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Old 18th August 2013, 05:53 PM   #201
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Originally Posted by MikeG View Post
Humans, but what's this got to do with anything?
I wanted to see if you would do that.
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2 prints, same midtarsal crock..., I mean break?
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Old 18th August 2013, 05:57 PM   #202
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Originally Posted by EHocking View Post
Orangutans fit the bill.
So not really a valid argument. There are better ones - such as there being no fossil record of any primates larger than a lemur in continental north American.
Good. Could Orangutans hide in Kentucky? Could they migrate through Kentucky undetected?
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Old 18th August 2013, 06:35 PM   #203
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Originally Posted by Mudcat View Post
Hello Chris, I don't believe we've met but allow me to pitch in my two cents:

Sadly I have to agree with the general consensus here and say that your pictures don't really do it for me. Even if I was inclined to believe in the existence of Bigfoot my response would to them to be the same, there is nothing in your photographs and videos to suggest that there is a living creature anywhere in them, known or unknown. They are that indistinct.

Now it may be, as you say, a question of equipment so do you mind me asking what you used?
Thank you. I also agree the pics are of no quality and are not proof of existence for Bigfoot.

The main problem was the equipment. I used a small Jazzy brand pocket camcorder. It was about $30 I think and about the size of a pack of cigarettes. This was a huge mistake and I am aware of it. I think it was 640x480 resolution.

I have purchased since then a Sony HD cam that uses hard disc as well as a data card storage. The new cam is fully capable of recording 1080 HD video and uses manual or digital zoom.

Now all I need is for the hairy ones to cooperate with another sighting.
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Old 18th August 2013, 06:41 PM   #204
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Originally Posted by ChrisBFRPKY View Post

Now all I need is for the hairy ones to cooperate with another sighting.
My Morning Jacket? You can see them, just buy a ticket and go. But what's that got to do with Bigfoot?

The problems that Bigfoot enthusiasts have with cameras are remarkably similar to the problems that psychics have with Internet connections.
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Old 18th August 2013, 06:41 PM   #205
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Originally Posted by Correa Neto View Post
Its basically a philosophy thing. Some philosophers will say you should never say never, impossible, no, etc. One should always also use "based on the currently available data", for example. If you use an utilitarian, practical approach and if the odds are so small they tend to zero or require a major change in our understanding of the universe and the way it works, then well, its OK. I can not fly just by flapping my hands. Its impossible that there is a massive black hole between the Earth and the Moon. Its impossible for the Earth to be hollow. Unless we are in one of those esoteric philosophical discussions, "its impossible" is acceptable - and this includes KY bigfoot.

Transient population? Going from where to where else? Why not caught "on the road"? Below the sustainable population level? Since when and for how long it would last before the last one is dead? Right circumstances? And those would be...
Agreed here. For me it comes down to leprechauns and unicorns. What's reasonable according to the evidence? Can we reasonably say that leprechauns and unicorns are impossible animals, that none exist and none have ever existed? Given the paucity of evidence for them despite many sighting?

Or must we allow that, well, after all, "leprechauns and unicorns might exist"? If someone demands the latter, I opt not to engage in discussion. That may be skepticism in its most cynical form, but it isn't critical or rational thinking to ignore the lack of data after decades if not centuries of looking for it.

Scat, hair, tissue, fluids, fossils: the forests would be teeming with it. Like the single wolverine that wandered into northern California and was photographed by researchers' trail cams (who were researching another animal), bigfoot would eventually have been clearly photographed or found by now. With thousands of park rangers, hikers, bikers, biologists, outdoors enthusiasts, archeologists on local digs, wildlife hobbyists, Native Americans -- nationwide in every woodland in the country -- something concrete would have turned up.

Sorry, Chris. It's no longer rationally possible that the species exists.
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Old 18th August 2013, 06:56 PM   #206
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Originally Posted by STRONG LIKE BEAR View Post
Unfortunately, you are the one that brought up the "fact" that you have years of experience with chimpanzee's at Alamogordo



leisureclass is not digging into your personal life. He is asking for evidence for the claim you made. Your dodging of his direct question only makes it all the more transparent.
Nothing is being dodged. I posted up thread very clearly I will not post my personal details on the internet for the World to see. Will you?

If you wanna have a one on one conversation simply call me. My sightings hotline number is on my website for all to see. If it's really bothering you I'll give you the details over the phone as long as you don't post my personal info on the forum. No prob.
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Old 18th August 2013, 07:10 PM   #207
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Chris, you provide your name and a telephone number on your website, correct? So what is "personal" about posting something like "I scooped chimp poop at the APC every day from 1988-1993"? Your failure to provide even a claim to back up your claim of some special knowledge of primate anatomy makes folks rightly suspicious that you don't have anywhere near the experience working with chimps that you wanted us to think you had. That is dishonest. I also don't buy for a minute you recognized the chimp in the CRG photo 'til I pointed it out.
Bolding mine. Funny thing is I'm starting to think you needed help.

Wouldn't you agree that by listing my name and research number, I'm already miles ahead of everyone else here about releasing personal info? There is a point you know. Who are you? I dunno? Doesn't really matter I guess but it's kinda odd all those wanting to milk specifics about me when they don't even give their name?

How much weight do you think an anonymous poster has in the big picture. Not much.

You got the number , make the call. I'm not a meanie and I promise to remain civil, heck I think my posts here should be a good indicator of that.
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Old 18th August 2013, 07:15 PM   #208
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You made the claim here

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Given, it may have been obvious to me because of my years spent interacting with chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Research.
leisureclass simply asked you for some more information about this, which you promptly clammed up, and have now refused to support this claim for what, 5 or 6 posts on this specific issue?

I have no desire to interact with you over the phone Chris.. truth be told.. I really don't even care if you worked there or not. It's immaterial to whether you're seeing Bigfoot in Kentucky (you're not.) or whether the PGF is a hoax (it is).

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Old 18th August 2013, 07:20 PM   #209
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Originally Posted by ChrisBFRPKY View Post
And no sailor that was a giant squid witness was ever able to show that they were not lying. Until one washed up on a beach.
If you are going to place a bet - always put your money on The Bigfoot Knower Isn't Being Honest. This is actually a better bet than that they are innocently mistaken. I'm not saying 100% but rather the safest bet.

Chris, your arguments, analogies and pleadings are all worthless excuses. The world in general is beyond trying to reason with Bigfooters and instead just laughs at their silly and lost thinking. People on this forum give Footers much more attention than they deserve. It's pretty much a fool's quest to try to reason with a Bigfoot believer.

I have come to a point where I do not want believers to switch to skepticism. Stay where you are please. Outright denialism is the only rational position on Bigfoot, IMO.
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Old 18th August 2013, 07:54 PM   #210
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Am I a Christian? I was raised as a Baptist but do not attend any church. I am certain evolution is the correct path as I have witnessed evidence of parallel evolution. Namely that of a large bipedal primate.
Wait... you are certain of evolution because you have seen Bigfoot?
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Old 18th August 2013, 08:35 PM   #211
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Originally Posted by LTC8K6 View Post
Good. Could Orangutans hide in Kentucky? Could they migrate through Kentucky undetected?
The two arguments are totally unrelated.

But in answer to your question - no. Because orangutans are real animals.
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Old 18th August 2013, 09:05 PM   #212
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Wait... you are certain of evolution because you have seen Bigfoot?
I accepted the "Theory of Evolution" before my encounter.
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Old 18th August 2013, 09:11 PM   #213
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Hellfire I like me some kryptozolagy an I done seen a bunch of pikturs of 'em on the enternet on my cumputer... So ther!!
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:05 AM   #214
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Originally Posted by ChrisBFRPKY View Post
I have purchased since then a Sony HD cam that uses hard disc as well as a data card storage. The new cam is fully capable of recording 1080 HD video and uses manual or digital zoom.
Perhaps more important to its HD capacity and storage specs is something else... To what distance is the camera capable of taking reliable photographs? The reason I ask this is that proponents of Bigfoot like to go on about the elusiveness of the species should it existence, so the only reliable way to photograph one is at a distance.

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Now all I need is for the hairy ones to cooperate with another sighting.
If they do exist, I wish you the best of luck getting the photograph that would silence skeptics (that would be including me) about the existence of Bigfoot.


Edited to add: As a side, I'd advise abandoning the contention that Indian legends are any kind of evidence for Bigfoot. The tribes didn't exist in a vacuum and did a lot of trading with eachother for goods and ideas, even had full out warfare with eachother, long before ole Pale Face came to America. It's highly likely that any legends that don't have to be shoehorned to fit Bigfoot probably was shared a few times.
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:13 AM   #215
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Why were no Bigfoot bodies found during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918? The Spanish Flu killed 50 million - 100 million people worldwide. The bodies piled up so quickly that there wasn't enough room in the morgues, so the bodies were stacked like logs. There weren't enough coffins or gravediggers to deal with the influx of bodies.

Furthermore, recent studies have shown that monkeys are susceptible to the Spanish Flu as well. There's no reason to believe that a human/simian primate would be immune to the Spanish Flu. Birds and swine are susceptible to it as well, and research suggests that the virus originated within animal populations and was then transmitted to humans. Why weren't there any Bigfoot bodies found in the years before or after 1918? Why weren't there any "hairy men" found disabled by the flu, coughing themselves to death, with bloody foam coming from their noses and mouths?

Presumably if Bigfoot were near sudden death (the flu could kill victims hours after the first symptoms while some lived up to 2 days) it would forget all about being crafty and stealthy and lie down somewhere to focus on breathing and not dying. If Bigfoot were turning blue in the face and coughing so hard that it tore abdominal muscles, that would make it much easier for us to find Bigfoot and much harder for it to hide.
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:49 AM   #216
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Since you believe nothing is impossible you're a defense attorney's dream juror. Put 12 people just like you on a jury and we get the Casey Anthony verdict.
No I don't! What on earth gave you that idea?

Here's the logic:

It is possible there are (whatever) living in the USA.
It is possible they are mobile.
Therefore, it is possible that one or more might wander into (anywhere) temporarily.
Therefore a breeding population isn't required locally to explain their (temporary) presence anywhere.

My problem was only with the illogicality of the perfunctory statement "it's impossible" in the specific circumstances it related to (here). I don't have the slightest problem accepting that all sorts of things are impossible.

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Sorry Chris, but I think I speak for the group that we don't understand how describing your experience working with apes is any more personal information than what you already volunteer in your bio. You served in the Air Force (thank you for that), you are or were a teacher, and you are or were in manufacturing. If you list these things, then why not include a description of your experience in the one job that might actually give you some chops in the study of large primates? Your reluctance to do so forces me to conclude that you either made up or massively trumped up that experience to lord one over on those evil denialists at the JREF, and go brag about it on the BFF.
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Old 19th August 2013, 04:06 AM   #218
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.....Why do you find Albert Ostman's encounter credible? Are you still on the Bigfoot kidnapping people kookery?
Oh come on....be logical! I don't think I have ever dragged out the "straw-man" accusation before, but I'm going to use it this time. You have just created a straw man.

OS doesn't need to find the Ostman encounter to be credible at all to support the claim he makes regarding native legends. He simply cites Ostman as a source for the claim that native legends include reports of a BF-like creature. This needs no reference whatsoever to Ostman's story of an encounter.

I accept wholeheartedly that Ostman isn't a very strong source, and certainly not one that many would cite. In my view, as a source, his recollection of native legends is little more than rumour or gossip. But nonetheless, you muddy the waters by making illogical attacks like yours.

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OntarioSquatch has made posts here in the past about Bigfoot kidnapping people. The Albert Ostman tale is a Bigfoot kidnapping story..

Not sure what you're objection is.
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Originally Posted by STRONG LIKE BEAR View Post
OntarioSquatch has made posts here in the past about Bigfoot kidnapping people. The Albert Ostman tale is a Bigfoot kidnapping story..

Not sure what you're objection is.
My objection is that OS this time cites Ostman solely as a source to corroborate the claim that BF is indeed included in native legends. The stuff about the kidnapping and so on are utterly irrelevant to Ostman being a source.

This forum often asks for sources for claims/ assertions. OS just gave one. We aren't talking about the other things Ostman claimed, just the fact that he said that local natives had stories of sasquatch. Your correct response should have been along the lines of "yeah, but has Ostman got any credibility as a source?" rather than "oh, so you believe in kidnapping stories?"

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Why do you find Albert Ostman's encounter credible? Are you still on the Bigfoot kidnapping people kookery?
Two questions, MikeG.
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The "encounter" bit is irrelevant, and is the straw-man.

If you had said "why do you find Ostman to be a credible source", you would have heard nothing from me.
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Ostman is not credible, Bigfoot doesn't exist, and Bigfoot doesn't kidnap people. Also, there are no Native American legends which can be credibly tied to Bigfoot. None of them hold comparison when scrutinized.

Spare me your philosophical arguments or lessons in semantics
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......Spare me your philosophical arguments or lessons in semantics
Sure. No problem.





So long as you'll spare me your illogicality.
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OntarioSquatch has made posts here in the past about Bigfoot kidnapping people. The Albert Ostman tale is a Bigfoot kidnapping story..

Not sure what you're objection is.
What kind of ransom do they demand?
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MikeG can walk you through the appropriate logical deductions and philosophical arguments for the most reliable estimate
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Myths are fascinating bitches.
They will tell you what you want to hear, they will show you what you want to see. If you are looking for bigfoot in that wildman myth, that's what you'll see. If you are looking for werewolves, that's what you'll see.

Footers just grab the bits of the myths that suit their needs of bigfoot and move on, claiming its "compelling evidence". The conection exists because they build it. Just like Coatlicue can be connected to the Virgin Mary.
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What kind of ransom do they demand?
That was funny!
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Yes I see movement, I'm not alone in that. A close study is required to reveal movement of the large subject and a close study of his right shoulder, facing the camera, is needed to view movement of the individual behind him. It helps if you're looking for a "back rub" type movement.

We were approx 115 to 120 yards away. Persons present were myself, another researcher and his son. After recording the video, the best thing to do was to end the encounter. Any movement toward the creatures would have provoked a response. Since I didn't know what response they'd have and my friend's son was present, even though I was armed, I think we did the best thing.

As a matter of record, I wouldn't suggest you walk up on a wild Gorilla either. After studying methods used by Gorilla researchers, I modeled my observation methods very similar to theirs.
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Thank you. I also agree the pics are of no quality and are not proof of existence for Bigfoot.

The main problem was the equipment. I used a small Jazzy brand pocket camcorder. It was about $30 I think and about the size of a pack of cigarettes. This was a huge mistake and I am aware of it. I think it was 640x480 resolution.

I have purchased since then a Sony HD cam that uses hard disc as well as a data card storage. The new cam is fully capable of recording 1080 HD video and uses manual or digital zoom.

Now all I need is for the hairy ones to cooperate with another sighting.

You may want to revisit the observation methods used by Gorilla researchers. Your new camera is a step in the right direction. Sadly, I expect that if you ever do post new pictures some day, they won't be any better. Bigfoot research is strange that way.
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Neither one is reliable evidence for the existence of the creature that's being described.
There is no reliable evidence anywhere for the creature that is being described. You can't have thousands upon thousands of witness "sightings" and then add in the alleged native people stories and still not produce a body or parts. The math simply doesn't work.
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There is no reliable evidence anywhere for the creature that is being described. You can't have thousands upon thousands of witness "sightings" and then add in the alleged native people stories and still not produce a body or parts. The math simply doesn't work.

Apparently not in 2013 either, even with modern firesticks and night eyes, and thermal scopes. Can't bag the werewolve, errr bigfoot. They haven't tried silver bullets? lol. Bigfooters seem to ignore common sense and logic. Critical thinking skills are not high on the list of the bigfootery bible. Their high priest Meldrum is a fine example of this. Apparently the giant naked beast is very stealth like. It spends its days being stealth. And blurry. Thats what bigfeet do man.
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What kind of ransom do they demand?
Zag nut bars and canned beans.
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Old 19th August 2013, 10:11 AM   #233
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Zag nut bars and canned beans.
And hickory nuts. Well, one anyway.
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Old 19th August 2013, 11:56 AM   #234
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Chris, you made sure this thread was about you, so save the sob story. Ain't our fault you got caught lying...
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:03 PM   #235
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Asking ppl to post their address because you said you'd done Gorrilla research but can't provide any details? lol. I'll call u.
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:05 PM   #236
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What was the number...? Will you answer specific details if I call you, Chris? btw, I'm Michael John Gilchrist, anything else?
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Old 19th August 2013, 12:13 PM   #237
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Chris claims to have worked at Alamogordo Primate Research Facility in New Mexico, where there are captive, African primates?
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Chimpanzees, who have been confined in laboratories and used for research, testing or to "breed" more babies for research, deserve to live out the remainder of their lives in dignity and peace. Though, they can never be truly free, sanctuary can provide them with as much relative freedom as possible in captivity… with small privileges that must seem like nothing short of miracles for chimpanzees who have spent decades in labs.
What does that have to do with the behavior of wild, unclassified, giant hairy primates living in the Farmlands, Dirtroads and Trailer parks of Kentucky?
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Old 19th August 2013, 01:14 PM   #238
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Drew, I think the years spent scooping up chimp poop has somehow given Chris the ability to see a dark tree stump for what it really is--a lurking Sasquatch!
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Old 19th August 2013, 01:18 PM   #239
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Chris, my location is under my pic, I just gave you my name, do you want anymore details? Let's natter on the dog 'n' bone, eh?
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Old 19th August 2013, 01:23 PM   #240
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If anyone cares to make a list of questions to ask Chris, pm me. Chris, feel free to pm a time/date, along with a contact #.
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