It was kinda interesting last night when I was watching Scifi Channel's Destination Truth. They had got a footprint in the Himalayans where the Yeti is that they brought a scientific lab where they also had Bigfoot prints and compare the Yeti print to a Bigfoot print. Both had the same large toe and were about the same lenght. So it may be possible the same type of creature both live in the Himalayans and in the American Northwest.

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Originally posted by supernothing:

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Originally posted by mfly6148:
It comes down to this: why could there *not* be an undiscovered great ape in the northern wilderness? Gorillas were thought to by mythical creatures, until fairly recently, in historical terms.

The person making the claim is the one that has to prove it not the other way around. Believers have to prove bigfoot exists, skeptics don't have to prove why bigfoot couldn't exist.

Don't get ahead of yourself the DNA evidence only said it was most likely not human DNA and more likely some form of ape. Its mind boggling yes, and I sure can't explain it but its not conclusive evidence of a new species.

Good point. I agree with you. The burden of proof does rest with those claiming the existence of a news species. My point however was in response to those who, a priori, dismiss the very possibility of there being a new species that's been popularly named 'bigfoot'. That, also, is not a very scientific position to take in light of the fact that new species have been discovered and are being discovered, in various ecosystems, around the world.

YETI another example where believers need to put their BIG FOOT down and provide substantial proof of a sasquatches existence. Boy did that sentence get a little hairy.

It is like a lot of things, you believe what you want to believe. I dont think there is sufficient evidence to prove bigfoot. Although, the NBA, hmmmm…

Well, fine. I don't believe in you, either.

As for the footprint in the Himalayas, they're probably from my cousin, Sven Jetison. He's half scandenavian, half oriental, so that last name comes out "Yeti-San". Everyone just calls him Yeti for short.

And now you don't have to wonder why there's all of the "abominable snowman" references - man, those nordies are blond!

Anyway, if you catch up to him, tell him it's the twenty-first century and there's no reason I'm the only one in the family who can use a computer.

is it true that if you shoot a bullet and drop a nother bullet the same time they will hit the ground the same time.

i got a little story for you.

Once when i was in Maine and i was camping. In the middle of the night i woke because i heard something. When i went to go investigate the only thing i saw was something runnging into the forest and a few paw prints.

I had something that told you paw prints for animals and the paw print I was looking at did not match any of the prints on the sheet. I know this is not extreme evidence but who knows. The print was preety big, looked bigger than you average bear.

I got one for you. I grew up in very wooded area in Mississippi. Being an outdoorsman I hunted and fished almost every day. My house was entirely surrounded by thick miles of untouched woods and I could easily walk out my back door and into the woods. All my years of hunting and fishing I never saw anything. All that changed one night when I had a cousin over for the weekend. We were in the back room playing video games (we were about 13 at the time). It was about two or three in the morning and my mom had already went to bed at the other end of the trailer. We decided to pause the game and go get something from the fridge. When we reached the end of the hallway we noticed the back door was open and there was someone or something going through the cabinets. The figure looked to be about seven feet tall and very big (very broad at the shoulders). We were stunned and frozen in place with fright. I began to yell out "momma", but it just kept opening and slamming the cabinets. I yelled again "momma", hoping in some off chance that it might actually be my mom sleepwalking. I yelled a third time "momma" and it ran out the back door knocking the back door against the side of the trailer. Finally my mom awakened and came to see what was going on. We told her that someone was in the house, but I knew it wasn't someone it was something. She said it was probably just the dogs and to go back to bed. When she said this it made me realize that the dogs hadn't made a sound all night. We went to the back door and you could here something running through the woods breaking tree limbs and tearing through whatever was in it's path. We had about eight dogs at the time that were very vicious. Nothing or no one came in that yard without us knowing it except for this one night. When I found them they were hiding under the trailer as if they were scared to death. The next morning when I told my mother that what we saw was too big to be human she told me to sit down so she could tell me something. She told me a story of when her and my dad were living with her elderly mom. This was right down the road from where we lived at the time. They had sort of a mini farm at the time. Cows, goats, sheep, that sort of thing. One night she heard a crying sound that sounded like her mom. She bumped dad awake and told him to go check on her. Upon leaving the room he noticed that the sound was not coming from her room but from outside instead. He grabbed a gun and went to see what the commotion was. When he got outside he recognized the sound as being a goat cry and all the while getting further away. He ran toward the sound thinking it was a wolf or coyote dragging it off. As he was scrambling about after the crook he tripped and fell. He rose up to listen for the sound again and realized it was already halfway across the pond before the sound stopped. She told me that she had never told me this story before because she didn't want me to be afraid to go into the woods alone. My brother who had arrived by this time to visit realized what we were talking about and had a story of his own to share. My mom had heard the story before but wouldn't let him tell it to me until this day. His story goes as so: Him and our oldest brother were home one night about midnight or 1 a.m. He glanced outside and noticed something standing on two feet under our night light (huge light mounted on telephone pole). He went and told my oldest brother to get his gun and follow him outside. My oldest brother shot at the thing and it turned and ran on two feet. He and my brother then turned to each other and said "that was no bear". Needless to say my cousin never came to stay with me again. That makes about five eyewitness accounts of something that we cannot explain. I have only told this to a very select few of my closest friends until now and neither of these accounts have been reported to any "bigfoot" site. I don't care what anyone else thinks really but I have left this story untold for 16 years now and it feels good to let it out. I can't imagine how many cases go un-reported and un-told for the thought of being laughed at or mocked. Most skeptics have never got out from behind their desk long enough to even take a walk through the woods much less spend years in them. I don't think most people have any idea how much land there still is in the U.S. that is untouched. For any skeptics out there try to get in on one of the bigfoot expeditions. You just might change your OPINION. I used to be one of the biggest skeptics out there so believe me I know how funny it all sounds. It just made me realize that anything is possible. We have to stop telling our kids that this is impossible or that is impossible or they will never try anything. How many inventions have came about that were once thought to be impossible. Nothing in this world is impossible. That is my least favorite word.

Man, I didn't realize that was going to be that long. Sorry if I rambled a bit too much.

I believe in "Little Foot"

...that creature exists!... because its very small...and does not need vast expanses of land to exist...and leaves tiny fossils...that may never be found...

Now Bigfoot...he's completely unrealistic....

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I believe in "Little Foot"

LOL Someone has been watching too much Dave Chappelle.

It is kinda funny that you said little foot. Some say in some tropical place that there are bigfoots that are only about 3 feet tall. I think those though are just monkeys of some type. Also 450rmack that is a really good paragraph. It really shows that there are more sitings yet to come. It is just some people refuse to let the public know about them.

Ok I have read through these and have noticed a bunch of people blasting the best video of Bigfoot out there. If you look closely enough you can see muscles twitch, not only that, it appears to be a female (it has breasts) I have yet to see any gorilla or bigfoot costume that has visible breasts.

Another post made by me might show up, the other one I accidentally used a trigger word.

Most of you are blasting on the greatest piece of video evidence we currently have of Bigfoot. Now to state my points on that video.
1. I have been paying attention to Bigfoot for quite some time, I have never ONCE heard (other than some guy here) that the guys who shot that video admitted it to be a hoax.

2. No gorilla costume I have ever seen shows muscle movement under the fur.

3. The Bigfoot in the video is a GIRL! Watch the chest when she turns around, yup, some of you might not have seen any of those yet, but there they are. Now you show me a gorilla costume that has exposed <triggerword>!

Any reason I can't edit/delete my own posts?

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Any reason I can't edit/delete my own posts?

Yes...we like them too much. There is no bigfoot. If there was, his remains, "fossiles" would have been discovered. Heck, we find new Dinoasurs everyday. If a "Bear sized" animal existed...he would leave traces.

Even still, my question was actually serious. You can see my 'double post' up there, I wanted to remove the first one, but it will not let me. Does it have something to do with the fact that it contained a trigger word and needed to be approved?

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Heck, we find new Dinoasurs everyday

Indeed we do, but that neither really speaks for or against the existance of bigfoot, because we continue to find new dinosaurs everyday. According to your logic, a yet-to-be-discovered dinosaur doesn't exist because we haven't found the fossils, but the second we find the fossils of said dino, it then exists.

I may not believe that bigfoot is exactly what some people believe it is, but I do think there is an undiscovered critter is out there. Because heck, we find new species every day

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1. I have been paying attention to Bigfoot for quite some time, I have never ONCE heard (other than some guy here) that the guys who shot that video admitted it to be a hoax.

2. No gorilla costume I have ever seen shows muscle movement under the fur.

3. The Bigfoot in the video is a GIRL! Watch the chest when she turns around, yup, some of you might not have seen any of those yet, but there they are. Now you show me a gorilla costume that has exposed <triggerword>!

I think I can answer your questions:

1. Just because no one admits to a hoax doesn't mean it wasn't one. It wouldn't be a very good hoax if you go around blabbing about it. People have put a lot of effort into creating hoaxes (crop circles for example) so its not out of the question.

2&3. Just becuase you don't know of a costume that is that detailed doesn't mean one doesn't exist (or that they just got lucky with the camera angle). Thats about as logical as me saying bigfoot doesn't exist because I haven't seen him/her. As I'm sure you've seen some special effects movies you'd realize anything can be faked.

Now none of those possible explanations disprove bigfoot either. Personally, I'm holding out for some better evidence. Oh, and you only have a 10 minutes or so to edit your posts.

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Originally posted by mfly6148:
The burden of proof does rest with those claiming the existence of a news species. My point however was in response to those who, a priori, dismiss the very possibility of there being a new species that's been popularly named 'bigfoot'.

Agreed.

Let me rephrase then, there is no suit from that period of time that contained that amount of detail. Not even the planet of the apes movies (cutting edge for their time) had muscles under the skin. Sure someone could probably do it now.

And who cares about crop circles? You think those take a lot of effort? Some rope, a board and a 6 pack and I'll get you a crop circle.