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I don't see any of this being about honor, integrity, or trustworthiness. Bigfoot belief is such a small crowd that in order to have support you have to bond with others and throw all honor, integrity, or trustworthiness out the window. That's why we see people defend others who cry "hoaxer" when the evidence clearly says otherwise, or defending a supposed "bigfoot encounter" when the evidence clearly says it never happened. Those are the exact opposite of 'honor, integrity, or trustworthiness'. People here will choose the group over the facts.

Huh? Guessing I'm the random person with empty pronouncements to which you refer. All I'm saying is that we might be wise to continually check ourselves against the brain's tendency to process data in a way that is consistent with a persons belief systems. Never said to stop wasting energy looking and exploring and learning about this creature. The brain can fool you and I used my own examples to illustrate that point. Nathan summed up my point very well. Wasn't intended to discourage folks.

Bigfoot on the brain is a very real issue that overtakes MANY bigfooters and even the general outdoorsman. Beating the issue is only possible if you study wildlife biology and ecology to understand that Sasquatch is likely the very last thing you are encountering. Beyond this, the mind has to be trained to overcome fear to evaluate things in the moment logically.

Bigfoot on the Brain: The tendency to attribute to Bigfoot things that are, in fact, not at all attributable to Bigfoot or highly unlikely to be attributable to Bigfoot. BFOTB is a real syndrome for those of us who are open to the existence of this creature. I know BFOTB is a real syndrome 'cause I had it and still fight the tendency to this day. Rocks being thrown at my wilderness cabin turned out to be a squirrel dropping pine cones from a tree high above the rooftop. Bowling ball sized rocks being thrown at me, narrowly missing my boat, while night fishing on remote wilderness lakes turned out to be a territorial beaver. Blood curdling screams in the middle of the state forest late at night, well, who knows for sure, though probably produced by an animal very common to the area, most likely a bobcat. In each case, I was convinced these were full fledged BF encounters. However, upon further rational investigation found there was absolutely no cause for any sort of alarm. I simply was suffering from 'bigfoot on the brain', concocting a narrative that fit with similiar stories commonly found in today's BF media. BFOTB syndrome is not rational and causes us to reach conclusions about things which are attributed to BF circumstantially, with the dismissal of far more plausible explanations. Not sure the psychology underlying BFOTB syndrome, but fear it's very common in the BF community. I continually fight it myself. So, who else here believes in the thing called Bigfoot on the Brain? Are you aware of its effects on perceptions, your own included? Do you guard against it? MNSkeptic

Or because it's not worth trying to convince someone on a forum who has decided BF is not real. Like any skeptic here would ever change their mind and openly announce it for all the other readers. How could they be sure it was real? .......and wouldn't it be a disgrace if any got fooled!!! hmmmm???????????

D1, I'll see your "story", and raise you a "fantastic".

Fabulous point, Jiggy. It's not what you have "on the brain" that counts; it's what you DO with what's on your brain. You keep listening and keep observing. As southernyahoo says, over time, you learn what's going on. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake along the way. That's what people do. They make mistakes. If you're not willing to make a mistake, learning is not possible. And nobody cares about your mistake, anyway. It doesn't affect anybody else, and it doesn't affect the reality, which is that Bigfoot exists. Worrying about whether somebody on the internet will say you have a made-up syndrome takes precious energy away from learning and experiencing. Don't let the empty pronouncements of random people drag on your energy and enthusiasm. You can't cripple yourself to make someone else happy. It won't actually make them happy, and it won't make you happy, either.

You have me confused with someone else especially that first sentence. I don't care at all for the fakers, however, I don't see everything out there as a fakery like you obviously do. And the last sentence tells me all I need to know about you playing to your "Captive Audience" here. I am still searching for the truth, You, on the other hand, know every person having something positive to say about Bigfoot to be a liar and faker. You have it all figured out in the negative sense with the subject and the only reason you live right here on this site is to play up to the captive audience that you will never have in the "Real World!"