New Member Introductions

[danthemandmv]

Welcome  ,  99 Pct Human  &  BFSighting  !

[kerncounty101]

Hi

I'm from California; I found this site years ago when I became intrigued with bigfoot and the possibility of bigfoot being real. I've became a believer after knowing a few people with bf encounters. I'm looking forward to coming back and interacting with everybody.

 

 

[danthemandmv]

Welcome  ,  kerncounty101 !

[kerncounty101]

On 5/31/2021 at 12:17 PM, danthemandmv said:

Welcome  ,  kerncounty101 !

Thank you

[VAfooter]

Welcome to the BFF, kerncounty101!!!

 

Beautiful country out there; do share some of those encounters in the sightings area if you wish.

[That 1 ol boy]

Hello all, That 1 ol boy here. . .I am in my early 60's with at least two college degrees and a skepticism that goes back to having a mother that was a high school Chem and physics teacher.  Actually, my first real skeptical event was after seeing Erich Von Daniken and his "Chariot of the Frauds" in the early 70's. . as first it seemed plausible, but over time, news of wildly misrepresented information and outright lies made it's way to me. . I started looking at motives and dollar signs made a lot of sense. . .In the late 70's I was introduced to SKEPTIC magazine and life was never the same. . . 

I noticed that the old Sagan truism, "Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence" was mentioned in your mandatory reading page. Strange as I had just recently found an excellent paper outlining Sagan's true intent in the phrase.  See it here:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11406-016-9779-7#Sec2

There is a .pdf link, I think you may find it interesting.  Perhaps boring, depending on your perspective.  At any rate, I discovered your site while researching Meldrum and Mumms infamous paper, "ANALYSIS INTEGRITY OF THE PATTERSON-GIMLIN FILM IMAGE" and had started to realize that mathematically, Meldrum did not "show his work,"  a bad boy. . .for shame, but I digress.  Noticed some of your material on the actually first page and was impressed.  

Among other things I am contemplating a probability problem with eDNA.  "For an unknown creature that normally sheds DNA, and its probility of discovery via bianual eDNA surveys in the area is X% (still contemplating how to figure this value) what is the probability of discovery after 10 years, and 50 years. . .??  (think discovery of "patty" some 50 years after she hammed it up for Roger Patterson on Bluff Creek. .  I suspect the probabilty a creature could avoid detection via eDNA for 50 years is essentially impossible. . .And I am not even talking about all the spurious appearances on YouBoob every day!

But alas, I digress!

[Jack]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm a Californian native.

 

I never really bothered to look into BF stuff until recently, always assuming it was all low-effort hoaxes. My main introduction recently was the Astonishing Legends podcast series on the Patterson-Gimlin film. I'm absolutely hooked. After pouring over the high resolution, stabilized footage, I've never had my assumptions changed so rapidly. I'm still a bit skeptical, but wow it is hard to deny that it is one compelling piece of media, and that it holds up quite well to all the good-faith criticisms of it.

I'm looking forward to reading all about it here and discussing with those who know much more. I will admit that Bill being a regular twisted my arm a bit into absolutely needing to register.

[gigantor]

1 hour ago, That 1 ol boy said:

Hello all, That 1 ol boy here. . .I am in my early 60's with at least two college degrees

 

Welcome to the BFF. Just note that your appeal to authority won't work here

 

 

[BlackRockBigfoot]

18 minutes ago, gigantor said:

 

Welcome to the BFF. Just note that your appeal to authority won't work here

 

 

But he has AT LEAST two college degrees!

 

Welcome to all of the new folks!

 

@BFSightingalways good to have another southerner on here!  

[makeupgeek]

Hello Everyone, 

 

I’ve always been interested in Bigfoot and love reading the sightings and I’ve lurked this site until I can’t so I’ve been forced to join lol. 

[VAfooter]

Welcome to the BFF, That 1 ol boy, Jack, and makeupgeek!!!

 

Principled skepticism is certainly welcomed here, just "show your work". Good evidence will be able to stand up to tough scrutiny.

[OkieFoot]

Welcome to the Forums, NWroads, 99% Pct Human, BFSighting, kerncounty101,

That 1 ol boy, Jack and makeupgeek!

If you have any particular area of interest about the subject of Sasquatch, with a little searching you should find it.

[Signman7000]

Hey all. Glad to be back. Years ago, I spent hours lurking and looking at pics and reading encounters. Hoping to spend some more time checking into reports and learning about the big fella. 

[CatLady]

Hello!!! From southern Ontario Canada. Have been interested in the possible existence of Bigfoot as long as I can remember. Just found this forum and I cannot wait to explore it!

[mostlybritts]

I've always been interested in BIgfoot but have been more into it lately. Just want to learn more.