Poll: Poll: Do you think Sasquatch is real?
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So you're proposing a hypothesis to me here? Okay, what is it?
Bipedal apes exist naturally in America? Okay. On what observations do you base this hypothesis?
Folk mythology and vague anecdotes? Very well.
I take it this hypothesis has been in existence for a while, and people have been attempting to test it? Yes? Good. Have people found any evidence to support it? None whatsoever? Really?
Wait, why are you hanging on to this hypothesis again?
I.e. People don't care about reality; they will believe whatever they find pleasing. scientifically speaking, sasquatch is about as real as unicorns.
So you're proposing a hypothesis to me here? Okay, what is it?
Bipedal apes exist naturally in America? Okay. On what observations do you base this hypothesis?
Folk mythology and vague anecdotes? Very well.
I take it this hypothesis has been in existence for a while, and people have been attempting to test it? Yes? Good. Have people found any evidence to support it? None whatsoever? Really?
Wait, why are you hanging on to this hypothesis again?
I.e. People don't care about reality; they will believe whatever they find pleasing. scientifically speaking, sasquatch is about as real as unicorns.
I honestly didn't know that there was some real myth behind it. I thought it was a parody of bigfoot in Tenacious D: The pick of destiny. Well we learn every day.
I say maybe and heres my debate. for those of you that dont go hiking or outdoor stuff. do it, and then riddle me this, have you ever stumbled apon a cougar? no? because they dont want to be seen. and if they are smart enough, they can hide, and i wouldnt go to saying we must have seen one by now because if i remember correctly very recently a new species of primate was found that was the same size as a orangutang, which is big... as for the issue of a body, the same thing as to the cougar applies, you very rarely find cougar bodies, or bear bodies for that matter (my dad is a surveyor for the forest service, hes never seen any.) its because when those animals are about to die the go and hide in places you wouldnt think to look. so am i saying sasquatch exists? no, but im not throwing out thi idea.
I doubt there are, but I see no reason why there couldn't be something like it. It would be cool if there was though.
The best argument I heard for them was on Above Top Secret once, where somebody said (and I paraphrase) "Of course we dont find any of the Sasquatches, they are only beemed down by the aliens for exercise. They need to keep their pets healthy."
Who knows if they were being serious or not.
The best argument I heard for them was on Above Top Secret once, where somebody said (and I paraphrase) "Of course we dont find any of the Sasquatches, they are only beemed down by the aliens for exercise. They need to keep their pets healthy."
Who knows if they were being serious or not.
They probably do exist.
I see a lot of people saying it doesn't exist because; "there is no evidence" or "how can something exist in an area inhabited by people and we not know". I have major problems with these as arguments for the reason that...they aren't arguments.
Evidence- What exactly would you call evidence? There are a bunch of pictures, and yea they tend to be blurry, but not everyone can go walking around with top-of-the-line equipment ready at the moments notice to take a textbook-perfect picture. And there are a ton of firsthand accounts with Bigfoots and Sasquatches. Yes there are a lot of fakes but how do you know if you disregard everything collected is false and label everyone who has a story is crazy? Guess what, people firmly believed the world was flat...remember how that one turned out?
Area- People say "we would have found them by now" or "It can't exist because people inhabit those areas." There are hundreds of thousands of square miles of uninhabited forest and terrain in the United States alone. Sure there are pictures taken from satellites and we have maps, but don't act like we have every square-inch of land surveyed or having it watched at all times. There is PLENTY of room for small nomadic groups to exist undisturbed.
People get so ignorant today but forget that humans still have yet to fully explore the world. We discover new species of animals both on land and in sea on a daily basis and they still have the audacity to even deny the possibility.
I see a lot of people saying it doesn't exist because; "there is no evidence" or "how can something exist in an area inhabited by people and we not know". I have major problems with these as arguments for the reason that...they aren't arguments.
Evidence- What exactly would you call evidence? There are a bunch of pictures, and yea they tend to be blurry, but not everyone can go walking around with top-of-the-line equipment ready at the moments notice to take a textbook-perfect picture. And there are a ton of firsthand accounts with Bigfoots and Sasquatches. Yes there are a lot of fakes but how do you know if you disregard everything collected is false and label everyone who has a story is crazy? Guess what, people firmly believed the world was flat...remember how that one turned out?
Area- People say "we would have found them by now" or "It can't exist because people inhabit those areas." There are hundreds of thousands of square miles of uninhabited forest and terrain in the United States alone. Sure there are pictures taken from satellites and we have maps, but don't act like we have every square-inch of land surveyed or having it watched at all times. There is PLENTY of room for small nomadic groups to exist undisturbed.
People get so ignorant today but forget that humans still have yet to fully explore the world. We discover new species of animals both on land and in sea on a daily basis and they still have the audacity to even deny the possibility.
My stance is that it's very possible there are species we've not documented but have been witnessed, but I choose a definite "maybe" here because it's a large ape-man in a forest system that isn'texactly the remotest in the world. There's a low likelihood that no one's ever shot one or gotten a decent telephoto shot of one if they're real. They're not supernatural, they're just animals, so if they exist go catch one. Unlike the Großmann, you're dealing with something that feels fear and hunger and can be trapped, something that breeds and rears children. And unlike the chupacabras, it can't go hide in a dense jungle where it could never be found by the human eye. So I believe it could exist, but I'm not holding my breath.
I have never heard of a Sasquatch before, so no, I dont think the are real.
Bones, poo, an evolutionairy line trough wich they could have evolved. These would all count as evidence. As there are no monkeys in Northern America, let alone apes, its highly unlikely that theres some sort of boogyman living in your forests.Wushu Panda said:
no...im sorry but no the reason why i say no is because even if there were something here they would be dead by now. and i laugh at the people who hunt it because there is so much more worthwhile
And not one of which isn't a picture of some man dressed in a gorilla suit.Wushu Panda said:
Uninhabitable, yes, unexplored? No. It is borderline ridiculous to suggest that a huge ape would even naturally evolve in the USA, let alone to suggest that it evolved in the USA and has been hiding the whole time.Wushu Panda said:
You really believe we wouldn't have captured one by now? You really believe we wouldn't have stumbled upon one by now?
There is NOT plenty of room in the USA for a whole species which is 7 foot tall to evolve and exist without alerting anyone about it.Wushu Panda said:
It is also NOT possible for a species to evolve and not expand beyond one tiny particular area. Name me one species of ape that has ever done that. You can't. These things would have no natural predators, not even humans, so their numbers would be absolutely huge.
When was the last time we discovered an animal over 3 foot tall on land?Wushu Panda said:
Also, the sea is completely alien to the land. There are areas of the sea we can't physically explore.
Perhaps. If it's a normal animal (I.E., mortal and capable of reproduction), it seems unlikely unless the species is remarkably close to human intelligence. There would have to be a few at least, and they would have to be smart enough to actively hide from human eyes.
If there's only one Sasquatch out there, and it's a supernatural creature, all bets are off. I'm smart enough to acknowledge that we, as a species, aren't smart enough to know everything about the world.
If there's only one and it ISN'T supernatural, then it either has an extraordinarily long life or doesn't exist... anymore.
If there's only one Sasquatch out there, and it's a supernatural creature, all bets are off. I'm smart enough to acknowledge that we, as a species, aren't smart enough to know everything about the world.
If there's only one and it ISN'T supernatural, then it either has an extraordinarily long life or doesn't exist... anymore.
Maybe. I'm on the fence.
To all the skeptics out there, I think that you need to get into the northern Canadian forests, specifically northern Ontario and Manitoba, and British Colombia. The possibility that something survived there without someone finding it is a lot more likely than you think. There's not a whole hell there.
Although, I do think that at least most of these sightings can be chalked up to grizzly bears or whatever.
To all the skeptics out there, I think that you need to get into the northern Canadian forests, specifically northern Ontario and Manitoba, and British Colombia. The possibility that something survived there without someone finding it is a lot more likely than you think. There's not a whole hell there.
Although, I do think that at least most of these sightings can be chalked up to grizzly bears or whatever.