7.62 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Grub-Girl said: would love to hear your thoughts I was just commenting on the black bears . My thoughts on Sasquatch as being aggressive or down right dangerous to humans ? I think sure they could be . If we are to assume they do in fact exist then some can be wired to be just as dangerous or predatory as a human can be. Some animals by traits are more docile but there's always exception to this . Also if we are to take any Native American stories as somewhat truthful some tribes did not describe these creatures as friends of the forest. Some tribes described them as down right dangerous to humans . Who knows what's fact and fiction ? Edited April 2, 2022 by 7.62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 26 minutes ago, Grub-Girl said: would love to hear your thoughts There have been 16 fatal black bear attacks in North America since 2010. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America Black bears tend to attack humans in order to eat them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_attack Quote .........Bear researcher Stephen Herrero determined that in black bear attacks, the bear acted as a predator in 88 percent of fatal incidents.[6][7].......... I don't believe sasquatches are predatory towards humans, but I also concede that it is possible that they occasionally attack people, especially in revenge, anger, or to drive the human away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 A buddy of mine was walking on an elk trail through high huckleberry bushes one afternoon. As he came over the top of a little hill and around a small bend, he came face to face with two black bear cubs. He was between 10 and 5 yards a way and they were walking toward them. He shouted at them and they kept walking closer. As he slowly walked back wards, he heard a huff on the hillside above him. The mother was on her hind feet looking down on him from just a few feet away. The cubs were getting really close, so he walked backwards as fast as he could and the mother just watched until he was out of there. Another guy I know saw a black bear out in a high alpine meadow over 50 yards away. He started taking pictures and before he knew it it was on him. He said recently that it was a lot like the bear attack in the Revenant. It would walk away and with any sign of life from him and it would be on him again and again and then it left. The bears I have encountered have been anywhere from 200 yards to five feet and in every case they either ignored me or ran from me. That goes to show that it just depends on the individual and the situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooly Booger Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, Doug said: A buddy of mine was walking on an elk trail through high huckleberry bushes one afternoon. As he came over the top of a little hill and around a small bend, he came face to face with two black bear cubs. He was between 10 and 5 yards a way and they were walking toward them. He shouted at them and they kept walking closer. As he slowly walked back wards, he heard a huff on the hillside above him. The mother was on her hind feet looking down on him from just a few feet away. The cubs were getting really close, so he walked backwards as fast as he could and the mother just watched until he was out of there. Another guy I know saw a black bear out in a high alpine meadow over 50 yards away. He started taking pictures and before he knew it it was on him. He said recently that it was a lot like the bear attack in the Revenant. It would walk away and with any sign of life from him and it would be on him again and again and then it left. The bears I have encountered have been anywhere from 200 yards to five feet and in every case they either ignored me or ran from me. That goes to show that it just depends on the individual and the situation. Are you sure it was a bear and not aliens? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) I didn't down vote you Wooly Booger. But I must concede, I can't prove it was bears in the cases of the stories related to me, however, the wounds and now scares are real. There are only a few of my encounters I have evidence of in the way of clear photos and bear meat in the freezer, as well as mounts on my wall. Edited April 3, 2022 by Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Upon further contemplation on the matter, photos can be altered to show something it isn't, I could have any kind of meat in the freezer and without testing, I could tell you it is something its not. I could have bought the bear taxidermy at a yard sale. I guess I have no proof or definitive evidence that they were bears. I don't know what an alien would look like, so, I can't rule that out either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nore Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I agree that they can vary in disposition just like we people do. Every incident is its own. Too many unknown variables within each incident whether violent or non-violent to make an exact call. Each will respond in their own way. Just like some people might overreact in a situation and others can walk away. Protecting their own may vary according to the scale of the threat or perceived threat. Apparently, some evidence/experiences support a sense of humor. More human than not? I could see a group of juvenile Sasquatch working on some tree structures, "Man, THIS is "going to f__k with those people!" In Sasquatch-speak, of course. I would imagine that some could suffer from mental illness. All behavior would reflect what their past experiences with people were or lack of experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Nore Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Doug said: Upon further contemplation on the matter, photos can be altered to show something it isn't, I could have any kind of meat in the freezer and without testing, I could tell you it is something its not. I could have bought the bear taxidermy at a yard sale. I guess I have no proof or definitive evidence that they were bears. I don't know what an alien would look like, so, I can't rule that out either. Or a shape shifter killed while in its bear state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooly Booger Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Native American legends and certain indirect evidence suggests that these creatures are potentially dangerous. And even perhaps man eaters from time to time. I don’t think they consistently prey upon humans. Rather they are likely highly opportunistic. Someone in the right place at the right time. Eyewitness reports suggest they are fairly territorial, as evidenced by numerous cases where the witness was reportedly chased or escorted from the area. More often then not however, I think they are willfully elusive. Preferring to avoid contact with humans just like most animals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Lessen to be learned; don't shape shift into an animal someone is hunting. It may not end well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyzonthropus Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Who's to say there's not a great diversity of different sasquatch cultures across their range, something like what was depicted in Quest for Fire amongst the developing humans, some being more primitive while others of a more sophisticated nature. Perhaps some have more advanced skill sets/abilities, with some populations more F&B brings than others. Or there could well be multiple species each with their own proclivities representing different "waves" crossing the Berring strait land bridge. We just don't know. But any creature capable of running down deer or elk, or at least dispatching them, shouldn't be dismissed as a potential predator of humans just out of hand. Chimps eat "lesser primates" as do many groups of humans, and out in the woods, it wouldn't be too hard to imagine how sasquatch would view us as a "lesser primate" especially if food is scarce.... "But it's obviously lost, it's not gonna get outta the woods alive, and it's already days past dinner time.....come on, just this one time...." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinwalker13 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Lol this thread has predicibly been a roller coaster. To the OP, one should generally assume that the disposition of the creature we refer to as bigfoot will has as wide a range of disposition as the differences between people, or maybe the difference between eastern and western populations of black bear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebob889 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/2/2022 at 11:31 AM, norseman said: http://www.missing-411.com/about Paulides nonsense, the guy embellishes the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison5716 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 We have not had any aggressive encounters, nor have we heard thru the grapevine of any in our area. Rather, they seem to be mostly avoidant - except when their curiosity seems to get the better of them. I would speculate that they run the gamut, like humans - some outgoing and curious but good, most in the middle who just want to live their lives and be left alone, and the few who are predatory, possibly opportunistic and bad to the bone. Again - speculation and possibly anthropomorphic thinking. Who could really say? It's all dependent upon people who share the same bell curve! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backdoc Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 On 4/2/2022 at 6:13 PM, 7.62 said: Also if we are to take any Native American stories as somewhat truthful some tribes did not describe these creatures as friends of the forest. Some tribes described them as down right dangerous to humans . Who knows what's fact and fiction ? makes sense these tribes would create this idea - true or not- to keep the kids close to camp. Take something they might believe in their legends - Bigfoot -and use him to make sure the kids don’t wonder too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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