I'm taking bets on this one

[Nyarlathotep]

Was it Bigfoot? (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8704462/)

My money is on no.

[Metullus]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
Was it Bigfoot? (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8704462/)

My money is on no.
Oh ye of little faith...

[LTC8K6]

Right now, the witnesses are certain that the hairs they gave to the lab are from the beastie they witnessed.

As soon as the lab says the hair is from a known animal, they will then be uncertain as to whether the hair they gave the lab was left by the beastie.

They will say they are not sure where the hair came from if it is bison hair.

If the report is undetermined, as is likely, the hairs will then definitely be from the bigfoot that they witnessed.

[John Jackson]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
Was it Bigfoot?I think that's about as likely as a fox being caught by a pack of one-legged hunting tortoises.

Take that as a "no" :D

[El_Spectre]

Originally posted by LTC8K6
Right now, the witnesses are certain that the hairs they gave to the lab are from the beastie they witnessed.

As soon as the lab says the hair is from a known animal, they will then be uncertain as to whether the hair they gave the lab was left by the beastie.

They will say they are not sure where the hair came from if it is bison hair.

If the report is undetermined, as is likely, the hairs will then definitely be from the bigfoot that they witnessed.

This sounds like some weird, inverted Bigfoot Uncertainty Principle... where the actual results change the observations :)

[LTC8K6]

Bigfoot Uncertainty Principle

I like that term.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

I'll bet that the lab will say they are uncertain about the origin.

~~ Paul

[Diogenes]

Originally posted by LTC8K6
I like that term. From here on, to be known as

BUP :D

As in: " Something that goes BUP in the night .. "

[El_Spectre]

Originally posted by Diogenes
From here on, to be known as

BUP :D

As in: " Something that goes BUP in the night .. "

I'm all proud :)

[Thurkon]

So what if it is bison hair? Even if it is, who's to say a Bigfoot didn't mate with a bison, and thus create a hybrid species bison-squatch!

On another note, I'm interested in this often-repeated quote:

The legend of a large, hairy, two-legged creature lurking in the mountains of western Canada and the United States dates back to before Europeans settled the continent.

Is this really true? Do the Native American legends of Hairy Man et al really correspond to what we commonly refer to as the North American Bigfoot? Or is this just Bigfoot mania assimilating similar boogeyman tales to fit their agenda?

[Diogenes]

Stay tuned..

http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/soundoff/story.html?id=fff9d689-0e75-4aec-9da7-f927c2bded98


EDMONTON - Sometime today or Thursday, David Coltman will speak. And the world will listen....

Coltman says he may know the results by today, but may not make an announcement until Thursday to better handle the logistics of an expected media tumult.


I predict it will be bison hair, that was plucked from a bison by a Sasquatch..

[Thurkon]

Originally posted by Diogenes

I predict it will be bison hair, that was plucked from a bison by a Sasquatch..

You know...the Bigfoot probably ate a bison before he smashed all those trees and thus left residual bison fur at the scene.

And...why....exactly...do Bigfeet walk around the forest smashing trees? All the while being incredibly shy and stealthy so as to avoid humans, and yet still they manage to get some good tree smashing in??

[I'll_buy_that]

phase shifting man....phase shifting.




not that i know what the f that is.

[roger]

Did anyone click on the link to vote on whether you think bigfoot exists. I did, and a depressing 59% of the votes were for "yes".

[Diogenes]

Update provided by FFed in the ' Folies ' thread..

Originally posted by FFed
The DNA results of the Teslin bigfoot sighting are in.

Bison

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/28/sasquatchtesting0727.html

[chillzero]

Originally posted by Diogenes
Update provided by FFed in the ' Folies ' thread..

So, the sasquatch was wearing a bison coat?
:D

[LTC8K6]

A hoaxer in a bison hide suit? :D

[Ducky]

Ok, ok. I will admit it.

I forgot to wax my back that day and my clothes were too dirty to wear.

I just wanted to go for a walk, but there I was caught naked, and hairy. I was so angry I smashed the trees with the super strength powers I got from my radiation treatments last year.

Next time, I'll wear a moomoo.

Sorry guys.:D

[Metullus]

Nah, you guys don't get it. The bigsfeets have pet bisons. Sorta like Paul Bunyon and his big blue ox, Babe.

They also travel with pet elk so that when they leave butt prints in the mud people will think that they are elk prints.

It really quite obvious if you will only open your minds.

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by roger
Did anyone click on the link to vote on whether you think bigfoot exists. I did, and a depressing 59% of the votes were for "yes".

Down to 56% now.

But people who are into Bigfoot are more likely to be reading a story about Bigfoot than those who aren't.

[Diogenes]

Originally posted by LTC8K6
A hoaxer in a bison hide suit? :D From the ' Folies thread..

Sorry, a bit more from http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/nati...esting0727.html that I felt was worth sharing:

quote:Coltman said the hair not only came from a bison but was from a long-dead animal.

He said the DNA was highly degraded and of very low quality, indicating that it had either been exposed for a long time to moisture and sunlight, or came from a hide that had been tanned.

"This is not to say this could not have been stepped on by a sasquatch," joked a wildlife technician in the Yukon, Phillip Merchant.

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I think the Bigfooters got more analysis than they anticipated..

[Luke T.]

The link in the OP says the hair was from a bison. Did it not say that before?

Sometimes they update pages on news sites and keep the same URL.

Anyway, the conclusion that it was from a long dead animal is the believers' out. Since Bigfoot was obviously alive at the time of the sighting, then this test does not negate the sighting.

Maybe Bigfoot was carrying a dead bison as a food source!