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6th March 2015, 01:26 PM | #161 |
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...because they're just making it up altogether?
I was also thinking that one way to pelt a tin roof with small rocks from a great distance would be to use a wrist rocket or sling shot. A couple snarky teenagers could easily be responsible for the majority of what hasn't been invented in their own minds. |
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As I posted before, already happened:
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Drew,
You need to publish your drawings - "The Real Story of Area X - Gablemb and Friends" I'm thinking a POP-UP book would fit the subject nicely. |
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6th March 2015, 01:55 PM | #164 |
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I have them all saved on imageshack.
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"I dont call that evolution, I call that the survival of the fittest." - Bulletmaker "I thought skeptics would usually point towards a hoax rather than a group being duped." - makaya325 Kit is not a skeptic. He is a former Bigfoot believer that changed his position to that of non believer.- Crowlogic |
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"I dont call that evolution, I call that the survival of the fittest." - Bulletmaker "I thought skeptics would usually point towards a hoax rather than a group being duped." - makaya325 Kit is not a skeptic. He is a former Bigfoot believer that changed his position to that of non believer.- Crowlogic |
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Apes with wood!! What a concept!!!
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6th March 2015, 04:42 PM | #168 |
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6th March 2015, 05:03 PM | #170 |
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Pages 99–101 addressing the "blood". The NAWAC's people confirmed blood but the independent lab they used could not. Hmmm . . . I wonder why.
Then they leap straight from the blood/rodent pee discussion to a story about a bigfoot reaching into a cabin through a window screen to push on a guy who was sleeping inside. I'm just going to assume that Sharon hasn't read that page. |
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Which is quite easily explained.
http://www.livescience.com/39225-why...ng-asleep.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk A commonly misinterpreted phenomenon among paranormalists, with which Ms. Hill should be familiar. |
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6th March 2015, 05:34 PM | #173 |
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Rocks hit a roof, can't find the guy who threw it, therefore Bigfoot.
Let us all remember there is a common piece of technology called a slingshot. There are Youtube videos of people claiming the ability to hit targets at a range of 80m with a hand-held model, firing at a 45 degree angle. For larger rocks and more range, elastic can be strung between two trees for endless amusement dangerous only to other people. Tons easier than crop circles, I'm sure. |
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My property is 14 acres and I know pretty much every squirrel on it. These people are a joke.
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I knew that. I was just pointing out the other
This is the DNA test that Brian Brown repeatedly referred to as being not done by the lab and charged for. Either this part of his report is a lie - or the reports he made on the BFF are a lie. There is no other word for it. |
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But can you really use them effectively in dense forest? Seems that IF any rocks were thrown it'd be from much closer than the claimants attest just because there are so few clear lines of site through those dense canopies.
More to the point, I'm unconvinced any rocks were thrown or otherwise propelled. All we have are claims of people saying that rocks were thrown and photos of rocks. I have never heard anyone who wasn't already a 'footer make a rock throw claim - and I'm a field biologist. An unusually high proportion of the people I know have spent an unusually high proportion of their time in the woods. Thus, I think the simplest explanation does not even require the millenia-old technology of a slingshot. |
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Fer shame, Sharon.
Last we met, Sharon was repeating information from a trusted source in the JREF on what was going down with the disemboweling of the (then) JREF Forums. How dissimilar is this incident? "They seem like likable chaps; what purpose would they have in making this up?" is so far from critical thinking as to almost be one of those "false flag" operations. Is Sharon doing a little "guerrilla theater" to see how skeptics will react? Or does she simply have a gullibility quotient when it comes to dealing with affable and likable people? It seems kinda strange to have a blog with her chosen title and not actually doubt what's being proffered. Maybe "I Doubt It But Heck It's a Great Big World and It Could Be True So Sure, Why Not?" ETA: @Sharon.... we know you're a member here. Wouldn't be better to actually discuss this issue rather than simply allowing moderated contents to settle it. |
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6th March 2015, 09:08 PM | #178 |
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Indeed, if she participated in some discussion on the topic we'd at least know what are these "questions" that need to be addressed.
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6th March 2015, 09:17 PM | #179 |
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It must be a great psychological burden for members that are having rocks thrown at the cabin from nearby. What I mean is that it would be easy to sneak around behind the thrower to get a good look at them. The burden comes from trying to decide what you will do when you see that it is a person throwing the rocks. What do you do then? Do you speak to the person? Do you sneak away hoping that they didn't see you?
What do you tell the other members when you get back to the cabin? Your observation would destroy so much. Would you keep your mouth shut instead and just say that you saw nothing? Would you lie and say that you saw a hairy giant instead? I wonder if any members have witnessed or have direct knowledge of hoaxing and are just keeping quiet because they don't want to be the person that ruins everything. It would be fairly easy to circle around behind a nearby rock thrower and get really close to them. Would the members be hesitant to bring in a fresh skeptic because they might try to do exactly that? Is the team working in a kind of unspoken unison to protect and perpetuate any hoaxing? Is NAWAC a cult? |
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With your point of view, why assume so much? Why not say there were no rocks thrown at all? Everyone pretended rocks were thrown? Why not just argue that the entire scenario was concocted at a Holiday Inn in OK City and an ensuing phony photo opt, in just a few hours, shot in some rural area showing rocks and rooftops? (Just trying to streamline your self-admitted cynicism).
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Yes, which is surely going to happen. Look at all the skeptics who wind up being useful idiot cannon fodder for woo on the Learning or History Channels. Didn't someone here recently post a close encounter with a woo editor and what they did to their actual words/comments? Sharon doesn't have the negotiating clout to get script approval or final edit.
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She's obviously having some sort of internal conflict that's disrupting her ability to be coherent in these matters...If I had to guess, I'd say that conflict was part-cash and part-shame. She's just angry that anyone dare bring it up. Either that, or those tossers really do have a habituation site teaming with giant ape-men....lol, and when I type "lol," I actually mean "LOL." |
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My problem is this, and I may be mistaken, but isn't this the first time she's actually given the benefit of the "Idoubtit" to anyone claiming to have some nonsense Bigfoot evidence?
What's suddenly so special about these unknown tossers? Why not give the same benefit of the Idoubtit to every unknown tosser who comes forward with garbage like this? |
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She's engaged footers before and blogged about the whole Ketchum fiasco. She used to get lambasted over at that stupid Bigfoot Evidence site, which makes this whole "neutral" stance thing seem awfully odd. Is she neutral concerning mermaids? Doubtful. ****, I hope she's not taken in by the SlickRick Brian Brown. When I was in sales, I knew lots of guys (and women} like that.
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Exactly, I don't get why she's willing to give the benefit of the Idoubtit to these muppets, I haven't seen anything from them that would make me think "wow, they actually may have something here," and that's not entirely down to my cynicism on the subject, as much as someone like Jerry may disagree with that.
If she truly has been hoodwinked then that's pretty embarrassing, to say the least. Didn't she used to post over here? Wonder where she's at? |
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Hey Sharon how about just answering the question!...at this point your critical thinking skills are severely in "doubt" not to mention your comment to Drew would appear to be a pretty sexist, derogatory statement.
Imagine if someone said your response was @&$"ish (insert derogatory term for female body part) would you let that ride on your "moderated" site, your hypocrisy is astounding coming from a female! |
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Bingo. Brown has polished his marketing skills to the point he's become the best of the sweet-talking bigfooting con-men out there. Hill might not yet be completely fawning over Brown and his bag-o-tricks, but her soft approach to his 'research' certainly differs from what she wrote less than three years ago:
"We at Doubtful News have decided that Bigfoot news is currently too absurd to warrant discussion on our site. There is no solid evidence that Bigfoot exists. Yet, TV shows and cryptozoology personalities have assumed the reality of the creature instead of considering all reasonable options to explain eyewitness reports. That’s not science. It’s pure speculation." (May 7, 2012) She's already interacted with him so she probably likes him. If so, she may have simply allowed emotions and anecdotes to gain the upper hand over logic and evidence. RayG |
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It's especially telling that she doesn't have the courage to come here and defend or explain her sudden change of heart.
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Is it really wrong for me to say that I would instantly know that Bigfoot exists (and eat crow) if somebody presents a body, but then I follow up that statement with... but nobody will ever present a body because Bigfoot doesn't exist. Is that something that makes me unworthy? Should a "good skeptic" not think that way? |
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She posted here five days ago.
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Jeez, this whole thing is just the usual Bigfoot ball of nothing except with punctuation and good teeth. I have no idea what Dr. Hill sees in this, especially since this will undoubtedly forever be spun in Bigfoot circles as "See? We've even convinced the famous skeptic Sharon Hill!"
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Here is a description of her new company.
Originally Posted by Sharon Hill / Lithospherica, LLC on Linkedin
It gets worse. https://lithospherica.wordpress.com/consulting/ Maybe Brian hired her to be a liaison, and this is how she accomplishes that task? |
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Huh how about that! Sharon, Did you write the NAWACKY monograph or assist in anyway and if so were you compensated for your work? |
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