you talk about how these sightings happened over hundreds of years, most happened after Hollywood showed people what they thought one of these creatures would look like.

[hotkarl]

I know a very reputable Bigfoot researcher who is adamant that Bigfoot is a form of human being. He had some very compelling evidence he showed me to back up his theory.

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by fisheye

There are not that many sightings, you are lumping them all together. Not all sightings are 'sightings'. Sometimes footprints are classified as sightings, sometimes rocks thrown or trees bent or crossed are counted as sightings, and sometimes weird noises are counted as sightings. If you restrict the term 'sighting' to only reports with more than one witness, there are not that many. And, while you talk about how these sightings happened over hundreds of years, most happened after Hollywood showed people what they thought one of these creatures would look like.

You are basing your opinion on the number of BFRO sightings...keep in mind, not everyone files a report with them, there are a handful of 'crytpid groups' that accept sighting reports...


For the most part, I dont think there is any effort to verify the claims, they pretty much just list them by state/year, etc and let the reader make up their own minds, some groups do interview witnesses, but from what Ive seen, that only happens with the very extraordinary or bizarre claims.


Like Ive said before, there are PLENTY of reports Ive read, that I dont believe, I think they were totally made up.


Also, imo, 'hollywood' got their ideas, from OLDER reports, (that happened long before the times of movies and TV.) Majority of Indian tribes all have some version of this creature, some are a bit different in appearance/size, but generally, they viewed them as a separate tribe.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

You are basing your opinion on the number of BFRO sightings...keep in mind, not everyone files a report with them, there are a handful of 'crytpid groups' that accept sighting reports...


For the most part, I dont think there is any effort to verify the claims, they pretty much just list them by state/year, etc and let the reader make up their own minds, some groups do interview witnesses, but from what Ive seen, that only happens with the very extraordinary or bizarre claims.


Like Ive said before, there are PLENTY of reports Ive read, that I dont believe, I think they were totally made up.


Also, imo, 'hollywood' got their ideas, from OLDER reports, (that happened long before the times of movies and TV.) Majority of Indian tribes all have some version of this creature, some are a bit different in appearance/size, but generally, they viewed them as a separate tribe.

You cannot count on what people did not report! Maybe they were unsure of what they witnessed? You don't know if they did not make an official report. You speculate about their reasons, but your speculations are not evidence of anything.

Like I said before, there are now, or going to be shortly, over nine million deer hunters in our woods. You would think that somebody would shoot one of your mythical creatures (even by accident) if they were out there. Many of those hunters have had trail cameras set up looking for their trophies, but no one is posting pictures of your creatures. Your fable is only a fable and you have no proof.

You lump in the Indian tribe stories, even though some of those stories are of wild men that are average size - they could have simply been wild men or hermits? You need the evidence.

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by fisheye

You cannot count on what people did not report! Maybe they were unsure of what they witnessed? You don't know if they did not make an official report. You speculate about their reasons, but your speculations are not evidence of anything.

Like I said before, there are now, or going to be shortly, over nine million deer hunters in our woods. You would think that somebody would shoot one of your mythical creatures (even by accident) if they were out there. Many of those hunters have had trail cameras set up looking for their trophies, but no one is posting pictures of your creatures. Your fable is only a fable and you have no proof.

You lump in the Indian tribe stories, even though some of those stories are of wild men that are average size - they could have simply been wild men or hermits? You need the evidence.

I bet there will be some new sighting reports after this hunting season, but I dont expect many.


Im still keeping my eyes open! I was over in southern IN yesterday for work, drove thru some area that would be perfect sasquatch territory, (but didnt see anything strange), with the leaves falling, I can see a bit further now!

[KathrynAragon]

LOL this reminds me of talking about this with my dad.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

I bet there will be some new sighting reports after this hunting season, but I dont expect many.


Im still keeping my eyes open! I was over in southern IN yesterday for work, drove thru some area that would be perfect sasquatch territory, (but didnt see anything strange), with the leaves falling, I can see a bit further now!

That was one of my complaints. When there is snow on the ground and no leaves, you can see for a very long distance. I used to travel 100,000 miles per year driving a commercial truck and, if anything that large was out there, I would have been able to spot it a long way away. With the naked eye, one can see people ridding burros on the floor of the Grand Canyon - of course, you have to look very hard to determine it is a human on a burro one mile away. Regardless, my point is, that I saw a lot of our Country in the fifteen years I drove and no signs of your creatures. And I drove in almost every state.

Then you have to figure that there are about 82,000,000 motorists on the road in the US every day. That is a lot more eyes than just those of one truck driver! What are the odds that any of your creatures are real with so many people watching? What are the odds that, if they were real, one would eventually be killed by our motorist?

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by fisheye

That was one of my complaints. When there is snow on the ground and no leaves, you can see for a very long distance. I used to travel 100,000 miles per year driving a commercial truck and, if anything that large was out there, I would have been able to spot it a long way away. With the naked eye, one can see people ridding burros on the floor of the Grand Canyon - of course, you have to look very hard to determine it is a human on a burro one mile away. Regardless, my point is, that I saw a lot of our Country in the fifteen years I drove and no signs of your creatures. And I drove in almost every state.

Then you have to figure that there are about 82,000,000 motorists on the road in the US every day. That is a lot more eyes than just those of one truck driver! What are the odds that any of your creatures are real with so many people watching? What are the odds that, if they were real, one would eventually be killed by our motorist?

There are lots of reports from truckers actually.


Have to remember, overall cryptid encounters are very rare, seeing one is like getting struck by lightning on the same day you win the big lottery.