Boston University Professor: Pursuit of monsters is a male obsession
It's a known fact that Bigfooting is a male dominated field. If you look at Bigfoot expedition photographs, you won't see nothing but male researchers. According to William Giraldi, author of the novel "Busy Monsters", man's ancient battle with monsters like the mastodon and Gigantopithecus may have something to do with his obsession with hunting monsters. Giraldi believes that shows like Finding Bigfoot "fills a real, curious need".
It didn’t occur to me as a kid that the name of the creek in which the footage was shot, Bluff Creek, was a clue to Roger Patterson’s shaky relationship with veracity. Still, educated experts with the best software ever devised haven’t been able to prove conclusively that the footage is a hoax, and so grown men with a child’s inextinguishable wonder — they call themselves cryptozoologists — continue to pursue a North American apeman. Half of me wants to help these unemployable man-boys study for the high school equivalency test, but the other half quietly applauds their dopey dedication and yearns to join their rowdy jaunt.
Pursuit of monsters is a male obsession, as it was during our Paleolithic past. The adrenalized hazard of hunting mastodon and perhaps Gigantopithecus — the extinct giant bipedal ape bearing uncanny resemblance to Bigfoot — has never left the recesses of male memory. History Channel’s “MonsterQuest,” which ran from 2007 to 2010, was mostly male imbeciles stalking shadows in faraway nooks, and its “Ancient Aliens,” currently in its fourth season, is perennially hard-pressed to land a female investigator of such unmitigated buffoonery. (“South Park” lampooned this program as well.) All of those men stomping after noises in the night appear unaware that they are living out an eons-old endeavor while trying to resurrect the wonder they felt as children. They don’t seem to notice or care that the real monsters, the truly dangerous ones, are the devils dancing inside every human heart.
[via www.salon.com]
O.K. guys let this judgmental pr!ck have it!!!!
ReplyDeleteI scond that! It is an outrage not to believe in something that hasn't been proven! Believe as we do or suffer our wrath!
DeleteI was thinking the same thing. Who does this ass think he is? Has he even reviewed any of the evidence, or looked for them himself?.... As usual, NO! I didn't get into squatching from watching "Bigfoot shows", I got into it because after fourty years of hardcore hunting in Colorado, I accidentally stumbled onto tracks in the snow that couldn't have been faked while I was hunting! Just another self rightous jerk that whenever definate proof does show up, I plan to kick right in the nads! I also hope that when that day comes, we all remember the universities that stood by the idea and the ones that didn't so we can put our money in the right spots and NOT fund studies by those that laughed at the evidence. I just can't understand it, it is so easy to go out and find these things... but I guess thats too much to ask of a but of arrogant do nothing university types. I know, my own brother is one of them, I've taken every single person in my famliy out and after several years, they all have had something happen that was undeniable. Where is my brother? laughing at his entire family, and yet... afraid to go out in the dark himself because of what he might learn about himself and his precious "education". Totally PATHETIC!
DeleteTerrible observation. Many women pursue these things, and MANY witnesses are female. Most people who see one would rather NOT pursue them.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting read.First off I will have to agree with the good professor about most if not all of the T.V. shows.Referring to people with an interest in this subject as unemployable man boys, I will have to disagree with you on that ridiculous remark.
ReplyDeleteWhen a person takes the time to sit and talk to some of the people in this field you will soon discover they are very very intelligent.Skeptic or believer, I would bet you wouldn't have a hope in hell competing with them in a battle of wits.If something 8ft tall covered in hair and built like a brick sh!t house stepped out in front of you I can only imagine what you would do.Let me just take a stab in the dark and say being an obviously brilliant minded professor you would just smile brush it off and walk away,correct?I diddn't think so.
I don't even have a high school education (obviously)however I have worked since I was 15yrs old and work 7 days a week on call 24/7 so i'm doing alright.Some of the better educated that comment on here could probably buy and sell your ass,but that is just my humble uneducated man boy opinion.
The devil in my heart name is Royce.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of BS. What about the Bigfoot Chicks, Melissa Hovey, Dr. Ketchum, Jane Goodall, Laura Phelps-Sweatt, etc...????
ReplyDeleteExactly Lori, I did not address that in my post because I hoped a woman would.
DeleteGnrfan stop trying to get laid.
DeleteToo late ... Sinncerely, yo mama!!
DeleteNot trying to get laid,I am happily married just glad to hear a woman correct the all knowing prof.btw insult me if you want but give me a little credit,trying to get laid on a BF site,really?
Deleteobviously opinionated without actually studying, or even casually brushing up on the subjects he discussed. I am of the opinion that he pretends his education. You don't have to go to college to pass ha ha. He hasn't been educated, he's been indoctrinated on those few hungover stoned mornings he showed up ha ha.
ReplyDeleteIf i was bobo i would kick that proffessers ass.
ReplyDeleteagain another skeptic making assumptions and presenting them as fact!
ReplyDeleteChad W
Wipe the drool off your chin pinhead.
Deleteyou know if tou hard core bigfooters pay them feds they will let you show real evidence. This whole bigfoot thing is like running moonshine all over again. Pay the feds lmao.
ReplyDeleteWhy not, it works in Mexico.
DeleteI am female, have a Masters of Science degree in Forestry, and am actively engaged in the pursuit of a connection with these "Ancient Ones"; I just keep a VERY low profile.
ReplyDeleteSmart.
DeleteIs that you D?
DeleteNo,It's me B.
DeletePlease report to my office on Monday morning.
Delete-Your HR manager
Good luck with that.
ReplyDeleteNice researchr lineup there! Lieterman, Randles, Cliff, B Kiel, Bart C & Bobo
ReplyDeleteI bet I have far more education than this dumb ass!
ReplyDeleteBeing smart enough to recognize him as a dumb ass proves your theory.
DeleteDon't forget "white," you bunch of racists.
ReplyDeletew......t........f
DeleteOh yes, lets get EO for those wanting to do something in their own spare time. They can join up and not have a clue at what they're doing and be accepted over a more qualified guy who would be an asset to the community.
DeleteYou know, just like what happens in the real world. That's not EO. That's communism.
Do you JREF butt plugs still bleeve the shithead who's pretending to have found the PG suit ?
ReplyDeleteReal men worship the V.
ReplyDeleteamen brother
DeleteOK, professor you say. Well, I am a professor also. I did not believe either until staring out of the woods one day was the big man himself. So, I became a believer. As a friend told me when discussing the Squatch, after I asked if she believed. She said that people she knows fall into two categories. Those that have seen one, and those that have not. So, Dr. Professor, I recommend more time in the woods......
ReplyDeleteDid you really have to lie and say you were a professor? I mean your comment would've been just fine if you would've left that lie out. Your writing style is a dead giveaway as to why you're not a professor. I'm not trying to down you, honestly, I'm not. Its just that your style of writing style lacks give-aways that would lead a reader to believe you.
Delete^^^
DeleteLet's see you call your fellow JREF'ers on pretending to be somebody you're not.
^^^^^^^Lets see you actually be right about something for once......and that includes Bigfoot.
DeleteI am a 69 year old woman, a retired corporate executive and if I had the physical abilitybI would be in the woods with Ciff an Bobo and their friends. Just reading the anecdotal sightings report is overwhelming evidence that these creatures exist, there are thousands, tens of thousands sighting reports that are just too similar to ignor. So while traditionally men have been the monster hunters in the past, more and more women are equally interested! Sorry for all the typos, this software is difficult to make corrections!
ReplyDeleteGet back in the kitchen where you belong and after that do the dishes. You know your role, you've been doing it for 50 years now.
DeleteWay to go! This article is way off base. Women do account for I say a lot of enthusiasts !
ReplyDeleteNo, its really not. Its a fact, did you do your research? Better yet, are you actually alive right now because only a braindead person who would question whether the men out number the women 9-1 in this field. At least 9-1.
DeleteGiraldi's not a professor, look at his credentials. He has only an MA degree, which means he's a professional con-man who writes half baked fiction and poses as someone who thinks he knows something. Go get a Phd Giraldi and learn something about your own ignorance.
ReplyDeletePhd would not help this man. It would only make him a more educated fool. I suggest an extended stay, say a month at his local national forest. This usually works.
ReplyDeleteChuck
This William Giraldi guy looks kinda Feminine. Here's a review of his great book.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/books/review/busy-monsters-by-william-giraldi-book-review.html?_r=1
It's discribed as "A Tale of a Highly Articulate Cuckold"
This is one of those east coast douchebags that refers to the middle of the country as fly over country. Maybe him and his friends private jet will have to do a forced landing in the rockie mountains and he'll meet up with a bigfoot with rabies.
If seven-elevens are always open, why do they have locks on their doors?
ReplyDelete"Pursuit of monsters is a male obsession" The fat girls are just an added bonus.
ReplyDeleteDo fat girls give the best head because there hungry?
ReplyDeleteCompletely plausible theory.
DeleteAh the shorts, short sleeved shirts and sandal brigade.
ReplyDeletemethinks I'll look alone and back my arse against a tree.
It's an obsession for retards.
ReplyDeleteI'llnever understand why people where flip flops in the woods. Fucking dumb.
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