The Hirsute Mammal of North America?

Denver Post ^ | 1/5/03 | Theo Stein

[Pearls Before Swine]

I think I would have evacuated immediately...

If it was as big as she says, I would have evacuated immediately, too--even if I left the next day.

[Jhoffa_]

Along the same lines, check out the history channel's current show on the "abominable snowman"

They claim Biblical refrences to the beast and then as proof present Esau! (paraphrase) "Who was hairy, a hunter and liked remote places"

I have never seen a more absurd attempt to legitimize something in my entire life.. It also implies a kind of beastality between the "Sons of God and earthly women"

Religious FReepers will just be shocked.

[Bernard Marx]

I don't have time to check back issues and map locations, but Chilton Williamson Jr. who writes the "100th Meridian" for Chronicles Magazine, has mentioned several trips into the Colorado back country to find these creatures.

So far he hasn't had a direct encounter but has written about truly unusual nighttime sounds -- rocks being smacked together in a perimeter around his campsite -- and other signs of unusual happenings. Apparently there's a lot of local interest in the possibility these creatures exist in that region, and as I recall several sightings have been reported.

I'm neither a believer nor a non-believer. Anything's possible and I'll keep an open mind until there is proof positive one way or the other. Every time I think it's not possible for such creatures to go undiscovered I think of all the Japanese soldiers who hid out in remote areas after World War II, sometimes for a decade or more. Williamson is neither a fool nor a sensationalist, and he's a very experienced outdoorsman.

[Plutarch]

She yelled at her dogs to stay put, grabbed pepper spray, and rushed out to face the intruder.

If only she grabbed a camera, then we might have something to discuss. Funny, you'd think there would be tracks, or scat. That is, unless it is all myth.

[KneelBeforeZod]

You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours, and when it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of them, not one stinking yeti body.

The smell -- you know, that gasoline smell -- the whole hill -- it smelled like victory

[genefromjersey]

Are you talking about : " Behold, Esau my brother is an hairy man, and I am smooth " ??

What is it ? You claim the Bible as absolute authority, then pick and choose which sections are applicable ? Keep in mind, when America was "discovered", a few centuries ago, biblical scholars were at a total loss to explain the existence of American Indians.

On what basis would you conclude the (alleged) Bigfoot was a cross between a human and a non-human ? Appearance ? Hairy-ness ? What some earnest Preacher shouted while in the pulpit ?

[Jhoffa_]

What is it ? You claim the Bible as absolute authority, then pick and choose which sections are applicable ?

You're an idiot..

If you knew what you were talking about you would realize that Esau was a man (as he was Jacob's brother) and appeared later in the Bible when Jacob feared his wrath.

He was not "The abominable snowman" "The sasquatch" "the Loch Ness Monster" or anything of the sort.

[genefromjersey]

Why, yes ! I am an idiot !

I didn't know you and that hairy rascal were so close : I mean, you knowing his momma and all !

And, yes : I did know the story tells of twins : one hairy from birth; one smooth. The smooth twin conspired with his mommy to steal his brother's birthright : the same sort of thing some bible thumpers have done down through the ages.

What I've noticed ( being an idiot )is you have to be careful when thumping bibles, because you never know what's going to fall out of the pages !

[Jhoffa_]

Why, yes ! I am an idiot !

Good

They say admitting you have a problem is the first step.

[genefromjersey]

They also say : " He that sayeth to his brother "Thou fool ! ", he shall also be in danger of the Judgment. "

[Jhoffa_]

They also say : " He that sayeth to his brother "Thou fool ! ", he shall also be in danger of the Judgment. "

There is a biblical prohibition against truthfulness? I didn't know that.

Now... if you are through wasting both our time with your whining, ego mending, urban legends and other antics, perhaps you should actually READ that thing, as opposed to using it to cherry-pick scripture like this. (?)

Believe me, you would benefit from tending your own garden for a while..

[null and void]

Medium-chestnut fur "like an Irish setter's" covered the giant,

Not green.

[genefromjersey]

Good idea ! Let me shake the dust from off my sandals !

[Brett66]

There's allegedly a bigfoot, or family of them, running around in SE Oklahoma.

Southern Bigfoot

[Jhoffa_]

Good idea ! Let me shake the dust from off my sandals !

Good idea, try to swallow as little as you can though..

[William Terrell]

"It had very, very broad shoulders - huge shoulders," she said. "Its face was almost completely covered in fur but human-like, on the human side of halfway between a human and gorilla."

(swoon)

[genefromjersey]

Sorry my friend. I just don't have as much patience with braying jackasses as I used to. On the other hand, neither did Jesus. ( I'm sure you've read his rants on the Pharisees. )

I just guessing, but, if Jesus were on the earth today, I suspect most of the big bible thumpers would be screaming for His crucifixion...

[Jhoffa_]

Personally, at this point.. I would be happy to just simply not agree.

While I do firmly maintain that scripture in no way supports Esau as "bigfoot" (1. he was Jacob's brother, 2. he was mentioned later and he was not living as a savage, but as a sucessful man in his day) if you are really a well meaning Christian who just doesn't know any better, then I am sorry for jumping down your throat.

I get so sick and tired of people trying to warp scripture to advance various agendas (Peter was a fag, Jesus healed with pot, Jesus would hate you for driving an SUV, etc. You name it and I have heard it at least thrice.) that it has become something of a knee jerk reaction with me..

I apologize for calling you an idiot.

There.

[scouse]

I believe there have been sightings of some creature (Not the Renocerus Floridensis) down here in Florida which is commonly referred to as, "The Skunk Ape".

[genefromjersey]

Well said, my friend !

Peace to you and yours.