No evidence? No problem!

So if you are a believer or someone that's had a "sighting" is it not extremely disappointing that there is absolutely no evidence for this species. I mean you and 50000 other people had an encounter right that was simple enough so why when people come up with absolutely zero evidence after decades of searching is that not a problem? It should certainly make you reconsider what you thought you saw that's if you are not one of the liers.

Whoa, now, Burden. If u wanna say there's no proof, well that's debatable, but not ALL of these witnesses should question what they saw.

I am in law enforcement, and I can honestly say that eyewitness testimony is not always reliable, but there are some folks who are VERY accurate about what they've seen. I've met people who had witnessed or had been victims of a crime that took SECONDS to occur, yet they are able to give accurate descriptions of the perpetrator. In fact, when we catch these guys, the amount of accuracy in the witness/victims descriptions is often uncanny. So u can't just dismiss EVERY person who has had an encounter as mistaken. Some may be liars, of course, but not all.

If there was proof it would be a scientifically established species. There are certainly a lot of claims though.

You can't dismiss every person sure, but when there is never any evidence to back up any of these stories weare back to square one.

While there is a mountain of unreliable evidence, there is still a mountain of it. It's only a matter of time before the species is scientifically recognized through DNA or a full body.

This is a debate that has been around since their have been sasquatch sightings. How do you prove something exists when all you have is indirect evidence? There is plenty of that but no direct evidence to say "Here it is. It's bigfoot". The only way to prove that bigfoot exists is too have hard physical evidence such as a body, body part, live one, etc. Everything else is circumstantial. My belief is that there is hard physical evidence like a body or body part. The government is in possession of it and is not telling the public for some reason. So you say tomato and I say tomaato. We can go rounds with this discussion but let it rest.

There are body parts, but they are only good for their DNA. When people say proven with a body, it would have to be a full body that's not badly decomposed. Capturing one is almost out of the question, which leaves the Justin Smeja type people as our only option for getting a full body. And that's if they don't chicken out.

Evidence is inconclusive, BUT there are just TOO many sightings for this to be written off over the lack of hard evidence.

Something has to be happening.

So if we can't prove it exists, all we have is testimonies....this sounds awfully like the bible/god.

No pictures of God.

Not even blurry ones.

^ +10points

I can fill these pages with the published BF accounts from very credible people having encounters with this species. Plus there are pictures, and some are excellent pictures and film taken of this animal. Please do some research. Look up the sighting made by a group of marines out on Night Maneuvers who encountered a Sasquatch, and were forced to beat a hasty retreat because they carried no weapons to defend themselves with against such a creature. Also, watch the program named Bigfootville (IIRC) about 2 policemen who while out camping had an encounter with a BF. Those brave policemen started shaking while discussing their encounter. Please, before you say there is no evidence, look up the pictures, look up the stories, and listen to accounts from citizens who have more to lose by telling their story than by keeping quiet. There are samples from this species, hair and bones that will be revealed when the Ketchum Study is released.

Some@$$hole wrote:No pictures of God.

Not even blurry ones.

On the contrary, there are PLENTY of pictures of God. You just have to open your eyes! Faith is a GIFT, but I understand not all people will accept it. but this is a Bigfoot forum, so that's all I have to say about that.

Linda Sedlak wrote:I can fill these pages with the published BF accounts from very credible people having encounters with this species. Plus there are pictures, and some are excellent pictures and film taken of this animal. Please do some research. Look up the sighting made by a group of marines out on Night Maneuvers who encountered a Sasquatch, and were forced to beat a hasty retreat because they carried no weapons to defend themselves with against such a creature. Also, watch the program named Bigfootville (IIRC) about 2 policemen who while out camping had an encounter with a BF. Those brave policemen started shaking while discussing their encounter. Please, before you say there is no evidence, look up the pictures, look up the stories, and listen to accounts from citizens who have more to lose by telling their story than by keeping quiet. There are samples from this species, hair and bones that will be revealed when the Ketchum Study is released.

Amen, Linda! Police Officers are often the BEST witnesses, and those two were no exception. There are just too many stories to dismiss this out of hand.

any story that doesn't have any evidence to back it up is just a story. I don't care if the Pope says he saw one. the plural of anecdote is not evidence.

EVERY SINGLE STORY could be mis-identification, lying,panic induced , the result of mental illness or any other number of things.

That doesn't mean they ARE all of the above. But a bunch of sightings alone is not evidence.

Take UFO's for example, people claim to see them all the time.Yet the physics alone makes the idea we are being visited from alien beings highly unlikely.

How could so many people be deceived and misidentify known animals? It must be a huge conspiracy for so many responsible people to be willing to lie to the world for a few second sound bite. Have you guys watched some of the Sasquatch specials on TV? I have been amazed at some of the evidence produced by these types of programs. I am not talking about "Finding Bigfoot" with Matt Moneymaker because I'm pretty sure he will never truly locate a Sasquatch, however, he may scare up a deer or 2.

Sweetsusiq wrote:How could so many people be deceived and misidentify known animals? It must be a huge conspiracy for so many responsible people to be willing to lie to the world for a few second sound bite. Have you guys watched some of the Sasquatch specials on TV? I have been amazed at some of the evidence produced by these types of programs. I am not talking about "Finding Bigfoot" with Matt Moneymaker because I'm pretty sure he will never truly locate a Sasquatch, however, he may scare up a deer or 2.

How could every single story be backed up with zero evidence? That's a leap of faith right there. And I agree above with the comparison with god, something else that has absolutely zero evidence.

I actually saw a Sasquatch. It is okay for me to believe in this species, and it is okay for you not to believe. Nothing we can say to each other will ever make us change our minds regarding our thoughts on this species, and that is okay. I accept your thoughts and beliefs, please understand and accept mine. Thank you..

People are easily fooled though. We also tend to make mistakes when in stressful situations. Everybody isn't lying, just as everyone isn't misidentifying something. Everyone isn't hallucinating or is delusional either. But if you add all these up (and combine it with hoaxes) you could explain every single sighting if you chose to. That doesn't mean Bigfoot isn't real, though the lack of evidence is troubling. Especially after soo many years and the vast increase in digital cameras.

Sweetsusiq wrote:I actually saw a Sasquatch. It is okay for me to believe in this species, and it is okay for you not to believe. Nothing we can say to each other will ever make us change our minds regarding our thoughts on this species, and that is okay. I accept your thoughts and beliefs, please understand and accept mine. Thank you..

Amen

Sweetsusiq wrote:I actually saw a Sasquatch. It is okay for me to believe in this species, and it is okay for you not to believe. Nothing we can say to each other will ever make us change our minds regarding our thoughts on this species, and that is okay. I accept your thoughts and beliefs, please understand and accept mine. Thank you..

Dammit, you can't just blurt that out and not tell the story.

Please, tell... please tell...

StankApe wrote:People are easily fooled though. We also tend to make mistakes when in stressful situations. Everybody isn't lying, just as everyone isn't misidentifying something. Everyone isn't hallucinating or is delusional either. But if you add all these up (and combine it with hoaxes) you could explain every single sighting if you chose to. That doesn't mean Bigfoot isn't real, though the lack of evidence is troubling. Especially after soo many years and the vast increase in digital cameras.

It's quite possible you are right about 99% of the cases. What about the other 1%, though? You made some thoughtful points and I can dig that. I guess we will know for sure soon(or at least, I hope so)

StankApe wrote:

Take UFO's for example, people claim to see them all the time.Yet the physics alone makes the idea we are being visited from alien beings highly unlikely.

Physics as we understand it NOW. there may be a whole new level of physics we haven't discovered yet, no?

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How could every single story be backed up with zero evidence? That's a leap of faith right there. And I agree above with the comparison with god, something else that has absolutely zero evidence.[/quote]


Ah, there's PLENTY of evidence for God, but that's a debate for another forum, no?

Some@$$hole wrote:No pictures of God.

Not even blurry ones.

may I use this?