Starthinker
26th September 2007, 08:00 AM
At the risk of starting another 200 page bigfoot thread, I thought this article on Yahoo! deserved a mention: Satellite Searches (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070925/sc_livescience/satellitesearchescouldspotbigfootlochnessmonster;_ ylt=ArD6L4GuKqtlEAaCrJTEP2Cs0NUE)
I like the sensible thinking of the author.
Of course, if such searches are done and still reveal no solid proof of the monsters' existence, few minds will be changed. Diehard believers can always claim that all the monstrous beasts somehow hid undetected or are masters at camouflage. Or the searchers didn't look long enough or in the right places. It only takes one live or dead Bigfoot or lake monster to forever prove that they exist, but no amount of failed searches will ever prove they don't.
I think if every square inch of North America was scanned all at one time and every living cell cataloged, believers will still say it wasn't enough.
I like the sensible thinking of the author.
Of course, if such searches are done and still reveal no solid proof of the monsters' existence, few minds will be changed. Diehard believers can always claim that all the monstrous beasts somehow hid undetected or are masters at camouflage. Or the searchers didn't look long enough or in the right places. It only takes one live or dead Bigfoot or lake monster to forever prove that they exist, but no amount of failed searches will ever prove they don't.
I think if every square inch of North America was scanned all at one time and every living cell cataloged, believers will still say it wasn't enough.