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Originally Posted by Erniedytn
Yes that was my first response to the claim...someone looking for their 5 minutes of fame...but after just seeing the way the guy walked and his demeanor.....I finally admitted defeat. What baffles me is that even after this claim there are still hundreds of people pouring over this video insisting that it is real. Now that's scary! Why is it so hard to believe that someone claiming to have done a hoax is lying?  I'm not saying that this guy is lying, but it is possible for this scenario to happen.
On another note...what do you make of the fingerprint guy's conclusion? I mean this guy looked at solid evidence in fingerprinting and came to the conclusion that this was a species of ape not yet discovered. He said he would stake his whole career on that. Is he full of shit too? |
I have to ask - when someone is making wild claims about bigfoot, UFOs, etc... , do you automatically assume, as I do, they are doing it for the publicity too?
my initial impression is, yes he is full of shit too. The fallacy here is appeal to authority.
The problem is the TV show producers do not know how to conduct a blind study. It would be quite easy to present the "fingerprint expert" with a series of prints (several made-up, some from the bigfoot impressions, a human, a chimp, an orangutan, etc..) and he could then give opinions. Make sure they are scaled for size (so the bigfoot isn't obvious) then see if he can pick out the "unknown primate" impression. Or better yet, get a few more experts in that field to see if they can at least agree on the majority of their answers. If they are using science, their answers should mostly agree (allowing some margin for error).
It isn't difficult to design preliminary tests to weed out baloney. But unfortunately: "We Re-examined the Evidence and Guess What? Bigfoot is still Bullshit!" just wouldn't be that popular of a TV show.