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Current Bigfoot Fracas: Did it hurt, or help Serious Researchers??
I have an open mind about all things that are currently considered preternatural. My reasons for being "open minded" probably are a result of childhood and young adult experiences. I sometimes wonder if I had not personally had the experiences if I would be as open minded as I am now.
As a youngster I saw a UFO in broad daylight, and during the event it was a pretty close encounter as far as I was concerned. I still to this day remember the terror, and I was actually wondering why everyone said that UFOs do not exist when I am standing there just a few feet from one. My sister fainted, but I was not so lucky, and remained frozen in place due to terror until the UFO turned on edge, and literally disappeared into the sky. The local newspaper had an article the next day about all of the 350 phone calls to the police reporting the flying saucer. As a result of my personal experience, I believe that UFOs are real.
Several years later I actually lived in a "haunted" house. I found it very difficult to sleep with all of the noise the ghost made rocking in a squeaky rocking chair. Since I was alone in the house as hubby was off doing military stuff I moved my 3 year old daughter into my bed, so I could keep an eye on her while I listened to the otherworldly noises. I was very thankful to move away from that house. Okay, I do believe in ghosts now.
Thankfully, I have had no personal experiences with "Bigfoot". I have read numerous reports, and listened to credible people discuss their personal encounters with this creature, and wondered at the fact that the swirls on the foot castings showed differences in the ridge lines. Okay, as a nurse, married to a physician, we both have some knowledge about human characteristics, and ways to identify someone through finger prints, footprints, and shoe-prints. I was really excited when I read that a "Bigfoot" had been discovered dead in Georgia. To my thinking that would be roughly the equivalent of having a flying saucer crash in your backyard. At the same time, I regretted the loss of the mystery, the lore that we pass down to future generations about all of the magical and unknown subjects that are possiblily still out there for someone to discover.
I felt betrayed by the conduct of the men (aka idiots) who claimed to have found a deceased Bigfoot. I, as so many others, wanted to believe. Due to this finding I had hoped that the living creatures would be protected, that people on an outing in the woods would know to be cautious if strange noises were heard, and finally, all of the people who have claimed to see a Bigfoot, or had been terrorized by something in the woods, would be vindicated. The grifters (aka idiots) have brought down not only scorn on themselves, but will end up facing criminal charges. One man has lost his job as a policeman, but so far I have not heard what will happen to the blushing, quieter man from the press conference, but I do know why he was blushing, and had no wish to speak there. They have hurt those who explore with a spirit of truthfulness trying to locate the unknown that still exists in our world. These grifters deserve everything that happens to them, if for nothing else, because they took some magic and dreams away from everyone who wanted to believe.......
As a youngster I saw a UFO in broad daylight, and during the event it was a pretty close encounter as far as I was concerned. I still to this day remember the terror, and I was actually wondering why everyone said that UFOs do not exist when I am standing there just a few feet from one. My sister fainted, but I was not so lucky, and remained frozen in place due to terror until the UFO turned on edge, and literally disappeared into the sky. The local newspaper had an article the next day about all of the 350 phone calls to the police reporting the flying saucer. As a result of my personal experience, I believe that UFOs are real.
Several years later I actually lived in a "haunted" house. I found it very difficult to sleep with all of the noise the ghost made rocking in a squeaky rocking chair. Since I was alone in the house as hubby was off doing military stuff I moved my 3 year old daughter into my bed, so I could keep an eye on her while I listened to the otherworldly noises. I was very thankful to move away from that house. Okay, I do believe in ghosts now.
Thankfully, I have had no personal experiences with "Bigfoot". I have read numerous reports, and listened to credible people discuss their personal encounters with this creature, and wondered at the fact that the swirls on the foot castings showed differences in the ridge lines. Okay, as a nurse, married to a physician, we both have some knowledge about human characteristics, and ways to identify someone through finger prints, footprints, and shoe-prints. I was really excited when I read that a "Bigfoot" had been discovered dead in Georgia. To my thinking that would be roughly the equivalent of having a flying saucer crash in your backyard. At the same time, I regretted the loss of the mystery, the lore that we pass down to future generations about all of the magical and unknown subjects that are possiblily still out there for someone to discover.
I felt betrayed by the conduct of the men (aka idiots) who claimed to have found a deceased Bigfoot. I, as so many others, wanted to believe. Due to this finding I had hoped that the living creatures would be protected, that people on an outing in the woods would know to be cautious if strange noises were heard, and finally, all of the people who have claimed to see a Bigfoot, or had been terrorized by something in the woods, would be vindicated. The grifters (aka idiots) have brought down not only scorn on themselves, but will end up facing criminal charges. One man has lost his job as a policeman, but so far I have not heard what will happen to the blushing, quieter man from the press conference, but I do know why he was blushing, and had no wish to speak there. They have hurt those who explore with a spirit of truthfulness trying to locate the unknown that still exists in our world. These grifters deserve everything that happens to them, if for nothing else, because they took some magic and dreams away from everyone who wanted to believe.......
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