Guest Twilight Fan Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I voted yes, ONLY because I would be terrified if I was out camping at night and heard or saw one of them close to my tent. First, I'm not even sure I believe they exist so seeing one would be jarring proof to me. And then my mind would race to questions like; are they aggressive? Will it attack me? etc.
Guest HarryAbe Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I don't know what to think at this point. There is certainly a feeling of weakness in dealing with one that I have. As a former marine it's not something I am used to nor ever learned in the Marines but something about there size and ability to be so stealth makes me wonder what they COULD possibly do if they felt like it. If a big 9-10 foot 800lb male were to hammer punch you as hard as it could, what in the world could I do to respond, if I was still breathing at that point. Another part of me leans toward what Bobo said on last nights show, when asked a similar question. He pointed out that they should be respected because they are a wild animal BUT they have never attacked him, even when he tried his best to provoke them out of the brush. He even mentioned he threw a few rocks at them with no response.
Guest Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) I would clarify my answer (which was immediately after the OP). i had taken the question to mean do we in general have an attitude of fear concerning BF. I dont, and I have had an encounter with one coming into my house and letting out a massive roar close to me. At the time I couldnt say I was "scared", I was too busy going rag doll calm and resigning myself to whatever might happen next without moving in any way which might cause the situation to escalate negatively. Fear wasnt the word then and I remember it all like an hour ago really (though it was about a decade ago). I was aware that there was a live or die element but at the same time I understood something else that just meant I just needed to stay still and wait. When I heard the roar, I didnt know yowies or any creature in Australia, mythological or normal in the Australian experience, roared. When I heard it there was even more focus on stillness, no movement just be still and a sort of ancient recognition of the sound. Again in none of that I use the word "scared" because it just doesnt fit. I was acting in full instinct and in the way I had learnt when quite young about relaxing my whole body and feeling what will be will be rather than tensing and bringing on more likelihood that it will not be good. I have survided car accidents that way. After that I didnt have fear of them but in fact often went into remote areas further in the bush knowing they lived there and actually thought them sort of safe, I say sort of meaning I had a trust about them. Having said all that, there have been times when I have repeated a call and there has been a charge at me in the bush where I raced into the car and sped away so yes, scared but then not the scared which effected me other than for a moment, I went back to those places many times. One time I was driving out in a fairly unused road in areas where there is a long history of yowie / dooligah . On the coastal side of that area (this was a mountanous area leading down to the coast) some towns even bore names showing the history of the area such as Gorilla Bay. In any case driving along on the dirt road, heavy bush on either side I saw a humanoid perhaps double my height with extremely wide/ broad shoulders . its arms reaching up to a high tree branch - ts was as black as anything in our world could be, a truly ancient human form, This was so primal, too out of the norm to feel safe about, I just couldnt know what its inner laws of action were when dealing with other beings. I passed and then thought to back up to see it and even as i reversed my first idea I could speed away was waining and instead I realised there was no way I could be safe near it if it were to attack. By the end of that thought process I was reversed to where I had seen it and I was betwixt leaning out to see it and getting car in gear to speed away. This was all in a very short time, really I just put foot on excellorator and just zoomed away.. I realised that this creature only needed two steps to be at my door and pulling me out or to throw a rock or branch at me and there was noone going to save me. So yes I guess that was being scared, but again i didnt take the OP question to mean in each incidence but an overall outlook concerning BF. Overall I am not scared and often go into areas I believe to be yowie areas by myself and call out to them. Individual situations like a charge or that sighting yes scared but only so much as helps my survival for that moment. Edited February 28, 2012 by Encounter
ShadowBorn Posted February 28, 2012 Moderator Posted February 28, 2012 I give them great respect when i enter thier domain and they have taught me that.when you are alone with them.I was told by certain people not to hunt this area but I was stuborn and hunted any how.I was taught my error in ways that you may never understand.I am alive and i feel good about it but I listen to that inner voice that told me to leave .If it was not for that in voice I sure as heck would not be here.Fear and them go hand and hand and if they do not want to be bothered you will know.I wish I can explain more but I cannot.There is no belief when you see these creatures there is just knowing and you never forget. Mark
BobZenor Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) When we heard those footsteps approaching and knew it was going to be right on top of us any second, I was terrified. It heard me yelling and stomping hard on the brush after a mouse that bit and woke me and it apparently didn't care that two people were there. It was coming in and there was no stopping it. It made me afraid to sleep at Bluff Creek when alone even in the back of my truck. I walked past where a mountain lion had killed a person. It was apparently feeding on him but I never saw it. A girl got attacked a couple of hours later at Whiting Ranch. I was afraid to go there at night but I still feared Bluff Creek more at night. I have zero fear of mountain lions in the day but I don't want to meet one at night. That is probably not entirely rational or proportional to the danger but whatever that was walking up on us upset me far more for whatever reason. That didn't stop me from going to Bluff Creek. It just made me suffer some when alone there. Edited February 28, 2012 by BobZenor
Cotter Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I personally am not afraid of them. That being said, I've never been in a situation where I thought I was experiencing one. In my research area - in the past. My colleague has been escorted off the mountain before, had a camp completely tore up when he was gone (trees snapped, ground tore up, equipment damaged). On the other side, he's had gifts left for him, been approached at night to very close range (could hear the breathing, but not see), and has been allowed a multiple HOUR class A. Never once has he been attacked or the like. So I think, if I were to experience any of the above, I wouldn't be afraid, just mindful of what the creature wanted from me/me to do. Thx
kitakaze Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Obviously, I chose door #3. I will not feel one single twinge of fear ever for being attacked in the woods by Bigfoot. I am repulsed by the notion of irrational beliefs ruining my experience of nature. No offence intended, but death or injury by Bigfoot attack is an irrational fear when faced by the evidence for such ever having occured. 0 confirmed Bigfoot attacks is the rock on which my unwavering lack of fear rests. When I was a little kid, I remember getting irrational fears about pirhanas coming through the pipes into the pool where I lived. Thank you, James Cameron... They're just irrational fears and they can't hurt you. I feel empathy and pity for people who are afraid and I personally have at least one Bigfoot believer friend who has suffered greatly from that fear.
Guest Cervelo Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I like being alone in the woods it's very comforting
Guest ga sasquath Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 if i have someone with me i wont be scared...but if im alone and i feel like im bein squatched its kinda spooky
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 The only thing that freaks me out in the woods are ticks...er...and maybe walking through somebodies hidden 'crop'.
Guest BFSleuth Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I like being alone in the woods it's very comforting Amen to that.
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) I was in close proximity many times alone and unarmed. A deer almost crashed into me as it leapt onto the road in flight and panic from my stalker. Although initially I was afraid, that was due to the unknown. As time passed, and I became aware I would have long ago been harmed if that was their intent I did relax greatly. I was never treated with agression, but quite the opposite, receiving a "serenade" one night I shall never forget. By the end of the third season I actually felt safer hiking alone knowing they were following, as they do discern and differentiate humans/dangers. Cougars, bears, rattlers, and my own clumsiness often do not! I felt they would not leave me to die or fight a cougar alone. On the other hand, the next step was for me to come out of my pop-up and shake hands (sometimes they would come to camp and just watch me, and I them - or the eyeshine) and alone I could not. Nor could they step into the light of day to meet me....we just knew we lived in two worlds, together, and appreciated knowing each other at some level. Others who go to the same area do have different expereinces, some claim thrown rocks and sceaming, etc. That never happened to me. The worst scare was the first trip with an up close and personal visit, but no tent shaking any of that...just my fear knowing! Edited February 29, 2012 by apehuman
bipedalist Posted February 29, 2012 BFF Patron Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) More afraid of running into rabid humans, skunks and foxes/coons....... not that I haven't had my world rocked by adrenaline rushes during encounters or near misses. (If BF turns out to be human and carries the rabies virus as some have predilected, well maybe they are immune as humans). Edited February 29, 2012 by bipedalist
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I am not afraid of the local ones. Even had one to follow me last year. If they wanted to harm me they could have many times.
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