Do Bigfoots that are Injured, or too old Hunt Dangerous?

[georgerm]

Do Bigfoots that Despise people, are Injured, or too old Hunt  Dangerous? Are these kinds of bigfoots the type that would take down a human for a needed meal? Why would a Hungry cougar or starving black bear be any different from a Bigfoot that has become dangerous due to starvation and will hunt people. If this is the case, then single individual should not go in the deep forests where Bigfoot is known to live and to take a chance.  If an individual is going to be on an extended hike what kind of pistol would you take in case you are attacked by a Bigfoot. Are there any national forests that have a reputation for missing hikers?  Are there missing people cases where their clothing, camping gear and bodies are reported missing?

Edited 2 hours ago by georgerm

[Huntster]

40 minutes ago, georgerm said:

Do Bigfoots that Despise people, are Injured, or too old Hunt  Dangerous? Are these kinds of bigfoots the type that would take down a human for a needed meal? Why would a Hungry cougar or starving black bear be any different from a Bigfoot that has become dangerous due to starvation and will hunt people. If this is the case, then single individual should not go in the deep forests where Bigfoot is known to live and to take a chance..........

 

Well, since cougars and bears (not to mention snakes, wolves, and homo sapien criminals) are dangerous as well as sasquatches by your own admission, single Homo sapiens should not go into the wilderness. 

 

There are approximately a million black bears, 50,000 brown bears, 20,000 polar bears, 90,000 wolves, 35,000 cougars, unknown millions of venomous snakes, and at least 18 million criminals in North America. I would estimate the sasquatch population to be less than 5,000. The number of hateful, injured, or old of each species might be @ 10% of each (100,000 black bears, 5,000 brown bears, 2000 polar bears, 9000 wolves, 3500 cougars, unknown millions of venomous snakes, and at least 1.8 million criminals).

 

Should it be banned for individuals to go into the wilderness alone? What would constitute wilderness, or "deep forests"? What should the penalty be by law? 

[Silverback Sax]

If you believe that these creatures are nothing more than a wild animal, then yes they may act like a starving wild animal.  Based on thousands of reports and the oral traditions of the first nations, I tend to think of them as "people".  As far as the OPs questions, yes, humans go missing in the forest, sometimes more often in certain forests.  I do not believe that every missing person in the forest is related to sasquatch.  Is it possible?  Sure.  Can I backup my theory?  Nope, not even gonna try.

[Trogluddite]

Those are a lot of questions to unpack.

 

Any wild animal that is desperately trying to survive old age or serious injury would likely be dangerous to humans as without weapons we are the most helpless critters in the forest/jungle.  (Except for pandas, of course. Seriously, google panda videos and ask yourself how these animals actually survive in the wild....)  In going through old newspapers, I've run across several articles where tigers, elephants, bears, and wolves were said to hunt/injure humans out of "hate."  As Silverback and Huntster state, yes, a wild animal (Bigfoot) is likely to act like other wild animals.

 

As to the questions about whether certain national parks are dangerous and what specific cases involve, there is no end of information in threads such as the missing 411 thread at 

 

As to what kind of firearm (not necessarily a pistol) to carry in the backwoods, several members of the Forums who have extensive backwoods experience have offered opinions at this thread. 

 

Between the two threads, that's over 50 pages of discussion on most of the substance asked about.  

 

As to the "should people go out and do dumb things?" question, No.  They shouldn't.  But that didn't stop some guy from camping out with grizzlies because "they were used to him" or a New Jersey hiker from going up in the Adirondacks in shorts and a t-shirt without adequate food, warm clothing, and other survival stuff, and they both died even without help from Bigfoot.