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Fair enough. Amended: The proposition that all BF witnesses are either lying, hallucinating, or mistaken is as extraordinary a claim as a physical creature.

The proposition that all BF witnesses are either lying or hallucinating is as extraordinary a claim as a physical creature. I wonder if skeptics can admit that.

UPs: Sadly, yes, argumentative tactics often take the tactic of creating a description of Bf than can then be easily ridiculed and discounted. But sadly, we see in in common use in politics, law and most other human endeavors of discussion where the intent is to win, moreso than to understand or to teach. Bill

How can you compare spousal or partner infidelity with lying about a bigfoot sighting? At least with the infidelity part you are getting something pleasant out of it at some point, or there is some kind of reward there. I can't think of anything positive coming out of claiming to see bigfoot. I think the one question missing on these questionnaires that those that choose to investigate forget to ask is if the person enjoyed the experience of seeing bigfoot. I think I already know what the answer to that one would be. Most people lie to get out of trouble not bring grief upon themselves. Here, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudologia_fantastica The researchers found that the prevalence for any personality disorder in the United States is 9.1 percent. Specific prevalence rates for borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder were estimated at 1.4 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2007/national-survey-tracks-prevalence-of-personality-disorders-in-us-population.shtml