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GhostWolf
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 08:36 am |
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All too often I come across reports about Bigfoot where they are linked with supernatural phenomena. I find myself, time and again, asking myself why this is. Truth be told, I think there are a few simple explanations for this. While sometimes it is malice that motivates these connections, there are times when it is simply misunderstanding, zeal, or, and forgive the term, ignorance that causes the link.
Whether it is UFOs, ghosts, faeries, demons, ghost lights, or any other of a dozen outdoor phenomena, in eleven years of research, I have yet to find any evidence that would lead me to connect them in any way with Bigfoot. I do understand, however, that it is the same root curiosity that makes people want to investigate, learn about, and try to explain all of these things.
When it comes to UFOs, could it be simply that Bigfoot, like us, just wonders what the strange light in the sky is? The reports of Bigfoot being seen in the same area as ghost lights and spirits is pretty easy to get around as well. Bigfoot can’t control, any more than we can, where these lights appear or where specters choose to manifest. Just because you live in a haunted house does not mean that you are connected with ghosts, that you brought them there, or that they brought you there.
While I am far from a closed minded individual, I do believe that there need to be degrees of separation between our mysteries. After all, if you want to use the logic that is being used in connecting the different things, couldn’t it be said that since Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster are never seen in the same place at the same time then they are one in the same. Sounds pretty foolish. So do the other connections.
Why does it have to be the least logical connection that we make? Why can’t we keep our phenomena separate? The simplest explanation is most often the right explanation.
Many times such claims are made by people who are fairly new to the field of Bigfoot research. Once they have had their first encounter or sighting of Bigfoot and now believe, they often want to attribute every strange thing they see or hear to Bigfoot. If you were standing in the woods and you heard an owl hoot, chances are, nine times out of ten, it was an owl. While it is commonly believed in the field that Bigfoot mimics other animals, if it can be explained as another animal, then it should be left at that.
Claims have been made that people feel as if bigfoot has “zapped” them with some sort of ultrasound or infrasound; I’m not really sure which one or why. I have to pass this one off as something a little simpler to explain. It is most likely that you did not in fact get “zapped” by the Bigfoot tazer of fear and nausea. You got “zapped” by your own fear of not knowing what you are dealing with and your feelings of being outmatched or overwhelmed by the encounter. Fear is a powerful thing and can certainly cause feelings of nausea and shaking hands.
Most often, I think these connections are made out of a person’s lack of other explanations due to ignorance of the subject matter. A person sees a UFO in the wilderness and ten minutes later sees Bigfoot. That does not mean that Bigfoot came out of the UFO. All it means is that the UFO was spotted in the woods, which is Bigfoot’s home. Would they have made the same connection if they spotted a UFO and then a deer ran past them? If a UFO is spotted in downtown Miami and ten minutes later you see a drag queen round the corner from the direction the UFO went, it does not mean that the drag queen is from Meklar 12. It just means that the UFO was spotted on the same block as the drag queen’s apartment.
Another motivation that has shown itself over the years is a person’s need to be the center of attention, whether it be because they want people to come research their area more often so they can have the company, or because they want to attain a certain amount of notoriety. Sometimes, when activity hits a low or has slowed down to the point that interest is lost the person feels the need add onto what is already an amazing story. What they do not realize is that most of the time this will end interest in the investigation all together. In my eyes, as in the eyes of most in this field, this is a hoax, plain and simple and we will do everything in our power to distance ourselves from the person(s) involved.
The other motivation is the classic liar and hoaxer. This person wants nothing more than to be in the media spotlight and to have the biggest, wildest story out there. You see them every day in this line of research and those of us that have been doing this for any amount of time can’t stand them. We would rather watch a dung beetle special on one of the nature channels than to watch a documentary that has them as a guest. These people are the snake oil doctors who push their poison on people who don’t know any better and it gives the rest of us, those who actually take our research seriously, a bad name.
Whatever the motivation, the end result is the same. In a field where a person’s reputation is everything and their word is their bond, you cannot lump them together and expect to be taken seriously by anyone. In eleven years of research I have seen a lot of unexplained things in the woods, but my first explanation for everything is not and cannot be Bigfoot. You have to look for the simplest answer in all cases. Coyote yips are coyotes. Owl hoots are owls. Dog barks are dogs. Unless you see a Bigfoot barking, hooting, or yipping, or you see it climb onto a UFO and shake hands with the ghost of Elvis, it probably is not Bigfoot.
When you are left unable to answer the question of the source or reason for an encounter, sighting, noise, track, or anything else, don’t give it an answer. Some questions need to linger. It is not so much our jobs to come up with answer as it is to gather the evidence and present it in an unbiased manner. As with most things, it all comes down to motivation. What motivates your research? What motivates your conclusions? Was your mind made up before you began the research?
Last edited on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 08:44 am by GhostWolf
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Donna C
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 01:21 pm |
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Hey Ghost,
I enthusiastically applaud you for your post. It is concise and excellently written and parallels my own thoughts and feelings. I'm a firm believer in the K.I.S.S. philosophy, which you have just explained in a way I never could. Thanks for sharing your insight.
Donna
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 02:52 pm |
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I to applaud you Ghost. I find myself drawn to your posts, because you have away of sharing your knowledge in words. Or I was "ZAPPED" by your infrasound, LOL.
Thanks, Shane
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Dixie Banshee
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 04:11 pm |
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"Zapped" by hitting the nail directly on the head! I will add my many years worth to what you have said Chad, I have never seen any other phenomena linked with BF, and your thesis is correct, especially about the sensation seekers, the newcomers, or the lunatics.
I also have a few to add that really disturbs me with research. You have those that, for whatever reason, have directly determined that they have BF and then they seem extremely worried about consequences from this creature, to the extent of running around in their yards waving artillery (guns), yet they then want to collect evidence and can't wait to share this with others, but then start waving firearms again on a daily basic. The ole "Woe, is me syndrome," then quickly start yelling, "Look at me, see what I got!"
Then you have those that introduce enticing elements into the life of BF, especially the smaller, younger ones, in the form of sweets, candies, among other things, claim they do this because they feel sorry for a creature that has done perfectly well without their interference over centuries, and after taking pictures of the younger ones and their Mothers, who naturally are not going to allow the younger ones out of their sight, claim that they are spiritually, telepathically linked with them, yet, "I don't want any attention." I've always wondered why, if they have such a "special" link with boogers, that I never hear tell of any older, more mature males, hanging around, to the extent, that they can never get a photo of them? They "speak" of others not being able to understand them, yet all I see is a total lack of respect for them by introducing enticements. I hate bringing this up, but BF is an animal that will take advantage of any given situation, and doing the above activity, to bring them into one's backyard for photo opts, borders on the edge of making "beggars" out of a magnificent animal.
Is this fair treatment and is it worth changing the natural habits of the ignorant young, to the extent, that they seem to lose a fear of their biggest threat, Man?
Great post Chad!
Bear
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 05:13 pm |
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Yes.... excellent post Chad!! I know you have a lot of insight into many different things and I am glad to see you start sharing some of it with folks. You are a very interesting young man to talk to. 
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 06:05 pm |
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Great post! I think the reasons BF is often linked to paranormal stuff is for the very simple reason that they're big, there have to be enough of them to have a viable population, and yet, we don't have the proof to know for sure. In the 21st century, many people find it nearly impossible to accept that something that large could stay so elusive.
Along the same lines, when one does have an encounter that doesn't involve actually seeing the creature, it's genuinely difficult to wrap the brain around their skill at staying out of sight and quiet. It goes beyond the experience of most of us that something could be so silent, especially something big. My housecats were noisier walking through the yard! I'd hear wood knocks clearly following us through the woods, hear trees fall, etc., and part of my brain would be saying, "There has got to be something doing that. BF is the only thing that really fits, excluding the spirit world!" At the same time another part of my brain found it incredibly hard to accept that such a large creature was so near, was moving with us, and was staying so completely unseen and moving so quietly that all we heard were the wood knocks. It boggles the mind, and I'd hike along with the two concepts (BF and spirits) going back and forth in my mind. My usually pragmatic friends actually found it far easier to believe that spirit guardians protecting old NA burials were responsible for the wood knocking and tree falls (an idea presented to them by an old Cherokee woman to explain the BF-like activity near a pit in TN). When a friend and I had a shouting, rock-throwing encounter with something unseen in a cave, I left thinking it was most likely a BF. The friend with me still thought it was a supernatural experience the last I heard from him. Some Native American tribes believed/believe BF is partially of the spirit world and moves between the two, and if they can weird out people who lived in the wilderness among wild creatures, it's no wonder they can weird out us.
I do agree with you, though. I don't think BF is supernatural, and it doesn't help research to open the door so wide when we really know so little.
Last edited on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 06:06 pm by Lorraine
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Posted: Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 03:57 am |
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Thanks for the post. It'll help us newbies to get off on the right foot. I've read some of the other posts and wondered if I was out of the loop because I found some statements about BF to be a little far out there. I don't like to step on toes. I believe everyone is entitled to their experiences and their explanation of their experiences. I just may not prescribe to explanations that are far out there.
....and that's ok.
Of course, I am all for tossing logic out the window when we're talking government conspiracies. The government is out to get us,.....Big foot, not so much.
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