Is the Bigfoot Forum losing interest?

[norseman]

26 minutes ago, NorCalWitness said:

Do you think people who mimic the sierra sound calls are fools?

I think we are all participating in a fringe subject and it’s wise to remember that. We are all fools in the eyes of science.

 

And there is only one path forward to reverse the table.

[NorCalWitness]

18 minutes ago, norseman said:

I think we are all participating in a fringe subject and it’s wise to remember that. We are all fools in the eyes of science.

 

And there is only one path forward to reverse the table.

I asked for your opinion. What is your opinion on the question I posed?

[norseman]

1 hour ago, NorCalWitness said:

I asked for your opinion. What is your opinion on the question I posed?

I gave it. I don’t put much stock in the Sierra sounds. But if someone does? Good for them. 
 

And people mimic Sasquatch stuff all the time. From the PGF 352 frame to wood knocking to the Ohio howl. It’s inevitable.

[Scratchy]

I’ve lurked here for many years on and off. I’ve posted a few times in the past but mainly come here periodically to see if anything new is happening.

 

I too have noticed the forum is much less active than before. It’s an independent platform. That has nothing on Reddit. The reason the Bigfoot subReddit is growing so much is because A. It’s just a huge conglomerate that attracts people and B. There’s regular influx of users from other similar subreddits like the paranormal, cryptozoology, outdoorsmen subreddits.

 

Interest in Bigfoot is not really dying I believe either. As far as the sasquatches themselves I believe there is somewhat less than in the past. I personally like to think the population is declining locally in some areas and remaining stable or even increasing in others. It’s likely there’s less Sasquatch in the southeast for example than before due to human encroachment, but there’s undoubtedly population stability or rise in places like rural Canada.

 

I am a young guy and the advice I would give to get the BFF back on track is to advertise both on and offline however you can. Guarantee you a lot of the younger folks on the subreddit have never heard of BFF and would happily partake. This forum is pretty well put together and offers unique tailorship to Sasquatch compared to the subReddit. 
 

edit: realized I’ve posted in here before but wanted to elaborate 

Edited February 27 by Scratchy

[Skinwalker13]

In my opinion, the gears have shifted, the VAST majority of folks in the "community" are no longer interested in finding answers, they are here for the pop culture phenomena that is "bigfoot". For that reason, forums full of information and data points are of little interest when youtube other social platforms are spoon feeding them. these kinds of spaces are for the dedicated at this point. what they are dedicated to is another question lol. finding answers? their skepticism ? their belief? I've dropped back over the last 2 years myself due to other projects and other research opportunities that yield quantifiable data. Those other fields feel far more rewarding because i can actually "bring it home" so to speak. 

as mentioned by @Scratchy pushing it on a subreddit may help boost registration and  activity over here.  

[CallyCat]

Do y'all remember the old saying, " If you keep doing the same thing over and over, you'll keep getting the same outcome"? I think that's a lot of the problem. People assume or believe they know what bigfoot is so they keep looking for physical evidence, which at this point, will have to be a body. I don't think that will work either and I'll tell you why. I've kept this opinion under wraps for years but I'm dying of metastatic breast cancer that has now spread to major organs, so I don't have much time left to tell the tale. 

 

Many years ago, I went to Selma, Alabama to investigate a giant skeleton on display in a restaurant that was supposedly Cheif Tuscaloosa. For those who aren't familiar, Cheif Tuscaloosa was documented by the Spanish to be over 8 feet tall. I suspected that this skeleton wasn't human or some historic Indian Chief, so I went on down to Selma to check it out. The owner of the restaurant provided the documentation from the US government that the skeleton was over 7 feet tall. They took that skeleton for further study, but what they returned was obviously a human skeleton typical of what you would find in an anatomy class in school. I measured the skeleton and it was only slightly taller than me. These medical school skeletons can sometimes be a conglomeration of bones from different people. I took a toe bone for DNA analysis but after talking to a well-known geneticist we decided it wasn't worth the effort to do DNA testing based on what I found. 

 

The point I'm getting at is that no matter what you believe bigfoot to be it is a real phenomenon. I say that because the government obviously swapped out those skeletons and sent a regular human skeleton back to the owners instead of the original skeleton. I'm pretty sure the documents that she showed me were legitimate, she did not realize the skeleton was swapped out until I examined it and it didn't fit the measurements on the documentation. The government wanted that original skeleton for a reason, now what they found out is anyone's guess. The same will happen if someone manages to obtain a type specimen. All I can say is when you look down into the abyss, it certainly looks back at you. Keep that in mind as you continue your quest for truth. I think the government knows what they are and it is probably nothing that we assume it to be. I think people that are interested in bigfoot get bored with the same results, or lack of results, that happens over and over again when you simply look for physical evidence, keeping the focus and assumptions about a being so narrow. 

Edited 1 hour ago by CallyCat