UM-Bot Posted September 12, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 12, 2015 A significant number of soldiers reported encounters with an ape-like creature in the jungles of Vietnam. Stories of large hairy hominids have cropped up in many parts of the world - most notably in Russia, North America, Australia and the Himalayas. One of the lesser known such legends however hails from Vietnam - in particular from the time of the Vietnam War from the 1950s to the 1970s. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/286016/did-us-troops-encounter-bigfoot-in-vietnam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted September 12, 2015 #2 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Best thing to do if you can not prove a fake creature for over 50 years...... Invent a new spot for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnite Posted September 12, 2015 #3 Share Posted September 12, 2015 If it was only 5 feet tall it isn't a Bigfoot, probably a Littlefoot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTWind Posted September 12, 2015 #4 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) Is it actually possible for a creature of this size to hide for this long? Being as large as they are it would be almost impossible not to track. Unless these creatures possess some kind of ability to levitate around seldomly putting down a foot to tease the human community. Then also, they would have some kind of cloaking device(similar to ufos), that would distort any and all cameras They would be cold blooded due to the fact we can't ever find them on thermal. Lastly their diet would consist of berries and their own hair(it's got to be some where). In the end we have some sort of advanced race of hairy hominids running a muck in forests around the world playing games with us primitive beings. Edited September 12, 2015 by FTWind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTWind Posted September 12, 2015 #5 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Oh and they spontaneously combust on time of death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted September 12, 2015 #6 Share Posted September 12, 2015 GIs in Vietnam were not always perfectly disciplined: I suspect at least one of them would have shot a mystery ape dead just to say he'd done it, or blazed away thinking it was a hostile in a ghillie suit. So, no body, no critter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose Bulwark Posted September 12, 2015 #7 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The thing is is that in these areas the notion of a cryptid such as a Bigfoot type of creature doesn't cause huge stirs of imagination like it does there. The areas they've been reported to be in are remote,and there isn't a huge community in those places willing to spend a week or 2 out hunting for them. They simply don't care or don't have the time nor energy for the endeavor. Look at the great ape. A rumor for centered in Africa. You'd think that white man would have ran across them a million times and brought back evidence before they were actually "discovered". Not being able to find something and knowing where they are, these are not mutually exclusive to eachother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose Bulwark Posted September 12, 2015 #8 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The thing is is that in these areas the notion of a cryptid such as a Bigfoot type of creature doesn't cause huge stirs of imagination like it does there. The areas they've been reported to be in are remote,and there isn't a huge community in those places willing to spend a week or 2 out hunting for them. They simply don't care or don't have the time nor energy for the endeavor. Look at the great ape. A rumor for centered in Africa. You'd think that white man would have ran across them a million times and brought back evidence before they were actually "discovered". Not being able to find something and knowing where they are, these are not mutually exclusive to eachother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTWind Posted September 12, 2015 #9 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) The thing is is that in these areas the notion of a cryptid such as a Bigfoot type of creature doesn't cause huge stirs of imagination like it does there. The areas they've been reported to be in are remote,and there isn't a huge community in those places willing to spend a week or 2 out hunting for them. They simply don't care or don't have the time nor energy for the endeavor. Look at the great ape. A rumor for centered in Africa. You'd think that white man would have ran across them a million times and brought back evidence before they were actually "discovered". Not being able to find something and knowing where they are, these are not mutually exclusive to eachother. you must be speaking of the time in which no one really cared about finding new animals just expanding. This is why all the new land animals we are discovering comprise of insects, small mammals and small reptiles. Nothing of any considerable size. There are no more large land animals let alone a giant hairy ape man that leaves no trace of its existence. Which I hate to say unless it's watched every episode of NCIS it's very unlikely it exsists. Edited September 12, 2015 by FTWind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarMountainKid Posted September 13, 2015 #10 Share Posted September 13, 2015 If these stories are untrue, how do we account for them being told? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wtroggin Posted September 13, 2015 #11 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My dad is a Vietnam vet. He told me stories of "rock apes". He said many guys saw them chucking rocks at helicopters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use your brain Posted September 13, 2015 #12 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My dad is a Vietnam vet. He told me stories of "rock apes". He said many guys saw them chucking rocks at helicopters. Tell your dad that since we live in such PC times these days, we now have to refer to them as the "North Vietnamese" unfortunately. I'm not going to call Vietnam vets liars, but this is one of those things that would have to be seen to be believed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted September 13, 2015 #13 Share Posted September 13, 2015 One of the guys at work told a tale of how he was on patrol with his platoon. They were walking along a trail and encountered an "orangutan". The guys were joking around when they saw it and one fellow bet the others he could knock it out. So he goes up and smacks it in the head. The co-worker then relates how it took the whole platoon to pull the "orangutan" off the guy and shoot it before it could kill the guy. I told him that Orangutans didn't live in Vietnam, but he swears he didn't make the story up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyman2269 Posted September 13, 2015 #14 Share Posted September 13, 2015 That's kinda funny that it beat the **** out of the guy ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted September 13, 2015 #15 Share Posted September 13, 2015 The Saola was discovered in Vietnam and Laos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saola 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nzo Posted September 13, 2015 #16 Share Posted September 13, 2015 U.S. troops were doing so much drugs in vietnam that they not only saw big foot, they also saw, the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Little orphan Annie, Aliens and every character from Dr. Seuss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zac509 Posted September 13, 2015 #17 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Bigfoot could be magical.unicorns and dragons are mentioned in the bible.guess the only monsters people believe in nowadays are politicians and catholic priests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton80 Posted September 13, 2015 #18 Share Posted September 13, 2015 The notion everything has been discovered, that there are (almost) no unknown places and or flora / fauna left.. is absolute bs imo. We think we have 'tamed this earth', but venture off the beaten path for a moment and you will find this is certainly not the case. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted September 13, 2015 #19 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) I'd have to agree that though no one has gotten pictures, or a body of one of these apes, that doesn't mean they don't, or didn't at some time, exist. It is complete foolishness to believe we've discovered all large mammals. As the saola Hawkins posted shows. As far as I know actual fossils of chimps are very hard to find. It is a quality of living in a rain forest. Everything gets recycled quickly. I don't see how this is new. The stories of rock apes have been around for decades. Edited September 13, 2015 by DieChecker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted September 13, 2015 #20 Share Posted September 13, 2015 If these stories are untrue, how do we account for them being told? I have a nice piece of property to sell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted September 13, 2015 #21 Share Posted September 13, 2015 The notion everything has been discovered, that there are (almost) no unknown places and or flora / fauna left.. is absolute bs imo. We think we have 'tamed this earth', but venture off the beaten path for a moment and you will find this is certainly not the case. I totally agree. To think we know everything is arrogance. The Coelacanth and Pygmy Right Whale was once thought extinct only to be rediscovered. Some might say that's comparing apples to oranges but no matter how you slice it, you still have bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted September 13, 2015 #22 Share Posted September 13, 2015 So an unverified bigfoot creature exists in almost every country on the planet? Too hard for me to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realm of Unknown Posted September 13, 2015 #23 Share Posted September 13, 2015 There are some rather dense forests in that area.. Pretty sure there are a few primate species as well. I have to look into more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted September 13, 2015 #24 Share Posted September 13, 2015 There are some rather dense forests in that area.. Pretty sure there are a few primate species as well. I have to look into more though. Same thing people say about the PNW, Texas, Florida, etc. It is as I said. When the fantasy can not be proven in one area for over 50 years ( more than that ), it is time for people to take it to another place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realm of Unknown Posted September 13, 2015 #25 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Same thing people say about the PNW, Texas, Florida, etc. It is as I said. When the fantasy can not be proven in one area for over 50 years ( more than that ), it is time for people to take it to another place. I agree that its most likely not existing or alive today. However stories of these things date back pretty far into our past, when we didn't popular a large portion of the world. I think that maybe man did see these things for a bit longer than we believe, but the chance that they are thriving all around the world does draw a bit of a line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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