MIB Posted 7 hours ago Moderator Posted 7 hours ago 19 hours ago, Backdoc said: Interest in Bigfoot... Demographics? How much is the topic of Bigfoot of interest in various generations? Does this explain any dip in BFF activity? It is an interesting question. Nuanced. I think you have to separate those with a general interest from those with a specific interest stemming from some kind of personal experience. I think what you're talking about is those with general interest, not those with experience. Unfortunately, the waters are muddied today by bigfoot becoming a sort of cultural "thing". A lot of people are aware of the notion of bigfoot now who don't have much interest, don't pay the topic much mind. That wouldn't have been true in Oct '67, for example. MIB 1
Trogluddite Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago On 6/14/2025 at 7:58 PM, RedHawk454 said: Forums in general are slowly becoming outdated ways of reaching out to people on the internet....it seems reddit, youtube, and sadly tiktok are replacing forums. In a similar vein, too sports sites that I follow which used to have vigorous discussions during every game and about every aspect of the teams are also vastly smaller now yet you get prompts to "follow" every single baseball player on X, Rumble, and those other platforms even if they hit less than Mario Mendoza. On 7/11/2025 at 3:38 PM, georgerm said: ... so maybe the Bigfoot forum will remain alive for quite a while longer.... The Forums may have to change and even then may still get overtaken by the shift in communications preferences by different generations, as BackDoc pointed out. 19 hours ago, Backdoc said: Interest in Bigfoot... Demographics? How much is the topic of Bigfoot of interest in various generations? Does this explain any dip in BFF activity? Most people around my age group (59 years old) got their Bigfoot interest by movies ... The only time you saw the PGF again would be a book or two you could buy or rent at the library. ... As long as these generations feels interested in Bigfoot they will continue to consume the Bigfoot subject with TV Ratings and other activity. This would apply to activity on the BFF. .... The younger generation replacing them might not have a deeper interest in Bigfoot since it didn't make up a big part of what they grew up with. In that way, I wonder if we get less interest in the BFF based on fewer being passionately interested in Bigfoot. Interestingly, while I'm of the generation that first saw Bigfoot on In Search of and The Six Million Dollar Man, I lost all interest in it until the early 2010s. And even then my first reaction was, "this really can't still be a thing, can it?" So I agree that as us older folks move on, the Forums will likely shrink because younger folks aren't as interested and don't consume news the same way. Matt Moneymaker made a comment on a recent Bigfoot and Beyond podcast that younger researchers he has met haven't gone back any further than Finding Bigfoot. When he asks about John Green or Grover Krantz, he gets a blank stare and a "who is that?" 2
Trogluddite Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 1 minute ago, MIB said: It is an interesting question. Nuanced. I think you have to separate those with a general interest from those with a specific interest stemming from some kind of personal experience. I think what you're talking about is those with general interest, not those with experience. Would have answered this to, but you posted just as I hit send. I'm one of the "general interest" folks. While my wife and I hike a fair bit, I've never seen Bigfoot (or a black bear) in the woods on hikes and don't expect to see a Bigfoot. But its dragged me in because if its all a hoax, or misidentifications, that should be fairly easy to demonstrate. And it hasn't been.
Backdoc Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 5 hours ago, MIB said: It is an interesting question. Nuanced. I think you have to separate those with a general interest from those with a specific interest stemming from some kind of personal experience. I think what you're talking about is those with general interest, not those with experience. Unfortunately, the waters are muddied today by bigfoot becoming a sort of cultural "thing". A lot of people are aware of the notion of bigfoot now who don't have much interest, don't pay the topic much mind. That wouldn't have been true in Oct '67, for example. MIB I will say I have not had any Bigfoot experience personally. My guess is such an experience would be life-changing to those who have. They might report it or not, but I have to think someone having such an experience is changed forever. I agree as you say Bigfoot has become a cultural thing. Who knows if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I don't know if my childhood was typical but most of us who grew up back in the day (I was born in 1966) grew up with 3 channels on TV to watch. If the Wizard of Oz was on you watched it that night or you couldn't see it again for another year. Assuming 1/3rd of the country (3 channels to watch) was watching that means millions all shared the same basic experiences then. There were a lot fewer things competing for our time. I have to think for those who grew up then they all had a similar view of Bigfoot. I always felt then Bigfoot or the Yeti was always presented as a real creature. It seems to me the feeling was more of a universal understanding because the few outlets presenting Bigfoot as a topic (Peter Graves) made the argument to say Bigfoot DOES exist vs DOESN'T exist. The internet and media are now like McDonalds. There used to be only a few items to choose from. Now they try to offer everything. 1
norseman Posted 1 hour ago Admin Posted 1 hour ago We have 8 pages of comments on this topic alone. We may not be what we once were but we are certainly far from being dead. 1
Backdoc Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, Trogluddite said: Matt Moneymaker made a comment on a recent Bigfoot and Beyond podcast that younger researchers he has met haven't gone back any further than Finding Bigfoot. When he asks about John Green or Grover Krantz, he gets a blank stare and a "who is that?" It doesn't help the show Finding Bigfoot never seems to actually find Bigfoot. As some point it becomes a joke which I have to think does little to help interest in Bigfoot. Because of this show, there has to be part of the public who would say, "Bigfoot, isn't that those people who are out there in the woods but never find him?"
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