Friday, May 23, 2025

Bagging Bigfoot

Looking for Bigfoot:
Skeptics like Mr. Clark often treat Bigfoot witnesses as either hoaxers or fools. But to listen to the podcast "Sasquatch Chronicles" is to hear real people: hunters, law enforcement officers, hikers, and veterans. These are not cartoon characters. They are often reluctant participants who wait years before sharing what they saw or heard. They describe massive, bipedal figures, often with red or amber eye shine, seen at twilight or in total silence. Do these people suffer from mass hysteria? Are the military officers, EMTs, and wildlife biologists who have contributed accounts suddenly untrustworthy once "Bigfoot" is spoken? I challenge Mr. Clark and the rest of you non-believers to listen to just one month of "Sasquatch Chronicles" and the dozens of level-headed interviews that don't seek fame but understanding. .... Skepticism is healthy. However, condescension is a disease that spreads faster than common sense in today’s clickbait culture. And what Mr. Clark penned reads more like ridicule than rebuttal. His tone is not that of a cautious scientist asking questions, but of a weekend camper jeering at the dark woods from the safety of a lit tent. Science has never advanced by dismissing data before reviewing it. Galileo was mocked, as was Ignaz Semmelweis, who dared suggest that doctors wash their hands. Progress is often first met with laughter, and that laughter usually ages poorly.
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