I wish people would realize the problem in every mother's son claiming he had run into bigfoot.
There must be fifty people on ATS alone claiming this.
Let's say that not all of them are accurate, but most are well-meaning. What still happens is called 'drowning in the background noise'.
IOW, we can't get a handle on the phenomenon because of that.
You're not making it easier. You're not making people believe that BF exists by calling every shadowy shape a sighting. We lose the context.
Nobody knows what to think and the whole field takes a ding.
Please, be more stringent. Be more circumspect. Don't claim things that are 'iffy' unless you can back it up with something.
You're really harming the Crypto field.
Also if you get a video or a snap shot, PLEASE go back to the site and take some data. Take a picture of the spot WITHOUT the BF in it so we'll know
it wasn't a tree stump. Take some measurements. Find the site by GPS and have coordinates. At least get a picture, draw a picture, have a
disinterested friend log on and corroborate, get a Google earth map of where it was.
Don't wait a year and then not remember the day, or have a vague location. It does NOT help the cause.
You're not making yourself 'special'. It's not about you, it's about the cryptid.
Sure we all love to hear stories. Post a thread about 'iffy' encounters if you must, but still, unless we're just telling ghost stories, have
something to go on.
Thanks. This is a general comment and not leveled at any one person.
My 2 cents.
[edit on 8-3-2008 by Badge01]