Sunflower Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Bipedal, quadrapedal or crawling on its belly. I've read reports with all and one thing that comes to mind is the Gable film (hoax). That guy did a great gorilla impression IMO, and that was what I thought it was when I first saw it, so maybe with a little practice. There is a tribe of humans that walk on all fours all the time. If someone remembers that article please help. I had saved it on my old computer but it's gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasfooty Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Sunflower, I found this about quadrupedal humans. It doesn't say if they can stand up straight or not. http://www.drpribut.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/quadripedal-human-gait/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Here's a quick link about a family of quadrupedal humans. They are certainly an exception, and is thought to be caused by a genetic problem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4782492.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Ha, same folks I linked to Sasfooty. There is atleast one family member that does walk bipedally as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I saw the documentary on TV about those poor people. They suffer from some pretty severe brain dysfunction. The brain dysfunction may be genetic, but the walking on all fours isn't. I believe it was mentioned that they have severe balance problems in trying to walk upright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 The question would be, since walking upright is such a huge advantage, what would the need be to drop to all fours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Answer: 1. For cover 2. For sneaking up on prey. 3. For a burst of speed. 4. For climbing uphill. 5. And for keeping us totally confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Sasfooty and SouthernYahoo, Thank you, that's the one. I appreciate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasfooty Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The video that Imonacan posted reminded me of a video I saw a few years ago. I can't remember much about it except that something came running by a truck & either hit with it's fist it or threw something & hit it. It happened so fast that it was blurry, but whatever it was, ran the same way as the one in the film from Canada. It was mostly running on two legs, but appeared to be using it's arms to balance as it turned & ran sideways. I've been looking for that film for a couple of days, but no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKD Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 This has been starting to bug me for a bit. Before a year ago or so I don't remember reading ANY reports about Sas going 4x4 now they are showing up more frequently. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShadowPrime Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) One - of the many! - great things about this place is that there is a tremendous resource here in terms of "institutional memory" ... if there are some older reports of quadrapedal locomotion, I am sure someone here will come up with them! My personal wholly anecodtal recollection is that there were a few older reports along those lines, but it DOES seem to me that I have read more of them of late. And - again, not based on some sort of careful note-taking, believe me! - I have the gut feeling that most such reports I have read have either dealt with (apparenly) younger indviduals, or individuals trying hard to be stealthy. One of the challenges of giving weight to sightings reports is ... how do you pick and choose among them? Beyond situations where the stories simply don't hold together on any sort of practical level? I think this, arguably, illustrates one of the weaknesses of sightings reports... absent any sort of collaborating evidence (rare), they all ultimately come down to accepting someone's word. So what if a report "sounds" just like many other reports, but then includes an element - the physical description of what is allegedly seen, or its behavior - that seems at odds with the "accepted" image of BF? Tricky. Shadow PS - I am not aware of anyone reporting a "quadrapedal BF trackway"...am I wrong? I know some folks have come forward with alleged BF handprints, but to my knowledge, no one has come forward with a quadrapedal trackway. Edited February 13, 2011 by ShadowPrime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 On the old forum several years ago, a long time member, was very shocked that a discussion was brought up about a bigfoot moving on all fours. I had known about it because of a chat room discussion with about 5-6 long time posters around the same time frame, anyone remember? So I posted a drawing and believe I still have that drawing (not mine). It was the artwork of Bill Asmussen, I think. It is incredible and might be what my brother and I saw in my front yard after midnight during an ice storm in 1978-1979. There were three sets of yellow eyes, my brother had the flashlight, I had the shotgun. We backed up a few feet, found the porch and got the hell back in the house. What I think is happening now is people are remembering strange things that they have seen but had no information or verification when it happened. Around here where I live now, there were reports up north of me about a big cat, but not exactly a cat. So who knows how many unreported incidents of something on all fours there are and how many reports are just question marks. A friend of mine has photos of a trackway where it's obviously knuckles and it's using quadrupedal movements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) On the old forum several years ago, a long time member, was very shocked that a discussion was brought up about a bigfoot moving on all fours. I had known about it because of a chat room discussion with about 5-6 long time posters around the same time frame, anyone remember? So I posted a drawing and believe I still have that drawing (not mine). It was the artwork of Bill Asmussen, I think. It is incredible and might be what my brother and I saw in my front yard after midnight during an ice storm in 1978-1979. There were three sets of yellow eyes, my brother had the flashlight, I had the shotgun. We backed up a few feet, found the porch and got the hell back in the house. What I think is happening now is people are remembering strange things that they have seen but had no information or verification when it happened. Around here where I live now, there were reports up north of me about a big cat, but not exactly a cat. So who knows how many unreported incidents of something on all fours there are and how many reports are just question marks. A friend of mine has photos of a trackway where it's obviously knuckles and it's using quadrupedal movements. Sunflower, I like that list you made regarding use of the 4x4, it covers what I am familiar with, along with the execution of the close in predation (deer and hog examples). I believe that many of them do it.. and have been. Particularly when out in the open, crossing roads, etc. Might be the younger ones do it more. I think it makes it harder to identify them, they know that, and there seems to be some accounts of them utilizing this stance for predation, some think they are faster this way.. I have no idea. Anyone with personal experience that describes their experience is sure appreciated. If you find that clip Sasfooty, I would like to see it. In time it would nice to have a load of references on this such as report numbers.. There are a bunch. Edited February 13, 2011 by treeknocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolftrax Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Anyone proposing that sasquatch are both bipedal and quadrupedal, especially that they drop to all fours to run, will have a hard time convincing anyone with knowledge of ape and hominid locomotion that it is anything more than a way to consolidate reports and film and cast evidence. Edited February 15, 2011 by wolftrax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Humans and great apes can and do use quadrupedal locomotion, it's just easier with shorter legs and longer arms. Think of humans going up steep hills vs. a chimp, the stance gives better traction with longer more powerful strides. Add a powerful upper body to handle the stresses on the forelimbs and it could make for a useful burst of speed in an ambush of prey. I've also known of human children who were late to learn to walk. Guess how they got around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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