[Raptor]

Bigfoot is obviously one of the most famous cryptos, if not the most famous; why don't a team of 100+ just comb through the areas where Bigfoot is supposed to be? Just go in with tranquiliser darts.

Also, if we do find several Bigfoot and confirm their existance, will we have to call them Bigfeet?

[Shai_Hulud]

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Yes But until the early 1900s no one had any idea about Gorillas either. Even some african disbelieved until they were told about them by Westerners. All they had was legends about mountain spirits, so no one believed until they brought back dead bodies. And when they did everyone had to change their theories about primate evolution. And there is evidence of a large bigfoot like ape called, Gigantopithicus, and it did live along side humans!

The first lowland gorilla was described in 1847 by a missionary and an anatomist. Gorillas were classified as a species Gorilla a decade later in 1858. In 1902, in response to stories of a large gorilla species living in the Mountains of Rwanda. A Captain Robert von Beringe visited the area and brought back a dead specimen. So im afraid that the existence of Gorillas were never in an serious doubt at all, in the case of the Mountain Gorilla, yes, but an expedition quickly established its existence. it cannot be said for Bigfoot that any expedition has brought back any constructive evidence.

the only fossil evidence of Giganthopithecus is its jaws, most scientists believes that it is most related to gorillas, a mostly quadruped primate. This is based entirely on the wear on the tooth which indicates a herbivorous diet of tough fibrous material. There is no reason to believe that it is in anyway "Bigfoot like" except its exceptional size. Any fossil evidence of Giganthropithecus indicates that it was long extinct before the arrival of human beings. By the way it was mentioned that a Bigfoot can kill a bear, how was this belief derived?

[cindie]

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Yes But until the early 1900s no one had any idea about Gorillas either. Even some african disbelieved until they were told about them by Westerners. All they had was legends about mountain spirits, so no one believed until they brought back dead bodies. And when they did everyone had to change their theories about primate evolution. And there is evidence of a large bigfoot like ape called, Gigantopithicus, and it did live along side humans!

It wasn't until 1890 that the gorilla was finally viewed by Americans and the world. 1890! That's really not that long ago considering that gorilla's have been around for thousands of years.

[capeo]

The gorilla comparison is useless. The local residents knew of them well. Their existance had been verified for thousands of years just not by Europeans until the 1800s and when they went looking for them they found them easily.

Also, I don't know why people always use the bear comparison, as in you don't find their bones in the wild so that explains why not one bigfoot bone has ever been found. That's simply not true. For three years I lived in climbed in the Sierras and I found skull of a bear (missing jaw bone) while wandering around near mountaneers camp on Whitney in that time. About a year later I ran into a climber in Bishop who had just came from Tuolumne and found a bear skull (again no jaw bone) on his way back from doing Kiness in the meadows and had it in his car. While it's true animals will tend to hole up somewhere when they die one would think with the amount of hikers, hunters and loggers (new logging roads going in all the time) in Pac Northwest we would have found at least one bone or a carcass.

[Doctor Satan]

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Firslty, wrong forum. I'm requesting that it's moved.

Secondly, if you're reffering to the Patterson footage, that is a proven fake unfortunatley.

The North American Science Institute (NASI) Report

The North American Science Institute (NASI) Report, Towards a Resolution of the Bigfoot Phenomenon, prepared by Mr. Jeff Glickman a forensic examiner, was released in June, 1998. The main report findings applicable to the Patterson/Gimlin may be summarized as follows:
Measurements of the creature: Height: 7-feet, 3.5-inches; Waist: 81.3-inches; Chest: 83-inches; Weight: 1,957 pounds; Length of arms: 43-inches; Length of legs: 40-inches.
The length of the creature's arms is virtually beyond human standards, possibly occurring in one out of 52.5 million people.
The length of the creature's legs is unusual by human standards, possibly occurring in one out of 1,000 people.
Nothing was found indicating the creature was a man in a costume (i.e., no seam or interfaces).
Hand movement indicates flexible hands. This condition implies that the arm would have to support flexion in the hands. An artificial arm with hand movement ability was probably beyond the technology available in 1967.
The Russian finding on the similarity between the foot casts and the creature's foot was confirmed.
Preliminary findings indicate that a human being could not duplicate the forward motion part of the creature’s walking pattern.
Rippling of the creature's flesh or fat on its right side was observed indicating that a costume is highly improbable.
The creature's feet undergo flexion like a real foot. This finding eliminates the possibility of fabricated solid foot apparatus. It also implies that the leg would have to support flexion in the foot. An artificial leg with foot movement ability was probably beyond the technology available in 1967.
The appearance and sophistication of the creature's musculature are beyond costumes used in the entertainment industry.
Non-uniformity in hair texture, length, and coloration is inconsistent with sophisticated costumes used in the entertainment industry.
Mr. Glickman closes his scientific findings with the following statement: "Despite three years of rigorous examination by the author, the Patterson-Gimlin film cannot be demonstrated to be a forgery at this time."

Proven a fake? Don't know where you've been doing your research but I highly doubt you'll be getting too much back up on that statement!

[Bella-Angelique]

The Japanese narrate that when their forefathers after a great catastrophe came from the continent and invaded the isles, they found there long-legged, furry giants. These giants were called Ainu. The forefathers of the Japanese were defeated in the first encounter, but in the second encounter they were victorious.

[SLGena]

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The North American Science Institute (NASI) Report

The North American Science Institute (NASI) Report, Towards a Resolution of the Bigfoot Phenomenon, prepared by Mr. Jeff Glickman a forensic examiner, was released in June, 1998. The main report findings applicable to the Patterson/Gimlin may be summarized as follows:
Measurements of the creature: Height: 7-feet, 3.5-inches; Waist: 81.3-inches; Chest: 83-inches; Weight: 1,957 pounds; Length of arms: 43-inches; Length of legs: 40-inches.
The length of the creature's arms is virtually beyond human standards, possibly occurring in one out of 52.5 million people.
The length of the creature's legs is unusual by human standards, possibly occurring in one out of 1,000 people.
Nothing was found indicating the creature was a man in a costume (i.e., no seam or interfaces).
Hand movement indicates flexible hands. This condition implies that the arm would have to support flexion in the hands. An artificial arm with hand movement ability was probably beyond the technology available in 1967.
The Russian finding on the similarity between the foot casts and the creature's foot was confirmed.
Preliminary findings indicate that a human being could not duplicate the forward motion part of the creature’s walking pattern.
Rippling of the creature's flesh or fat on its right side was observed indicating that a costume is highly improbable.
The creature's feet undergo flexion like a real foot. This finding eliminates the possibility of fabricated solid foot apparatus. It also implies that the leg would have to support flexion in the foot. An artificial leg with foot movement ability was probably beyond the technology available in 1967.
The appearance and sophistication of the creature's musculature are beyond costumes used in the entertainment industry.
Non-uniformity in hair texture, length, and coloration is inconsistent with sophisticated costumes used in the entertainment industry.
Mr. Glickman closes his scientific findings with the following statement: "Despite three years of rigorous examination by the author, the Patterson-Gimlin film cannot be demonstrated to be a forgery at this time."

Proven a fake? Don't know where you've been doing your research but I highly doubt you'll be getting too much back up on that statement!

Good for you!

What I find strange is, that you have all this evidence such as above where a scientific point of view for this creature was given, with other reports given by with Meldrum, Krants, to name a few, supporting the possibility that this Animal may in fact exist, and then a few people who have no back ground in studing all the material and there is plenty out there, comes along and says "ah thats fake" or "fox channel proved it was a hoax" Or Bob H said he wore the so called "Suit" and thats what people believe and remember. Why is that?

[Shai_Hulud]

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The Japanese narrate that when their forefathers after a great catastrophe came from the continent and invaded the isles, they found there long-legged, furry giants. These giants were called Ainu. The forefathers of the Japanese were defeated in the first encounter, but in the second encounter they were victorious

The Ainus are an existing indigenous people living on Japan, unless you think they are Bigfoot..... The Japanese classify every that is not Japanese in derogatory terms as being hairy, that was also reserved for Chinese, Koreans etc. The Ainus are no more hairy than the Japanese.

[CrazyHarry]

I blame Sanda and Gaira for this... I mean.. They are Bigfoots, godzilla sized... If this was what bigfoot looked like, he's fake... But the Bigboo...Bigfoot in the film.. Has..erm...HOOTAS!

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[isis-999]

The history channel is about to do a show on this at 11pm...tonight...

[Malfeas]

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The Japanese narrate that when their forefathers after a great catastrophe came from the continent and invaded the isles, they found there long-legged, furry giants. These giants were called Ainu. The forefathers of the Japanese were defeated in the first encounter, but in the second encounter they were victorious.

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The Ainus are an existing indigenous people living on Japan, unless you think they are Bigfoot..... The Japanese classify every that is not Japanese in derogatory terms as being hairy, that was also reserved for Chinese, Koreans etc. The Ainus are no more hairy than the Japanese.

Well, they can grow beards... many Japanese cannot.
Here is a link.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Ainu_people
Its wiki, but good non-the-less. They are facinating really.

[Vold]

I actually got excited by this. Through the years theres been countless articles claiming to have proof that 'he' exists. I'm undecided on whether he does or does not exist.

Untill somebody catches one, i guess we'll never know.