# Bigfoot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809 "2014-08-28T23:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/21 "2014-08-30T02:18:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The sad fact is that unless you’re on drugs, you cannot have an encounter with fictional beings. Tell that to my unicorn. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/22 "2014-08-30T04:19:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The sad fact is that unless you’re on drugs, you cannot have an encounter with fictional beings. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Tell that to my unicorn. Stop taking drugs! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/23 "2014-08-30T09:36:19Z")
Didn’t the guys who filmed the original Bigfoot finally admit it was a hoax? One of them died and the other guy was close behind and decided to 'fess up before he died. Seems to me if the first ever sighting was a hoax, then any coming after must be too. To answer the Op’s question… No, I have not seen Big Foot or any other mythical amimals since I stopped dropping acid in the early '70s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/24 "2014-08-30T14:24:18Z")
Bigfoot is all about spooky stories around the campfire. He’s worth keeping around just for that. Every time a bear wanders around you at night and you run away it Must have been a bigfoot, I mean a bear would have chased you, right? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/25 "2014-08-30T14:31:11Z")
Well. . . . I don’t think anyone has ever explained the fact that the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot has a shin rise angle in a natural gait that is 21º higher than every single person on the planet. [See!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRi1VLBxtZc) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/26 "2014-09-01T23:06:52Z")
If bigfoots…er…bigfeet…uh… If sasquatches are real, where are all the dead ones? Shouldn’t someone have stumbled over a few corpses by now? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/27 "2014-09-02T05:54:49Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > If bigfoots…er…bigfeet…uh… > > If sasquatches are real, where are all the dead ones? Shouldn’t someone have stumbled over a few corpses by now? They’re biodegradable. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/28 "2014-09-02T06:18:13Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Well. . . . I don’t think anyone has ever explained the fact that the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot has a shin rise angle in a natural gait that is 21º higher than every single person on the planet. [See!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRi1VLBxtZc) There’s two ways to hit the higher number: 1. Lift your foot off the ground (like their model). :rolleyes: 2. Lower your body just a tad, like everyone does when they imitate apes. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/29 "2014-09-02T06:27:14Z")
The only reason I would care, if I cared, would be that 100%, here tough it, here see all the DNA testing, blah, blah blah is the fact that I would have years of fun ridding unmercifully all the absolutely, it can’t , isn’t, you are all idiots until either I or they die. I want there to be UFO’s and alien advanced life, even to the destruction of the world just to have that glorious moment of, naya, naya, naya… If you can’t tell by not, I am leery of absolute statements. I have been so wrong so many times in my life that I am not going to ever make that mistake again. _I’m off, I’m off. Off to see the wizard the wonderful wi …_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/30 "2014-09-02T10:11:01Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Didn’t the guys who filmed the original Bigfoot finally admit it was a hoax? One of them died and the other guy was close behind and decided to 'fess up before he died. > Seems to me if the first ever sighting was a hoax, then any coming after must be too. > > To answer the Op’s question… No, I have not seen Big Foot or any other mythical amimals since I stopped dropping acid in the early '70s 😃 Roger Patterson died in 1972, but Bob Gimlin is still alive. Neither man has ever admitted to taking part in a hoax. However, [Bob Hieronimus](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film#Bob_Heironimus) claims to have been the man in the Bigfoot suit and his story is believed to be plausible. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/31 "2014-09-03T20:28:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Roger Patterson died in 1972, but Bob Gimlin is still alive. Neither man has ever admitted to taking part in a hoax. However, [Bob Hieronimus](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patterson%E2%80%93Gimlin_film#Bob_Heironimus) claims to have been the man in the Bigfoot suit and his story is believed to be plausible. Sorry for mis-remembering. I’m old and sometimes slip. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/32 "2014-09-04T00:29:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > . . . Bob Hieronimus. . . . That’s right. Fifty-two degrees. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/33 "2014-09-04T01:26:34Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > That’s right. Fifty-two degrees. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/34 "2014-09-05T02:43:48Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > 😕 Eh. . . It was a reference to the video I linked to earlier. And, lest I be misunderstood, I have no doubt the ‘Patty’ was a man in a suit. Just adding a little levity. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMI64kXQA8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnMI64kXQA8) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/35 "2014-09-05T03:09:27Z")
I have not had a Bigfoot encounter yeti. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/36 "2014-09-05T03:52:53Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I have not had a Bigfoot encounter yeti. Have you tried looking in Sasquatchewan? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/37 "2014-09-05T11:47:24Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > If you can’t tell by not, I am leery of absolute statements. I have been so wrong so many times in my life that I am not going to ever make that mistake again. Are you quite certain of that? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/38 "2014-09-05T12:12:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The sad fact is that unless you’re on drugs, you cannot have an encounter with fictional beings. And even then, the drugs need to be _exceptional_. [Human remains have been found in a cave in Spain that are _400,000_ years old](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131204-human-fossil-dna-spain-denisovan-cave/)! Yet skeletal evidence of “Bigfoot” somehow remains hidden? Bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/39 "2014-09-05T12:26:36Z")
Real picture of Bigfoot here. It’s the missing link. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/40 "2014-09-05T22:42:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Are you quite certain of that? Most definitely and without exception. I am forever done with doing those things, I promise… 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809.md?page=3)