Genie takes on Bigfoot--and wins!

Genie Scott takes on Bigfoot--and wins. Check out her "Ask a Scientist" talk on "Bigfoot and Other Wild Men of the Forest". Where: Axis Cafe, San Francisco When: 1/13/09

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Education

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• Bigfoot
• Genie Scott
• NCSE
• Ask a scientist

[NatCen4ScienceEd]

Folks: Genie mispoke in the heat of the moment. She knows indeed that a plesiosaur is a reptile and that a basking shark ain't a whale. Apologies to any and all humans, sharks, or dinos watching this video. --Robert Luhn

[Rarae192]

There's nothing even remotely interesting about the notion of big-foot. The episode of MacGyver in the third season gave it all the attention it deserved: some dude in a suit. Apes are interesting, so we don't need to make up fairy-tale ones; it's unimaginative to do so. Compare big-foot to the erotic, romantic, sexual encounters of hermaphroditic leopard slugs, entangling their luminescent, blue penises whilst they spin, suspended in a cradle of slug slime from a branch - there's no comparison!

[BloatedSensations]

@Direkin Do you mean the BBC film she shows? It's on Youtube here: watch?&v=ubNF9QNEQLA It's pretty good.

[TotalTraffic]

There are actually people that believe in bigfoot? Is that a joke?

[MrGreg433]

Genie mentions bigfoot living in Texas, California, Nebraska & says it's less likely they exist - so with that logic I guess there are no humans in America - How & why did man leave Asia and get to South America? The cripple print is from Washington not California - she says it's probably not faked - A little contradiction. Genie says the world was different 200 years ago - NO DA! & the world was different 40 yrs ago - no internet, no cell phones.

[MrGreg433]

Skeptics live in another world - a world of denial & negativity and I don't think this woman won at disproving. Hairs, sounds, scat don't prove much about existence, but it's not what it is it's what it isn't - bear, moose, elk, fox, etc. Might as well let everyone out of prison. Skeptics also lack scientific curiosity - how many skeptics have actually been on a bigfoot research expedition for an extended amount of time? Just because there is no body, doesn't mean they don't exist.

[MrGreg433]

Skeptics live in another world - a world of denial & negativity and I don't think this woman lost at disproving. Hairs, sounds, scat don't prove much about existence, but it's not what it is it's what it isn't - bear, moose, elk, fox, etc. Might as well let everyone out of prison. Skeptics also lack scientific curiosity - how many skeptics have actually been on a bigfoot research expedition for an extended amount of time? Just because there is no body, doesn't mean they don't exist.

[MrGreg433]

You could hang a person with the hairs, footprints with dermal ridges, sounds, footage & eyewitness accounts. True science needs a body or bones for classification, yet science believes in black holes & we don't have a piece of a black hole. We know bison have existed in America for 10s of 1,000's of years in huge herds on the plains, how many bones do we have considering the #'s? And bears? Skeptics just talk & don't bring their scientific research to the table.

[joe2trees]

@Stuartsaves Perhaps I would not be the best teacher for YOU. I have no problem sharing what I know to the public but as I feel I dont need to prove in the existence of BF I would like to share based on what is known to be true. I highly recomend you use the BFRO data base as a foundation. They even have canada ! They answer the most common questions and have numerous links to further research. Keep in mind some people have related accounts from many yrs. ago because now there is a forum.

[Stuartsaves]

@joe2trees I'm not sure that you would make the best teacher, as you shown to me you have no idea what constitutes evidence, and I would also like to point out that you started this with a statement saying that people are actively interacting with bigfoot, but I would need to be schooled in some way to understand these interactions. I'm curious if this evidence is so flimsy that you don't want to share it publicly.

I will take a look at the website though.

[joe2trees]

@Stuartsaves I am sorry if you interpreted my rebutles as insults. They were not ment to be. I would be happy to tutor you based on what I know and believe to be true about BF. But can we do it thru private messaging or do you want an audience ? As there is alot of material to cover it would take time. You can also begin with BFRO.net. This data base of people unknown to eachother spread out across the states to me is a good start. Because there is no bf corpse this will have to do for now

[Stuartsaves]

@joe2trees So now we're left with insults and claims that I wouldn't understand the evidence presented. Let me ask you, is there any animal on earth that we know exists, that anyone would have a hard time either proving or understanding the proof? I'm not asking you to explain anything, just link to a peer reviewed article or scientific paper or anything that would lend credibility.

Honestly, this shouldn't be hard. A first grader could at least tell me why he believes something is true.