Brian
That track you have there looks kind a of old and weathered. but on the side there also seems to be a wild boar track as well. Am I correct at what I am looking Brian ? Was there more tracks then just that one track ? How about that boar track that this creature seemed to be tracking? Were there more tracks of it as well and did you find a dead carcass of that animal ? Do you have other pictures of this same creature tracks ? Do you have any castings of this creature feet? and How far were you able to track it? The print does not seem too deep in that sand but because it might be due that the creature passed through there either a day or two or it must have rained at some point. But would be nice to see a good track way. I have seen good track ways in the snow on trails at night of little ones . Since which parents would let their little ones run in the woods at night chasing deer bare footed. Especially when it is cold and fresh snow and it is in the back woods where one does not expect a single kid to be. A four inch print with a five foot stride flat footed chasing deer running and jumping over falling debris. While at the same time stepping on branches and not finding no blood where one would expect this little person to have cut it self. Halucinating. I think not ,but seeing some thing that was real with my own eyes. How can one explain this. It is like being hit in the head with a hammer and waking up with a bad head ache.
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ShadowBorn, The track was old maybe a week or so. There were 5 total with around 6 ft heel to toe the others were not as good as this one so i only took one pic. And that was a boar track but it was newer so no connection there. This was in a WMA during hunting season and in a wide open area so I would say it was a night event. It was heading for woods and a river. I never found any more sign at that time. I do have more prints and track ways that are in dirt and mud but am going to wait till I can post in premium side of this forum so i have some control over pics. Here in Florida this time of year it's just to hot to go out much! September - May is when I do most of my time in the woods. I do have trail cams out and change cards every 3 months. I have seen nothing on them yet other than deer, pigs, coyote, oh and a game warden who never looked at cam. Anyway thanks for your interest !
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An important point to be sure. It's a glaring irony that those, supposedly in our court, fail at this very basic tenet. Papers are accepted all the time but I've yet to see anything self published get beyond being........uh.........self published.
I'll take it under consideration.
I've seen claims, but haven't had the expertise or time to validate them to my satisfaction, that our DNA shows markers consistent with genetic engineering. I suppose, if one were to engineer one species for a particular purpose, as Sitchen proposed, then one might have a reason to engineer two and use them for different purposes, or retain the more fitting of the two.
Possibly, give or take. Which might be those larger than today's size people you mentioned earlier today.
It is no wilder than any of the other explanations offered for the weird combinations of individually unlike (for a great ape) characteristics. It costs nothing to set that answer slightly aside but leave it on the table in case more supporting evidence comes along. Doing so is a more valid process for real science than cherry picking data to make the things we don't like go away .. particularly when there's a chance our expectations are what's wrong and the data is right.
MIB
Of course. I know where you are going with this. I understand that many sciences must rely on observation and description. I get that. Biology, or zoology, insofar as classifying an 8 foot ape, of which there are reportedly thousands, does not qualify as one.