# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/61 "2025-02-23T20:32:38Z")
I was a believer in the 1970s thanks to the film of the guy in a gorilla suit and the whole coelacanth argument. I also personally saw very large human looking footprints in the snow around some hot springs on a cross country ski trip. Turned out they were my own from the day before. The snow just melted around the original print. So, yeah, I was a true believer…when I was 13. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/62 "2025-02-23T20:34:01Z")
I’m of the opinion that Bigfoot sightings are actually bears seen from a distance. There are definitely some people playing practical jokes or making money off of rubes. But the legends go back too far for it to just be pranksters. Notes on the bear theory [![](https://i.imgur.com/KbQAlmj.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KbQAlmj.jpeg) [Yeti DNA is from bears](https://www.science.org/content/article/so-much-abominable-snowman-study-finds-yeti-dna-belongs-bears) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/63 "2025-02-23T20:40:06Z")
I want to believe. I want some strange hidden bipedal to be living their happy life, out there. I don’t know why, I live a bit too close to the area of _“The Legend of Boggy Creek”_ fame. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/64 "2025-02-23T20:59:36Z")
There was a comment in another thread about this that pointed out that we are finding new species all the time. I think, though, that most (if not all) species that are being found are either minor variations on known species or very small. Which raised the question for me - when was the last time an animal was discovered that even remotely reached the size of Bigfoot? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/65 "2025-02-23T21:59:39Z")
Maybe the Mountain Gorilla? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/66 "2025-02-23T22:27:26Z")
No scat, are they using little natural poop bags like a good bigfoot owner? No bones, none of them ever die of old age, child-birth, fallin of a cliff, the bodies must just disappear without a trace. There would be remains, even if they tried to collect them all, they wouldn"t get them all. Every foot print is too perfect. Clear separation between the toes, no indication of walking at all, just a couple clear impressions of a foot print. That is not how real life works. Smeared prints, mud between the toes, running marks, etc. A nice print that you could not make even using your own foot. Try it. Same reason we haven’t been contacted by space aliens. Because there aren’t any. Occam’s Razor. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/67 "2025-02-23T22:34:27Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > We all love our pet legends but, as Carl Sagan wisely opined, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” I saw a video of Neil deGrasse Tyson discussing aliens and alien abductions with a couple of people to believe in it. He had the same sort of response to them. People who claim to have seen them are just that. It’s not evidence and until somebody can produce one, it’s just anecdotal. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/68 "2025-02-23T23:11:48Z")
Son-of-a-wrek says, and I quote…“you don’t know nothing, don’t you know Aliens are where they come from? Very intelligent aliens. The ones who seek out similiar intelligence in the human race.” Uh huh 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/69 "2025-02-23T23:25:33Z")
Any kid who watched _The Six Million Dollar Man_ knows that. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/70 "2025-02-23T23:33:56Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > We all love our pet legends People keep them as pets? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/71 "2025-02-24T00:16:45Z")
I wonder if Tribbles are Bigfoot eggs? ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/72 "2025-02-24T00:33:09Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I’d accept a carcass vivisected by University of California veterinarian. IF one is found dead, I think they should be treated as a person. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/73 "2025-02-24T00:35:24Z")
Actually, you can’t practice vivisection on a carcass > **[Vivisection](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivisection)** > > Vivisection (from Latin vivus 'alive' and sectio 'cutting') is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The word is, more broadly, used as a pejorative catch-all term for experimentation on live animals by organizations opposed to animal experimentation, but the term is rarely used by practicing scientists. Human vivisection, such as live organ harvesting, has been Research requiring... ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/74 "2025-02-24T00:37:33Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > If sasquatches are real, where are all the dead ones? The only remaining sasqueech are vampires. So - no corpses, and they don’t show up on film. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/75 "2025-02-24T01:17:27Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Same reason we haven’t been contacted by space aliens. Because there aren’t any. Occam’s Razor. This for a whole ‘nother thread, but slight pushback: There _might_ be space aliens… but absolutely none have visited earth. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/76 "2025-02-24T12:40:09Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > People keep them as pets? Yep, and he eats like a horse with a tape worm. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/77 "2025-02-24T13:16:49Z")
As a kid, I figured Bigfoot must have one normal foot and one humongous foot—because if both were huge, they’d call him Bigfeet. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/78 "2025-02-24T13:22:56Z")
I don’t know about you but I am getting hockey teams and insulated sippy cups confused all the time… ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/79 "2025-02-24T17:42:16Z")
Wait, there’s a difference!? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809/80 "2025-02-24T18:34:37Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Any kid who watched _The Six Million Dollar Man_ knows that. Or _Harry and the Hendersons_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809.md?page=5)