RIDE-RED 350r
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Just be sure to carry plenty of Jack Links jerky in areas you think you might see a squatch so you can mess with him! LOL!
It'll take a specimen or a body to make a believer out of me.
If one looks at the hair sample evidence submitted in the past to various labs, one will find that most was from known species like cattle or deer. However, there have been many samples turned in that came back not matching any known species.
If hair samples were labeled as not matching anything on file or from a known species, then where did they come from?
(In a different thread) I did take the time to look at the links you provided for suggested reading on the topic. After reading some of the of claims made by the characters in the links, I did a bit of research of my own-- National Geographic (link below). Suffice it to say... Rubber and polyester and not known species.
It isn't about finding Bigfoot, but rather about finding people who are easily separtated from their money.
Bigfoot Hoax: "Body" Is Rubber Suit
My theory is that the majority of these people saw something they couldn't immediately identify. But until I see a trail cam photo that has been authorized as legitimate I will continue to disbelieve.
You did not go far enough. All believers will admit to there being hoaxes. There have been millions of sightings but there has been little evidence found. The evidence there is should be enough to say they exist. Some states have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars passing and enforcing laws against killing one. If they do not exist, why pass the laws?
What about the FBI lab findings? Nothing on record matches the hair samples. OK, so there is nothing to compare samples with so that means a species yet unknown to science.
Dig in man. Read in depth and do not stop when you get to what you want to believe. It took me years of reading and studing just to get me to where I thought they possibly could exist. Then once I spoke with the most honest man I ever knew and in his late 60's, after working most of his life in the woods and living in a very secluded wooded area, he cries as he admits to seeing one up close. Later I was able to confirm many reports were on file at the local sheriff's office about seeing one during that general time frame and area. Within a year, I am hearing from a well respected man that he and another gentleman had an encounter with one. His encounter was published in newspapers and he was interviewed by some of the best there are at spotting falsehoods.
Tell me how it is that so many people can see things that do not exist. I saw three deer last night behind my house. I did not have a camera with me or a rifle (not deer season yet anyway) so does that mean deer were not there and I did not see them?
One thing college taught me was to be open to other views. I formed my opinion based on reading things I was not believing but now believe in.
Chattanooga Phil,
Thanks for your honesty. Many will argue one way or the other till they're blue in the face when the opposite is the case, i.e., never admit that they don't know a lot. They are just arguing from a very small frame of reference or even just their own opinion with no facts at all. There's many reasons for this syndrome:
They just like to argue, pro or con.
What about the FBI lab findings? Nothing on record matches the hair samples. OK, so there is nothing to compare samples with so that means a species yet unknown to science.