Bigfoot For Dummies

[Guest andy1867]

Ya I can understand how it may be aggravating to some to see the same questions over and over again, but personally it has not been that bad for me on these forums in that regard, although occasionally I do see some of those types of questions. I will still answer them, even if I had answered them in the past, as it doesn't bother me. But the truth is that sometimes the information that was discussed is in a thread that will not come up in a search. I know I post information that has little to do with the thread at hand all the time, although it is usually bigfoot related, and even related to the thread topic in some way.

 

And there is more than one way to search for things, and depending on the phrases used, someone may not be able to find what they're looking for. Some people are also just better than others at internet stuff. You should see my grandma try to search for the simplest things, as it sure is something to see if you are in the need for some amusement. People like this are usually a bit older. I can understand that not growing up with computers and the internet is going to translate into less computer literacy, as trying to learn something like this later in life is not as easy as it is when much younger. Anyway, moving on...

 

Personally I do not think ANY book or documentary does the subject justice. In fact, I am constantly perturbed by the bigfoot related shows on television, even the documentaries, because they always fail to address all the issues, and not only that, they always fail to present all the available arguments for the subjects they do address. They need to have skeptics and believers both, and basically go back and forth to some degree. The extent of this type of debate on these shows is that they may present an argument, and then something that passes for a counter-argument, leaving out very important information in between. This is very bad when considering that the majority of the public receive their information on bigfoot from shows like this. And also from Finding Bigfoot type shows, which I do not like either. But, to tell the truth, I can completely understand why they are doing what they're doing on that show. Are they likely to capture good evidence that way? Probably not, unless luck is on their side at on a particular expedition. The lack of luck, and mainly the nature of sasquatch, coupled with the research methods themselves, these types of expeditions are usually going to fail.

 

I have mentioned before that I've toyed with the idea of putting together an ebook or something on sasquatch, and then just putting it up for free download. I've envisioned it as a lengthy treatise, as that is what is needed. I've done this before on quite unrelated subjects, my lengthiest ebook running into the dozens of thousands of words, but it took me some months. The main reason I haven't done this, despite wanting to, is that frankly I don't know where to start. There would be so many things that would need to be included that just thinking about it is daunting. I've thought about just writing pieces here and there, and then putting them together, but SOOO many topics related to bigfoot run into one another. For instance, talking about why they tend towards certain behaviors is always going to be related to some other aspect of their nature or behavior, and this makes it a nightmare for someone trying to write a comprehensive manuscript. Maybe for a "real" writer it would not be so bad, lol. I do have loose leaf sheets of paper with "chapters" on them, as once I did attempt such a feat...Yet I ran into the same problem described above. I found it virtually impossible to break up the information into sections or chapters, simply because I needed to address one thing to explain another. Maybe THAT is why there hasn't been such a comprehensive treatise written up to now.

 

But you are absolutely correct that there NEEDS to be such a thing, because there are probably quite a few individuals in the same position that you find yourself in. Usually that is the case; for the one person who actually presents something, there are many more who would agree, yet simply failed to make their idea known. 

 

If I remember correctly, one of the best sources of information that I have read came from the articles on the BFRO website. I remember them being relatively in depth and informative in that they presented certain aspects of sasquatch in a clear manner, yet still contained quite a bit of the modern ideas. Yet even those lacked a great deal of information. But if I were to write such a guide, I would likely do what I always do, and drag out certain arguments in various directions, attempting to take them to their conclusions. So aside from presenting the widespread beliefs on the various sasquatch related topics, I would try to present ALL the possibilities that could prove to be correct. 

 

It is a good idea though, to have a place where people can ask newbie questions, but here is the problem...Internet message boards, at least in my opinion, are notoriously bad places for "organized" information sharing like you are asking about. Sure it is a great way to present information on a specific topic, but when it comes to running page after page after page, simply trying to navigate a thread to find certain information is a real pain. This is why I have always stayed away from threads like those on the Ketchum report, which runs into the hundreds of pages. If one hasn't followed the arguments page by page, as they accumulated, it would take forever to catch up.

Hiya Jiggy...I stayed away from the ketchum report because i don't understand the science behind these things, I admire those who can argue DNA Genomes and Mitro and nuclear wotsits, but Crikey!!  please someone dumb it down for me...now correct me if I'm wrong...I'm sure I will be..

But Ketchum published her findings in a  scientific journal she actually created herself, just prior to her saying her findings were going to be published in a scientific journal?

I mean...Right or wrong it does a disservice to folk who are sitting in the bloody woods in British Columbia all night in the bloody rain..trying to get proof?

She could be totally correct, she could be having a chat with a sasquatch this very minute, candles glass of wine,bit of bigfootsie under the table, but by her actions, she's simply given more ammunition to folk who think its baloney hasn't she?, by not going about it in a scientific, proper manner...?

Sounds like you and I are pretty much on the same page then Andy. I agree with all you say. There is something to all this, I'm just not sure what. I hold out hope that bigfoot will soon be proven to exist if for no other reason than it would be the coolest freaking thing ever!

It would be marvellous mate...Marvellous that there was something, in these days of immediacy, that could bring us all back down a peg or two...a sort of

 

......"Hey you know what...we actually don't know everything yet"