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it is an interesting video. worth watching.

There's a ton of research on the concept of "motivated skepticism". It's basically the idea that we perceive more favorably any new information that supports our current opinion. So a motivated skeptic about the existence of Bigfoot will not give much consideration to any evidence that contradicts his prior belief, no matter how objectively good that evidence might be. Same would hold true for those already convinced that Bigfoot exist. This appears to happen subconsciously. Even the “scofftic” (to use norseman's term) could be unaware of his motivated skepticism. Here's a cool academic paper on motivated skepticism for those interested. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280743835_Motivated_Skepticism_Use_of_Differential_Decision_Criteria_for_Preferred_and_Nonpreferred_Conclusions True skepticism is difficult to realize. It's like our brains are always pushing us to validate what we think we already know.

Published in the East Oregonian of Pendleton (OR) on October 6, 1882.

Hat tip to Bigfoot and Beyond, where I first heard about this incident. Published on 30 Mar 1904 in The Capital Journal of Salem (OR). No additional or older newspaper accounts have been found to date, but Bobbi Short's (RIP) Bigfoot Encounters also has some limited information about this story at http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/thompson.htm.

Wrong field, but a great explanation on closed minded scientists. Dr. Gary Nolan https://youtube.com/shorts/-Tzw21EcC8c?si=o4e6ah3F0C6QmpDq

The problem is we don't have agreed upon, well-defined terms which are universally understood. I have no problem with the term "Skeptic" but it must be defined as to what kind of skeptic. What do we mean by skeptic? What do we mean by believer? How do we define those who are somewhere in the middle who might lean skeptic or lean believer? Generically, I would think a skeptic as someone who just doesn't think Bigfoot has been proven to be real at least to them. A believer might believe bigfoot exists and yet thinks the PGF is a hoax. Maybe they think the PGF is real, but the Memorial Day footage is a hoax. There are diff degrees on what people believe and don't' believe. It's not perfect but we have to at least attempt to use labels in the discussion of the Bigfoot issues. BTW a skeptic can be open minded, and a hardline believer might change their mind.

In this members-only episode of Bigfoot Society, listeners are taken deep into places where very few people linger—and even fewer talk about what happens there. Remote lakes high on reservation land. Dead-end roads in rural Ohio. Mountain pull-offs where the night feels heavier than it should. Multiple witnesses step forward to share what they experienced in these locations. Some noticed they weren’t alone. Others realized something had closed the distance without a sound. A few describe moments where the encounter didn’t end when they left the area. These are calm, firsthand accounts told without exaggeration, and many of the details shared in this episode aren’t discussed publicly anywhere else.If you’re already a supporting member, thank you—your support is the reason these stories can be told in full. If you’re not, this episode is a clear example of what you’re missing. The complete accounts, the full conversations, and the moments that change how people see the woods are available to members only. Listen to what you can… and decide how deep you want to go. Note: To get this full episode (and tomorrow's episode) early and ad-free then become a supporting member over at https://www.bigfootsocietypodcast.com OR become a Youtube member by tapping the JOIN button.Listen to the Podcast

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For years, she watched the same signs repeat themselves across Ontario—footprints appearing where they shouldn’t, structures forming overnight, and locations that seemed to connect like a hidden corridor through parks, ravines, and public land. In this episode of Bigfoot Society, Anna, an Ontario-based Sasquatch researcher breaks her silence to describe what long-term exposure reveals that single encounters never do. Seasonal patterns. Juvenile and adult track sizes found together. X-structures placed with intent—and removed just as quickly. 🗣️ Share Your Story Had a Bigfoot encounter or strange experience? Send it to bigfootsociety@gmail.com – your story might be featured on the show! 🎥 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube 🔴 Subscribe here → Bigfoot Society YouTube 💬 Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts! 📞 Leave a voicemail with your story → Speakpipe (Use multiple voicemails if needed) 👥 Share this episode → Watch & Share 🎧 More episodes → Podcast Playlist 🌲 Recommended: New Jersey Bigfoot Encounters 💥 Support the Show & Get Perks ✅ Join the community on Supercast – Become a Member ✅ Listen ad-free & early on YouTube – Join Here 📱 Let’s Connect Instagram: @bigfootsocietyTwitter: @bigfoot_societyTikTok: @bigfoot.society🧰 Tools & Partners I Use (Affiliate Links) These help support the show at no extra cost to you: Beam (Better Sleep): Try BeamWildgrain (Better Bread): Join HereSeed (Probiotics): Get SeedMedi-Share (Healthcare): Learn MoreLMNT (Electrolytes) Free Sample Pack with your first purchase! : Get LMNTOrganic and non-GMO groceries delivered for less http://thrv.me/uarEhS🎙️ Podcasting Tools: Repurpose.io: Try ItDescript: Sign UpStreamyard: Start RecordingRiverside.fm: Try Riverside🎧 My Audio Interface: View on Amazon ☕ Buy Me a Coffee – Support Here 🛍️ Grab Some Merch – Shop on Etsy 📬 Mailing Address: Bigfoot Society 125 E 1st St. #233 Earlham, IA 50072 Listen to the Podcast

From the Rocky Mountains of northern Utah to the deep hollers of the Tennessee Smokies, something has been there the whole time. In this episode, Brad shares a lifetime of experiences that began as a child in the foothills above Huntsville Valley, Utah, followed him into the remote bow-hunting areas near Curtis Creek and Lost Creek, and continues today on an off-grid property deep in eastern Tennessee. What starts as a strange daytime observation in Utah turns into nighttime activity, unexplained movement through hunting camps, a violent disturbance near a parked truck, and one of the most aggressive vocalizations ever described on the show — heard from just outside a remote campsite. Now living completely off-grid, Brad documents ongoing activity around his Tennessee property: altered access routes, unnatural tree damage, persistent forest sounds, and an area of land that feels intentionally closed off. 🗣️ Share Your Story Had a Bigfoot encounter or strange experience? Send it to bigfootsociety@gmail.com – your story might be featured on the show! 🎥 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube 🔴 Subscribe here → Bigfoot Society YouTube 💬 Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts! 📞 Leave a voicemail with your story → Speakpipe (Use multiple voicemails if needed) 👥 Share this episode → Watch & Share 🎧 More episodes → Podcast Playlist 🌲 Recommended: New Jersey Bigfoot Encounters 💥 Support the Show & Get Perks ✅ Join the community on Supercast – Become a Member ✅ Listen ad-free & early on YouTube – Join Here 📱 Let’s Connect Instagram: @bigfootsocietyTwitter: @bigfoot_societyTikTok: @bigfoot.society🧰 Tools & Partners I Use (Affiliate Links) These help support the show at no extra cost to you: Beam (Better Sleep): Try BeamWildgrain (Better Bread): Join HereSeed (Probiotics): Get SeedMedi-Share (Healthcare): Learn MoreLMNT (Electrolytes) Free Sample Pack with your first purchase! : Get LMNTOrganic and non-GMO groceries delivered for less http://thrv.me/uarEhS🎙️ Podcasting Tools: Repurpose.io: Try ItDescript: Sign UpStreamyard: Start RecordingRiverside.fm: Try Riverside🎧 My Audio Interface: View on Amazon ☕ Buy Me a Coffee – Support Here 🛍️ Grab Some Merch – Shop on Etsy 📬 Mailing Address: Bigfoot Society 125 E 1st St. #233 Earlham, IA 50072Listen to the Podcast

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This article, published in The Times-News of Twin Falls (ID) on April 14, 1910 provides some interesting information about the size of Bigfoot's feet. The attached paper by the Idaho State Historical Society notes that this Native American, Ouluck, stood 7 feet tall. NOTE: Ouluck, aka Bigfoot, is not the same individual as Lakota chief Si Tanka, also known as Bigfoot and namesake for several locations in the western United States. 0236.pdf

Published in the Vermont Journal, Windsor (VT) on October 25, 1879.

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Skepticism in the world of bigfoot, in and of itself, is a healthy and necessary trait. Until someone plops a body or part thereof onto an examination table, it's all sus (suspect). Trogluddite's excellent above post said it well. I, too, consider myself a skeptical believer. But, hoo boy, there are LOTS of issues with what's taken for "bigfoot canonical lore." (Hey, I coined a new phrase!) Let's face it: Us bigfoot proponents can't blame disbelievers any too much. The biological necessities make it difficult to explain how enormous, bipedal primates can make a living without revealing their immediate whereabouts that should lead to their discovery. So rather than grouse about those darned skeptics, realize just how much we're asking the general public to accept on faith. Footprints? Great. Shouldn't a skilled tracker be able to follow them to their source? Tree structures? Like Norse, and I'm not speaking for him, but I ain't buying it. Extremely circumstantial. The amount of daily caloric intake necessary to sustain a five-hundred lb. primate should leave traceable effects on the environment, and along with their footprint impressions, reveal their location to a tracker. These are some of the nuts and bolts that fuel good, honest skepticism. I don't think it's fair to criticize someone for that. What we skeptical (and hopeful) proponents dwell on are the compelling first-hand accounts, recordings of calls and chatter of unknown sources, and a handful of films/videos, especially the renowned Patty (she's a rockstar!) So here's to skeptical, hopeful belief.

I consider myself very much a skeptic in that I'm a skeptical believer. I'm probably much harsher on many aspects of Bigfoot, and even have heretical beliefs on some things regarded as canon law. I have lots of reasons to doubt the accounts provided by some people/websites/witnesses. But I have no reason to doubt the accounts provided by others. While those accounts alone can't demonstrate the existence of Bigfoot to a scientific standard, they should cause reasonable people to be open-minded on the subject. As Norse says, the skeptics that pop up here often are anything but open minded.

John Green (RIP) was, for newer Bigfoot researchers, one of the earliest people to chronicle Sasquatch/Bigfoot encounters and to collect, collate, and analyze data from witness descriptions of encounters. He graciously made his database available to Forums members and gave the Forums permission to use his materials. This article was printed in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (see https://www.journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse) but is not available in their archives. The Journal encourage research librarians to list their free, open access journal among a library's electronic journal holdings and I am happy to do so here. Their online archive goes back to 2010 and appears to include a wildly eclectic mix of topics (UAPs, ghosts, mystery underground structures) which I'm sure many here will enjoy. But this virtual library is for Bigfoot stuff. Historical Overview and Basic Facts Involved in the Sasquatch...pdf

I think what you’re describing as a skeptic, the BFF traditionally would call a “scofftic”. We used to have many. Basically they got their jollies by coming on here and calling us idiots everyday. Maybe not in so many words. But demanding absolute proof and scoffing at any evidence offered. I am skeptical of tree structures and a few other supposed attributes of the mythical creature. But as I have seen tracks? I am very open minded that something still exists out there. With the caveat that we are still on the hook to provide proof that it’s real.

Published in The Post-Star of Glens Falls (NY) on August 30, 1976. Classic encounter included in Bigfoot Encounters in New York and New England and as seen on TV (Finding Bigfoot). This was front-page news, more important than what was going on in Korea.

It would depend why they don't believe it.

How would you describe, or what's your term for someone who doesn't believe bigfoot walks in the deep woods?

Published in the New-York (NY) Tribune on November 4, 1922.