Because it has nothing to back it up. Ever notice how most of these stories provide nothing you can verify? Names remain anonymous, locations are very general, the story related has often occurred years or decades ago etc. We are just asked to believe these stories in good faith and that every word is exactly as it happened. Well, people lie, memories fade and something misidentified is turned into a Bigfoot. Unless you have some flesh and blood evidence to back up your story it remains just that - a story nothing more.
Yup. The vast majority of bigfoot stories are non-verifiable BS. But bigfoot makes millions of dollars annually, including people who make a living with bigfoot. As long as money can be made, bigfoot will continue to "exist."
Exactly. It's in many's financial interest to keep the legend alive. After all you can tailor it anyway you wish and no one can dispute it because there is no living representative. This gives you a lot of leeway in marketing it. For many others they just wish to join in socially and belong to a group who will readily accept them as long as they don't question. Still others just want to have fun with it and will go to an occasional Bigfoot convention for amusement.
Kittalia A. sent us the following questions about Patty, the Bigfoot in the Patterson-Gimlin film. They are all very good questions that we we wish we knew the answers to. We're no "Henry May" and it's times like this that we wish we had his number. Since we don't have Henry around whenever we need him, here are some easy questions for all you Patterson-Gimlin believers to try and answer:
Thanks to Matt Moneymaker for sharing this story with us from a guy named Thomas S. who was camping with some friends near the French Meadows Reservoir in August 2012. This remote, forested basin is located on the American River approximately 58 miles east of Auburn in the Sierra Nevada's. Before his encounter, the man thought Bigfoot "was just for entertainment purposes", but he changed his tune when he ended up with messy drawers that night. "That will teach to goof on our show," says Matt.
Uh Oh. Here we go again, folks. M.K. Davis originally brought up this theory called the "Bluff Creek massacre" theory back in 2008 at a conference. The controversial theory was immediately rejected by the Bigfoot community and Davis was shunned from ever speaking about it again. According to Davis, based on his expert film analysis and color enhancements of frame 352 of the PG film, he theorizes that the Patterson party had been to the Bluff Creek site at least once before returning to capture their famous Bigfoot video. His theory also suggests that the party probably murdered a family of Bigfoots and buried their bodies. Davis points to an enhanced anomaly resembling a bloody dog print and a pool of blood as proof of his theory.
Why does this seem like a made up BS story?
ReplyDeleteBecause it has nothing to back it up. Ever notice how most of these stories provide nothing you can verify? Names remain anonymous, locations are very general, the story related has often occurred years or decades ago etc. We are just asked to believe these stories in good faith and that every word is exactly as it happened. Well, people lie, memories fade and something misidentified is turned into a Bigfoot. Unless you have some flesh and blood evidence to back up your story it remains just that - a story nothing more.
DeleteYup. The vast majority of bigfoot stories are non-verifiable BS. But bigfoot makes millions of dollars annually, including people who make a living with bigfoot. As long as money can be made, bigfoot will continue to "exist."
DeleteExactly. It's in many's financial interest to keep the legend alive. After all you can tailor it anyway you wish and no one can dispute it because there is no living representative. This gives you a lot of leeway in marketing it. For many others they just wish to join in socially and belong to a group who will readily accept them as long as they don't question. Still others just want to have fun with it and will go to an occasional Bigfoot convention for amusement.
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