"Squatchers"

dipbait said:
I saw some of that show. They thought big foot was close. If bigfoot is close , take a couple of hounds . A couple of plot hounds would have Sasquatch bayed in a minute.
Click to expand...

Nah, plots would be sniffing each others butts and baying at the moon, put some curs on his tail and he's in trouble!! LOL

Ole rusty might have a squatch up that sweetgum. HAHAHA

009.jpg
 
In Australia the 'Bigfoot" is known as the Yowie. There have been many sightings but no hard evidence, much the same as the US experience. There are also recurring sightings of big cats (cats are not native to Australia) and to this day killings of livestock are attributed to mysterious predators. I have no personal experience, plenty of scepticism, but an ongoing fascination with the subject. The big cat scenarios are also found in the UK.

There has been a lot of research and a lot written on the subject. One of the most interesting books that I have read is "Out of the Shadows" by Healy and Cropper. I doubt that the book is still in publication but is worth the search. The book recounts many sightings that go back to early European settlement and also Aboriginal legend as well as more contemporary accounts. One of the stranger theories explored is the correlations between sightings of Yowies, big cats and UFOs in the same geographical areas.
 
August West said:
Nah, plots would be sniffing each others butts and baying at the moon, put some curs on his tail and he's in trouble!! LOL

Ole rusty might have a squatch up that sweetgum. HAHAHA

009.jpg
Click to expand...
Great looking dog ! My brother just purchased a Kemmer Cur ! 5 months old.....looks like a smaller Old Yeller.
 
Humans haven't discovered all the species on the planet and the gorillas of africa were once thought to be a myth so I say a Samsquanch is possible. Though I highly doubt it.
 
I'm open to the concept. I think there are still parts of the globe that are so untouched by civilized humans, that it's very possible that they exist. Plus, if they are "built" like wild animals, as hunters we all know that a deer, hog, bear, whatever, can disappear in the blink of an eye when spooked. I would like to see a squadron of military helicopters with thermal scopes feret them out at night in known areas though.
 
I've been hunting California's Eastern Sierras for over a quarter century...

Wildlife biologists insist (as if they actually knew) that there are 6,000 mountain lions in California. I've sort of kept my eyes open for the past quarter century, and haven't seen even the first footprint of one. I've seen plenty of bobcat tracks, bear prints, coyote prints, quail and chukkar "chicken tracks", rabbit prints, hiker tracks, but not even one couger track. From my evidence, I'd have to say they don't exist in this state, except that one day, I stumbled onto a brilliantly camouflaged couger kill of a nice Mulie w/ his antlers...

It bothers me that I can have been so active in a region for so long, and have seen so little evidence of a major preditor. I guess female joggers in this state can't make that claim:eek: Cougars love to ambush 'em.

Neither have I seen any bigfoot tracks, so they must not exist, either.:rolleyes:


What makes you guys really think you even want to catch up with a nocturnal biped which sees in the dark like a cat, and which is so darned scarey?! There wasn't a single soul running around away from camp at sundown in Zone D8 this year. Not one person. Why is that?

I was there. No one active after dark. No one. All I'm gonna say, is, that when everyone is doing the exact same thing, there's a rational basis. You figure it out.
 
bigfoot is suppose to be(assuming they actually exist) some sort of large primate. why would it be nocturnal? monkeys and gorillas aren't nocturnal, they don't see any better than we do at night. maybe bigfoots have pet unicorns that they fly around on.(that's just as likely as a 7 foot tall primate exists all over north America and no body's killed one yet) I can't be the only person in the country who plans on shooting one if i see one and can get a definite identification of it as a bigfoot.
If those guys that filmed it back in the 70s had slung a couple 30 30 shells at it while filming it we would know wouldn't we.
I could be wrong, but I don't think there is such a thing. the history channel does seem to be making a bunch of money off of him tho
 
I think there's a possibility that they exist. The scientific world is always "discovering" new species that native people have had stories of and known about for years.
 
heresthedeal said:
... I can't be the only person in the country who plans on shooting one if i see one and can get a definite identification of it as a bigfoot...
Click to expand...

I know this is going to unravel this thread on a discussion to shoot it or not to shoot it, but I'd shoot it. In the name of science of course. :-) Not to mention it would make one heck of a wall hanger.
 
After a short hike in the Olympic range, all doubt was removed of the possibility they exist.
Can't say as I blame the critter for stayin well hid from humans; im a bit envious:o
 
Planetcat said:
I know this is going to unravel this thread on a discussion to shoot it or not to shoot it, but I'd shoot it. In the name of science of course. :-) Not to mention it would make one heck of a wall hanger.
Click to expand...

I'm really not advocating just slinging lead at unidentified animals, I'm really not. What I am saying is i don't think they exist because there is no body, no corpse.
pictures and video don't mean anything, you could have video of it sitting in a waffle house, "Harry and the Hendersons" could have been a reality series on A&E and every one would think it was a fake, but the day someone shows up with a bigfoot in the back of the pickup, that's when it will be true. that's when people will believe it, plus if done right you would be rich.
I would shoot one tho, course I'd shoot a unicorn if i saw one too. (i hope I'm wrong and they are out there);)
 
August west. What would happen if a couple of curs like your encountered a huge smelly apeman?
 
What are stick structures?

As for cryptozoology, I think it's neat, but improbable that all of these "monsters" exist.
 
dipbait said:
August west. What would happen if a couple of curs like your encountered a huge smelly apeman?
Click to expand...

They would put him up a tree and yell for me to come shoot him out, same as anything else. LOL

You know I am just yanking your chain, I love plotts and hunted with them a lot, I mainly switched over to curs becuase they are a little smaller. Chris
 
I know you was jerking my chain.

I never hunted big game with dogs. But I have been on a couple of coon hunts. If their was a squatch in the vicinity all hell would have broke out.
 
I haven't seen the show, but I have spent a fair amount of time in the woods and I've never seen anything that would lead me to believe there is a North American great ape. Of course there is nothing disproving it either. If you discounted half the stories as crazy that leaves the other half which makes them what?

There are only a few primates that I'm aware of that are considered apex predators and while they can walk on their hind legs they don't make a habit of it. So it's kind of a hard pill to swallow thinking there is an 800 or so pound bipedal animal with "ninja" like stealth roaming the woods. Unless it's a very small population of migratory type scavengers, I think it was a very creative story told by Native Americans to keep there children near the camp during the night.

If however I did have one in my crosshairs, I would be hesitant to pull the trigger thinking it could be someone in monkey suit making another funny youtube video. Just my two cents :D
 
chopridesanRC51 said:
I haven't seen the show, but I have spent a fair amount of time in the woods and I've never seen anything that would lead me to believe there is a North American great ape. Of course there is nothing disproving it either. If you discounted half the stories as crazy that leaves the other half which makes them what?

There are only a few primates that I'm aware of that are considered apex predators and while they can walk on their hind legs they don't make a habit of it. So it's kind of a hard pill to swallow thinking there is an 800 or so pound bipedal animal with "ninja" like stealth roaming the woods. Unless it's a very small population of migratory type scavengers, I think it was a very creative story told by Native Americans to keep there children near the camp during the night.

If however I did have one in my crosshairs, I would be hesitant to pull the trigger thinking it could be someone in monkey suit making another funny youtube video. Just my two cents :D
Click to expand...
I feel ya 'Ol bud...I never understood how this 7' tall 500lb ape man had skills like a jungle cat & the strength of the Incredible Hulk & the speed of the "Flash".Hounds can't track him yet he supposed to have a really musky stench. If you start looking into it, pretty much every culture around the world has a "BigFoot" type creature in it's history. Every State has had a sighting & hundreds of people claim to have had some type of encounter with these creatures !
 
This conversation is very much like saying, "I don't believe in gorillas, cause I haven't seen one in the wild."

Animal X's existence in a region is not dependent on anyone's belief-- this isn't religious faith, this is animal biology and habitat. They either exist, or they don't. "Belief" is not relevant. This isn't a supernatural question.

As far as animals creeping along with ninja like stealth, there are scads of them in the Sierras. Some of them are called mountain lions. Sneaking is not that impossible. Heavily camoflauged hunters do it all the time, just for fun. Preditors and other sneaky animals do it for a living.

The terrain is so intimidating at high altitude, that hikers stick pretty closely to any trails. It wouldn't be too hard at all for a competent biped animal to hang out up there, just a few hundred yards off major hiking trails, and never be seen due to nocturnal habits. A lot of that terrain is so unyielding and rocky, that a halfway smart creature could easily choose to leave no traces. The mulies in the national parks are practically tame, and I easily approached to within 30 yards of groups of them in the waist high brush. They would be the food of choice for any omnivore or carnivore up there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top