Yeah...at this point you have to question the credibility of a "self-described" wandering shaman claiming to be the dressed up cause of a bigfoot sighting, particularly when the sighted creature was 8 feet tall.
"But a local group claims the cryptid they saw could not have been him.
Bigfoot 911, a Facebook group of more than 5,700 members that investigates sightings of the mythical Bigfoot in McDowell County, western North Carolina, said photos displayed on Mr MacGregor's website look nothing like the thing they saw.
John Bruner, who runs the group, says the creature he and eight other members encountered last Friday night in Pisgah National Park stood at around 8ft (2.4m) tall, had a different facial appearance, and "moved with speed unmatched by any human".
(Dec 26, 2017 02:34 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: John Bruner, who runs the group, says the creature he and eight other members encountered last Friday night in Pisgah National Park stood at around 8ft (2.4m) tall, had a different facial appearance, and "moved with speed unmatched by any human".
(Dec 26, 2017 02:34 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: John Bruner, who runs the group, says the creature he and eight other members encountered last Friday night in Pisgah National Park stood at around 8ft (2.4m) tall, had a different facial appearance, and "moved with speed unmatched by any human".
So would one of these guys:
Wearing something like this:
Yeah...the shaman was wearing spring shoes in the woods. Makes perfect sense.
SyneDec 26, 2017 04:05 AM (This post was last modified: Dec 26, 2017 04:05 AM by Syne.)
The point is that there are many possible, knowable explanations instead of this thing that's supposedly been seen so much but never conclusively proven to exist.
(Dec 26, 2017 04:05 AM)Syne Wrote: The point is that there are many possible, knowable explanations instead of this thing that's supposedly been seen so much but never conclusively proven to exist.
Not enough to account for all the sightings of 8 ft tall hairy hominids howling and throwing rocks and thrashing about in remote wooded areas and leaving massive footprints. There's simply no feasible alternative to them actually existing. And part of its mystery is its elusiveness. It is what it is.
When the knowable explanations include mistaken identity, drunk or high, lying, or delusional, there's plenty to account for all the sightings. Failure to accept this lands you in one of those categories.
(Dec 26, 2017 06:58 AM)Syne Wrote: When the knowable explanations include mistaken identity, drunk or high, lying, or delusional, there's plenty to account for all the sightings. Failure to accept this lands you in one of those categories.
No...none of that accounts for all the sightings and footprints we have acquired over the years. There are literally thousands of reports, many of bigfoot within 50 feet. You live in a fairy land if you think people are making this up. It is what it is.
Here's Dr. Jeff Meldrum's analysis of footprints, of which he has around a hundred casts.
(Dec 26, 2017 06:58 AM)Syne Wrote: When the knowable explanations include mistaken identity, drunk or high, lying, or delusional, there's plenty to account for all the sightings. Failure to accept this lands you in one of those categories.
No...none of that accounts for all the sightings and footprints we have acquired over the years. There are literally thousands of reports, many of bigfoot within 50 feet. You live in a fairy land if you think people are making this up. It is what it is.
Yes, and your confirmation bias seems to preclude you from realizing that "mistaken identity, drunk or high" are not people "making this up." It's just the vagaries of human perception and recall. Oh right, I forgot...you think everyone has an eidetic memory.