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04 Mar 2021, 1:37 pm

Put it this way for an alergy. Think of the dodo. How do we know that they existed? We had eye witnesses who saw them, drew and painted what they saw etc.
So what about both the bigfoot and Loch Ness monster? We have the same things. So did the dodo exist if we say that bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster did not exist?


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04 Mar 2021, 1:44 pm

Mountain Goat wrote:
Put it this way for an alergy. Think of the dodo. How do we know that they existed? We had eye witnesses who saw them, drew and painted what they saw etc.
So what about both the bigfoot and Loch Ness monster? We have the same things. So did the dodo exist if we say that bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster did not exist?
We also have fossil evidence and physical remains of the dodo -- not so for "Bigfoot" and "Nessie".

I can draw and paint images that I call "Space Aliens", but the mere existence of these drawings and paintings does not prove that space aliens actually exist...

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Oh, look!  ↑  A space alien!


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04 Mar 2021, 2:13 pm

Fnord wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
Put it this way for an alergy. Think of the dodo. How do we know that they existed? We had eye witnesses who saw them, drew and painted what they saw etc.
So what about both the bigfoot and Loch Ness monster? We have the same things. So did the dodo exist if we say that bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster did not exist?
We also have fossil evidence and physical remains of the dodo -- not so for "Bigfoot" and "Nessie".

I can draw and paint images that I call "Space Aliens", but the mere existence of these drawings and paintings does not prove that space aliens actually exist...

Image


Oh, look!  ↑  A space alien!


:roll:

I was going to compliment your artistic abilities, but I found that image here:
https://mykidlikesdrawing.blogspot.com/2015/05/drawings-aliens-flying-saucers-planets-space.html

This thread should have had a poll.



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04 Mar 2021, 2:22 pm

r00tb33r wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
Put it this way for an alergy. Think of the dodo. How do we know that they existed? We had eye witnesses who saw them, drew and painted what they saw etc.
So what about both the bigfoot and Loch Ness monster? We have the same things. So did the dodo exist if we say that bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster did not exist?
We also have fossil evidence and physical remains of the dodo -- not so for "Bigfoot" and "Nessie".

I can draw and paint images that I call "Space Aliens", but the mere existence of these drawings and paintings does not prove that space aliens actually exist...

Image


Oh, look!  ↑  A space alien!


:roll:

I was going to compliment your artistic abilities, but I found that image here:
https://mykidlikesdrawing.blogspot.com/2015/05/drawings-aliens-flying-saucers-planets-space.html
Yep, I could not get my own drawing to load, so I copied one that looks a lot like mine; just as my avatar is not a picture of the real me, but of a man who looks a lot like me.
r00tb33r wrote:
This thread should have had a poll.
I totally agree.


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04 Mar 2021, 4:03 pm

I think something can be the last of its kind but I don't think something can be the only one of its kind.

I don't think animals can be immortal.

The only 'possibly imaginary?' type creature I think is real is aliens. Makes sense in this enormous universe that there's more than one planet capable of supporting life. But unless they're vastly more intelligent than we are, we'll never know for sure.


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04 Mar 2021, 4:08 pm

I mean, of course, bigfoots are so great at hiding their presence that they grind up each other's bones when they die, so we won't find any fossils. /sarcasm



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04 Mar 2021, 4:52 pm

Links to various Snopes articles on "Bigfoot", posted for everyone's amusement and edification:

• Dead Bigfoot Confirmed at Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico?

• Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes ‘Bigfoot’ Hunting Season

• Stolen Bigfoot Statue Found Along Road in Santa Cruz County

• Did the History Channel Document the Capture of a Bigfoot?

• Bigfoot Killed in San Antonio?

• Did a Hunter Claim He Was Sexually Assaulted by a Sasquatch?

• Anonymous Flyer Denies ‘Sasquatch’ Was Reason for Bridge Closure


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04 Mar 2021, 7:59 pm

Nothing I can add that hasn't already been said. Nope. Bigfoot and Nessie and any other cryptozological stuff is nothing but bollocks.



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05 Mar 2021, 1:38 pm

Where are the photos of the mother Bigfoot with her kid/kids? I've never seen one.

Even if there are such photos, I have zero faith that Bigfoot and other similar ape/human-like creatures exist.

I believe, if Bigfoot would exist, that there would be incidents of them raiding campsites in isolated areas--in search of food



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05 Mar 2021, 5:35 pm

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Where are the photos of the mother Bigfoot with her kid/kids? I've never seen one.


Ask, and you shall receive! :lol:







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05 Mar 2021, 5:37 pm

color=black]Forgive me, Nat; but I will not let YouTube do my thinking for me.[/color]


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14 Mar 2021, 4:03 am

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Lol random topic for sure, but I mean what do you think? Do you figure ole Bigfoot is just a myth or do you think they could be out there? I mean for sure it is the one kind of conspiracy esque thing I entertain. Idk if they are real, but I also don't know if they aren't real lol.

I mean I suppose at best I figure they'd be like a primate we just haven't actually discovered yet, but also in the year 2020 does seem a little hard to believe that there is an undiscovered race of humanoid/gorilla looking people with very few in numbers hanging out in the various woods with yet no 100% proof of existence. So for sure I have to mostly conclude that bigfoots are not real but IDK I guess sometimes it is fun to wonder if such a race of beings could be hiding out in the woods evading enough evidence to prove they exist. I guess it is one of those things I would like to believe but there is by far not enough evidence that they even exist in the first place. But regardless it still seems like a fun kind of mythology thing.


Even if you're not a believer it can be relaxing to vicariously join this guy in his UTube hikes, and to enjoy the scenery of your state of Colorado. Kinda like bird watching.

Is this guy nuts? Or is he on to something? Maybe both.

Anyway...learn to recognize your "X's", and your "tridents". :lol:





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14 Mar 2021, 12:17 pm

I think Bigfoot is real but than, again I believe in Santa Claus.


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14 Mar 2021, 11:29 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
I think Bigfoot is real but than, again I believe in Santa Claus.


Its part of the culture of some Native American tribes. Particularly in western Canada.



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15 Mar 2021, 10:11 am

It's no skin off my back if someone wants to believe in Bigfoot, or in Santa.

But I don't believe in Bigfoot, or Santa.

Such is life.



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15 Mar 2021, 10:14 am

In my extended family, Santa is a very important social construct, ensuring all the presents are anonymous, which makes buying them significantly less stressful.


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