Posthuman Blues

Friday, October 20, 2006

Patterson-Gimlin Footage: 39 Years Ago

For me, all of the above combine into the virtual and visible vortex of the best pieces of evidence for the existence of Bigfoot.

(Via The Anomalist.)

6 comments:

Katie said...: I had thought that this was proved to be a hoax many years ago. And I mean that one of the two people at the scene admitted it was a hoax?

Or am I thinking of something else?; 9:53 PM
Mac said...: Jezzie--

No, you're thinking of the same case. A guy claimed he was the "Bigfoot" in the film ... and while "skeptics" fell in love with him immediately, he was never able to offer any evidence that he was actually there.

It's funny how "extraordinary" claims work; if you claim to have evidence of something unusual you're expected to prove it, but if you claim you hoaxed something -- even with nothing to back up your story -- you'll be unconditionally accepted.

No, I'm not saying the Patterson footage is genuine, although there is some reason to think it is. I just find the evidential dichotomy interesting.; 1:11 AM
Mac said...: Mainly, I think, it's that anything less intelligent than human beings -- maybe that's not saying a lot -- doesn't seem as though it might lead to any terribly interesting or radical futures.

Oh, but it might!

BTW, I have some interesting "insider" info on the "alien autopsy." I hate to say it, but it might not be a commercial fake after all...; 1:18 AM
Mac said...: WMB--

Very briefly (I'm still looking into this), it appears Ray Santilli is trying to divest himself of the AA footage because of possible (probable?) links to human experimentation. Thus his abrupt "confession," which has major problems -- especially when compared to the "confession" of his ostensible collaborator, sculptor John Humphreys.

That's all for now. I could be wrong, but I wonder...; 1:58 AM
Paul Kimball said...: Mac:

You're great, but your continued, dogged desire to see the AA for anything other than an (ongoing) hoax is not one of your finest moments. ;-)

Paul; 12:45 PM
Mac said...: Paul--

Yeah, yeah, I know ... just imagine what Dvorsky must think! :-); 2:55 PM

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