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#257876 - 03/22/13 03:10 AM Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
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Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_SqkKV8Lbk

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#257882 - 03/22/13 12:18 PM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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Interesting story. I believe it happened as he describes, and what it was remains a question. But to go from "great ape" sounding noises to "Big Foot," I don't think so (Les does not make this jump). I keep an open mind, but I am skeptical and need really hard evidence.

I just think that you can never go from "I don't know what that was" to "it was Big Foot, a UFO, a ghost etc. etc etc" The logic just doesn't work for me. smile


Edited by bws48 (03/22/13 01:05 PM)
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#257888 - 03/22/13 04:35 PM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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We're not a forum on Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs... But what should we equip ourselves with for an encounter?

Some sort of recording device, for sure. The video/camera on your cell phone, or even better, a dedicated HD camcorder.

Plastic bags to gather evidence.

Does bear spray work o Big Foot, or will we get into a "what caliber will work according to my friend who knows stuff" debate?

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#257903 - 03/23/13 12:26 AM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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#257910 - 03/23/13 02:13 AM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Bingley]
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Originally Posted By: Bingley
We're not a forum on Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs... But what should we equip ourselves with for an encounter?



Beef jerky peace offering?

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#257915 - 03/23/13 05:48 AM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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Maybe Bigfoot is vegetarian... And I don't think the beef jerky would do much when the UFO aliens bring out the probe.

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#257916 - 03/23/13 06:47 AM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: unimogbert]
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Originally Posted By: unimogbert
Originally Posted By: Bingley
We're not a forum on Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs... But what should we equip ourselves with for an encounter?



Beef jerky peace offering?



Hahaha! Just don't tease him with it! We've all seen what happens when you "mess with Sasquatch!" grin
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#257926 - 03/23/13 02:04 PM Re: Les Stroud's Bigfoot Encounters [Re: Bingley]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
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Originally Posted By: Bingley
We're not a forum on Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs... But what should we equip ourselves with for an encounter?

Some sort of recording device, for sure. The video/camera on your cell phone, or even better, a dedicated HD camcorder.

Plastic bags to gather evidence.

Does bear spray work o Big Foot, or will we get into a "what caliber will work according to my friend who knows stuff" debate?

Most of us can keep the Loch Ness off of your list to prep for - that whole Atlantic Ocean thing seems to work pretty well wink

UFO's? I'll pack a lot of prescriptions to help with forgetting the experience and the PTSD afterwards.

Bigfoot? There's an interesting question - if it does exist, that would be really cool. But, paper bags work better for evidence than plastic. They allow moisture transfer to minimize rotting or mold. Latex gloves (or similar) to avoid your contaminating the evidence. Sterile q-tips for saliva or fluid samples - cotton, not dacron tips. The paper wrapper works OK for a temporary container after the sample is withdrawn. A pen to mark time/location on the sample. Camera would be great for documentation purposes. Ideally some notepad paper to correlate picture with evidence number, and a person to record so you don't contaminate going between pen/paper and samples.

FYI, I've taken a few courses on dealing with evidence collection before. If anyone has experience to refute these claims, I'm open to learning more.

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