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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 28th July 2017, 11:37 AM
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The Bigfoot vocalizations of Ray Wallace sound...

The Bigfoot vocalizations of Ray Wallace sound suspiciously like free jazz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ww3jEkWZe0&feature=youtu.be
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th February 2017, 05:22 PM
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Views: 471,290
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I discovered a very squatchy tree break today: ...

I discovered a very squatchy tree break today:

http://imgur.com/a/ITcw3
Forum: USA Politics 6th February 2017, 12:13 AM
Replies: 310
Views: 38,972
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Today I learned that the alias of this individual...

Today I learned that the alias of this individual is "Dr. Buzzo."

I witnessed him drunkenly accosting my girlfriend at the last TAM in Las Vegas. I considered physically interceding, but chose...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 21st November 2016, 07:47 AM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,677
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An amazing account of how DNA analysis can be...

An amazing account of how DNA analysis can be used to identify hidden animals:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/88744/how-scientists-are-using-poop-study-new-york-citys-coyote-population
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 23rd August 2016, 08:07 AM
Replies: 3,454
Views: 534,565
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"He also coined the term "scoftic" relating to...

"He also coined the term "scoftic" relating to Bigfoot skeptics."

Correct:

http://orgoneresearch.com/2012/01/12/the-origin-of-the-word-scoftic/
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th June 2016, 10:58 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 138,317
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An admirably skeptical podcast segment on Bigfoot...

An admirably skeptical podcast segment on Bigfoot from Joe Rogan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LUiucjgik
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 8th January 2016, 10:29 AM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,677
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It's 2016. We have better photos of Pluto than we...

It's 2016. We have better photos of Pluto than we do of Bigfoot. Science makes progress, pseudoscience does not:
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th December 2015, 10:45 AM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,677
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An excellent rebuttal to the notion that...

An excellent rebuttal to the notion that Gigantopithecus was bipedal:

http://www.andywhiteanthropology.com/blog/there-are-no-known-postcranial-remains-of-gigantopithecus
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th September 2015, 08:21 AM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,677
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Interesting. Yes, the amount of toe "digging"...

Interesting. Yes, the amount of toe "digging" seen in the London trackway is entirely consistent with what I discovered myself years ago, and wrote about here:
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 29th April 2015, 09:58 AM
Replies: 3,231
Views: 427,425
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If you want your fake tracks to look unusually...

If you want your fake tracks to look unusually deep, as suits a monster, excavate them first, as Paul Freeman probably did:

http://orgoneresearch.com/2011/10/16/is-this-bigfoot-track-real/
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 20th April 2015, 11:07 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 12,938
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A mention by Darren Naish of the importance of...

A mention by Darren Naish of the importance of the elucidation of the Skookum Elk Cast:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2015/04/20/things-i-have-gotten-wrong/
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 21st March 2015, 10:01 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 49,384
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An interesting account by Dr. Ron Pine,...

An interesting account by Dr. Ron Pine, suggesting Sanderson knew the "Iceman" was a hoax all along:

http://orgoneresearch.com/2015/03/21/ivan-sanderson-the-charlatan/
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 8th March 2015, 05:26 PM
Replies: 3,550
Views: 583,015
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Probably the work of Wood Apes: ...

Probably the work of Wood Apes:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/08/someone-has-been-egging-this-85-year-olds-home-for-a-year-police-are-baffled/?tid=sm_tw
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th February 2015, 05:57 PM
Replies: 4,040
Views: 429,464
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It's too bad Brian Williams wasn't a Bigfooter,...

It's too bad Brian Williams wasn't a Bigfooter, as we know Bigfooters neither lie nor are mistaken about what they say they saw:
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 26th January 2015, 11:04 AM
Replies: 4,712
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Views: 576,657
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Yet another example of how real science can...

Yet another example of how real science can detect the presence of rare animals:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2015/01/23/dung-dna-gives-clues-to-shy-okapis-lifestyle/#.VMaBCS4lm1x
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 23rd January 2015, 05:26 PM
Replies: 4,712
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Real science makes progress detecting unseen...

Real science makes progress detecting unseen animals. Bigfootery remains stagnant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/science/even-elusive-animals-leave-dna-and-clues-behind.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th December 2014, 09:53 PM
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I have not kept up over the years as to the...

I have not kept up over the years as to the goings-on at Bigfoot Forums. Did they ever figure out if Bigfoot keeps pets?
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 24th December 2014, 01:29 PM
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Wow, kudos for demolishing the "lower level leg...

Wow, kudos for demolishing the "lower level leg lift" at, appropriately enough for Joe Rogan, 4:20!
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 29th July 2014, 04:41 PM
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Views: 576,657
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Announcing yourself publicly as a "Knower" is...

Announcing yourself publicly as a "Knower" is like like awarding ~yourself~ a black belt.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th July 2014, 02:56 PM
Replies: 935
Views: 152,879
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A good essay on the Sykes study from Donald...

A good essay on the Sykes study from Donald Prothero.

One zinger caught my eye: "For these people, Bigfoot is a religion." I agree with this sentiment in general, but I qualify it myself by...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 2nd June 2014, 08:53 AM
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Merged: Bigfoot follies
Views: 576,657
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Bindernagle's call to respect the "sacredness" of...

Bindernagle's call to respect the "sacredness" of the Name of Bigfoot is quasi-religious in nature.

Demands for "respect" are part and parcel of religion. If there were solid evidence for either...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 20th May 2014, 03:55 PM
Replies: 974
Views: 178,224
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I remember some years ago, being show putative...

I remember some years ago, being show putative Bigfoot evidence by an Alpha 'Footer. He had once appeared on TV claiming that the Skookum Elk Cast was not made by a cervid, so he had "Alpha" bona...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th December 2012, 03:24 PM
Replies: 3,362
Views: 621,365
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A thoughtful Skeptoid analysis of the Falcon...

A thoughtful Skeptoid analysis of the Falcon project:

http://skeptoid.com/blog/2012/12/13/kickstarting-a-bigfoot-blimp/?fb_source=pubv1
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th December 2012, 10:56 AM
Replies: 4,697
Views: 470,455
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Hey no worries guys, we still have HD video to...

Hey no worries guys, we still have HD video to look forward to!
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th December 2012, 10:23 AM
Replies: 4,697
Views: 470,455
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Thoughtful analysis of the Ketchum press release:...

Thoughtful analysis of the Ketchum press release:

http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/12/12/05/
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th November 2012, 07:03 PM
Replies: 431
Views: 40,046
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Yes, that subject seems to bring out the worst in...

Yes, that subject seems to bring out the worst in some Bigfooters. I participated in Bigfoot Forums for some time, until falsely accused of federal crimes.

You shatter the credibility of the...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 13th November 2012, 02:28 PM
Replies: 10,306
Views: 1,528,298
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I see Boing Boing is promoting old, debunked...

I see Boing Boing is promoting old, debunked nonsense today:

http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/unhoaxing-the-famous-bigfoot-m.html
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 11th November 2012, 03:51 PM
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The claim of witnessing the glowing red eyes of a...

The claim of witnessing the glowing red eyes of a primate in the daytime is more parsimoniously explained by false memory than novel evolution.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th November 2012, 02:17 PM
Replies: 3,362
Views: 621,365
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Thank you for the positive feedback. In...

Thank you for the positive feedback.

In 2005 Chilcutt's word was gold within the Bigfoot community. He was able to build on the arguments from the 80's that Krantz was making about dermal ridges,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 4th November 2012, 11:07 PM
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Views: 491,054
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Relevant:

Relevant:
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 31st October 2012, 03:30 PM
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It's possible I've misinterpreted your question....

It's possible I've misinterpreted your question. It took me some time to realize what Noll was all about. Up until that time I was cooperative with what he was doing. He allowed me to make a copy of...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 31st October 2012, 12:07 PM
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Back on track here: I think people have...

Back on track here:

I think people have wondered where the notion that Bigfoot likes to mutilate trees and break branches comes from. If I'm hearing Dahinden correctly, it sounds like Bob Titmus...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 31st October 2012, 11:49 AM
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No. I posted a photo of a PVC pipe that was...

No. I posted a photo of a PVC pipe that was calibrated at one foot intervals and set into sand at the beach. It functioned as a standard by which photogrametry tests could be performed as a test...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 31st October 2012, 10:26 AM
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Yes, I knew Noll, as well as Owen Caddy, who...

Yes, I knew Noll, as well as Owen Caddy, who claimed to see scrotal impressions of a male Sasquatch in the cast.

Noll is certainly skillful as a photographer and has solid knowledge of proper...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th October 2012, 06:54 PM
Replies: 10,306
Views: 1,528,298
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Thank you, that's very kind. I did most of...

Thank you, that's very kind.

I did most of this stuff a number of years ago. One of the great surprises for me was realizing that notions in Bigfootery that were believed by "experts" were often...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th October 2012, 06:43 AM
Replies: 10,306
Views: 1,528,298
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At about 51 minutes into this video Rene Dahinden...

At about 51 minutes into this video Rene Dahinden discusses the timeline given by Grover Krantz regarding the "documentary" trackway fabricated by Patterson prior to the Bluff Creek footage:
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 28th October 2012, 05:48 AM
Replies: 6,000
Views: 685,932
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The Bigfoot video archives of the late Michael...

The Bigfoot video archives of the late Michael Dennett have been digitized and uploaded to the internet. They form an excellent time capsule of the 80's and 90's, when Paul Freeman was the man of the...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 28th October 2012, 05:34 AM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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Daniel Perez lists the coordinates in the...

Daniel Perez lists the coordinates in the September 2012 issue of Bigfoot Times at +46 degrees 46' 0.83" N -122 degrees 11' 55.63" W elevation ~1200 feet.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 23rd October 2012, 12:01 PM
Replies: 6,000
Views: 685,932
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As with all digital photography, the quality of...

As with all digital photography, the quality of game cameras continues to improve. This newspaper article contains some amazing high resolution photos. Despite this, a single unambiguous game camera...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th October 2012, 06:05 AM
Replies: 6,000
Views: 685,932
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This essay is an excellent example of how...

This essay is an excellent example of how repeating misinformation becomes established as "fact" in the world of Bigfootery:
...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 8th October 2012, 11:29 AM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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As you can see by previous posts I've made in...

As you can see by previous posts I've made in this thread, by looking at photographs it's possible to see that various tracks are ~consistent~ with what known Wallace-style prosthetics produce. I've...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 05:30 PM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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Take a look at this track numbered "65" that...

Take a look at this track numbered "65" that Barackman posted here:

http://www.northamericanbigfoot.com/2012/09/the-elbe-wa-trackway.html

1. There is what looks like a sharp corner formed by...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 03:00 PM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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Well, it CAN'T be at grade, as that would require...

Well, it CAN'T be at grade, as that would require the substrate flowing THROUGH the solid prosthetic.

Perhaps this overhead view of the fake foot will demonstrate this. The tiny divots between...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 01:34 PM
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Views: 56,049
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This is one of my Wallace-style prosthetic...

This is one of my Wallace-style prosthetic impressions. The powder between the toes is not at grade as I didn't cut the clefts between the toes from plantar surface to dorsal surface.
The powder...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 01:25 PM
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Simply by running a Google image search for...

Simply by running a Google image search for "footprint" I can pull this up. It looks to me to be somewhat deep, and the toes are certainly scalloped at grade. I suspect, but can't prove that...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 01:00 PM
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Views: 56,049
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Yes, good point, as I say it's a matter of...

Yes, good point, as I say it's a matter of degree. Even some BCM-OM tracks look quite good. I also suspect, but can't prove, that the human track you've posted is much more shallow than the deeper...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 11:50 AM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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No, that would be like a line drawn from the tops...

No, that would be like a line drawn from the tops of the peaks of a series of mountains in a range. It ignores the contours of the valleys.

Also, notice on the real human track the substrate...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 11:18 AM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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If you take a serrated-edge knife and repeatedly...

If you take a serrated-edge knife and repeatedly run the edge on a belt sander, it will become as a "regular-edged" knife. Each pass on the belt sander causes a subtle transition.

I'm not...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd October 2012, 08:03 AM
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Views: 56,049
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Yes, you guys have it. Noll posted a photo...

Yes, you guys have it.

Noll posted a photo of one of the tracks he numbered 1993 over on Bigfoot Forums. That track seems to be exhibiting this effect.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 2nd October 2012, 06:15 PM
Replies: 736
Views: 56,049
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If your Wallace-style prosthetic is pressed in...

If your Wallace-style prosthetic is pressed in deeply, below grade, the edge of the dorsal surface is what will define the edge of the track AT GRADE. That was a subtle "tell" that Wallace himself...
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