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MarkBC
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I found this note very interesting:
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OTHER STORIES: Witness described another possible sighting December 2008 when he was hunting, and a small group of deer walked by with a small, upright creature the size of a "10 year old human" walking with them. Asked if they appeared frightened, he said they acted like the creature was part of the group. |
What do you guys make of this?? |
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Rictor
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| Posted: January 10th, 2010 12:33 PM |
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Sounds a little odd.
Young Bigfoot, The Dear Whisperer.
Squatch: Dances with Deer!
I can keep going LOL.
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monongahela
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| Posted: January 10th, 2010 01:20 PM |
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That's a really interesting anecdote. It reminds my of this other report, where BF seems to be communing with dogs:
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=24776
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eciccone
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| Posted: January 10th, 2010 07:44 PM |
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| Very unusual if it is in fact a BF considering the evidence that shows deer to be BF's prey. I can't picture any deer being okay with a BF, no matter how young they are. |
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timsan
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 01:12 AM |
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I think it is easy to believe IF we consider the deer to be half-tame. Consider how often deer come into contact with humans, who should be a recognized enemy, and don't spook. In some situations, deer actually become downright friendly (like the one that snatched the chocolate bar from my pack at the bottom of the Grand Canyon!).
I doubt that humans become part of the herd very often (like the reindeer people in Scandinavia, etc.), but on another occasion I walked up on a small group (state park in NM) which didn't seem the least bit concerned about my approach (10 yards).
Also, it seems there has been significant speculation about the possibly symbiotic relationship between coyotes and squatch and I'm sure the squatch have made a meal or two of coyotes as well.
It may be that some squatch are not opportunistic hunters. Some might be like shepherds and cull the herd when the time comes (before winter, etc.)...
So this report is not over the top for me at all. I think we humans like to see things in black and white...
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acawap
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 02:29 AM |
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that report with the dogs fascinates me. I had never considered it before, but why couldn't there be lonely Sasquatches out there that maybe take in a pack of feral dogs? I could see that being a nice, symbiotic relationship -- they can offer each other early warning, hunting help, or just share companionship.
Or maybe it was just a crazy old homeless guy in a fur coat... but the report has me thinking about Biggie in a new way, which is exactly why I come to this forum! |
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Andy
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 11:27 AM |
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Anything is possible---an animal with both complex emotions and a higher intelligence might well acquire a companion animal.
I think it's doubtful that any Bigfoot would tame feral dogs though. We used to have packs of them where I grew up. They were dreadful--vicious--just the sort of animal (dog) that Bigfoots are said to kill in self-defense. One pack actually chased the young girl down the road up a tree, and there she sat for several hours! They went after anything that moved.
Puppies, lifted from a barn, or found outside, on the other hand, might be a different story.
But don't you think this would be a rarity?
A Bigfoot has to be focused on its own survival--and having dogs around would make it more likely to be seen, require more food-hunting, and generally be a liability.
The only way a Bigfoot or group of Bigfoots would tolerate dogs would be if they enhanced the chances of survival. Special circumstances maybe, or a particular environment. What do you think?
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acawap
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 05:12 PM |
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A rarity maybe -- but I have to think that like humans, Bigfoot have different personality types. Some may be curious, or social, others may be more aggressive or loners. If a Bigfoot were lonely, or excommunicated for some reason, maybe they run across a batch of puppies and raise them, like a homeless man taking in a stray (or just a stray or two which end up having puppies).
On that same note, feral packs will vary as well. Some will be nasty and aggressive, others shy and avoid humans at all costs. So I think you're absolutely right that it wouldn't be a normal thing, I could see it being POSSIBLE.
And I kinda hope it is, 'cause it's a pretty cool little bit of social info on Bigfoot if it's true.  |
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Hall82321
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 06:00 PM |
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I don't know about a bigfoot "raising" a pack of pups. Sounds pretty far out there.
But a bigfoot and a domestic dog tolerating, even playing with one another sounds plausible. Would depend on the dog and the bigfoot, I guess. There are known animal pairs that you'd never picture. Everyone has gotten the email of the dog that raised an orphan tiger cub, or http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006...in1512591.shtml
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Margie BioGirl
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 06:53 PM |
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It's very true that some deer get so used to people they'll actually walk right up to you. I did research in a forest where hunting wasn't allowed, but lots of ecological research went on there and people were allowed to bike and hike there. My professor and I actually DROVE our car right up along a bunch of deer grazing on the side of one of the trails. He could have reached out and touched one they were so close. They just looked at us and kept grazing. They were used to our presence and didn't see us as a threat.
The dog story is really strange, to me. Perhaps it looked like the dogs were approaching playfully, but maybe they were pursuing the BF. Or, perhaps the BF was luring them with the intention of killing one for food. Or maybe there were other BF nearby and the visible one lured them in to a trap.
It doesn't seem weird to me that dogs would pursue a BF, but it does seem weird to me that the BF would encourage it, unless it was for the purpose of food. |
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BFRON
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 07:42 PM |
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I find this report very interesting. Animals do sometimes make friends with what regularly would be considered not the norm. Who's to say? Anybody got a picture of a Bigfoot eating a deer?
It's Possible |
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| Posted: January 11th, 2010 08:49 PM |
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Who is to say that it may have been a litter and the Mother died and the BF raised them? Stranger things have happened..........jmo
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bbwena
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 12:32 AM |
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I think all these ideas are valid. And, there are BF reports that back these ideas up. There have been reports of BF taking baby puppies or kittens from boxes outside people's homes, some have rescued children in the woods and left them food and water, not to mention many many reports of BF watching children playing. I would say there could be a very talented BF out there that just might be a dog whisperer.  Especailly given a unique circumstance.... like finding or taking a puppy. Perhaps he found one and liked having a pet and then got some more. Maybe...... there is a BF lady out there with 75 stray cats! LOL Ya never know.... who would have thought a human would even do something that strange???
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dyzzi
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 03:22 AM |
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There are instances in nature where animals have a mutual interest in being around one another. Here for example is the mutual exihistance of the badger and the coyote.
Coyote and the badger
This may be an instance where it is beneficial for the deer and the bf to work together when locating food. One thing about the the report I noticed was the feeding of the deer. I know there are different ways to feed deer and one way is by using feeders which only allow a certain amount of corn to be dispersed at any given time.
Having a bf around with hands to help open feeders would mean more corn for everyone. The bf would benefit by being in a herd with more eyes and ears to help with locating people or animals it would rather avoid.
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jmars
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 08:49 AM |
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I was watching a Nat Geo show or Animal Planet the other day showing two huge polar bears playing around with a pack of sled dogs. Not attacking or eating them as would be expected, but rolling around and playing. Again, not what you'd expect so maybe there is validity with Biggie and dogs / deer.
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Hall82321
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 09:22 AM |
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Anybody got a picture of a Bigfoot eating a deer? |
None that I am aware of. However there are reports of BF carrying a dead deer across the road, or squatted near roadkill...
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Andy
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 10:37 AM |
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Wasn't it MultipleEncounters who saw a pack of dogs chase a Bigfoot?
I can't remember if they were neighborhood domestic dogs, or feral.
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| Posted: January 12th, 2010 02:50 PM |
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| i could see a bigfoot using a dog or wolf or coyote, just the way early man did. the dog helps "sniff" out the prey, biggie kills it, dog and biggie both get to eat. |
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