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Orrex

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11. I didn't grow up in Appalchia, but I have seen black bears stuffed and mounted

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:59 AM

Oct 2017

I have seen two of them dead on the road, and last year I saw one sitting in a field eating its dinner.

I have seen countless nature documentaries, and you could easily spend the rest of the month watching YouTube clips of black bears. The evidence for their existence is beyond compelling.

You are, in essence, insisting that black bears might not exist because you haven't personally seen them face-to-face, but that's a very egocentric view. Others have seen them, and we have a mountain of proof confirming their existence.

There is no such evidence that Bigfoot or the Yeti exists. None.

So in reading a lot of people experience on line I wonder some of them seem credible as a retired Air Force officer. A former police officer so in thinking what would their reasoning be to lie.

They could be lying, or they could simply be incorrect. Perhaps they also "want to believe that it is true," and so they are willing to allow weak evidence to convince them. I don't know--you'd need to ask them.

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I would like to hear your ideas on Bigfoot [View all] TEB Oct 2017 OP

Size 14W. He was an Eagle Scout in my troop. Throck Oct 2017 #1

No experience personally roscoeroscoe Oct 2017 #2

Thank you I just ordered this book off amazon TEB Oct 2017 #4

I just started TEB Jan 2018 #38

Bigfoot exists around the world and I believe many of the stories to be true. democratisphere Oct 2017 #3

I agree with you TEB Oct 2017 #5

ROFLMAO snooper2 Oct 2017 #32

Latest research and DNA analysis indicates that the "Yeti" is a real ancestor democratisphere Oct 2017 #34

As silly myths go, Bigfoot is one of the more harmless. Orrex Oct 2017 #6

Maybe I want to believe that it is true TEB Oct 2017 #7

I didn't grow up in Appalchia, but I have seen black bears stuffed and mounted Orrex Oct 2017 #11

I was saying TEB Oct 2017 #13

Even so. Orrex Oct 2017 #18

Well, yes they have roscoeroscoe May 2018 #40

Yes, my father was a retired Air Force officer. JayhawkSD Oct 2017 #23

Beware of confirmation bias. Also, very difficult to prove a negative. But where are the bones? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #15

Why haven't remains been found? SHRED Oct 2017 #8

That I cannot answer TEB Oct 2017 #10

I met a girl years ago SHRED Oct 2017 #12

When my friend mentioned trail riding with his wife TEB Oct 2017 #20

All the sightings seem to be in Washington state for some reason JonLP24 Oct 2017 #31

But others have zipplewrath Oct 2017 #29

Because they bury their dead snooper2 Oct 2017 #33

May have existed Loki Liesmith Oct 2017 #9

I would think with the ubiquity of trail cams- digonswine Oct 2017 #14

After an experience with a large black cat I had in the early 1980's I do not dismiss Bigfoot gordianot Oct 2017 #16

Really? njhoneybadger Oct 2017 #17

shape shifters just us Oct 2017 #19

I think this is likely too Beringia May 2019 #41

Florida's Skunk Ape HockeyMom Oct 2017 #21

I don't believe in God, even though safeinOhio Oct 2017 #22

Well played. cwydro Oct 2017 #25

There 's no big foot, no Loch Ness monster, no ghosts or visiting aliens.... LakeArenal Oct 2017 #24

This? muntrv Oct 2017 #26

I saw bigfoot once hueymahl Oct 2017 #27

I've lived in NE OK most of my life Runningdawg Oct 2017 #28

There were "sightings" inside Ft Lewis mid 1950s JonLP24 Oct 2017 #30

You mean this guy? Kablooie Dec 2017 #35

Im a bit of a skeptic they encountered one on OK as its a PNW legend...like UFOs samnsara Jan 2018 #36

They found him! Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #37

I tend to think of Bigfoot as spiritual. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2018 #39

Proves the myth that a mans feet can be equated to his appendage... JustFiveMoreMinutes May 2019 #42

A former co-worker has an original idea. MicaelS May 2019 #43