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[keninsc]

"Looks Squatchy" You have to wonder what exactly they mean by that, I suppose any heavily wooded area can be considered to "look Squatchy" but then one of my co-workers houses can too. Honestly, you need hip waders to go in there.

Mind you, I do think the show on Animal Planet has some merit because the more I watch it the more I realize these guys really don't want to actually find a Bigfoot. It's about making a TV show in the guise of looking for Bigfoot. If they find the critter, then suddenly they don't have a show any more.

[QuiteContrary]

keninsc, on 10 March 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

"Looks Squatchy" You have to wonder what exactly they mean by that, I suppose any heavily wooded area can be considered to "look Squatchy" but then one of my co-workers houses can too. Honestly, you need hip waders to go in there.

Mind you, I do think the show on Animal Planet has some merit because the more I watch it the more I realize these guys really don't want to actually find a Bigfoot. It's about making a TV show in the guise of looking for Bigfoot. If they find the critter, then suddenly they don't have a show any more.

That would be awesome if one stepped out of the bush and they all crapped their pants!

[keninsc]

They claim to be a "no kill" group, what would be even funnier is if a Bigfoot jumped out at them and they all suddenly drew guns and opened fire. I'm guessing they'd edit out that part and make some other silly claim like they found it obviously killed by a hunter with forty-seven pistol rounds in it.

Now my warped sense of humor is kicking in, they have a bigfoot costume they use for some of the opening sequences. One wonders if they were shooting some stuff for the show and some redneck good old boy shot the guy in the costume. "OMG! You just shot BOBO! The guy walks up, "Aw hell, was this one your pet?"

Edited by keninsc, 10 March 2012 - 10:54 PM.

[orangepeaceful79]

keninsc, on 10 March 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:

They claim to be a "no kill" group, what would be even funnier is if a Bigfoot jumped out at them and they all suddenly drew guns and opened fire. I'm guessing they'd edit out that part and make some other silly claim like they found it obviously killed by a hunter with forty-seven pistol rounds in it.

Now my warped sense of humor is kicking in, they have a bigfoot costume they use for some of the opening sequences. One wonders if they were shooting some stuff for the show and some redneck good old boy shot the guy in the costume. "OMG! You just shot BOBO! The guy walks up, "Aw hell, was this one your pet?"

I think anyone in BF costume would be safe.  Its been well described how all hunters are afraid to shoot the bigfoots they encounter.  I don't see it as a trend that will be broken soon.  

[keninsc]

The truth is I don't know how I might react, on the one hand, I've known two guys who didn't shoot even though the experience scared them so badly they never hunted again, whatever it was they saw had a very profound impact on them. On the other hand, if you want to establish that Bigfoots are indeed real then the only thing science is going to accept is a body or a skeleton. So shooting one can be justified.

Personally, unless I'm somehow moved to pass on the creature or have no means to take it cleanly, I don't see the issue, but that's me and I'm really no different than anyone else. My biggest concern would be to be sure I didn't shoot a guy in a monkey suit or a hunter in a Ghillie suit. Jeez, I know of many instances where hunters didn't make sure they identified their intended targets and either shot a human or almost shot another human. I have no experience in what a Bigfoot looks like but I've been told they look more human than ape, this could be the reason the two guy passed on the shot.

Now I suppose we can debate the finer points of morality, but it's going to be up to the individual to make the call when and if the opportunity arises. Then too, suppose I do take a Bigfoot and it lives up to the supposed legend that it's between seven and nine feet tall and between 600 and 100o pounds, how am I going to get that sucker out of the woods? I'd likely, remove the head, hands and feet immediately then return for the rest of the carcass with sufficient help or equipment to get it out.

Edited by keninsc, 10 March 2012 - 11:40 PM.

[orangepeaceful79]

keninsc, on 10 March 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

The truth is I don't know how I might react, on the one hand, I've known two guys who didn't shoot even though the experience scared them so badly they never hunted again, whatever it was they saw had a very profound impact on them. On the other hand, if you want to establish that Bigfoots are indeed real then the only thing science is going to accept is a body or a skeleton. So shooting one can be justified.

Personally, unless I'm somehow moved to pass on the creature or have no means to take it cleanly, I don't see the issue, but that's me and I'm really no different than anyone else. My biggest concern would be to be sure I didn't shoot a guy in a monkey suit or a hunter in a Ghillie suit. Jeez, I know of many instances where hunters didn't make sure they identified their intended targets and either shot a human or almost shot another human. I have no experience in what a Bigfoot looks like but I've been told they look more human than ape, this could be the reason the two guy passed on the shot.

Now I suppose we can debate the finer points of morality, but it's going to be up to the individual to make the call when and if the opportunity arises. Then too, suppose I do take a Bigfoot and it lives up to the supposed legend that it's between seven and nine feet tall and between 600 and 100o pounds, how am I going to get that sucker out of the woods? I'd likely, remove the head, hands and feet immediately then return for the rest of the carcass with sufficient help or equipment to get it out.

You probably wouldn't have time to do anything once you shot your 'squatch.  Chances are the "Dead Bigfoot Recovery Team" (comprised of other bigfoots who instinctually know when one of their own dies so they can quickly respond and hide the body) would be on scene within minutes and you'd probably have a fight on your hands to keep any part of your deadsquatch.

They are a crack team.  After all - we don't have a single dead bigfoot at all, and I'm sure its because of their tireless efforts.

[keninsc]

OMG! Is that what they're called? LOL!    I'll have to remember that one.

I know a fellow from another board many years ago who told me that I should carry a chain so that the remaining body can't be carried away by whatever. However, if I was able to take the first Bigfoot, then the recovery team won't be a huge problem, unless they are armed. Once to get past the first kill, the rest get easier to make.

.....but then I'd have all those extra bodies to deal with.  

[orangepeaceful79]

keninsc, on 10 March 2012 - 11:52 PM, said:

OMG! Is that what they're called? LOL!    I'll have to remember that one.

I know a fellow from another board many years ago who told me that I should carry a chain so that the remaining body can't be carried away by whatever. However, if I was able to take the first Bigfoot, then the recovery team won't be a huge problem, unless they are armed. Once to get past the first kill, the rest get easier to make.

.....but then I'd have all those extra bodies to deal with.  

Its like killing flies mein freund, once you bag one, 10 show up to the funeral.  You'd run out of bullets before you killed all the squatches on the DBRT.

[keninsc]

Sounds like they might start parachuting in to help out.

Oh crap, I just a visual of the Wookie Army in that last "Star Wars" coming after me.

Edited by keninsc, 11 March 2012 - 12:02 AM.

[Neognosis]

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On the other hand, if you want to establish that Bigfoots are indeed real then the only thing science is going to accept is a body or a skeleton.

That's not true at all. We catalog and describe new species all the time without killing them. I heard we just found a new species of shark, and I don't think we had to kill one.

[orangepeaceful79]

keninsc, on 11 March 2012 - 12:01 AM, said:

Sounds like they might start parachuting in to help out.

Oh crap, I just a visual of the Wookie Army in that last "Star Wars" coming after me.

Thats the great thing about imagining Bigfoot scenarios - one pretend thing is just as valid as the next, so you can really get far flung and the level of fantasy stays pretty consistent.  

Unless we veer off into hyrax territory.  I draw the line there.  

[QuiteContrary]

keninsc, on 10 March 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

The truth is I don't know how I might react, on the one hand, I've known two guys who didn't shoot even though the experience scared them so badly they never hunted again, whatever it was they saw had a very profound impact on them. On the other hand, if you want to establish that Bigfoots are indeed real then the only thing science is going to accept is a body or a skeleton. So shooting one can be justified.

Personally, unless I'm somehow moved to pass on the creature or have no means to take it cleanly, I don't see the issue, but that's me and I'm really no different than anyone else. My biggest concern would be to be sure I didn't shoot a guy in a monkey suit or a hunter in a Ghillie suit. Jeez, I know of many instances where hunters didn't make sure they identified their intended targets and either shot a human or almost shot another human. I have no experience in what a Bigfoot looks like but I've been told they look more human than ape, this could be the reason the two guy passed on the shot.

Now I suppose we can debate the finer points of morality, but it's going to be up to the individual to make the call when and if the opportunity arises. Then too, suppose I do take a Bigfoot and it lives up to the supposed legend that it's between seven and nine feet tall and between 600 and 100o pounds, how am I going to get that sucker out of the woods? I'd likely, remove the head, hands and feet immediately then return for the rest of the carcass with sufficient help or equipment to get it out.

No worries, Mate. Due to Bigfoot being so adaptable and omnipresent you could just as easily bag one in your own backyard, or hit it with your Hummer and then just call a Tow Truck.

[keninsc]

Yeah, it seems they pop up everywhere except where people are actually looking for them.

I recall one guy claiming he encountered one in a dumpster. Wonder if it was a "Squatchy" dumpster?

[Night Walker]

keninsc, on 11 March 2012 - 12:13 AM, said:

Yeah, it seems they pop up everywhere except where people are actually looking for them.

That’s not entirely accurate – quite a bit of amateur research devoted to Bigfoot involves ongoing investigations of claims of habituation and/or repeated activity in the woods behind people’s houses (often behind the researcher’s own house or that of an acquaintance).

Furthermore, many amateur researchers in group- and/or solo-expeditions frequently report Bigfoot activity – from suspicions that Bigfoot is in the vicinity to full-blown reports of Bigfoot physical aggression.

The evidence for Bigfoot should be excellent and overwhelming…

[QuiteContrary]

Night Walker, on 11 March 2012 - 04:43 AM, said:

That’s not entirely accurate – quite a bit of amateur research devoted to Bigfoot involves ongoing investigations of claims of habituation and/or repeated activity in the woods behind people’s houses (often behind the researcher’s own house or that of an acquaintance).

Furthermore, many amateur researchers in group- and/or solo-expeditions frequently report Bigfoot activity – from suspicions that Bigfoot is in the vicinity to full-blown reports of Bigfoot physical aggression.

The evidence for Bigfoot should be excellent and overwhelming…

Yes, they should be able to walk one down to the local University Science Lab, by now.
Reading the tales and watching the videos about habituation experiences is -- there are no words, you just have to read 'em and watch 'em. Extremely "bizzare" to put it nicely.
They do nothing for the believers' cause.