# So you're a skeptic who just accidentally killed a sasquatch **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852 "2013-07-18T15:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/41 "2013-07-19T12:20:03Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > What? You mean you didn’t have a dashcam running at the time of the hit? :dubious: It’s not like this is happening on a Russian road. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/42 "2013-07-19T12:57:29Z")
I’d do whatever I could to force myself to wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/43 "2013-07-19T18:45:56Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > What makes you think I don’t know the definition of a skeptic? My point is phrasing it that way was to paint the picture that (for the hypothetical) you’re a sensible person who rightfully does not believe in Bigfoot owing to the lack of evidence. But you just got the evidence, right? But I see where you are coming from - TV is full of skeptics who retain their skepticism in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I think this appeals to non-skeptics because it implies that skeptics disbelieve out of blindness, not out of lack of evidence. Like at the end of “The Last Battle.” I’d hope that a skeptic and non-skeptic would react to this discovery in the same way, except that the skeptic would be more surprised. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/44 "2013-07-19T19:05:50Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > ) you’re a sensible person who rightfully does not believe in Bigfoot owing to the lack of evidence. Whoa, now. When did absence of evidence become evidence of absence? It didn’t, that’s when. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/45 "2013-07-19T19:22:15Z")
A full grown silverback gorilla can be about 6’ tall, and well over 400 lbs. I think an 8’ sasquatch could easily be over 600 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/46 "2013-07-19T19:27:09Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > When did absence of evidence become evidence of absence? Remember we’re talking about Bigfoot here. North American is not unexplored. There’s certain evidence you would expect to find if there was a breeding population of large primates. The absence of that is actually pretty strong evidence of absence. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/47 "2013-07-19T19:30:04Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A full grown silverback gorilla can be about 6’ tall, and well over 400 lbs. I think an 8’ sasquatch could easily be over 600 lbs. So forget about the Boy Scouts. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/48 "2013-07-19T19:50:15Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > The absence of that is actually pretty strong evidence of absence. It’s the Fermi Paradox with big hairy feet. As for me, I’ll stick by Sagan’s side in this discussion. And I’ll mention Pileated Woodpeckers as a sort of red herring. Nobody saw any for the longest dang time. Then, there they were. ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/49 "2013-07-19T19:57:10Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > That said, there’s a small list of people who could get a 400 lb chunk of dead critter into their pickup bed by themselves. That’s why I keep a chainsaw in my trunk. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/50 "2013-07-19T20:14:43Z")
> [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](#): > > That’s why I keep a chainsaw in my trunk. I’ve only got a[Becker Tac Tool.](http://www.amazon.com/Ka-Bar-Becker-BK3-Fixed-Blade/dp/B001IPILMA) I’m gonna be here all night. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Probably call 911. That would seem to be the appropriate response [based on this news report](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/us/montana-big-foot-accident) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/51 "2013-07-19T20:14:55Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Can you legally claim possession? Sell it to the highest bidder? Totally this. I take it to Christies and sell to the highest bidder. Bids start at $100 million. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852/52 "2013-07-19T20:15:49Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > It’s the Fermi Paradox with big hairy feet. > As for me, I’ll stick by Sagan’s side in this discussion. > > And I’ll mention Pileated Woodpeckers as a sort of red herring. > Nobody saw any for the longest dang time. Then, there they were. Pray tell: what is Sagan’s side in this discussion? I heartily agree that the Pileated Woodpecker, not being 8’ tall - 600 to 800 lb, is a red herring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852.md?page=2)