Sasquatch encounters?

I understand about the mind thing, but a lot of the people who had a sighting were not believers, or just doing what they always do.
 
A forum search suggests that sasquatch hangs out here mostly. Four pages of threads come up. That's a lot of sasquatch siteings! :eek:
 
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A forum search suggests that sasquatch hangs out here mostly. Four pages of threads come up. That's a lot of sasquatch siteings! :eek:
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Krav said:
Or there are a lot of crazy people here. ;)
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I used to be sane, until I saw Sasquatch. Now everybody thinks I'm nuts.

I can remember the first time I heard 2 branches rubbing together in a stiff breeze. It freaked me right out, I couldn't explain the noise, & I couldn't believe it was inanimate. I went searching for the noise, carefully. I had a rifle, or I may not have searched. After 20 minutes, I found it: 2 branches rubbing. While I was watching, it all made sense.
My point is that our minds are not good at identifying unusual sounds without visual input. Something that these sasquatch stories have in common is zero or very minimal visual input.
 
We just ended another Buck, Doe & Bear rifle season in this state and with another season gone, and so many hunters not able to find Buck, Doe & Bear proves, a critter like Big Foot could go unnoticed and not seen even with many eyes in Pennswoods. Which proves yet again, Groundhog Gulch does exist and it's in PA, where wildlife, myths, hear say, legends, folklore, old wives tales & strange things that go bump in the night, can disappear at will. :D
 
I came across some Big Foot sign today in my travels..... looks like 14's to me. :p

 
This will likely offend some people, but there's more direct scientific evidence pointing to the possible existence of this large, currently living non-human primate than God. I don't say that lightly, but as a reminder that we tend to dismiss or believe things based solely on how society or upbringing may shape our brain's willingness to accept certain concepts over others of equal or lesser merit. How many people snidely dismiss bigfoot but go to church, synagogue, or mosque regularly?
 
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Ha ha ha! You're quite the observer Codger!

drvoxmentat-what scientific evidence are you referring to? Are you talking about Guerillas or North American Primates?
Todays mainstream society seems pretty secular to me, at least in Canada...I have seen more bigfoot promotions on TV than ones about God...but maybe I just gotta change the channel.
 
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I'm talking about the fossil record of Gigantopithicus, (sp) as well as the many credible affirmations by primatologists studying footprint molds. These animals lived in Asia around the time there was a land bridge between north america and asia. This gigantic primate close to the human strain DID exist.
 
Hey Sullie,

As a Gnostic, I'm reminded constantly in America that we're a religious nation, and I'm respectful of everyone's beliefs but I don't want to be controlled by any of them. I see organized, fundamentalized, dogmatic religion here and abroad as perhaps the biggest threat to our existence and advancement as conscious human beings. But, back to the point ;-) I can't dismiss the possibility of the existence of a sasquatch. Just a few years ago, a colony of 100,000 lowland gorillas were "discovered" in central Africa. That's a small city population. If Sasquatch buried their dead and purposefully stayed far away from humans as woods-savvy and intelligent beings, they could stay hidden and undiscovered a long time.
 
Oh, okay. I thought you meant something someone might encounter today.
From the link you posted, Gigantopithicus lived roughly nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago, in what is now China, India, and Vietnam. So more of a prehistoric ape than a present day North American Sasquatch.
 
That's the fossil record, but the footprint evidence in NA is more recent. It's conceivable that there was a continuation of a "prehistoric" line that is smart enough to avoid us really loud, smelly, incredibly obvious humans. Jane Goodall believes that too.

But, my point was, a large proportion of the population is apt to have more faith in the existence of an omnipotent, all-knowing being that guides our lives, has no scientific record of existence at all, compared to a creature that clearly HAS existed in the past and has some physical evidence here in the present. Kinda wild to me. How do you feel about that concept?

How do all you people who do not believe in bigfoot find your religious grounding and faith?
 
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I think we are getting a bit off topic but I disagree. The Beringia theory( a very good theory yet scientifically inconclusive) is widely accepted in westernized societies but doesn't explain why some of the oldest discovered societies are in the south. If ancestors came from the north there should be evidence that they traveled form north to south...but archeological evidence doesn't support that theory. Check out the clovis theory. Like I said, from where I live and what I hear it would seem people are more inclined to believe a secular theory because it is scientific...but scientific does not mean proven.
This being said and to get back on topic; I am not trying to offend anyone nor am I saying sasquatch does/doesn'texists but, I have never seen a sasquatch. A good friend of mine who I believe to be the most honest and trustworthy of people claims to have seen "bigfoot"(for lack of a better term) and I don't think he is making it up for a second. And it doesn't have anything to do with his religious beliefs. But I have a hard time believing in Bigfoot without seeing or experiencing him myself....gonna resist the urge to tie this into religion...haha
And we can hopefully at east agree that Jane Goodall is awesome! I had the pleasure of meeting her but we didn't discuss religion or fossils
 
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