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Reminds me of the Skookum cast. The sasquatch laid down on its side and reached out in a contorted way to grab an apple. Really? They come up with outlandish ways to try to explain something. The difference is that Jacob's pic has a subject to complicate the situation and they come up with more outlandish ways to try to explain it.

Unfortunately, it is. It's also very complicated. But it also transcends science. One can love something that doesn't even exist. Not only does it become a stretch, it becomes meaningless. It accomplishes nothing, unless one considers social psychology, which is certainly a scientific study within the phenomenon of sasquatchery. However, one can still love the pic and believe anything one wishes. But within the ideology of science, it is not a sasquatch.

I think I am a victim of expectations. My expectation would be IF this is some Bigfoot to be photographed it shouldn't really be that complicated. That is, it shouldn't take a Bigfoot doing Yoga or a Bigfoot playing twister to make me squint and see it that way. Some say it is a bigfoot. Then, they say it's not just a bigfoot, but it must be a juvenile bigfoot. Then they say it is a juvenile bigfoot crouched down in some awkward position. The more add-ons needed to explain it, the more it just seems a stretch. I don't know what I am seeing. If I see a video where some bears are feeding and one pic looks odd, then I tend to think it's more likely something to do with a bear. I just don't jump to some "Yoga bending elementary school level bigfoot" Even if we said it was an escaped chimp from a zoo, it should look like a chimp. I know some of you are saying, "Well if you say it is a bear it should look like a bear. HA What about that?!" I understand. Yet, what is more likely to be the case. Just on its face, it seems no different to me than the many times I saw something normal, but it looked weird, odd, or whatever, then by moving a foot to the left or right I was obvious it was really some else what was normal. I have to guess many of you who are convinced this is clear evidence of some juvenile bigfoot didn't have this impression immediately when you first saw it. It took looking at it until you could imagine it could be before you ever thought it was. I can't join you on this one. Sorry. 'Love' shouldn't be this difficult.

Chris from *******, La. Fascinated with Bigfoot from an early age. New to the BF community.

It's said you can tell what a person thinks will really happen based on who much they are willing to bet. Man: "I bet the Cubs will win the World Series" Lady: "You think the Cubs will win? Really? How much are you willing to bet?" Man: "Oh, I won't bet you! Heck no!" Here is this Jacobs 'video' still. Assume for a second we had the answer. How much would you be willing to bet it is really bigfoot in this photo? For me, I would bet Zero it is a bigfoot. Zero. A skeptic might say they don't believe in ghosts. Yet they might admit, "I don't believe in ghosts but would never spend the night in a house that is haunted" This clearly means they at least might believe there could really be ghosts and that house might actually be haunted. In the case of this Jacobs video, I give it zero chance to be a bigfoot. I don't know what it is. We will never know, and I look forward to the continued BFF dialog/ discussion so I can continue to learn more on the subject. It's just how I feel.

Forty years ago, When Steve was in his teens, we had a placer claim that I had staked on the Lillooet River, about 6 hours drive from home, and we spent many weekends up there doing small scale mining. It was a lot of work, a lot of fun, and usually paid enough to cover our gas and beer expenses for the effort. There was a great natural hotspring just 1 km downstream from the claim, so evenings were spent soaking tired muscles while sipping cold ones. We got mostly flour gold and small flakes, but my wife seemed to have the magic touch, and would often pan a grain of rice size picker.

Another afternoon trip, this time with my oldest son, Steve. We chose today, as an "atmospheric river" (read that as Biblical downpour) is forecast for tonight through Monday. We went a bit further north and east from Mission this time, getting about 40 km off pavement before heading home just at dark. Steve brought his new mountain bike, so I turned him loose at the top of a long winding downhill stretch, and followed him down in the H3. He averaged about 33km/h (21 mph), and found the suspension a little too stiff for the potholed gravel; he vibrated for 1/2 hour after the ride, lol. We saw no game or sign at all, and the only other truck out there was parked overlooking a huge clearcut at the end of the trail, so we turned around there to leave him to hunt in peace. Several km down from there, the road crosses a creek that I mentioned to Steve looked like a possible placer area, due to the mineralization in the nearby road cuts, so we stopped so he could shovel some gravel from behind a large boulder, to take home and test pan. I'll let you know if we strike it rich!