ALL’S FAIR IN THE BIGFOOTERY BASHING WARS OR IS IT?

From Steph:



Recently, a team of Bigfoot Buddies (Field Investigators) released some recordings from Michigan where they had gathered for the past 5 years in an effort to document the possibility of Bigfoot’s existence on private land. The documentation for amateurs was well done as to their claimed experiences. The initial announcement was on the BFF and the response was overall many members being positive about this groups integrity and the quality of the documentation and recordings.



The Michigan group tried to distance themselves from making outright Bigfoot claims in their documentation, yet, within their written replies and commentary otherwise, they allude to Bigfoot activity and sightings. I’m sure this confuses many people.



The Michigan group has also been forthright in their belief that it is not fully impossible that they could have been victims of hoaxery, regardless that they feel it’s on the high end of impossible (note: nothing is impossible). The group also has the courage to confront the sounds and make their way towards them to ensure that if there were humans present trying to hoax them, they would surely be caught.



In my opinion, it’s good work, they do what they can under the circumstances, they are only human and they can’t have all the answers on how to do things perfectly, otherwise, Bigfoot would be found and cataloged. It is also my opinion that the recordings are questionable and within the range of what could be possible for Northern Michigan Fauna, let alone, that no matter how nice and honest a person might seem, there are people out there that are rotten to the core but project angelic images to the public (note: just look at politicians). Never trust people fully in these circumstances. I feel the Michigan Group has made it clear that they have not fully ruled out the landowner and his family as 100% honest and reliable witnesses and excluded them as possible accessories to hoaxing.



The Michigan Group is trying to answer all questions about their recordings and the events surrounding the recordings at the BFF and on their own forum website Bigfoot Discussions.



What I find to be distasteful in respect to these recordings, regardless of what they truly are, is the common attack dog mode being found on other websites. A good example of a whole lot of commentary with little to no factual backup of the disbelievers claims is the honest lack of contacting or participating in an adult discussion with the Michigan Group to better understand or facilitate open discussion regardless of belief or disbelief. The worst example of a Bigfootery Flogging is on the “Searching For Bigfoot Discussion Forum”.



The blatant I hate those people is so obvious and is exactly the type of childish behavior that makes this field of interest a joke to those in the scientific community. Due to personality clashes or retribution for assumed wrongs done to each other, instead of taking the recordings as information to be analyzed and discussed, the “I hate those people, haters”, instead, go on an all out feeding frenzy against the personalities associated with the Michigan Group instead of taking the claims of possible evidence and dealing strictly with such.



This school yard behavior is sickening. Personally, I don’t care one iota about your personality issues or the wrongs you felt were done against you by the associates of this group. It comes down to these recordings. I don’t care about peoples personal feelings on integrity of the Michigan Group Membership, I could care about the evidence they are presenting as the possibility of Bigfoot Activity with vocalizations and behaviors they have captured while conducting so called field research. I am not going to give them a free pass because I have chatted with them online for years or whatever, they are in the field with a specific BIAS: to see, hear, experience Bigfoot from the perspective of a witness(s) proclaiming activity in said area.



On the “Searching for Bigfoot Discussion Forum” even Billy Willard made childish comments, I’d expect better than that from a fellow who just went through association issues with Steve Kulls and should know better. I was also interested in seeing the BFF bashing, why hasn’t Paul Vella the head Admin at BFF made any commentary, WTF. Isn’t this such 10 year old mentality? I’m honestly beginning to believe that this Field of Interest is chock full of the childhood make believe that Bigfoot exists fantasy enthusiasts that the reality is; there are very few sane rational adults.



Then you have the opposite side of the spectrum, the JREF. The skeptics and the Meanies. Lots of bigtalk and little substance. Hey, if your going to throw out commentary, at least talk to the people you are going to trash. Join in the discussion at the Bigfootery discussion forums, at least make an effort to ask questions of the participants before throwing out snide and childish comments with no basis in fact. Wouldn’t it be grand if you actually took the time to thoughtfully present your skeptical view to the folks presenting the evidence and asked them questions, get the facts, make an informed decision before making a childish one. The JREF is no different than a believers forum when it comes to nastyness and the pushing of one’s belief off on others like it’s “The Word”.



It simply is easy to have an open honest debate without childish antics and the “he said/she said” or “he did this/she did this” crap that is being spewed by those who hold a grudge. This isn’t about people, this is about claims of evidence that has been put out for all (even those whom hate the people who put it out there) to study and decide for themselves what it is or isn’t.



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